Project scope: You have been appointed as a project manager at SITA (State Information Technology Agency). SITA is a state-owned entity that is committed to leveraging Information Technology (IT) as a strategic resource for government, managing the IT procurement and delivery process to ensure that the South African government receives value for money, increased productivity qualitative solutions, services and products and uses best practice IT approaches in its modernisation and the delivery of services to all citizens. You manage a variety of IT (Information Technology) projects as part of the programme under your control. The important project to rollout the vaccines related to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a project of great importance. Your job is to manage the IT portion of the project which entails that a proper record of the immunisation of each inhabitant of South Africa is kept. The state president is expecting regular, accurate reports from your department. You will have to engage with suppliers and other stakeholders to ensure that a robust IT system is designed to facilitate record keeping. There is no room for error and the system needs to be accurate and provide live data. Analyse the following questions and develop your response to each one by clearly showing how you will manage the project using sound programme planning and project management principles.

Questions:

Answer the following questions that contribute to the programme and project plan.

Answer ALL the questions in this section.

Question 1 (20 Marks) Use the diagram to describe your programme and projects and show how you will effectively deliver on this important project which is part of your programme.

Question 2 (20 Marks) Critically discuss your project as a strand in the programme that you manage.The intention is to show that the project will still be considered as an important initiative utilising resources by referring to the theory related to strand in programmes.

Question 3 (20 Marks) projects should be aligned with programmes, existing organisational structures and arrangements. It is, therefore, necessary to establish and improve the interface between the programme, individual projects and organisational arrangements. This interface generally falls into one of three categories. Critically discuss these three categories with specific reference to your project.

Question 4 (20 Marks) The three factors (commonly called the triple constraint) are represented as a triangle. Each constraint forms the vertices, with quality as the central theme. Evaluate how these constraints will be managed in your project.

Question 5 (20 Marks)

Design a communication plan for your project so that all stakeholders can be catered for through prudent continuous communication. Provide a detailed discussion of the plan. Project