SCENARIO

Your organisation has decided to implement an alternative energy solution due to the constant electricity outages that is affecting business effectiveness. Your director has appointed you as the head project manager to plan, and execute the project. Your mandate is to operationalise the project, within strict timelines and budget that will provide a solar solution that will generate adequate energy to allow your organisation to operate off the grid.Analyse the following questions and develop your response to each one by clearly demonstrating how you will manage the project using sound project management principles. Note: Students are required to read beyond the scope of the scenario and module guide to answer the questions that follow.

QUESTION 1 (18 Marks) Choosing a number of different projects and a portfolio is complex. Despite this difficulty, selecting the appropriate portfolio of projects is critical as it is the portfolio of projects that determines an organisations success, not the completion of an individual project. Refer to the theory by Souder, 1983 and Nonino, 2017, and appraise the criteria for the project selection model that your firm can use. Ensure that you appraise the theory in the context of the project at hand.

QUESTION 2 (18 Marks) Three key features distinguish project management from the traditional forms of management. Appraise these features in order to provide confidence to the stakeholders that you as the appointed project manager is well equipped to successfully undertake the project at hand.

QUESTION 3 (18 Marks) Present the project characteristics and organisational structure and demonstrate which structure best suites your project. Justify your choice.

QUESTION 4 (18 Marks) Appraise the theory related to the fundamental purposes of project control and express your intention of ensuring prudent project control of your project to the stakeholders.