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ITSU2006 Project Management - Victorian Institute of Technology
Assignment 1
Objective(s)
Students are required to identify key project parameters during the phases of the project life cycle, which could accurately estimate the project flow and stages, project milestones and detailed work breakdown and scheduling. Students are required to employ project risk assessment techniques, which lead to a successful project quality assessment.
The following LOs are assessed in this assessment.
LO1 Describe the systems and process approach to project management and project life cycle phases.
LO2 Apply standard project management techniques and demonstrate use of associated software tools models using visual tools.
LO3 Critically analyse project quality, including risks and project issues.
LO4 Demonstrate effective communication and team management skills, techniques and strategies required of a project manager.
INSTRUCTIONS
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a well-analysed and well-researched project management report based on analysing and identifying the overall parameters of a project and establish the appropriate project management standards required to complete the project. A project case scenario is given that must be used to analyse and identify project issues, different project management tools and techniques to manage the project and conduct project risk assessment. Assumptions can be made where required. But the assumptions must be reasonable and documented.
The assessment is based on the realistic nature of the project and how well it is presented. Make sure that the breakdown of the tasks, timeline, and the quality of the work is realistic, justifiable and sufficiently attractive to win a tender for a real project.
Task 1: Your first task is to prepare a project charter that includes, background of the project, project objectives, main project success criteria, roles and responsibility of project stakeholders, and risk and dependencies.
Task 2: Design a Gantt Chart schedule that includes, work break-down structure (WBS), start and end date of each task, responsible person to perform the task and proceeding task/s. It is important to mention that WBS is required for all the stages (i.e., Integration and Request, Project Planning, Project
Execution, and Implementation and Support) mentioned in the case scenario. Moreover, you must include the relevant sub-stages necessary to complete the project. It is compulsory that students use Microsoft Project to complete WBS, allocate time and resources.
Task 3: Discuss a risk assessment plan. This must include identifying possible risks, performing qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and planning for risk responses. To identify risks, you must apply common risk identifying techniques (for example, brainstorming, Delphi technique, interview, SWOT analysis, fish bone diagram etc.). For detail understanding, you might conduct a brief research on common methods and techniques on project risk identification and risk analysis. For the simplicity, you need to apply risk assessment plan at only one stage of the project (i.e., Integration and Request, Project Planning, Project Execution, and Implementation and Support).
The report should be prepared in Microsoft word and uploaded on to the LMS. The word limit of the report is 1500 words. The report must use Times New Roman, 12-point font size and single line spacing with appropriate section headings.
Attachment:- Project Management.rar