PROJECT SCENARIO

Consider that you are a project manager at the department of mineral resources and energy in South Africa. The minister

has called you and indicated that he wants you to be the project head for an important project entailing the reticulation of a

new suburb with electricity. The suburb is in Johannesburg and is zoned as a hybrid business and residential suburb. Due

to the numerous jobs that will be offered by the new businesses to residents in the suburb, the minister has a particular

interest to ensure that this project is executed with prowess. This is further in lieu of the fact that the country$$s

unemployment rate is exceedingly high.

As the appointed project manager, one of your major performance indicators will undoubtedly be that the project must start

on time and finish as per schedule. All tasks$/$activities must be executed within budget, scope and pre$-$determined quality

and with the allocated resources. No deviation will be tolerated and this has been reiterated by the minister to you. Any

deviation will result in declaring that the project was a failure. Furthermore, your credibility and promotion prospects within

the department will be at risk.

You are expected to undertake some external research in order to familiar yourself and your team with the complexities

associated with the provision of electrical infrastructure and reticulation. You are expected to show depth of understanding

of the department and its operations in your presentation. Scope and schedule management are fundamental aspects of project management that offer numerous benefits to ensure

successful project delivery. Appraise the key benefits of effective scope and schedule management in the context of your

project.