Importance of Project communication Discussion 2022

INTERNSHIP PROJECT IN THE
ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT PWC
Student Name:
Student Number:
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1. Executive Summary
Project accomplishment requires confirming to deadlines and catering to varied project
stakeholders. In the current discussion of project report, an internship project has been
discussed from start till finish. The project includes timely completion of Accounts
Receivables and Payables at PwC. The project included working on a software used by the
organisation and it needed to be completed within a fortnight and within the budget as per
allocated costs. The project management description is detailed out in the current analysis.
Price Waterhouse Coopers International Limited is a multinational company offering
professional services in accounting. The company has its headquarters based in London,
United Kingdom and has a ranking of being second largest professional service in the world.
The company offers internship to many student’s world over for learning regarding their
processes and style of working. While working as an intern in the accounts receivable and
payable department in Cyprus, the work had to be conducted on particular software used by
the organisation. The accounts was being prepared for a client company based in Cyprus and
deadline allowed to complete the accounts was 14 days. Each and every aspect of the project
had been catered to. There have been adequate measures undertaken to cover risks stated for
the project as well and strategies to overcome barriers faced in the project.
Table of Contents
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1. Executive Summary............................................................................................................2
Table of Tables...........................................................................................................................3
Table of Figures.........................................................................................................................4
2. Introduction.........................................................................................................................4
3. Project Management at PwC...............................................................................................4
4. Project Deliverables............................................................................................................6
5. Project Stakeholders...........................................................................................................6
6. Project Communication......................................................................................................7
7. Project Timeline..................................................................................................................7
8. Project Resources and Capabilities.....................................................................................8
9. Project Cost and Budget.....................................................................................................8
10. Project Risks....................................................................................................................9
11. Barriers faced and strategies overcome them..................................................................9
12. Conclusion and Recommendations...............................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................10
Appendix..................................................................................................................................11
Appendix 1:..........................................................................................................................11
Appendix 2:..........................................................................................................................11
Appendix 3:..........................................................................................................................12
Appendix 4:..........................................................................................................................13
Appendix 5:..........................................................................................................................13
Table of Tables
Table 2: Project Schedule............................................................................................ 12
Table 3: Project Costs & Budget................................................................................... 13
Table 1: Risks Analysis.............................................................................................. 13
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Organisation Structure at PwC for the Project.......................................................11
Figure 2: Project Stakeholder Analysis............................................................................12
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2. Introduction
Project accomplishment requires confirming to deadlines and catering to varied project
stakeholders. In the current discussion of project report, an internship project has been
discussed from start till finish. The project includes timely completion of Accounts
Receivables and Payables at PwC. The project included working on a software used by the
organisation and it needed to be completed within a fortnight and within the budget as per
allocated costs. The project management description is detailed out in the current analysis.
3. Project Management at PwC
Price Waterhouse Coopers International Limited is a multinational company offering
professional services in accounting. The company has its headquarters based in London,
United Kingdom and has a ranking of being second largest professional service in the world.
It functions with several network firms present across 158 countries and based in 721
locations. The company employs over 250,930 people in the entire world. Its services
includes advisory, assurance, tax advisory, data and analytics, tax controversy, strategy
consulting, financial advisory, actuarial, and legal. The organisation structure and hierarchy
for the management of this project is given as below and the roles were assigned accordingly
(refer Appendix 1).
The company offers internship to many student’s world over for learning regarding their
processes and style of working. While working as an intern in the accounts receivable and
payable department in Cyprus, the work had to be conducted on particular software used by
the organisation. The accounts was being prepared for a client company based in Cyprus and
deadline allowed to complete the accounts was 14 days. There was a team which handled the
operations of the accounts and there was role assigned to each and every personnel. The
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