Managing Operations and Projects for Charity Fundraising Event for Homeless People in Great Britain

Running head: Managing Operations and Projects

Managing Operations and Projects 1
Executive Summary
Homelessness is a great issue in Great Britain. Research show that more than 3, 00,000 persons
in the country which equals to one in every 200 are homeless or residing in improper homes.
Around 307000 people are sleeping on the road or have been accommodated in the temporary
houses, bed or breakfast rooms and hostels. It accounts to an increase of 13000 people as
compared to the previous years.
So, London School of Business and Management have decided to organize a fund raising event
for the homeless people of Great Britain. The project is targeted to fulfill the necessities of the
homeless people. The title of the project would be ‘Charity for Good’. Under this project the
fund raising event would be organized in the month of May, 2018. Its aim is to raise a minimum
amount of £2018 which would be spent for the benefits of the homeless people.
The aim of the project is to ensure that no citizen in the country remains or becomes homeless
and it plans to fulfill its objective by the end of 2018. So, a project report is formulated in this
regard. Its various aspects such as project cost management; time management and risk
management are stated in this report.

Managing Operations and Projects 2
Contents
Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Project Overview and Scope........................................................................................................................3
Project Rationale, Scope, Objectives and its duration..............................................................................3
Project stakeholders and their roles and responsibilities..........................................................................4
Project team with roles and responsibilities.............................................................................................4
Project Constraints..................................................................................................................................5
Project Assumptions................................................................................................................................5
Approvals and Authority needed.............................................................................................................6
Project Cost Management............................................................................................................................7
Work Breakdown Structure of the Resource Analysis.............................................................................7
Formulation and implementation of financial plans................................................................................7
Follow up of the financial plans...............................................................................................................7
Budgeting & Projected Revenue..............................................................................................................8
Project Time Management...........................................................................................................................9
Action plan................................................................................................................................................10
Project Risk Management..........................................................................................................................12
Risk Matrix............................................................................................................................................12
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................14
References.................................................................................................................................................15

Managing Operations and Projects 3
Introduction
According to The Guardian (2017) more than 300000 persons in the Great Britain are homeless.
According to the statistics, almost one person in every two hundred persons does not have a
house or is living in one which does not fulfill the basic necessities.
To curb the problem of homelessness, London School of Business and Management is
organizing a fund raising event in the month of May, 2018 under the project titled as ‘Charity for
Good’ .It has been launched for the welfare of the homeless people. The duration of the project
would be 3 months starting from 1st of March, 2018 to 31st of May, 2018.
The project targets to collect £2018 from the fund raising event. The requirements of the
homeless people such as food, drinks, and bath and body products would be taken care of with
the help of funds raised by this project. Also, a campaign would be held under this project which
would encourage the homeless to collectively appeal to the government to build affordable
homes for them (Fitzpatrick et al., 2017).So, this project along with the various aspects related to
time, cost and risk management have been discussed below in the report.
Project Overview and Scope
Project Rationale, Scope, Objectives and its duration
The fund raising event under the project ’Charity for Good’ would be launched in the College’s
premises. The rationale for organizing the fund raising event would be to help the homeless and
to take care of their requirements (Holzer and Baum, 2017).
The scope of the project is to minimize the problems faced by the homeless people and cater to
their needs.
The objective of the project is also to organize a campaign to encourage the social service groups
to appeal to the government to construct affordable homes for the homeless people (Homeless
Link, 2017). A team of students from London School of Management would be helping to make