Executing and Closing Projects

This assessment item requires you to consider:-

event-driven controls, and time-driven controls
…you must then develop the items listed above for a case study. There will be templates supplied for each of the items above. The case studies will cover a number of project domains:-

Engineering and construction domain,

Telecommunications and IT domain,

Software development domain,

Financial and business services domain,

Welfare domain.

Your submission must meet the minimum requirements for the controls outlined in the PMBOK (2013) and conform to the progress and project control requirements outlined in Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 (2009).

You are encouraged to use assignment outputs that you may have developed from previous assignments.

Task

Your task is to consider the overview above and develop and complete the required items for case studies using the templates that will be supplied during the course.

You will be graded upon how well your submissions have been completed and reflect the case studies.

Purpose

The primary purpose of this assessment item is to help you to develop skills in the definition and development of event and time driven management processes.

The secondary purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to consider progress and project control requirements within a project life cycle.

The assignment will also give you the opportunity to enhance your analysis and written communication skills; particularly in the areas of structured assignment writing.

Structure

Your submission should be made using the supplied templates. You should complete all of the required parts in as complete manner as you deem appropriate. The instruction boxes in the templates that state they should be deleted must be deleted.

Your assignment will be assessed on the extent and quality to which it meets each of the following criteria.

A complete event driven plan is supplied? (20%)

A complete time driven plan is supplied? (20%)

The event driven plan is an accurate reflection of the case study? (20%)

The time driven plan is an accurate reflection of the case study? (20%)

Appropriate and well structured, concise and clear expression of project management arguments in response to the assessment task? (10%)

Clarity of expression, grammar and spelling? (10%)