Project Management

Select, plan and develop a Project of your choice within the broader perspective of strategic business management. Highlight your role as the Project Manager. The project plan must include all processes and activities in respective process groups / knowledge areas as key framework elements of Project Management.

You are required to use project management tools and techniques, scheduling skills, quality and estimating standards. You will select and assess the business case and provide evidence to show efficient planning of the project. The human and change aspects will also need to be considered which demonstrate quality of management decisions.

You will need to:

? Identify Project concept, scope, aims and objectives and apply appropriate project management tools & techniques for effective and successful implementation of the project and by using appropriate scope, time, quality and cost parameters.

? Appraise key aspects of the project management strategy to the organizational structure and business environment of the organization.

? Recommend a suitable structure and processes for project monitoring and control using relevant Project tools, techniques and graphic representation of data.

? Address organizational aspects like quality, risk management and include financial forecasting, uncertainty & risk analysis.

? Integrate planning with estimating and budgeting, budgetary control and use an appropriate planning, execution, implementation and management strategy.
Guidance on template and use of PM tools & techniques

1. Word count approx. 3,000 words.

2. Comprehensive table of content, introduction and overall conclusion of the Project.
3. Proper referencing, professional format and layout.

4. Select and apply appropriate tools and techniques for the planning and management of the project.

5. Generate inputs and outputs for the envisaged Project by using all relevant process groups and knowledge areas – ensuring all sections / headings of the template are fully covered.

6. The effects of constraints on projects – scope, time, quality, and cost – and their interaction with other specific needs of the project.

7. Use of scheduling tools including Work Based Structure, Gantt and Network diagrams and also key risk analysis tools and techniques for estimating project timescales, cost and effort.

8. Use of tools for controlling project progress (time, quality, and cost).

9. Demonstrate use of project quality standards.

10. Compliance with legal and ethical standards.
Marking Scheme

1. Project charter, definition of scope, aims and objectives. Project Management Plan. (15 marks)

2. Stakeholders Identification / Analysis, listing affected business areas and organizations and describes the impact the project will have on them. (5 marks)

3. Project management plan, identification & sequencing of activities in Work Breakdown Structure. (10 marks)

4. Development and explanation of project life cycle. (10 marks)

5. Project management processes with emphasis on planning, monitoring and control process groups. (10 marks)

6. Overview of how Quality will be approached and managed during the project cycle ensuring TQM, QA and QC. (10 marks)

7. Human Resources management linked to strategy and structure of the organization. Tabulation of the known key resources in the project. Depiction of organization chart. (10 marks)

8. Deriving a Communication plan in the project planning and focusing on who, how, when and what will be communicated. (10 marks)

9. Determine milestones and key deliverables along with target dates. (10 marks)

10. Identification of business risks associated with this project. Estimating the severity of each risk’s potential impact and identification of any risk mitigation actions that could be taken to negate / mitigate against the risks identified. (10 marks)
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