Principles of Project Management

Defining a Project and the Role of the Project Manager

The delivery of successful projects is often critical to business success. This assignment will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge and application of the principles of project management. You are not required to deal with the budget as the finance director will set this. Although you should demonstrate how you will manage and monitor the budget etc.

1 Define a project, its characteristics and the role of the project manager.

2 Justify the application of the theoretical frameworks and methodologies within a project environment.

3 Critically evaluate the composition and management of teams in a project environment.

Ability to foresee, and which seriously impair your assessed work’.

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Demonstrates an exceptional grasp of relevant analytical techniques, and the ability to apply these to new and/or abstract information and situations. Shows a highly developed appreciation of the limits and/or appropriate uses of particular analytical and evaluative

approaches. Knowledge and understanding of theory, where relevant, is highly detailed.

Exceptional appreciation of the limits of theory demonstrated throughout all assessment outcomes. Approach to assessment task is theoretically informed to an exceptional standard.

Demonstrates an outstanding grasp of relevant analytical and/or evaluative techniques. Shows a developed appreciation of the limits and/or appropriate uses of particular analytical and/or evaluative approaches. Knowledge and understanding of theory, where relevant, is detailed and sophisticated. Appreciation of the limits of theory demonstrated throughout the work. Approach to assessment task is clearly and appropriately theoretically informed.

Demonstrates a detailed, accurate, theoretical understanding. Appropriately selected theoreticalknowledge is applied to the individual learning outcomes. Makes excellent use of establishedtechniques of analysis and/or evaluation relevant to the discipline  and applies these effectively. Shows developed ability to appraise alternative theories and/or analytic approaches, where relevant.