Assessment 2: Mega Media Project

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Assessment 2: Mega Media Project
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
1. Description of the reason why Mega Media scenario is a project...............................................2
2. Four steps of project management life cycle...............................................................................2
2.1 General description of the stages...........................................................................................2
2.2 Description of the stages in context to mega media scenario................................................3
3. Steps for preparing a documentation...........................................................................................4
3.1 Description of the knowledge that is needed.........................................................................4
3.2 Documentation which will be produced as a result of acquiring knowledge........................5
3.3 Linkage of the knowledge area with different project management process........................5
4. Skills and attributes needed as a project manager.......................................................................7
4.1 Skills and attributes needed by the project manager for ensuring that the knowledge is
acquired in ethical manner...........................................................................................................7
4.2 Ways in which project manager will work for achieving project objectives........................8
References......................................................................................................................................10

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1. Description of the reason why Mega Media is considered as project
The project of Mega media generally aims to have the facilities of video production
generally running in 6 weeks for fulfilling different contractual obligations for providing
specialist content in the local TV station. The main scope of the project is to undertake a
temporary measure in order refit two of the large constructed industrial building. As project is
considered as one of the temporary endeavours that have finite start as well as end which is
generally focussed on properly creating unique service therefore Mega Media is considered as a
project. Whereas Media project is not a program or a portfolio as proper collection of projects
which generally, become program and a project portfolio, which is a proper collection of
different types of project, which are generally managed by a group, which is not suitable for the
scenario of Mega Media.
The characteristics and attributes of the entire project that generally helps in believing that
the scenario of Mega media is a project are listed below:
 Time-period: The facilities of video production must be completed within 6 weeks for
fulfilling different contractual obligations.
 Scope: Proper plans are generally created for properly refitting large as well as properly
constructed industrial building within the innovation precinct.
 Cost: It is analysed that the entire project will get completed within the budget that is
estimated in the initiation phase of the project.

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2. Four steps of project management life cycle
2.1 General description of the stages
The PLC is generally disintegrated into four phases including initiation, planning,
execution as well as project closure phase. The steps are elaborated below:
 Initiation: In the initiation phase, the entire business case for the project is developed
and during that specific step, the feasibility of the project is identified. Additionally,
proper project charter is established and the team members for the project are appointed
(Ramazani and Jergeas 2015).
 Planning: Proper project plan is created that determine the project timeline. In addition
to this, a proper WBS for the entire project is created such that the budget for the project
is developed. Moreover, the resources which are required for the project are gathered.
 Execution: In this phase, the work that is associated with the project gets executed
sucessfully (Badewi 2016).
 Closure: In the project closure phase, a post project review is mainly undertaken and
proper documentation is mainly created that include all the information about the project.
Moreover, stakeholder sign off will be performed.
2.2 Description of the stages in context to mega media scenario
It is found that in order to undertake the project of mega media, the activities which are
generally performed in different project stages are generally elaborated below:
 Initiation: In this stage, the project managers identified the business need of the project
and undertakes a feasibility study (Serra and Kunc 2015). Furthermore, the steps which