Project Management Assignment Guidelines

Develop your own work$-$related Project Definition for Construction Project of a Company that will involve the building of a block of residential homes, using the Scope Definition theory as well as the Project Definition table below, to inform the structure of your definition. The construction project must be detailed, well explained and follow all the sub$-$headings from a$.$ to n as outlined below.

Project scope definition

a$.$ Background: The reason for the project with substantive and authoritative referencing, including reference to findings of needs analysis.

b$.$ Business or strategic objectives: Detail description of the impact the project will make on broader business, strategic or development objectives of the organisation.

c$.$ Project objectives: Detail description of purpose of the project.

d$.$ Output: Detail description, but only what the product is$.$

e$.$ Scope: Detail description of boundaries of project, what is in$,$ what is out $($More on the product, what is in$,$ what is not included$).$

f$.$ Sustainability considerations: Detail description of institutional and technological impact on organisation when project is finished. Detail consideration of social, ecological and economic $$footprint$$ that the project will cause after completion. Refer to integrated impact assessments done if applicable. This has to do with what comes after the project. Whether budgetary, staff, technical provision was made for operating the project. Also, whether natural resources can cope $$ what is $$footprint$$ of project on environment? Also on social environment if relevant $($Typically linked to Environmental, social or integrated impact assessment$).$

g$.$ Dependencies: Identify and specify how other projects and operations upon which this project depends for successful completion and commissioning. Certain activities may be dependencies, not executed or controlled by project team.

h$.$ Prerequisites, assumptions and constraints: Detail analysis and declaration of these often hidden premises that helped define the project. Prerequisites that without which project is killed $$ e$.$g$.$ approved budget, approved impact assessment. Assumptions are quantifiable, e$.$g$.$ assume how many users, inflation rate $$ upon which detail planning rely. Constraints MUST be planned around, not risks, they are real.

i$.$ Deliverables: Confirmed sequential or component parts or sub$-$products that emerged from project definition. Specify format, content, accountable person and approving authority. Sub$-$products. Project should have at least two.

j$.$ Timescales $($deadlines$)$: Confirmed deadlines attached to deliverable and output development, delivery and commissioning.

k$.$ Project implementation plan: Detail work$-$breakdown structure $($WBS$),$ stakeholder analysis and project code of conduct.

l$.$ Risks: Detail risk analysis prepared and entered in risk log as well as risk management forms for high and medium risks.

m$.$ Opportunities: Secondary opportunities in output, deliverables and activities.

n$.$ Options: Identifiable alternatives below the level of preferred project output as emerging from the detail project definition.