Project Management

Activity 1.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. Create a scope management plan or some other form of relevant document that could be accessed by a project management team to identify and define the scope of a project. The exact details of the project are up to you.Activity 2.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. Define your project’s stakeholders. Who are they? What are their interests in the project? What power / authority do they have over your project.Activity 3.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. Write a letter, memo or email in which you seek clarification from delegating authority of any issues related to project and project parameters. Describe who you would write to and why and outline your wish list-the things that will be included within the project’s parameters.Activity 4.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. Create a job description in which identifies the limits of your responsibility and reporting requirements. Make sure job description is detailed, includes any limits of responsibility and working relationshipActivity 5.Find an example of a vision or mission statement, or strategic plan or operational plan.Analyse the vision or mission statement or strategic plan you have found to identify the organisation objectives.  a project that might be implemented to achieve the organisation’s objectives. (75-100 words).Activity 6.You work for an organisation that makes and sells baked goods. You have been appointed project manager of a team whose task it to develop a new product for sale. This might be a new cake, biscuit or bread. Determine the resources needed to undertake the project. Explain how go about sourcing and accessing these resources. (100-150 words).Activity 7.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next threemonths. Develop a project plan including goals, timelines, work breakdown structure including roles and responsibilities. (2-3 pages)Activity 8.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. Identify two appropriate project management tools and describe how they can be accessed.Provide an example of each tool and outline how it relates to your project. (1-2 pages).Activity 9.You are working on a project to move the contents of an office from one location to another. You will need to move heavy furniture such as desks , filling cabinets , lounges and photocopiers. What are the potential risks? Formulated a risk management plan for the project and consider any relevant legislation.Activity 10.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. Develop a project budget for this project and explain how you arrived at the figures you did.Activity 11 a.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes todevelop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. Identify a team of people who might be able to help you with the project and describe why you would consult them and take their views into account when planning the project.Activity 11b.When consulting team members you need to take into account that not all team member will speak English as their first language. Why do you think it is necessary to communicate with people from diverse backgrounds in an appropriate or different way? You might need to undertake your own research to answer this question.Activity 12.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. Describe how you would determine if the plan was finalised. Explain your approach to gaining approval to commence the project.Activity 13.Your organisation premises have been flooded causing damage to carpets, furniture and computer equipment. You have been appointed the project manager for the clean-up and repair of the premises.1. Identify at least five of the responsibilities that team members might have. 2.Explain at least three of the actions you might take to ensure project team members are clear about their responsibilities and the project requirements.Activity14.You have noticed that one of your team members is having difficulty meeting the quality of the expected outcomes of the project. you have decided to provide coaching as a form of support to help the team develop the skills needed to meet quality outcomes. Explain what coaching would comprise of. To answer this question you will need to research the coaching process then demonstrate that you understand how coaching procedures can be applied and why it is necessary, in such situations, to have some understanding of adult learning needs.The coaching process contains: •    Enrolling the individual •    Building the relationship •    Assessment & feedback •    Development planning •    Coaching to the plan •    Closure & planning next step I have noticed that one team member do not know to use Excel. He is in  charge of budget and that is vital skill. I would find out what he knows  about IT and begin coaching him because I have diploma of IT. Senior members did not have computers in school so they need to catch up with programs on computers like Excel. That will help him for the every job in his future.Activity 15. You are employed as a supervisor at local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of the project manager.•    What type of record keeping system would you establish and maintain throughout the project?•    Why would you use this type of system? Why do you think it is superior to other record keeping system? Activity 16.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. How would you monitor and manage project finance, resources (human, physical &technical) and quality? Do not limit your ideas to methods used in the text. Why would you use these methods? Why do you think it is superior to other monitoring methods?Activity 17.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implemented within the next three months. You have been the responsibility of project manager, complete a progress report that could be forwarded to stakeholder.Activity 18.You are employed as a supervisor at the mail distributor centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. Identify and list the management strategies would you put in place? Activity 19.You are employed as a supervisor a t the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implement within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager.  Identify the project deliverables that you need to achieve to successfully carry out the project. Do not limit your answer to final deliverable; include deliverable that need to be achieved throughout the project. Include both tangible and intangible deliverables Activity 20.You are employed as a supervisor at the m. d centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. What financial records associated with the project would you need to keep and how you check records for accuracy? Financial records that I need to keep are all expenses including wages for project team and materials which we going to use. I would check it for accuracy by reconciling my accountingrecords with external records, such as bank statements, supplier invoices, credit card statements and other documents. The numbers should match. I am going to keep financial record because I am obligated by lawActivity 21.You and your project team have been working on a new advertising campaign for the organisation  you work for. The campaign has been designed and delivered. It is your job to assign staff involved in the project to new roles or reassign to previous roles. One staff member is upset about having to return to their previous role.  Write a transcript of what you would say to them to placate them, We need to consider legally did that person sign contract with us specially for that role because he can prosecute us. Also need to explain to him that is not step back in his career and he will still be able to evolve and advance in our companyActivity22.You are employed as a supervisor at the m.d centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. What documentation might you need to complete before the project ends? Provide at least ten examples. How would you might obtain any of the project you are basing your answers on.Activity 23.1.    Why is it necessary to review project outcomes against the project scope and plan? (one sentence)2.    What are five of the things that a review might reveal?3.    How might you present a review? The project review should contain: •    An executive summary •    Project performance •    Lessons learned •    Closure activities •    Recommendations •    Appendices•    Activity 24.You are employed as a supervisor at the local mail distribution centre. The centre wishes to develop a new staff recruitment and selection process, to be implemented within the next three months. You have been assigned the responsibility of project manager. Identify five of the lessons that might have been learnt from the project and how you would report your finding.I would document lessons learned by describing •    Successes Describing the project management and quality management processes that were perceived to be appropriate and/or effective for the project as reflected by the stakeholders and the project records/documentation. •    Areas for improvement Describing the project management and quality management processes that were perceived to be inappropriate and/or ineffective