Project Management

You should base your assignment on an organisation you work for, you know well personally or can effectively research. The choice is important as achievement of LOs 1 and 2 requires you to analyse actual business objectives, identify projects and then produce plans to achieve these objectives.

You will need access to detailed information about your chosen organisation including the business objectives and finances together with information about the sector in which the organisation operates. This can be web-researched by using an organisations annual reports, websites and other general industry information.

Scenario

You work for a management consultancy practice and have been asked to support internal staff in a client organisation, with project management activities.

Task 1 Identifying the projects

You are required to research the organisation and identify potential projects that fit with the current business objectives and are feasible for the organisation. You should prepare a briefing paper on potential projects for a meeting with the senior management team at the organisation. Your briefing paper should:

• give a brief introduction to your chosen organisation identifying the type and size of business and industry sector
• analyse the objectives of the business
• identify at least two potential projects that emerge from the current objectives.