Pg. 4 TUTORIAL LETTER 1 ASSIGNMENT 1) - 2021 FIRST SEMESTER PROJECT MANAGEMENT 301 Question 1 (28) You are a project manager employed at B-Well Private Healthcare group. During the time of Cavid 19, no building projects were done but now that it is over, the company has requested you to initiate buildings, construction of new wards and extensions to existing wards according to strict Standards of healthcare requirements and measurements, such as the width of passages to allow beds to be moved through them. The finished product must pass inspection by the Department of Health and B-Well's clinical quality controllers before it is accepted Draft a formal Request for Proposal (REP) for the project. The RFP should be based on the 14 guidelines for drafting a formal RFP to external contractors (in the RFP, each guideline must be indicated as a separate heading) Question 2 (15) Chapler 4 You are the project manager for a new software migration project at Stable Investments, which will move the systems from running on servers at the company's own server farm into the cloud. This means that you will be using new technology and migrating systems and data. The project team members are not sure that the project can be completed on schedule (by the end of 2021 with the current resources and cloud knowledge available. You have a brainstorming session with your project team to identity risks and how to assess and manage them. Using the table provided below, compile a risk assessment matrix with at least five risks Risk Impact Likelihood of Degree of Action on Responsibility occurrence impact trigger Mim (L, M, H) (L, M, H) A HO 78 A-FCAC= ? What is the total forecasted cost of the whole project at completion? ( 4) #11? (3) Question 4 [9] 4.1. Cost control on a project involves a number of steps. Discuss them and give your thoughts on the importance of each. Pg 260 4.2. Explain the role of Cost Variance (CV) in the analysis of the cost performance and the prioritisation of corrective action. 258 (6) Question 5 [18] You are the project manager at an insurance company and are responsible for a large IT project. The project recently encountered a serious problem with the software solution provider when they failed to deliver the first version of the solution on time. You decide to follow a formal approach to problem-solving to deal with the problem effectively. Discuss the steps you will follow to solve the problem and provide relevant examples at each step. pg 384 Question 6 [10] The matter of ethical behaviour is something that a project manager is confronted with in the course of his/her work. Discuss the ways in which a project manager can promote ethical behaviour. Pg Then research ethical behaviour and write down five more points that are not in the textbook. Remember to reference the source. Cost contol ASSIGNMENT TOTAL: [100] Pg. 4 TUTORIAL LETTER 1 ASSIGNMENT 1) - 2021 FIRST SEMESTER PROJECT MANAGEMENT 301 Question 1 (28) You are a project manager employed at B-Well Private Healthcare group. During the time of Cavid 19, no building projects were done but now that it is over, the company has requested you to initiate buildings, construction of new wards and extensions to existing wards according to strict Standards of healthcare requirements and measurements, such as the width of passages to allow beds to be moved through them. The finished product must pass inspection by the Department of Health and B-Well's clinical quality controllers before it is accepted Draft a formal Request for Proposal (REP) for the project. The RFP should be based on the 14 guidelines for drafting a formal RFP to external contractors (in the RFP, each guideline must be indicated as a separate heading) Question 2 (15) Chapler 4 You are the project manager for a new software migration project at Stable Investments, which will move the systems from running on servers at the company's own server farm into the cloud. This means that you will be using new technology and migrating systems and data. The project team members are not sure that the project can be completed on schedule (by the end of 2021 with the current resources and cloud knowledge available. You have a brainstorming session with your project team to identity risks and how to assess and manage them. Using the table provided below, compile a risk assessment matrix with at least five risks Risk Impact Likelihood of Degree of Action on Responsibility occurrence impact trigger Mim (L, M, H) (L, M, H) A HO 78 A-FCAC= ? What is the total forecasted cost of the whole project at completion? ( 4) #11? (3) Question 4 [9] 4.1. Cost control on a project involves a number of steps. Discuss them and give your thoughts on the importance of each. Pg 260 4.2. Explain the role of Cost Variance (CV) in the analysis of the cost performance and the prioritisation of corrective action. 258 (6) Question 5 [18] You are the project manager at an insurance company and are responsible for a large IT project. The project recently encountered a serious problem with the software solution provider when they failed to deliver the first version of the solution on time. You decide to follow a formal approach to problem-solving to deal with the problem effectively. Discuss the steps you will follow to solve the problem and provide relevant examples at each step. pg 384 Question 6 [10] The matter of ethical behaviour is something that a project manager is confronted with in the course of his/her work. Discuss the ways in which a project manager can promote ethical behaviour. Pg Then research ethical behaviour and write down five more points that are not in the textbook. Remember to reference the source. Cost contol ASSIGNMENT TOTAL: [100]