Managing Operations and Projects

Managing operations
and Projects

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Project scope management..........................................................................................................3
Project time management............................................................................................................6
Project cost management.............................................................................................................7
Project risk management.............................................................................................................8
Project communication management........................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Managing operations and projects is defined as to make a deal with both constant as well
as strategic business problems in an organised manner. There are many elements which are
involved in project management like making plans, organizing, motivating and also controlling
all kind of resources in order to fulfil all goals and objectives. In terms of operations
management its main responsibility is to direct as well as control all operations been performed
in business. In terms of project management the main reason behind it is to implement a
complete different product and service(VanArsdale, 2021). The below report includes project
scope management, time management which includes an activity base table, Gantt chart and also
a network diagram. The report also includes cost , risk and communication management
followed by project structure and appeal. The report is based on Bloomsbury institute. This
institute is a high education provider which is situated in London. It offers both undergraduate
and postgraduate degree in accordance with business management, accountancy as well as law.
MAIN BODY
Project scope management
It refers to the procedure which helps in deciding as well as representing overall list in
terms of project goals, tasks , budget and many more which is involved in the process of
planning only. It includes many things like exclusions, project deliverables, constraints and
assumptions.
Description of the project: - The report is about Bloomsbury institute which has decided to
organise a graduation ceremony. The ceremony will be conducted in November 2021. The
institute has decided a budget for that which is approx £7000 and length of project would not be
more than 3 months.
Project objectives: - The graduation ceremony is been organised for a particular reason. So, the
objective behind it is to do a celebration for all students who have achieved all needs whether in
terms of academic and curricular also. The main objective of project is to motivate their students
to enhance their skills and also create some amazing memories. Each student do hard work so
they expect that they will get appreciation for that so Bloomsbury institute also decided to
organise a graduation ceremony for them.

Project scope: - In graduation ceremony the scope was to create a effective ceremony within the
budget which is been set in order to become successful. Bloomsbury institute should be able to
conduct graduation ceremony within the deadline set and must be able to create efficiency.
Assumptions:- The assumptions in context with graduation ceremony are been explained as
below:-
 The institute assumed that if they have invited 100 students in their ceremony all students
would be there to attend it.
 It was also assumed that food offered to all students would be enough and will not be less
for them. The institute also assumed that all plans which they have made the graduation ceremony
will also be conducted according to that(Gordwin, 2021).
Constraints:- While organising any event many constraints can occur so in terms of graduation
ceremony it is explained as below:-
 As institute decided to invite 100 students but constraint can occur that even half of them
didn't attended the meeting.
 There can be another constraint also students may expect that they will get appreciation
in effective way but they may feel unhappy also after attending the ceremony. It may also happen that taste of food will not be proper as it was expected.
Roles and responsibilities:-
While organising an event there are many roles and responsibilities which had to be
performed by an individual or team who is responsible for managing the project and in terms of
graduation ceremony it is explained as below:-
Members responsible for project Roles and responsibilities
Project team member They are responsible to work with users so that they can
achieve all business needs.
Project manager They develops whole project plan and according to that
team members work
Sponsor of project They are responsible for making business decisions
Business analyst Their role is to define the project effectively