Effective project management

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Context You are required to refer to the guidance notes and assignment brief to present an answer that would fall within the required context. Confidentiality Learners must seek permission and advice when using organizational / business information that would be considered sensitive or confidential within their assignments. If the organization’s consent is given, and anonymity is a given requirement of the organization, then the learner must respect this. Assessment Criteria and Mark Sheets The assignment brief will include the mark scheme. The guidance notes before the assignment questions should be used for reference to ensure that you are equipped with the information and formats required. You are requested to obtain necessary advice on assignment context, format and other supporting information to clarify and help understand the requirements. The assessment criteria and the mark sheets will help you identify how and where the marks have been allocated and allow them to structure their answers accordingly. Please note that you must achieve a minimum of 75% (equal to 4.5 bandwidth out of 6.0) of the total marks to pass this unit. Word Count It is mandatory that you adhere to the specified word count given in the assignment brief within a margin of -/+10%. For certain tasks, the assignment brief may specify the page count depending on the task requirement and, although a word count may not always be applicable for these, the page count must be adhered to always. All tables, charts, diagrams, referencing (in-text) will be considered a part of the assignment word count. Generally, a 12.5 points answer should have a word count between 300 – 350 words. If the task requires you to make a presentation, the word count will only be applicable to the notes provided. The assignment questions may also specify the number of slides, in which case you are also required to adhere to this. Any supporting documents used to reinforce your answer, need to be attached at the end of the report as appendices. Such supplementary material will equip the examiner with the required background knowledge on the information provided within the report. However, these will not be considered for grading nor as part of the word/page count. All assignments submitted with clear disregard for the stipulated page/word counts may be discounted, and you may have to resubmit your work for assessment pending revision/review of your work. Release of Grades GBS endeavors to release your grade points (marks) at the earliest opportunity. Please allow us a minimum of 21 working days from the final date of submission to have your answer papers evaluated by our professional team of evaluators. Students seeking extension, will have their answer scripts evaluated within the period of 30 working days from their final date of submission. Submission of Answer Script / Assignment All your activities, examination and assignments attempted online, should only be submitted to [email protected] .Your answer scripts may not be evaluated if submitted to any other email ID except the one mentioned above. You are requested to maintain a copy of all your assessments for future requirements / reference. Extension Request: Under no circumstances extension will be granted. Extension may only be granted to the student providing valid evidence, supporting their request. To request an extension, please email the controller of examination at [email protected] , strictly 5 days prior to the final submission date with a valid proof. Referencing and Professionalism To ensure that you follow a professional stance always, you must: • Use the Harvard system of referencing for all citations and references (including in-text). More help on ‘How to reference – Harvard Style’ is available in your study material. If you need more help, please feel free to contact our student support department at [email protected] and we will be more than happy to assist you on ‘How to Reference – Harvard Style’ • Use professional, formal English in presenting your work • Refrain from writing in a first-person perspective (i.e. ‘I’, ‘We’, ‘Me’, etc. should not be used within the answer). You should bear in mind that marks are awarded for professional format and presentation, and that considerable marks can be awarded for validity and quality of referencing. Therefore, referencing and professionalism will be assessed in every task. Plagiarism and Collusion Plagiarism and collusion will be considered an academic offence and will be dealt with as a serious issue. Plagiarism can be defined as: the presentation of the work of another author without appropriate referencing and/or attribution (leading to the false assumption that the learner is the originator of the text). Collusion can be defined as a circumstance in which: two or more learner’s present work with distinct similarities in concept and ideas. You may use ‘free plagiarism tool’ (available on internet) to assess ‘similarity index’ between your work and work that has been published elsewhere. Excessive referencing (i.e. where unneeded/irrelevant) will also be considered an academic offence, which will lead to you being penalized in marks awarded for structure and format of your work or, in serious cases, leading to the work of you being discounted as unfit for assessment. Such matters will be decided by the controller of examination along with Program Director. All your assessments (online activities, assignments, final exam, projects, etc.) are subject to plagiarism check which is generally done by the controller of examination. Special Note 1: Answer scripts found plagiarized or copied, will be graded ‘0’ and student will have to repeat the examination by paying a penalty of AED 1000/-. Final Exam - Individual Assignment 100% Read the questions carefully and then answer all the questions. The time allowed for the examination is 2.00 hours inclusive of 10 minutes reading time. You are advised to use the marks allocated to each question as a guide to the time to allocate to the question and the length of response. All the answers must be written in the examination script book provided. Ensure that your name and student number are written correctly on the examination script book. PART A We have discussed in detail the Refurbishment of Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 Project. It involved changing the face of the busiest airport in the world while still in operations with no disruptions to the travelling public. With a large number of complexities, strict budget, deadlines, health and safety risks it was a large scale problematic project. However, the project completed on time and within budget and delivered value through all the challenges it faced. Within that context, answer the following questions: 1. Identify all key stakeholders for the project. What were the key challenges in managing the stakeholders on the project? What impact would they have on the project? 10 marks 2. What were the key objectives behind the project? Identify at least 3 and explain the importance of each. 10 marks 3. Despite several challenges, the project was delivered on time and within budget. How did the Project Manager achieve the same? 10 marks PART B 4. What do you think are the key skills required for a project manager? Describe instances from your experience to support your answer. 10 marks 5. From 'your practical experience', briefly describe any one negative risk you have faced in any project. How was it resolved or could have been resolved? 10 marks 6. Which of the following is most important in any project and why - Time /Cost /Quality? Discuss with examples. 10 marks PART C Instructions: • Consider any real- life project of your choice. This could ideally be the one of the projects you are currently doing in your organization or a hypothetical project that you wish to do. • Briefly describe the project in 5 to 8 sentences. • Identify yourself as the Project Manager of the Project • Use the templates on the following pages for sub-headings of the Stakeholder Register and Project Charter. • Each stakeholder should be unique and not repeated

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