Project management

The assignment must be written base on the case study provided “The Dilemma of a Project Manager” which will be attached separately.

Based on the case study, I have listed 3 possible root causes. (Kindly amend if you feel it is wrong)

Root cause 1 - Communication barrier between two different company (Hong Kong and China)

Root cause 2 - Yida failed to establish the deliverables (not clearly defined) and the scope of work for the project with Kaye resulting to a lot of problems

Root cause 3 - Risk assessment was not properly discussed and identified leading to failure of project. e.g, resource (manpower) planning risk, project timeline delay risk, communication risk, cost risk, scope of work risk.

Guidelines for assignment:

You will need to debate about the nature of project management and, in particular, the challenges of running an outsourced project with the benefit of hindsight, suggest how the project should have been executed.

Important note: Need to analyse the case study and write a reflective report which addresses the questions outlined below.

1) Executive Summary. (400 words max)

2) Write and describe how the 3 root causes contribute to the failure of this project. - Reasons that contribute to the failure of this project from the attached file “The Dilemma of a Project Manager”: (400 words max)

3) Consider the main body stature as follows. (2200 min and 2500 words max)

a. Project scoping and definition

- Clearly define the deliverables for the end user

- Create Milestones

b. Project cost and time estimation

- Tabulate a better Estimating Method

c. Project planning

- Develop a project plan, Project Network?

d. Communications

- Create a Project Communication Plan

- Define the Key Stakeholders?

- Organisation culture?

e. Risk management

- Establish a RBS?

f. Progress and performance measurement and evaluation

- Define the work using a WBS?

- Develop a project Baselines?

-Methods of Variance Analysis?

References

All third party material used in the report must be listed here using a formal referencing system such as the Harvard Referencing Style. These must be correctly cited where used in the body of the report.

Kindly include strong references: example Journals or credible websites (preferred).

Important Notes

Do not copy from website or journals directly, para-phrasing is strictly required as assignment is subjected to plagiarism checks.

Please take note of above bold wordings as it is extremely important.