PSB7010CL Strategic Project Management Individual Assignment Written Report

L01.       Critically examine the strategic importance of projects to organisations and develop effective project strategy in line with the international environments and business strategies.

L02.       Systematically appraise the key constraints impacting projects, including time, cost, quality and risks and manage these constraints appropriately.

L03.       Critically evaluate and devise effective management solutions and approaches for stakeholder engagement and project success.

L04.       Apply knowledge and skills of managing a diverse team to ensure project coherence across a range of business functional areas, taking responsibility, where relevant for the work and roles of others.

You are expected to research on a project and demonstrate your understanding on strategic project management in the private or public sector. Based on the research case study project from a chosen company, you need to develop the below:

1.              Organization (e.g. culture) and project background

2.              Business case

3.              Project organization structure

4.              Scope management

5.              Schedule management

6.              Cost management

7.              Stakeholder and communications management

8.              Resource management

9.              Risk management

10.          Project Control System

11.          Critical reflection on the project

Your written report should:

–                       Demonstrate a critical understanding of the scale and scope of project management in private and public sectors.

–                       Critically discuss how the project team has been structured and organised

–                       Identify potential resource conflicts, their importance of meeting project costs and schedule objectives.

–                       Evaluate a strategy to ensure effective use of resources, assets and people within the project.

–                       Evaluate project management tools and methods.

–                       Identify project control systems that ensure an effective project management approach.

–                       Ensure project coherence across a range of business functional areas.

–                       Provide Project portfolio with supporting evidence (e.g. meeting minutes, presentation slides, records, documentations)

Report Deliverables: 

–          This report should be composed with 4,000 words +/-10% allowances.

–          Word count must be indicted on the first page.

–          Word count excludes Table of Content and Reference List.  

–          A written report shall be word processed with Ariel or Times New Roman font type, size 12, 1.5 line spaced and overall margin 2.5cm; include relevant charts, diagrams, graphs, images and/ or tabulations.  

–          A written report must be supported with a variety of sources; citations and references must adhere to APA Referencing System. Minimum of 20 peer reviewed academic journals articles.

–          A recognisable filename must be used to upload into the TurnItIn for plagiarism inspection, for instance, “Student CU ID_CompanyName”.   

–          A fail grade will be awarded for student who fail to submit on time.  

–          Allowance for plagiarism is 15% and below, excluding the list of references. Should there be any instances where the plagiarism is above 15%, a low or a fail grade will be awarded.

Fail

(1-29)

Fail

(30-39)

Fail

(40-49)

Pass

(50-59)

Pass

(60-69)

Merit

(70-79)

Distinction

(80-89)

Distinction

(90-99)

Distinction

(100)

Distinction

Learning Outcomes, Learning

Pillars, Criterion Description and

Expectations (Below)

Absent

excellent

2

3

and stragety.WBS lacks details in showing the necessary tasks of the project.

sufficient details.WBS is reasonably structured with most activities.

/discussions. WBS demonstrates all the necessary activities of the project which are organised in

different levels and shows paralleled activities on each level.

/discussions. WBS demonstrates all the necessary activities which are organised in different levels and contains cost and resource allocation.

/discussions. WBS professionally demonstrates all the necessary activities which are organised in different levels and contains cost and resource allocation.

Cognitive (thinking) Skills: : Critically discuss how the project team has been structured and organised

management

structure that can be used.

structure  providing excellent justification, detailed discussions, and OBS.

sufficient evidence, faultless justification, and professionally constructed OBS clearly showing responsibilities.

of the key stakeholders with no discussion on

their interest and management strategy.Communi cation plan is missing.

and management strategy.

Communication plan is either missing or very limited.

on their interest

and management strategy.

Communication

plan is acceptable.

management strategy.

Communication plan is appropriate.

on their interest

and management

strategy.Communi cation plan is effective.

and management

strategy.Communi cation plan is

highly effective in implementing stakeholder strategy.

excellent discussion on their interest and

management

strategy.Develop

effective, consistent and

detailed communication plan.

management

strategy.Develop

effective,

comprehensive and detailed communication plan.

management

strategy.Develop

effective,

comprehensive

and faultless communication plan.

Develop a risk management plan for the project

and comprehensive managing strategies and action plans.

assessment and comprehensive managing strategies and action

plans.Review their performance and make

6

Use suitable tools to develop a detailed project plan (including Network Diagram and Critical Path Analysis).

Management

Software (due to the poorly defined WBS).

demonstrates series of tasks by using Project

Management

Software.Critical path calculation has mistakes or is not shown clearly.

using Project

Management

Software.Critical path is clearly indicated with reasonable analysis.

demonstrates series of tasks by using Project

Management

Software.Critical path is clearly indicated with effective analysis.

series of tasks by using Project

Management

Software.Critical path is clearly indicated with very good analysis.

using Project

Management Software and optimised with constraints in reality. Critical path is clearly indicated with no mistakes.

demonstrates logical dependencies of all the key tasks by

using Project

Management

Software.It is then optimised with constraints in reality. Critical path is clearly indicated in both cases.

Management

Software.Faultless optimisation has been conducted taking into consideration of all constraints. Critical path is  correctly indicated in both cases.

Critically discuss the project control system that has been adopted for your project.

lack of understanding or application of the  PM controlling tools and methods.

good

understanding and application of the  PM controlling tools and methods in the project.

evidences and details, demonstrating very good understanding and application of the  PM controlling tools and methods on all the key aspects.

critical application

of the  PM

controlling tools and methods on all the key aspects.

evidences and details, demonstrating  critical and original application of the  PM controlling tools and methods on all the key aspects.

original

application of the  PM controlling tools and methods on all the key aspects.

8

9

10

11

Knowledge and Understanding: Critically evaluate the project management tools and methods that were applied in your project, discussing the advantage and limitations of each one.

effective discussion on their application, advantage and limitations.

limitations of all the PM tools and methods implemented in the project.

limitations of all the PM tools and methods implemented in

the

project.Provide valuable insights

and recommendations.

Critical reflection on the project

management of the project, project progress and the development needs.

reflection on the

management of the project, project progress and the development needs.

of the project,project

progress or the development needs.Highlight major problems and lessons learned sor far.

the project,project

progress or the development

needs.Demonstrat

e critical thinking through reviewing major problems encountered and lessons learned sor far.Project adjustments have been made.

on the management of

the project,project

progress or the development needs. Constrcutive recommendations

for future improvement are provided.

on the management of the project, project progress or the development needs. Strategic review and operational adjustments are provided.

on the management of the project, project progrss or the development needs. Constructive recommendations for future improvement are provided, along with detailed action plans.

Project portfolio with supporting evidence

lack of

engagement in the project.

provided, or lack of engagement and contribution to the project.

are either appropriate but insufficient, or sufficient but indicated limited engagement in the project.

reasonable project engagement.

management skills and practice. The project has fully

met the requirements and objectives.

management skills and practice.

Documentation and records are well maintained and presented throughout the project.

management skills and practice.

Documentation and records are comprehensive, well maintained and presented throughout the project.