Importance of Plotting a Gantt Chart
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Managing Projects
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11. Definition of type of project....................................................................................................12. Scope management and its tools.............................................................................................13. Importance of plotting a Gantt chart and identifying critical path..........................................24. Ways to determine the success of a project............................................................................35. Changes to the project plan.....................................................................................................36. Methods to ensure timely completion of project.....................................................................3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4Outlining of activities essential to manage a new project...........................................................4Skills and Competencies of a manager.......................................................................................5Project Management Process......................................................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTION Projects are mentioned to be a undertaking by an organisation to create a new product(Cavaleri, Firestone and Reed, 2012). It can be defined as a complex one time initiativeundertaken by an organisation to meet customer’s expectations. However the project differ fromdaily operations of business as they result in creation of new and unique product for thebusiness.. Projects are time bound therefore, expires on the completion of objectives. Projectmanagement aims to plan and organise activities of a undertaking so that they can be carried outin an ideal manner (Van Offenbeek and Vos, 2016). The steps which are undertaken in projectmanagement are planning, induction, execution and monitoring. The special consideration inproject management is given to time, resources, tools and team. This assignment aims to developa thorough understanding about project management with special consideration to working ofJKB Bloggins. It is an organisation that caters needs of auto mobile sector in the UnitedKingdom. TASK 11. Definition of type of projectThere are various types of projects which can be carried out by a business. The typewhich carries highest degree of relevance are the manufacturing projects. JKB Bloggins aims toexpand their operations and product line which comes under the category of manufacturingprojects. These projects are generally carried out within existing operating environment. Thisorganisation aims to increase the area of operations along with development in offerings.Another type of project i.e. Management projects is also relevant to this organisation as they arelooking to enter into markets of Asia with their latest offerings. The management of projectsguarantee that right tools and equipment are employed and makes sure that activities areaccomplished on time. 2. Scope management and its toolsScope management are defined to be the process in which inputs and outputs of a processare controlled and manipulated (Cleden, 2012). It is the process through which scope of a projectis managed and made sure that activities will accomplish in specified time. Project scope isdefined to be work that is needs to be accomplished so that desired product is delivered toconsumers. It helps in allocation right amount of efforts and resources so that project is carried1
out as expected. It is essential to cater the project with essential attention and services so that itresults in delivering ideal products. The tools to show subdivision of work are as follows: Definition of scope: This is the first tool employed to identify key deliverables which areto be undertaken in this project. It ensures preparation of detailed document which statesactivities to be considered. For example: Project charter is prepared with the use of Interviews,workshops and creativity techniques. Work Breakdown structure: The scope which is built in the first step is to be brokendown into smaller and manageable components that goes by the name of packages (DeFillippi,2015). The tool which is employed in this process is Decomposition. Validation: it is a step in which the level of acceptance by the consumers is ascertained.The consumers provide feedback which is to be collected and analysed by the organisation(Thamhain, 2013). The tool which is considered in this step is Inspection. Control scope: As the name suggests, it aims at monitoring activities of a project andrevamping scope of the same. Variance analysis is employed to control the scope of a project. (Source: Project Scope Management, 2017)3. Importance of plotting a Gantt chart and identifying critical pathGantt chart is a tool employed by businesses to schedule tasks that are time bound andtrack their progress against time allotted to the same. JKB Bloggins is looking to expand theiroperation into north-east London with their new manufacturing site by offering latest technologyin auto-mobile sector. This mentioned project is to be carried out by March 2018 which makes itessential to form a Gantt chart. This organisation possesses software that helps in sequencing2Illustration 1: Project Scope Management
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