Project Firecracker
Project Firecracker.
Module 1
Project Management:
Leading, Creating, Implementing and
Improving
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Index:
1. Declaration
2. Executive Summary
3. Introduction
4. Identifying and selecting projects
5. Project life cycle
6. National’s resistance to change
7. The project manager, team and office (PMO)
8. National’s organizational structure, project communications and documentation 9. Conclusion
10. Bibliography
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1. Declaration
I hereby declare that this assignment is entirely my own work, and that has not been submitted to any other Higher Education Institution. I also declare that all published and unpublished sources have been fully acknowledged and properly referenced.
This includes figures, tables and exhibits. Where modified by myself, this has also been indicated.
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2. Executive Summary:
National, a successful machining and tool company, manufacturing and supplying the transport industry, is taking on a new project that could bring them in a lot of profit, should the approach be executed correct, it might be a successful project and deal. National has always made use of traditional project management methods, appointing a head of department to represent the project, and choosing not to allocate a project manager to the project, has proved to have flaws. The allocated person (Jeff) does not have the required experience to represent the project as the project manager. Jeff is the head of the tool division. Yes, he has the knowledge to design and fabricate the part for APC, but managing the project seemed to be too difficult of a challenge for him, although he was the person recommending contracting a project manager to this project.
Jeff has always been interested in broadening his knowledge, taking on the challenges to try and gain a master’s degree, and later on a MBA degree, both which he had not time to finish, due to working
Module 1
Project Management:
Leading, Creating, Implementing and
Improving
Page 1 of 20
Index:
1. Declaration
2. Executive Summary
3. Introduction
4. Identifying and selecting projects
5. Project life cycle
6. National’s resistance to change
7. The project manager, team and office (PMO)
8. National’s organizational structure, project communications and documentation 9. Conclusion
10. Bibliography
Page 2 of 20
1. Declaration
I hereby declare that this assignment is entirely my own work, and that has not been submitted to any other Higher Education Institution. I also declare that all published and unpublished sources have been fully acknowledged and properly referenced.
This includes figures, tables and exhibits. Where modified by myself, this has also been indicated.
Name
ID Number
Sign
Page 3 of 20
2. Executive Summary:
National, a successful machining and tool company, manufacturing and supplying the transport industry, is taking on a new project that could bring them in a lot of profit, should the approach be executed correct, it might be a successful project and deal. National has always made use of traditional project management methods, appointing a head of department to represent the project, and choosing not to allocate a project manager to the project, has proved to have flaws. The allocated person (Jeff) does not have the required experience to represent the project as the project manager. Jeff is the head of the tool division. Yes, he has the knowledge to design and fabricate the part for APC, but managing the project seemed to be too difficult of a challenge for him, although he was the person recommending contracting a project manager to this project.
Jeff has always been interested in broadening his knowledge, taking on the challenges to try and gain a master’s degree, and later on a MBA degree, both which he had not time to finish, due to working
Bibliography: Gido, C. &., 2011. Effective Project Management. International Edition, 5th ed. Canada: Cencage Learning. Harold Kerzner, P., 2009. A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling. 10th ed. United States of America: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. Page 20 of 20