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DATA4600 Business Analytics Project Management - Kaplan Business School

Industry Report: Leadership in Operational and Discovery analytics

Assessment - Report and Reflection

• Write your answers in the form of a 2000-word report and submit as a Microsoft word.

Assume you will be managing two projects- one operational (given below) and one innovative (that you will find yourself). You need to write a report addressing and comparing both projects using the criteria below.

1) Consider the below operational project on Call Center Optimisation.
2) Find a discovery project of your own.

Assessment Task

Create a report with below structure relating to the operational project above and your own discovery project.

Report Structure:

• Introduction
Introduce your two projects, identify similarities and differences between them

• Operational Project (800 words) based on operational case study (Call Center Optimisation):

o Outline the scope of the project
o Evaluate your natural leadership style and how you will use it to lead the project
o Suggest a project management methodology and integrate it with the leadership style
o Estimate the budget of project (estimated- in COVID environment)
o Evaluate possible human resources involved, and associated factors, e.g. workstyles, training & cultural fit
o Write a short 100-word reflection of issues you may encounter when managing the project

• Discovery Project (800 words) based on an innovation case study of your choice:
o Describe how you will assess the risk of the project using predictive project analytics (PPA)
o Justify why this project should be undertaken given the PPA relating to its impact
o Choose an optimal leadership style for the project
o Suggest a project management methodology and integrate it with the leadership style
o Estimate the budget of project (estimated- in COVID environment) and why this may not be possible given the nature of innovation
o Describe the team undertaking the project, or if not mentioned in the case study, suggest one that might be suitable and diverse
o Explain how you would democratise the project across the business
o Write a short 100-word reflection of issues you may encounter when managing the project

• Conclusion: (400 words)
Compare the two projects in terms of:
o Characteristics
o Project methodologies
o Human resource requirements
o Optimal leadership styles

Draw conclusions about how running these two projects would differ.

Attachment:- Business Analytics Project Management.rar