Question

Assess potential obstacles and impediments to meeting scope-time-cost objectives of Apples fix in China, supporting your assessment with rationale. Determine appropriate risk mitigation strategies to address the obstacles, impediments, and risks identified.

Answer 1

The potential obstacles and impediments to meeting scope time and cost objectives of Apple in china are:

• There are other competitors in the market which produce similar features or even in some case like 3d face readers, edge to edge display etc. thus the scope of Apple is being challenged to in china market.
• The growth of Apple in china is also getting hit as the consumer are really doubtful about using US products as they believe in buying more of their own brands and they are largely guided by the political and social dynamics between US- china relations.
• The Apples growth in china is taking much time and is giving space for other competitors to do well and that it needs to do something good on ground level to improve it sale and create new deadlines for making more sell of its products.

The risk mitigation strategies that could be followed by Apple are :

• It shall build good relations with public at large and try putting in strategies and effort to come closer to customers.
• Develop strong feedback mechanisms and understand Chinese consumers, their culture and connect with people.
• It depends on political reasons that guide US china trade, thus keeping close eye on the business relations between countries and formulating strategies accordingly.
• Adding in new innovative feature that could act as the competitive advantage for the company and help it to cost differentiate itself from other brands.