PMP020 Advanced Diploma of Project Management

Woody has considered your report and has asked that you prepare another for him. Following on from your last report, he has been considering what lessons can be learned and has tasked you to prepare a report. The report is in two parts

With justification you need to advise

1) How you would have planned the project given your choice of lifecycle and methodology • Evaluate and recommend tools that you would use to plan the project (450 words)

2) Advise what you would monitor including how frequently and what methods you would recommend to monitor and control progress of the project ( 450 words)

3) Evaluate methods and make recommendations regarding how you would have approached bringing the project back on schedule (450 words)

Please use the below points to cover all the topics of above question

• Crashing the project / schedule – add resources – work out additional cost versus time saving – do this on the critical path. When new critical path identified undertake the same process there
• Fast track tasks – can any tasks be started before the predecessor is completed or have any tasks been scheduled to be undertaken in sequence which can be undertaken in parallel?
• Outsourcing?
• Can scope be reduced?
• Scrum – daily / weekly meetings and what to focus on
• Critical chain analysis – focus efforts where resources are finite

4) Advise how a project should be closed (400 words)

Please use the below chart to cover all the topics of above question

• Close contracts
• Client hand over
• Client sign off
• Filing, paying bills, ensuring you are paid if a contractor! lessons learned Team closure
• Personnel records updated, personnel reviews, personnel training, celebrations!

1) Summarize the role and the responsibilities of the project manager and advise the key skills and knowledge required to enable a person to undertake this role. (400 words)

Consider - APM  3 Domains of Competence when answering the above question. Also consider the following when answering -Role and Responsibilities includes such as : Planning and defining scope, resource planning, activity planning, developing schedules, estimating time and cost, developing budgets, producing documentation, risk analysis and management, progress monitoring and reporting, team leading, working with clients and stakeholders, quality management Within this they will need to be able to take decisions relative to how to achieve all this, choosing appropriate tools, adapting tools and processes and know why – knowledge and competence:

2) For Woody, would you recommend that he train internal personnel or contract out? If the latter, what type of contract should be in place and why (350 words)

If you recommend internal personal Then What risks is Woody taking on which could be contracted out? Limitations and advantages of managing in-house What training and development is likely to be needed? How would you recommend that this is undertaken?

If you recommend hiring person on contract then, what type of contract should be in place and why Contract types include: Fixed Price

• Firm fixed price (FPP)
• Fixed price incentive fee (FPIF)
• Fixed price with economic price adjustment (FP-EPA) Cost reimbursable
• Cost plus fixed fee (CPFF)
• Cost plus incentive fee (CPIF)
• Cost plus award fee (CPAF) Time and materials