mgmt308 ( project management ), essay, powerpoint presentation slide, presentation script

On successful completion of this unit, you should have developed your ability to:

GA3 -apply ethical perspectives in informed decision making

GA4 -think critically and reflectively

GA5 -demonstrate values, knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the discipline and/or profession

GA6 -solve problems in a variety of settings taking local and international perspectives into account

GA7- work both autonomously and collaboratively

GA8 -locate, organize, analyses, synthesize and evaluate information

GA9 -demonstrate effective communication in oral and written English language and visual media

GA10- utilize information and communication and other relevant technologies effectively

Assessment 1 -The assessment will evaluate the student’s ability to identify the criteria for Project Success and failure; must be supported by evidence from real life projects. This is an individual task. Assessment’s 1 presentations will be conducted during the class time on week 6 & 7. Every student must present. No marks will be given to students who miss their in-class presentation’s allocated time.

Format- essay format

Weighting: 25%

Length and/or format: 2500 words

Referencing- Harvard Referencing, In-text citation

Purpose: Develop professional skills through the application of theoretical knowledge and understanding.

ASSESSMENT -

Assessment format- Essay Format

first page for assessment one

- cover page (no page number)

unit number and unit name

(MGMT 308

assessment 1,

real life project

submitted to: lecturer name

submitted by: name

College id

date of submission:

actual words count

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2nd - page (plain English page number)

Introduction e.g 1.0 , 1.1, 1.1.1

150- 250 words

(every heading should have number)

project

Project description,

budgetary consideration

project duration

project goals (long term, short)

project aims

project objectives

Project scheduling

resource allocation

success, failure of project

conclusion

recommendation

list of reference (Harvard referencing)

Rubric – Assessment 1: Identifying Criteria for Project Success; evidence from real life projects (Total marks = 25)

Things to consider in assignment

Potential Risk or Failure

Intro- It is difficult to distinguish between project failure and success or partial failure or success. What appears to be a failure at one point in the life of the project may look like success in another. If we divide all projects into 2 general categories according to the degree to which the project is understood, we find some interesting differences in the nature and timings of the perceived difficulties in carrying out a project. These perceptions have a considerable effect on project management.

* We must consider type 1 and type 2 project.

Type 1 and Type 2 project success and failure

Type 1

Your project is generally understood

Well-constructed

Type 2

They are not well-understood

Considerate amount of uncertainty about specifically what must be done.

Inconsistency in project plan, scheduling and budget.

Some problems can exist in the natural flow of event.

The most difficult part to keep maintained in the project is time and cost scheduling. - Research

Considerable amount of project slag in budget and scheduling. -Research

Overtime/over budget - common project failure- because they are not well organized to handle unexpected cost and project plan and do not have the appropriate technical expertise to do so.

-Planning problem

-Vision and mission problem

-Clients acceptance and rejection

-Failure to develop proper project schedule

-Failure to have proper personnel available to handle technical problems.

-Failure to handle project life cycle.

-Inability to solve project technical problems.

-Not able to define project requirement and specifications.

-Unexpected technical glitch.

-Psychic consequence (dealing with multi-culture)

-Wave of pessimism and optimism.

-Some destructive mindset on performance

Solutions

maintain a balance and positive outlook to dedicate the task.

Setting budget and schedule.

Cost and time consciousness.

Project Mission

Top management Support (executive group)

Project Action plan

Recommendation

-Identifying the project problem earlier.

-Clarification of project preformation, cost & time relationship.

-Improved project performance.

-locate opportunities for further technological advances.

-Evaluate project management quality.

-Reduce cost, maximize profit

-Speed up the achievements of results

-Identify mistakes, minimize mitigate them and avoid them in future.

-Proper communication

-provide necessary information to client

-Re-confirm the organizational interest

-Commitment to the project.

-Improved understanding of project value to the organization.

-Improving for organizing and managing projects.

-Provide a professional environment where all team members can work collectively and creatively.

-Identify organizational strength and weaknesses in project related personal, management and decision-making process.

-Identify and improve the responses to risk factors in project.

-Improve the project contribution to professional goal of the project.

-Improve the project contribution to project personnel.

-Identify the project personnel who has high potential for leadership and management.

Presentation slide

10 min presentation

Minimum 7-10 slides

1-2 slides on project success or failure

Factor for project success or failure

In-text citation, presentation page no

2-3 question in the 2nd last slide