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Undertake project work

Task 2 – Written Report

Candidate Instructions

Purpose of this Assessment task

This assessment task is designed to test your skills in undertaking project work as required by the unit BSBPMG522 Undertake project work. Your trainer/assessor will be assessing your work and provide you with constructive feedback on Canvas. This task will assess your skills to:

· Define project

· Develop project plan

· Administer and monitor project

· Finalise project

· Review project.

In this assessment you will analyse the provided case, undertake research using Bounce Fitness website, and complete the 4 parts of the project to demonstrate your skills in undertaking project work.

What are you required to do to undertake this Case Study?

You should carefully read the provided Case Study, the additional documents provided on Canvas and undertake all questions in the four parts. The task includes: (i) Analysing the case (ii) Undertaking required research and (iii) Reporting. No video recording of a role play or presentation is required.

To successfully undertake this assessment, you should be doing the following:

· Read the provided Case Study, scenarios and Bounce Fitness additional resources couple of times and understand the requirements

· Clarify the requirements with your trainer and assessor if you are not sure

· Research appropriate websites as directed by your trainer/assessor

· Self-reflect before you record your answers and upload them on Canvas

· Discuss with your trainer/assessor the contents of the project you will be submitting

Context and conditions of undertaking the tasks?

The prescribed tasks will be undertaken by you after carefully analysing the case scenarios. Your trainer/assessor will provide you a context to role-play the scenario. Your trainer will also provide you guidance on the websites to be researched. Your trainer/assessor may also set certain conditions under which you will perform the tasks required by this assessment. For example, your trainer may set a time limit to perform a task or, ask you to repeat a task or, ask you to give additional information about the performance by asking you some verbal questions or, they may prescribe you some new conditions to undertake certain tasks.

Given your personal conditions, your trainer/assessor should also be able to make some reasonable adjustments in undertaking the tasks of this assessment. You should check with your trainer/assessor about the conditions under which the tasks should be completed, and the possible adjustment they can make in undertaking these tasks.

What specific WHS requirements may be involved?

This assessment will require you to be aware of the standard Workplace Health and Safety requirements e.g. Workplace Health and Safety Act and Workplace Health and Safety Legislation Your trainer/assessor will advise you on these and other legislative requirements.

Tasks and frequency of performance

Details of the tasks to be undertaken in this assessment are provided in this document. The tasks listed must be performed at least once.

Getting Started

The assessment may be re-attempted on two further occasions (maximum three attempts in total). All assessments must be resubmitted 3 days within receiving your unsatisfactory grade. You must clearly indicate “Re-submission” on your resubmitted work.

You must complete all questions unassisted by the assessor or other personnel but may refer to reference material as may be needed. All questions must be answered satisfactorily for the assessment to be completed satisfactorily.

For any assessment conducted that is incomplete, or without satisfactory performance, the assessment will need to be completed again after further training support. This may be simply to focus on question areas not achieved in the prior assessment.

Submitting your assessment

When you are ready to submit your assessments, upload the files in Canvas via the submission tab. It is important that you keep a copy of all electronic assessments submitted to Canvas. Please submit all assessment components.

Word count

In this assessment some of the questions include a word count. This is a guideline only, but your answers should not vary substantially (i.e. +/- 10%) from the word count provided. Microsoft Word includes a word count tool.

Objective

To test the required application skills in undertaking project work.

Assessment Cover Sheet

Candidate name:

Trainer’s Name:

Date Submitted:

Candidate declaration:

I declare that:

· I have read and understood all the information provided in relation to the assessment requirements to complete this unit, the instructions and the purpose and processes of undertaking this assessment task

· This assessment is my own work and where other’s works or ideas have been borrowed, I have appropriately referenced or acknowledged them

· I understand that plagiarism is a serious offence that may lead to disciplinary action.

Candidate signature:

Task 2 – Written Report

General Instructions

In this task you will be required to refer to the simulated company “Bounce Fitness” (Bounce Fitness website details and access are available on Canvas) and demonstrate your ability to define a project which includes being able to access workplace documentation, define project stakeholders, delegate, identify responsibility, clarify responsibilities, and determine and access available resources.

Read the case study below and complete the activities.

Introduction

Bounce Fitness is made up of four (4) fitness centres. Their head office is currently in Cairns, Queensland. The other centres are in Brisbane, (Queensland), Sydney, (New South Wales) and Melbourne, (Victoria). It is the intention of the Board of Directors that a new centre will be opened in Perth, (Western Australia).

It was established in 2001 by Margaret House as a single aerobic studio. After two years, membership increases demanded the small, leased, centre be expanded and a new facility was built on land purchased by the organisation. In 2004 a second centre was established in leased premises in Brisbane and then Sydney and Melbourne in the subsequent two years.

The Head Office remains in Cairns and a Board of Directors has been established to oversee the function of the business in all of the centres. Each centre has a Manager, who reports to the CEO in Cairns, and a team of permanently employed fitness instructors and other casual instructors, all of whom report to the Centre Manager.

The business is operated on best business practice and complies with all legislative requirements, local by-laws and is registered with the national body.

Bounce Fitness intends to market its brand through excellence in service and expertise to establish itself as a premier provider of fitness and wellness in Australia. Much time is invested in training the Centre staff to upgrade their professional skills and customer service to foster a loyal member base. Classes are innovative and varied with regular changes to routines and activities.

Bounce Fitness has developed choreographed fitness moves with accompanying music which is geared to the varying interests, needs and goals of the member group. It is intended that all around Australia, gym, and fitness centre members will continue to be enhancing personal performance through classes designed and produced by this business.

Classes are coupled with state-of-the-art fitness equipment to cater to those who prefer resistance training to aerobic workouts. Additional free weights allow for use by even die-hard lifters.

All centres are carpeted in areas used for stationary activities, spacious, well-ventilated, and air-conditioned to make the environment as safe and comfortable as possible. They are light and feature wrap-around mirrored walls. The decor was designed by a Brisbane firm and is updated every three years. There are showers, toilets, lockers.

Each centre features a retail section selling fitness shoes, clothes, and other related fitness items. There is a small cafeteria which is leased to a provider who supplies healthy, low calorie drinks and light food.

Each Centre has regularly scheduled aerobic classes ranging from high intensity to low intensity. The scheduling is left to each centre but must sustain a minimum average of twelve in each class for them to continue to be held. The style of classes changes as new methods are developed to sustain interest and provide variety.

Group circuit classes are also available. They involve rotation around the different resistance equipment as instructed by the Instructor. The workout also includes interval aerobic exercises to enhance the value of the workout.

Very low intensity classes are also held in age care facilities to keep residents active. The classes incorporate light weights. This exercise contributes to the physical and mental health of participants as well as providing variety in their day.

Special classes are held in high schools for senior students, sheltered workshops and other special situations as requested and are operated as a community service, at minimal or no cost.

Funding is primarily from memberships. Memberships are sold on a one, three, six- and twelve-month basis on a decreasing fee scale. Casual members are welcome, but the daily rate is a premium one.

Each centre sells memberships to 120% of their capacity. This means that at peak times it could be quite crowded, but experience demonstrates that there is a maximum of 80% usage.

The retail arm of the business accounts for about 30% of the takings from each centre. The strategic plan for retail is set to increase investment in sales this year to 35%. Each centre will be given a budget to develop and implement a sales and marketing plan to trial. The most successful may be implemented nationally and will attract an incentive for the most successful centre.

The catering facilities, which produce 5% of the income, less any rent off-set, are currently leased to private operators. This is reconsidered during each annual planning session by the Board.

The Board of Directors have come up with some business objectives and Key Performance Indicators for the next 12 months for each of the centres. You are the Centre Manager for the Sydney Centre and are also required to meet the business objectives as per below:

· Generate a 10% yearly increase in sales

· Increase market penetration every quarter

· Continue to cultivate Bounce Fitness’s image as the premier long-term wellness program provider

· Decrease customer acquisition costs by 4% every two quarters

· Lower the cost of service delivery by 1% a quarter

· Holding spending, as a percentage of sales at a steady rate.

To meet the business objectives, it was decided to open a coffee shop at the Fitness Centre to generate more customers to the centre. The idea is also to have a hub where clients can also socialise after their sessions and be able to have healthy snacks and meals.

You as the Centre Manager are responsible for the above project for your Fitness Centre.

Part A- Define project

1. Access documents from the Bounce Fitness website to define the project scope. The documents you will have to access include Business Plan, Coffee Shop Marketing and Corporate Marketing Plan and any other documents form the website such as financial documents. (Copies of these documents have been downloaded for your convenience and available on Canvas under “Additional Resources”).

List the documents downloaded and explain how you can use these documents to define the project scope. (Approx. 50-100 words)

2. After you have reviewed all the documents and accessed the project scope and other workplace documents, you are required to write a project brief to define the project. In your project brief you must include the following:

a) Define project stakeholders e.g. explain who will be included in the project

b) Who is the delegating authority for the project?

c) What are the project parameters?

d) Your responsibility and reporting requirements

e) Bounce Fitness’s objective

f) Project documentation of other projects relevant to the one you will undertake

g) Resources required for undertaking the actual project (to be recorded in your Project Scope Statement), including:

· At least two (2) physical resources

· At least two (2) human resources

· At least one (1) technical resource

Record your answer in the Project Plan template provided in question 4 of this document. (Approx. 300 words)

Part B- Develop project plan

3. To develop a project plan for the coffee shop at Bounce Fitness, you met with your team to consult and discuss the following:

· Confirm the project parameters

· Identify project management tools which you can use to manage the project

· What would be the risks involved in the project?

· What budget has been allocated the project. Refer to the marketing brief for the coffee shop.

Document any notes or feedback from your colleagues in the meeting minutes below. Participants can include another learner/friend/family member/colleague. (You do not need to video record this activity)

MEETING MINUTES

Purpose, Objectives and Elements of the Meeting:

Attendees:

Date and time of meeting:

Venue:

General Business and topics discussed:

Responsibilities:

Name and date:

4. You are now required to develop a project plan which you must submit to your CEO and the Board of Directors for approval. When developing the plan, you should take the following into account:

The Project Plan provides the detailed project work plan, timescale, and resourcing requirements, against which the Project Board or Sponsor can effectively monitor and control project progress. Where a separate business case is not required, the Project Plan also provides the business justification for the project, which is reviewed as the project progresses to ensure it remains valid.

The key areas that the Project Plan should cover are:

· Details of the project deliverables, including timing of and responsibilities for delivery

· Key project milestones

· Key dependencies, constraints, and assumptions

· An overview of the major project risks

· A high-level project timeline

· Resource management, including budget and other resourcing requirements.

The key considerations in the development of the plan are:

· The plan must be achievable. This means that estimates must be based on consultation with the staff who will undertake the work and/or reference to historical data

· The plan should incorporate, or be informed by, lessons from previous projects

· Project management and control activities (such as planning, reporting, reviewing and quality checking), as well as the activities to create the products in scope should be considered and included in the plan

· The plan should support the quality management, risk management and communication management activities required for the project.

PROJECT PLAN

Project Plan:

Learner must specify the title of the project to be undertaken

Project Manager

Learner Name

Project Sponsor

Who has identified the idea for the project and initiated its further development

Date

Date when the document was developed

Project Overview:

Brief description of what the project to be undertaken is about

Relevant Organisational Objectives

Specify two (2) organisational objectives relevant to the project to be undertaken

Relevant Organisational Projects

Specify two (2) organisational objectives relevant to the project to be undertaken

Project Parameters

Purpose of undertaking this project.

Scope Description

Specify two (2) characteristics of the expected product or service from the project.

Project Stakeholders

Specify two (2) stakeholders involved in this project other then you are being the project manager. Each stakeholder must include one (1) responsibility each, while two (2) responsibilities must be specified for the project manager.

Personnel/Role

Responsibilities

Leaner Name/Project Manager

Deliverables

Specify two (2) deliverables expected from the project.

Exclusions

Specify two (2) exclusions of the project.

Acceptance Criteria/Measures of Success

Specify two (2) criteria that will determine the achievement/completion of the project.

Project Constraints

List two (2) resources or events that will limit or restrict the implementation of the project.

Reporting Requirements

Outline the reporting requirements involved in this project, including any reporting processes involved

Risk Assessment Develop a Risk Management plan for the project that applies to the Fitness Industry

Likelihood

Low/Medium/High

Impact

Low/Medium/High

Mitigation Strategies

Risk management plan

Risk Reference

The Risk (What can happen?)

Source (How can this happen?)

Impact (from event happening)

Treatment strategies

Effectiveness of treatment strategies

Likelihood

Consequence

Compliance commitments Highlight the key compliance commitments to the project; consider legislation that may be impacted by this change. For information regarding legislation that applies to the Fitness Industry.

Resource Requirements

List at least two (2) resources for physical, and human resources you will require to undertake the project

Physical Resources

Human Resources

Technical Resources

Estimated Project Cost

Outline all expenses associated with this project, including the resource requirements, materials, labour costs, etc.

Expense Type

Description

Estimated Cost

Total Estimated Project Cost

Project References

Log all documentation and references accessed to determine the requirements of this project

Monitoring and reporting

Provide a summary of the monitoring and reporting mechanisms that will be adopted in relation to the project and the frequency with which each will be implemented, using the table that follows. These should be agreed with the Project Sponsor. Be sure to delete any mechanisms that will not be used and add any that are not already included.

Control

Purpose

Frequency

Project Status Report

Exception Report

End Stage Report

Scope

Quality

Issue Log, Risk Register

Communication and Consultation Provide details of the communication and consultation activities undertaken and agreed with the client

Milestones Provide details of the important markers

Status codes Copy the correct colour code into the status column

Not started

In progress

Complete

On hold

Terminated

Milestone

Target Date

Status

timeline Provide an overview of the project timeline using the Gantt chart below

Project Name:

Project Manager:

Date Prepared:

Phase, activity, task

Person Response.

Work effort

Timeline

Description

Original planned end date will be met +/- (n) task now (n) weeks ahead or behind schedule C=task completed this week

APPROVAL OF PROJECT PLAN

APPROVED by:

Part C: Administer and monitor project

You are required to demonstrate your ability to administer and monitor the project for the coffee shop at Bounce Fitness. You will be required to take action to ensure project team members are clear about their responsibilities, provide support, establish, and maintain record keeping systems, implement and monitor plans for managing project finances, resources, complete and forward project report, undertake risk management and achieve project deliverables.

5. Assume that you met with the project team members to ensure that they are clear about their responsibilities and the project requirements. Document your meeting in meeting minutes and list their responsibilities. (Approx. 50-100 words).

MEETING MINUTES

Purpose, Objectives and Elements of the Meeting:

Attendees:

Date and time of meeting:

Venue:

General Business and topics discussed:

Name and responsibilities:

Name and responsibilities:

Name and responsibilities:

Name and responsibilities:

6. Read the scenario below and explain how you are going to support Samantha in meeting the project timelines and communicate with external stakeholders. (Approx. 50 words).

Scenario

Whilst the coffee shop is being built and the project is underway, one of your project team members, Samantha who is supposed to research some coffee machines which need to integrated into the coffee shop. Samantha is also required to source the coffee beans in the aim of obtaining the coffee machine for free. Samantha seems a little disorganised and the information was supposed to be collected and presented to the Centre Manager by last week. As the Centre Manager you know that Samantha is very capable; however, needs some support and assistance to get the required information. However, Samantha is finding it difficult to communicate with representatives and getting them to come in on time.

7. Complete the ‘Recordkeeping Systems Log’ for this project showing how you are going to maintain the required records for the Café Shop project for Bounce Fitness.

Recordkeeping Systems Log

Record Type

Purpose

Frequency

8. Read the scenario below and complete the activity.

Scenario

During your weekly meeting, you have reviewed previous weeks’ records and have found that some of the project records have not been entered into the system. You are not happy as all records need to be systematically entered and updated so that you monitor the milestones of the project.

Explain how you, as the Centre Manager, will ensure that the record-keeping system is continuously maintained. (Approx. 50 words).

9. Once you have completed the project scope, and identified the resources required for the project, you need to ensure that these resources are available for you to implement the project. Use the Project Resources Log in the following pages to record all the resources required for the project as specified in the Project Scope Statement. For the purpose of this assessment, the log must include:

· At least two (2) physical resources

· At least two (2) human resources

· At least one (1) technical resource

Check that these resources are available in the organisation before commencing the project. When doing so, ensure that you have obtained permissions and made necessary arrangements from relevant persons in the workplace to be able to access these resources. Document the date when you checked and accessed the resources. Has a relevant person sign off that section in the Project Resources Log.

PROJECT RESOURCES LOG

Project title:

Project Manager:

Date:

Resource

Quantity

Available?

Date Checked

Supervisor/ Personnel Signature

Yes

No

10. Refer to the previous Risk Assessment Plan that you conducted in Question 4 and review the risk assessment plan to ensure that the project outcomes are met. Once you have reviewed the risk assessment plan and the outcomes, you are required to write a report to your CEO and Board of Directors. You must address the following key points:

a) include a review of the risk management plan

b) advise them of the progress of the project

c) if the project deliverables have been achieved

(Approx. 150 words)

Review of the Risk Management Plan

Objectives

Risk Management Process

Tracking and Reporting

Status codes Copy the correct colour code into the status column

Not started

In progress

Complete

On hold

Terminated

Milestone

Target Date

Status

Part D: Finalise and review the project

You are required to demonstrate your ability to finalise and review the project for the coffee shop for Bounce Fitness. You will be required to review your budget, transition of staff, complete project documentation, review project outcomes, involve your team members and document lessons learnt.

11. Read the scenario and complete the following activities.

Scenario

You have met with the Financial Controller of the project to check the project budget and if your budget is on track. During your meeting, you have identified and been informed by your Financial Controller that there is now an increased cost for the coffee beans as the coffee beans selected are imported and of very high quality. This means the cost for the coffee will increase over the next 12 months.

You are now required to review your budget and incorporate the increased costs of the coffee beans and discuss it with the Financial Controller. Present the revised budget to your CEO for sign off.

Project Budget

Expense Type

Estimated Cost

Actual Cost

Total

Approved by:

12. You held a final meeting with your project team and together with your team finalised the project using the ‘Project closure report’. Complete the project closure report that specifically addresses finalised financial records, how the project documentation will be archived, the transition plan for team members to new or previous roles, the outcome of the post implementation review, lessons learned and opportunities for improvements. (Approx. 150 words)

Project closure report

Name of project:

Date & location of meeting:

Names of attendees:

Overview by project manager

Summary of highlights and achievements

Review by team of the course goals, objectives/deliverables

Met

Missed

Partially met

Comments

Schedule

Budget/variance

Success Factors

Lessons learned

Next steps / improvement plans / what could you do better?

Archiving of records

Transition plan for project team members

Project closure report approvals

Prepared by:

Approved by:

Approval date:

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