303KM Project Management

Assignment Brief

Groups of five members have been allocated for this assignment. All groups will be
issued with a project topic. Each of these topics will identify a significant FICTIONAL
project which will draw its stakeholders from the whole of Malaysia.

1. Stage 1 is a Group Project and Report:

Specification and Deliverables: Each group should research thoroughly the topic
given so that all implications including location, stakeholders, timescale, costs
and project resources are considered.

Project Plan: The planning phase for the project will then be completed and all
deliverables produced as indicated below.

There will be a group submission from this stage.

2. Stage 2 is an Individual Appraisal/Reflection:

Quality Review: Following the planning stage the second part of the assignment,
the quality review, will review the deliverables produced and the performance of
the group during the planning stage.
Critical Evaluation: The project management issues in the group will be
discussed and individual reflection of the overall experience in the project is then
carried out.

There will be an individual submission for this stage.

Group Project (by 15 January 2011 35%)

By the deadline you must submit a printed report which summarises your allocated
project. Develop a project requirements specification and desired deliverables for
your project topic. Summarise the project specification under the following
headings:

Title and start/end date of project

Description/rationale and aim of project
Scope/objectives/approach of project and project deliverables
Project management roles and responsibilities of group members
Project organisation (regular meeting dates, documentation-what will be
produced by when)

Use MS Project to develop a project plan from the project requirements specification
above to include:
Work Breakdown Structure
Gantt chart
At least thirty tasks which need to be undertaken
Any relevant resource costs
Identify milestones & critical path to meet project deadline of 9th April 2010.
Change one task on the critical path & illustrate its effect
Identify and manage any associated risks that could jeopardise the project

Include a 500 words explanation of the project plan.

By the deadline each group must submit an MS-Project plan via email.
The plan must be in MSP 2003 compatible format.
Note: Your report should conform to the Technical Report Writing Standards (see
http://www.coventry.ac.uk/ec/~lisa/rept_wrt/index.html).

Feedback for this part will be included provided by 19 February 2011.

Individual Appraisal/Reflection(by 9th April 2011 30%)

Ensure you have a copy of your group’s Project Plan from the MS-Project.
Review the group’s project plan against the criteria set out in the attached Quality
Review form (QRF), justifying your findings appropriately. Annotate a printout of your
group’s project specification to show the corrections needed for any faults you have
identified.
Write an individual Critical Review (750-1000 words) of the project management
experience of your group. In addition, include any printouts of discussion board
participation, paying particular attention to the project management issues involved.
Include an assessment of your own contribution, as well as your fellow team members
and any recommendation/suggestion that you think would be useful for future projects.

Marking Criteria

Assessment To gain a pass (40%) To gain a first class mark

(70%)
Present an adequately Present a well structured
structured report with and well written report with
broadly appropriate appropriate content for an
content for an original original and coherent project
project specification. specification Demonstrating
Group Project and Report Demonstrate an ability to originality of thought,
meet milestones, adhere mastery of the software and
to standards and produce presenting all of the most
a plan with at least half of significant expected content
the most significant and the majority of the less
expected content. significant expected content.
 As for a pass, but also
Conduct and document a
demonstrating use of
quality review
appropriate sources and
appropriately,
strong awareness of
demonstrating an
relevant Project
awareness of relevant
Management issues.
Project Management
Individual Appraisal/ Present a well structured,
issues. Present an
Reflection well-written and constructive
adequately structured and
evaluation of the
constructive evaluation of
assignment experience and
the assignment
of the project management
experience and of the
issues involved, providing
project management
soundly reasoned
issues involved with
justifications for the views
adequate justification.
expressed.
 Quality Review Form (QRF)
(To be attached in Individual Appraisal/Reflection Report)

Plan Reviewer’s Name: Quality Review Date: Quality Review Location:

/ / 2010
Quality Review Time: Form Completed Date:

am/pm / / 2010

Quality Criteria Sco Sco

Score
re re
0.5 Comment
1.0 0.0
Partia
Yes No
lly
Was a readable printout of the
1 Gantt obtained without
problems?
Has the plan been formatted
2
using an appropriate timescale?
Is an appropriate life-cycle
3
model evident?
Are the stages and tasks well-
4 named?

Are there about 30 tasks?

5

Is there an appropriate resource

6 (money, people, tool) for each
task?
Is there an appropriate WBS
7
code for each task?
Are resources costed
8
(estimated) where appropriate?
Are tasks planned to run
9
concurrently where appropriate?
1 Is there a start milestone?
0
1 Is there an end milestone?
1
1 Are interim milestones used
2 appropriately?
1 Does the content appear to be
3 original and realistic?
1 Does the content appear to be
4 appropriate for your project?
1 Is appropriate allowance made
5 for holiday periods?
1 Is the content appropriately
6 detailed for the first 2 months?
Are quality tasks included in the
1
plan?
7

1 Are management tasks included

8 for the plan?
Is there a deliverable for each
1
task?
9

2 Does the plan clearly show the

0 project title?
TOTAL SCORE /20

1.

Identify three aspects of good PM practice that you have

2.
found in this plan

3.
 Group Project Marking Form
II
(To be attached on the front cover of the Group Project Report)

Group Leader:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Project Title:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Criteria Max Mark Comments For a bare Pass (40%) For a "First Class" mark
mar awarde (70%)
k d
A. Project
Report
A1. 10 Follows the structure of a project Well-written, follows the
Structure and report as specified in the structure of a project report
Layout Assignment Brief. Simple but as specified in the
readable report. Assignment Brief and
conforms to the Standard
Report Writing Format.
A2. 20 Reasonable goals with some Well written project goals
Project statement of project descriptions. with realistic statements of
Rationale There should be indication of a fair project descriptions. There
Objectives and work towards project objectives. should be very clear
Deliverables Deliverables indicate a basic statements of objectives
understanding of the work required with very good action plans
in presenting a project initiation. that address the main idea
of the project. Deliverables
indicate an excellent
understanding of the work
required in presenting a
project initiation.
A3. 20 Some indication of assignment of Assignment of roles and
Project roles and responsibilities. Have a responsibilities are clearly
Organisation, plan to record on important process laid out, allowing
Management, measures. Well-reasoned alternatives to changing
Quality & explanations for decisions made situations. Have a plan to
Originality with adequate conclusions. record on important process
measures and target dates
to measure progress, have
a standard to measure the
outcomes. Excellent
explanations for decisions
made with remarkable
conclusions.
B. Project Plan
B1. 30 An outline plan of work referring A display of an excellent
Work to the required resources, plan of work referring to the
Breakdown personnel, and identifying some required resources,
Structure, Gantt milestones/objectives. There personnel, and identifying
Chart & should be fair work towards the significant
Milestones project objectives. The plan milestones/objectives.
should demonstrate that the There should be
student has some familiarity with outstanding work towards
the project time planning. The the project objectives. An
presentation and organization of outstanding plan. Performed
the report should be reasonably a detailed analysis of the
clear using the MS-Project tool. problem area leading to a
There may be some signs of detailed feasible project
weakness, but overall the grasp of plan. The presentation and
the topic should be sound. organization of the report
should be very clear using
the MS-Project tool. The
report should be superbly
organized and lucidly
written.
B2. 10 The student will have performed a The student will have
Estimation rough project costing. There performed a detailed and
should be some evidence of feasible project costing.
relevant information involving the There should be complete
project budget costing. evidence of relevant
information involving the
project budget costing.
B3. 10 The student will have performed a The student will have
Critical Path reasonable critical path analysis performed a perceptive
Analysis and of the problem and illustrated its critical path analysis,
Risk effects. illustrated its effects and
Management Conducted a logical risk review provided a very good
and management. observation. Conducted a
realistic and practical risk
review and management.

Total 100
 Individual Appraisal/Reflection Marking Form III
(To be attached on the front cover of the Individual Report)

Name: _________________________________________________ ID: _____________________________

Project Title: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Criteria Max Mark Comments For a bare Pass (40%) For a "First Class" mark
mar awarde (70%)
k d
A. Quality Review Form
(QRF)
A1. 20 Conduct and document a As for a pass, but also
Evaluation of Quality Review appropriately. demonstrating the use of
Project Plan appropriate sources.
A2. 20 Demonstrating an awareness Demonstrating a strong
Awareness of of relevant Project awareness of relevant
Project Management issues. Project Management issues.
Management
B. Report
B1 20 Present an adequately Present a well structured,
Structure and structured and simple well-written and constructive
Content evaluation of the assignment evaluation of the
experience and of the project assignment experience and
management issues involved. of the project management
issues involved.
B2 40 Provide the reflective Provide the reflective
Critique comments on overall project comments on overall project
management experience with management experience
adequate justification for the with soundly reasoned
views expressed. justifications for the views
expressed with evidence.

Total 100