Project management and its importance

PROGRAM TITLE: BTEC-COMPUTING
UNIT TITLE: Managing a Successful Computing Project
ASSIGNMENT NUMBER: 1
ASSIGNMENT NAME: Managing a Successful Computing Project
SUBMISSION DATE:
DATE RECEIVED: 03/05/2022
TUTORIAL LECTURER: NGUYEN NGOC TAN
WORD COUNT: 4327
STUDENT NAME: NGUYEN PHUONG NAM
STUDENT ID: BKC18316
MOBILE NUMBER: 0388898670

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Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Task 1 5
P1 Devise project aims and objectives for a chosen scenario” promoting clean and sustainable
environment in UK” 5
P2 Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality, communication,
risk and resources 6
P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart to provide timeframes and stages for
completion and management process 10
P4 Carry out small-scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research methods appropriate
for meeting project aims and objectives 11
Task 2 13
P5 Analyze research and data using appropriate tools and techniques. 13
P6 Communicate appropriate recommendations as a result of research and data analysis to draw valid and
meaningful conclusions 16
P7 Reflect on the value of undertaking the research to meet stated objectives and own learning and
performance and evaluation of the project management process 17

Performance review 19
Template for Project Logbook 20
Conclusion 22
Reference 23
Introduction
Project management is one of the most crucial parts of management. The project management is
defined as the process or combination of processes toachieve a management objective within a
specified time period.in other word, project management is the use of specific time period for
achievingan organization goal that use techniques, skills, and knowledge, tools or combination of
these(Maylor, 2010). The success of a project mostly depend on the manager of the project .so
the project manager is responsible for allocating the tasks to be accomplished and give all
instructions to the employees to work according to the objectives of the project. During the
project, the manager have to learn so many things so that he can do better for the company and
can give formalized instruction to his subordinates and co workers.to finish a project a project
manager his to considers project time, project resources or scope, communication medium,
project risk and challenges etc.so the manager of a project needs to be competitive and skilled to
complete the project.in the paper I will explain a project taken by the manager of Leon restaurant
, United Kingdom.

Task 1
P1 Devise project aims and objectives for a chosen scenario” promoting
clean and sustainable environment in UK”
To run a project or to complete a project, the project manager needs to set up the aim and
objective of the project because, if the manager set the aim and object of a project then it will be
easy for him to get the clear idea and make a better plan for the project to be finished.so the
manager of the Leon restaurant has set the aim and objective of the project taken at hand .the aim
and objective of the project is given in the following –
Project’s aim

Leon is a fast food restaurant in UK. The manager of the restaurant has taken a project to
accomplish. The aim of the project is ‘promoting clean and sustainable environment in UK’.
Leon is new in the restaurant business, so the company wants to have a sustainable market at
home and to get into the new market though promoting and taking some corporate social
responsibility .so the manager of the company has taken a project to promote clean and
sustainable environment in UK. The manager want to know the attractiveness and advantages of
CSR activities to get competitive advantages over the competitiors.as a part of the project the
manger also has the aim to get some competitive advantages over the existing competitors in the
market with the help of some CSR activities.
Projects objectives
The manager of the restaurant has set the objective of the project. The manager wants to get
competitive advantages over their competitors to get into the new market and want to get
patronage of the competitors through taking some corporate social responsibility (CSR)
activities.The manager of the company has to ensure the capability to meet the project cost and
all other resources needed for the project. The manager of the company will also have to make
sure the quality of the project and the manager of the project need to consider the behavior of the
consumers and competitors to get competitive advantages in that market.so before taking the
CSR activities, the manager needs to accomplish an opportunity analysis of the project.
P2 Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost,
scope, time, quality, communication, risk and resources
Project management plan
To successfully accomplish a project the manager of the project must have a plan for that project.
A better project plan helps the project manager to achieve the objective of the project in a better
ways.Theterm project management plan is defined as the process of how the management will
execute, monitor and control the project(Baguley, 2008).in other word, a project management
plan is formal and established ways to manage a project. A good project managementplan
includes the following elements-