Principles of Project Management: Uber New Mobile App Case Study

Running head: PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Principles of Project management: Uber New Mobile App case study
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1PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
Overview..........................................................................................................................................2
1. Understanding PMBOK knowledge areas and processes............................................................3
1.1 Impact of PMBOK knowledge areas and processes in PMI’s code of ethics and project
management prcatices..................................................................................................................3
2. Comparison and contrast on different project management approaches.....................................4
2.1 The roles of project management approaches.......................................................................4
3. Project management tools and techniques for managing risks....................................................6
4. Leadership styles for managing project situations and their personal capacity to succeed those
situations..........................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

2PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Overview
Project management is referred to as a process or techniques widely used by the project
associates for managing different situations. For achieving long term project success different
knowledge management areas and PMI ethical codes are necessarily followed (Larson & Gray,
2017). The case study chosen for this assessment is development of Uber New driver’s
application to give wider opportunities to the Uber drivers. After analyzing the case study the
different project management approaches, practices, leadership style risk management plan
learned throughout the course are applicable for this case are elaborated in the paper.
According to this new app the drivers would be able to get alert and notification for
selecting passengers. The modified version is much reliable, flexible and user friendly. It is
recognized that, while developing this particular app all project management practices and
suitable approaches are followed by the project managers and approved by stakeholders as well.
The new application is beneficial for both the driving partners and drivers as well. A status bar
available in the app will let the delivery partners and driver know that whether they should keep
on driving or stay at a particular location. Moreover, it can be said that role of principle of
project management practices in terms of theories; models and reflections for managing and
implementing project are elaborated here.

3PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Understanding PMBOK process and knowledge areas
1.1 Impact of PMBOK knowledge areas and processes in PMI’s code of ethics and
project management prcatices
Throughout the project lifecycle period the project manager must follow each of the
PMBOK knowledge areas and practices individually. I have learned about various PMBOK
knowledge areas present that are to be maintained and managed by the project associates include
resource management plan, schedule and cost management plan, communication and quality
management plan and scope management plan. Before initiating any project the project
managers must prepare a scope statement and share that to the rest (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017).
The project scope statement should be understood appropriately by the project stakeholders. For
accomplishing the project proper resources that are essential must be identified and collected.
Apart from that, for reducing the work complexity the PM should use Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS) and Gantt chart to divide the large project into smaller segments. For each
segment individual resources are timelines should be set (Harrison & Lock, 2017). After setting
the timeline it become the responsibility of the assigned project resources to accomplish the
project activities within that assigned timeline and budget.
Apart from that the other practice used for managing projects are stakeholder
management plan. Before understanding the stakeholder’s responsibilities their interests should
be analyzed. Before initiating the project the potential risks that may interrupt the project success
should be identified, analyzed and prioritized accordingly (Hopkinson, 2017). In addition to that
based on the risk complexity the project managers develops risk mitigation strategies also. The
New app for Uber drivers are designed considering the requirements an expectation of the