Project Initiation Document for a Project Manager

Section 1: Project Management Plan

You have been hired as the project manager to oversee the planning and development of this project. Your first task is to prepare a project initiation document  drawing on appropriate project management theory and frameworks, to present to the Project Sponsor.

Your report MUST contain two sections.

Project Management Plan.

The plan should consider the following aspects of the project:

• The project scope statement, including a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) The project schedule including a Gantt chart and your project milestones.

• An initial assessment of stakeholders (minimum 8) by identifying, analyzing, planning and providing recommendations on how these stakeholders should be managed to maximize the chance of achieving the project objectives.

• An initial assessment of risks (minimum 8) presented by the project and the response strategies proposed.

Contemporary Knowledge and Skill Requirements in Project Management

You are expected to read the following research article on Contemporary Knowledge and Skill Requirements in Project Management (please see link below). Drawing on the findings that indicates that the selected project management textbooks put the strongest emphasis on project planning and control, relationship management, and resource management, and leveraging on other credible academic sources, critically discuss how these three competencies can aid success in your project.

The word limit includes quotations and citations. Tables, figures, appendices and the final references list are omitted from the overall word count. You must state the number of words used on the front cover of the assignment.

• Your coursework will be given a zero mark if you do not submit a copy through Turnitin. Please take care to ensure that you have fully submitted your work.

• Please ensure that you have submitted your work using the correct file format, unreadable files will receive a mark of zero. The Faculty accepts Microsoft Office and PDF documents, unless otherwise advised by the module leader.

• All work submitted after the submission deadline without a valid and approved reason (see below) will be given a mark of zero.

• The University wants you to do your best. However we know that sometimes events happen which mean that you can’t submit your coursework by the deadline – these events should be beyond your control and not easy to predict. If this happens, you can apply for an extension to your deadline for up to two weeks,

A mark within this percentage range will be given to an essay which:

- Shows some limited basic understanding of the subject but is incomplete. For example, if it answers one part of a question but not the rest.

- makes only very general statements

- Includes some factual errors or misunderstandings e.g. confusion between different companies or misuse of certain key terms.

- shows limited use of material with limited reading/research on the topic and includes only a very small number of references, not all of which are included in the references

- Includes spelling mistakes, is poorly structured with no clear argument and grammar mistakes making it difficult to understand.

- Includes some irrelevant material. 35 – 39% A mark within this percentage range will be given to an assignment which:

- Includes only a limited amount of relevant material.

- Shows little evidence of reading/research on the topic. For example, the essay includes only very few references, and relies only on material or case studies used during the course.

- Shows only a very basic understanding of the subject.

- Is poorly presented with bad grammar, some spelling mistakes and an incomplete reference list.

- Has a poor structure and does not flow e.g. if there is no conclusion or new facts are introduced in the conclusion rather than introduction or main discussion