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DATA4600 Business Analytics Project Management - Kaplan Business School

Report: Leadership in Operational and Discovery analytics

Assessment - Report and Reflection

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 optimising sports and entertainment operations in a safe way. Imagine that you want to simulate crowd activity (parking, entry, seating, exit, etc.) at Australian Football matches.

Watch the video Also see working with crowds at the INCONTROL Simulation solutions webpage

2) Find a discovery project of your own.

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:- Business Analytics Project Management.rar