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Assignment -
Learning Outcomes -
1. Lead and manage a project and/or initiative in accordance with the business entity's requirements.
2. Engage stakeholders to successfully complete a project and/or business entity initiative.
3. Demonstrate best practice in project leadership and management, motivate and develop others to successfully complete the project and/or business entity initiative.
4. Analyse and manage the impact of the business environment during the leadership and management of a project and/or initiative.
Source: Pinto, J. K. (2016). Project Management Achieving Competitive Advantage. (4th ed., pp. 31-32) Sydney, Australia: Pearson.
Questions -
1. Assume you are the project manager for Disney, based on the information in this case, what critical success metrics do you think the company uses when designing a new ride; that is, how would you prioritize the need for addressing project cost, schedule, quality, and client acceptance? What evidence supports your answer? (300 words)
2. Why is Disney's attention to detail in its rides unique? How does the company use the "atmosphere" discussed in the case to maximize the experience while minimizing complaints about the length of wait for the ride? (250 words)
Source: Pinto, J. K. (2016). Project Management Achieving Competitive Advantage (4th ed., pp.67-68). Sydney, Australia: Pearson.
Questions -
3. Who are Rolls's principal project management stakeholders? How would you design stakeholder management strategies to address their concerns? (300 Words)
Answer all questions (4-10)
4. Discuss the following concepts of the project framework giving an example for each with reference to any project.
a) Project initiation and proposal
b) Planning and scheduling
c) Execution
d) Monitoring and control
e) Closure and documentation (150 words)
5. If you were appointed as a project manager, discuss with examples which tools you would use to manage your project. Choose at least one tool for each of the following:
a) Communication
b) Planning and scheduling
c) Monitoring
d) Documentation
6. Your supplier has sent you low-quality raw materials that should have been used in your project. To reorder the raw materials and receive it, it will take you 10 days to arrive. Without it, you cannot continue further. Your project is supposed to be completed after 30 days. You have already ordered high- quality raw materials. Now, you will have only 20 days to complete this project.
In this critical situation, as a project manager how would you motivate and develop yourself and others for successful completion of the project? (80 words)
7. "The external environment can have a big impact on the project and/or initiative." Discuss this statement using any one external factor and describe two strategies for managing the impact of the external environment.
External environments may include customers and competitors, geography, climate, social, economic and political settings. (125 words)
8. As a Project Manager, analyse the influence of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi when managing a project. In your answer, consider the three principles of the Treaty of Partnership, participation, and protection.
9. Given below are some Maori values. Select any two and explain how you could incorporate these values during the course of managing a project. You may give examples to support your answer.
Rangatiratanga
Kaitiakitanga
Whanaungtanga
Manakitanga
10. Analyse two ways multicultural teams can affect the success of a project and/or initiative in a global context.