PMP102 Fundamentals Of Project Management

Your organisation AMAZON has employed you as a consultant. You need to write a consultancy report Your brief is to write a 2,500-word management report. This report should include :

1.Briefly provide background information about the organisation (500 words)

a. This needs to be a succinct section

b. Summarise size and scope of the organisation

c. Clarify the type of operations (i.e. products and/or services)

d. Summarise the organisation’s business strategy including source(s) of competitive advantage

e. Summarise the organisation’s approach to data analytics and whether this is linked effectively to the business strategy

2.Critically analyse how the organisation currently manages and co-ordinates projects in order to ensure the best possible outcomes

 (700 words)

a. Does the organisation use a project management office (PMO) or similar?

b. How are projects identified and prioritised?

c. How are project managers and team members selected?

d. Who are the stakeholders and How are stakeholders kept informed?

e. How are decisions made?

f. How are projects evaluated? 

g. How is a project is signed off and is it deemed successful in achieving this main goals or objectives?

h. Highlight advantages and limitations where appropriate (e.g. variations on labour laws undermined best practice) HR focus

3. Evaluate the extent to which the organisation uses qualitative and quantitative data to support decision-making by project managers and/or project management offices (550 words)

a. To what extent is decision making data driven?

b. What type(s) of data are used to inform decision-making?

c. To what extent is there evidence of intuitive decision-making? 

d. How is that data collected and monitored?

e. Who are the decision-makers?

4.Make focused recommendations to enable the organisation to more effectively manage its projects in the future including any potential IT options (500 words)

a.Have I considered priorities, timescales, cost implications, feasibility?

b.Are my recommendations consistent with my analysis?

c.Have I considered potential barriers to change and how these might be addressed?

d.Compare and contrast where appropriate

Conclusions (250 words)