ssessment 2 Information Subject Code: MAN204 Subject Name: Managing Projects Assessment Title: Assessment Type: Length: Project Plan Individual case study analysis 1600 words (+/- 10% allowance) Weighting: 35% Total Marks: Submission: 100 Online Due Date: Week 10 Your task Individually, you are required to prepare a project management plan to open a new branch of a mental health retreat by outlining key project management concepts, such as triple constraint, planning and scheduling, budget, and costs. Assessment Description. The purpose of this assessment is to assess students' ability to identify and determine the critical components of the project management plan, including considerations for resource management and communications, while also addressing scope, cost and schedule baselines and their relationship with other areas of the Project. This will also develop the student's ability to describe how the processes will be executed, controlled, and monitored, guiding the team through different stages from the initiation to the project's closing. Assessment Instructions For this assessment, you are to imagine being hired by Palladium Private (https://www.palladiumprivate.com/) as a Project Manager. Palladium Private started in 2003 and is a health organisation in Brisbane (Qld) that focuses on mental health issues. Palladium Private has been very successful over the years and is currently still growing. The management team views further growth potential by starting a new branch in Melbourne, Victoria, which will focus on the Greater Melbourne area with similar services to those offered in Queensland. In your project, you are to develop the project management plan, which includes the renting and installation of an office and treatment space, the recruitment of a small staff (1 office manager and 5 therapists), all systems and also the marketing within Victoria focussed on GP's, Hospitals, health insurance companies and the general public. The Palladium management team set the objective to have the new branch up and running by 1 March 2024, as the Victorian autumn is starting. Research has demonstrated that the colder and grey climate creates more mental health problems and is a great moment to start the branch by then. Your project plan should describe the following information to a broad audience of stakeholders: Step 1: Outline the Project's context, objectives and purpose. Step 2: Indicate how the tensions of the triple constraint affect each and your advice on the management of time, scope, budget, and quality. Assessment Information COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Kaplan Business School pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 ('Act'). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Kaplan Business School is a part of Kaplan Inc., a leading global provider of educational services. Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd ABN 86 098 181 947 is a registered higher education provider CRICOS Provider Code 02426B. Step 3: Define the project scope, key deliverables, milestones, success criteria and requirements. Step 4: Outline the planning and scheduling. Briefly describe the project phases, the key milestones and key deliverables. Then describe a three-level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the Project (maximum 15 tasks) Determine the dependencies between the tasks. You are required to indicate a minimum of 8 interdependencies. Schedule all the tasks in a graphical visualisation or Gantt chart (you may use Excel, Ganttproject.biz or another appropriate free software tool) Step 5: Outline the costs and overall budget based on cost estimates utilising the concepts and techniques from week 9. To be able to estimate costs, you will have to do some research into the cost levels specific to Victoria and Melbourne Create a budget table using the phases and tasks indicated in the WBS. Step 6: Write a brief conclusion (maximum 100 words) in which you summarise the project's scope, timeline, and budget. As this is a professional report, you are expected to complement your research with matrix diagrams, tables, or other formats to present your findings clearly and concisely in a way that aligns with best practices in project management. Also, your report must include the following: Title page, table of contents, introduction, context and project objectives. The project phases (including a brief description per phase). The WBS, the Budget outline and the Gantt chart. You may include the full Gantt chart in the appendix. in 1600 word.