Module code: BM522

Module title: Project Management

Assessment type: CW1 Project Management – Transport for London Project

Assignment task:

Case Study

Dear Consultant,

The Lords Mayor Appeal Charity (LMAC) are inviting project management plans for the staging of an open air music theatre event to be submitted for consideration. The event is aimed at raising awareness of the LMAC, celebrating the “A Better City for All “ initiative and highlighting the work of one of its’ key charity partners – the Samaritans. The event will be funded by LMAC in collaboration with the Samaritans. You are asked to provide LMAC with a comprehensive project management plan.

You are to assume that it is 3^rd October 2022, the Monday of the first week of the project.  While the project team is being formed, the Project Manager has asked you to prepare a 1500 (+/-10%) word report to be with him on 19^th November 2022 and which he can present to LMAC and the Samaritans.

The title of the report is  “Lord Mayor Charity Appeal Open Air Music Theatre Event in association with the Samaritans”.  

To complete this report the following tasks should be completed :

Task 1

The project management plan must begin by providing a justification for the project i.e. A compelling business case – project objectives and deliverables. Followed by a critical analysis of what methodology would be appropriate for this project and why? Supported with justification  examples of where this methodology has been previously used as well as the benefits of using this methodology in your project. (15 marks)

Task 2

• Develop a network diagram manually, AS TAUGHT (activities on arrows) clearly showing the relationship between all the activities listed above, the dependencies, the likely duration for each activity, the likely completion date (expected total project time). Calculate the earliest starting time, the latest starting time (EST,LST) and the earliest finishing time and latest finishing time (EFT, LFT) for each activity including an outline description of the critical path, highlighting the critical activities and the shortest possible time in days in which the project can be completed as scoped above. (give reasons for your choice).
• Using Microsoft project i.e. MS Project, represent the activity list above in a Gantt Chart [(i) & (ii) 25 marks]

Task 3

Undertake a stakeholder analysis for this project. This should clearly identify internal and external stakeholder, group stakeholders according to their interest and power i.e. stakeholder management matrix, communication strategies. (20 marks)

Task 4

Using the activity list above, develop a clearly numbered Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) alongside an organizational structure for this music event [10 marks]

Task 5

You are required to prepare a Risk Analysis for 20 different risks that could affect your project. Analyse the risks involved and develop strategies for dealing with them in detail. Present your Risk Analysis and Risk Management strategies/mitigations in the form of a table, AS TAUGHT in class.  [15 marks]

Task 6

You are required to determine what the quality expectation, acceptance criteria, quality specification, and what measures would be put in place to control the event. In other words your write up in this section must cover these heading. (15 marks)

 

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