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DATA4600 Business Analytics Project Management - Kaplan Business School
Assessment - Industry Report: Leadership in Operational and Discovery analytics
Assessment Description
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 determining the optimal number of warehouses for Eldorado, a Russian electronics Retailer with 350 stores.
2) Find a discovery project of your own.
Ideas for Discovery Analytics Projects
Find at least five references for each of report A and report B to support your ideas
Assessment Task
Report Structure:
Introduction: Introduce your two projects, identify similarities and differences.
• Operational Project (800 words) based on operational case study:
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 for both
Draw conclusions about how running these two projects would differ.
Attachment:- Project Management.rar