Managing Projects

Managing Projects

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Characteristics of a project.....................................................................................................1
The Scope of a project............................................................................................................1
Project Gantt chart..................................................................................................................2
Project budget.........................................................................................................................4
Responses to risk....................................................................................................................4
Quality methods......................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Skills and competencies.........................................................................................................5
Leadership..............................................................................................................................6
Project management cycle......................................................................................................8
Administration and control problems...................................................................................10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Projects are the tasks and work which is assigned to an individual or an organisation.
Management of projects is very necessary for getting the expected and better outcomes after the
execution. By managing projects, leaders or managers can track the work activities of their
employees or team whom the project is allotted. The taken firm in this assessment report is Hotel
Communications Ltd who is providing IT infrastructure to the hospitality sector of UK. This
report will discuss the characteristics, scope, risk, quality, Gantt chart etc. along with the other
requirements of developing a project. This report will further outline the activities required to
successfully manage new projects in order to ensure the execution on time and within the allotted
cost. Further, this report will analyse the skills and competencies required by the Project team
along with the project management process. In the end, this report will discuss the leadership,
process and project life cycle stages related with the life cycle of the taken project.
TASK 1
Characteristics of a project
Hospitality sector deals with a large number of customers in providing their services
associated with accommodation, food, travelling etc. For ensuring the satisfaction and loyalty of
customers towards the hotel. By installing VR systems in the hotels, this customer satisfaction
can be enhanced. Through these VR systems, customers can access their home view from within
the hotel. The characteristics of a project are discussed below:
 Projects are mainly for customers.
 Nature of project is temporary. It has a start and endpoint which are determined before
initialising.
 Projects has various requirements which must be delivered within the project boundaries.
 A project can be once off endeavour instead of happening repeated times.
 A project can be cross organisation and cross-functional.
The Scope of a project
Project scope is the opportunity or possibility which arises in dealing with the project
effectively. The scope is used by the managers for determining the expected results of the
project. It is a collective statement given by the all the involved workers of the project (Aloini,
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Dulmin and Mininno, 2012). For the taken project of installing VR systems, the scope assist the
hotel in dealing with the opportunities which arises due to this project. The project scope of
implementing the VR system in hotel is very wide as it helps the users to view home and other
places from the hotel itself. It is helpful in determining the success rate by taking the feedbacks
from customers for acknowledging their views on the VR systems in hotels.
Project Gantt chart
It is the graphical representation of a project in which vertical and horizontal axis are
provided to project managers in order to make them aware them regarding the time of execution
and execution of tasks of the project.
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