Project Management Assessment 2

This report evaluates and assesses a project related to the development of a new university in Sailsbury House. It discusses success factors for completion of a project, lessons learnt from the project, and recommendations for project managers. It also includes a reflection report on career paths in project management and the skills required for it.

Project Management
Assessment 2

Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................4
Evaluation of chosen project........................................................................................................4
Success factors for completion of a project.................................................................................4
Lesson learnt from a project........................................................................................................5
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................6
Reflection report with consideration of career path in project management along with
highlighting skills.........................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The project management is a crucial term which is used for development of a particular act.
Project management is also skills, tools and skills (Abotaleb, and El-adaway, 2018). The value
development is an essential component of a project management in order to develop it in
effective manner. This is the major responsibility of a project manager to complete project in an
ethical manner for sustainable approach. It is also a key role of management to focus on project
development in order to gain competitive advantage in a short period of time. This report
includes the evaluation and assessment of a project in order to understand major dimensions of
project management. This project also includes the application of effective project plan and
success factors for completion of project. This report also includes reflection for a career path in
development of a suitable project for a role of effective project manner.

TASK
Evaluation of chosen project.
It was essential for a person to choose a project in order to learn and develop effective
knowledge related to a subject matter. Our project was related to development of a new
university in the Sailsbury House. This project is undertaken because of demand of education, in
the situation of lockdown, many institutions of United Kingdom developed a perfect approach
for development infrastructure. All major project activities used by us were based on civil
engineering and other things. The new University is now going to provide all major degrees
which are essential for focused growth. The project was very responsible as it included all
infrastructure and management techniques.
Success factors for completion of a project
In the project management, it is essential for a person to consider different success factors
in order to gain a competency edge. The project development will require effective knowledge of
information and technology to proceed (Eriksson, and Szentes, 2017). Our project team also
selected and discussed various success factors that are necessary to gain desired project success.
The success factors are mentioned below:
 Skilled and experience holding team- The success of a major project is totally
dependent upon success of a defined project in a set period of time. My team was
skilled in a systematic manner to develop enthusiasm and commitment in order to
complete the project. My team was also having good knowledge related to
infrastructure engineering in order to develop a perfect virtual learning
environment.
 Planning and strategy- This is the most important success factors in order to
manage and lead a team. There is a major need of development of an appropriate
planning strategy in order to satisfy different clients. The planning is an essential
part of project management and development in order to develop different strategic
options. Our team developed plan with minimum risk in order to eliminate threat
related to future. Our plan was also associated with major planning related to
business development and support (Eriksson, Larsson, and Pesämaa, 2017). The

planning also included various elements like base, order, tool and techniques
planning for effective development of the project.
 Open communication- In the completion of a project activity, there is a major role
played by communication as it facilitates various development activities. In the
development and completion of a project it is essential to focus on communication
in order to manage tasks. With the help of communication our team interacted with
each other whenever it was necessary. The communication also increases
coordination between two or more parties in order to complete a particular task
related to project.
 Risk management and assessment- It is essential for a team to develop a perfect
risk management approach for the business. The risk management also includes
different models and methods of risk improvement for smooth operations. Risk
management models and tools like sharing, avoiding and transferring risk
associated with different team functions (Hietajärvi, Aaltonen, and Haapasalo,
2017). The project management team which was managed me discussed risk
minimisation methods as a team.
Lesson learnt from a project
The project and its tenure was a good learning experience for our whole team and it was
helpful in development of a good approach in the project life cycle. The project was giving good
life-long learning lessons to me in order to develop at the marketplace. Our whole team learned
the following major things from infrastructure project:
 Importance and management of a project- Our team learned, how to complete
different projects within a short span of time. The project management taught us
how to manage project in a more crucial manner for the achievement of goals and
objectives. The importance of project management is very vital for whole team in
order to learn certain things in a well and specified manner.
 Skills development- The skill development is related to development of different
activities which are helpful in development of projects. The skill which our whole
team developed during the project were problem solving, decision making,
management and focused development skills (Jayasuriya, Zhang, and Yang, 2020).

All major skills which were learned during the project were also relate to develop
project in a major sense. The skills development is also helpful in considering good
approach for leading a whole project.
 Leadership and management qualities- In the development of our project team, it
is also managerial to learn focusing on leadership skills. The leadership qualities
include various components which makes a person more competitive. I practised
the application of democratic leadership styles which are helpful in development of
various qualities. It takes into consideration advice and suggestions given by our
whole team in order to manage various functions. The management of various
decisions which were related to our project was also achieved with the help of
leadership and approaches. Our team was against autocratic style of leadership
which excluded suggestions by subordinate team members. In other words,
application of democratic style of leadership was important for us to manage
various goals and objectives.
 Developing and learning from infrastructure project- As our whole project was
based on constructing a new university campus. Our whole team learned different
parameters of learning in order to survive at the marketplace. In the era of stiff
competition education sector, it is most important for a business to include
application of virtual learning (Kerzner, 2019). Our project team although faced
many difficulties in completing the project as it was hard for us to manage rest of
the labour and construction related functions. The more different functions of
management related to our project were also helpful in increasing the value of
project.
Recommendation
In the development of a project, it is recommended for a project manager to focus on
development of different skills for overall growth and development. In the functioning of a
project, it is also important to focus on various dimensions of project management in order to
gain a good response. It is also crucial for a project manager to develop certain ethics in order to
develop sustainable practices in a business. The project manager is also recommended that, it is
also major to focus on key aspects of growth and expansion. Various stakeholders of the project
are considered as major interest holders in the project, so it is effective to take steps and actions

for them. I also recommend my team to follow all the necessary instructions related to
completion of project with honesty and integrity (Kuznetsov, and Sabel, 2017). The different
dimensions of project management are needed to be covered with the application of value
development. It is also recommended that project manager should also develop key supervision
and control on various aspects of learning in order to analyse importance of project. The main
focus of a project manager should be on planning in a strategic manner for overall development
of the business. It is also a major duty of project manager to focus on completion of a project on
time in order to develop a major competitive edge.
It is also recommended for a project manager to focus on overall development of the
project in order to develop a systematic approach. Key supervision and control should be
developed by a project manager for tracking whole project managed related to life cycle. In the
current scenario a project manager focus on development related aspects that are good for overall
growth of a particular project. In the development of virtual learning environment, it is majorly a
good approach which focus on key aspects of project focus. It is recommended for a project
manager to also take support of control and risk management for long term success. The project
life cycle also includes various application in different stages that also includes project design
and formulation. In the recent times, it is also important for a project manager to follow
employment in order to develop legal business (Marinho, Sampaio, and Moura, 2018). This is
also recommended for a manager to include different practices that are legal in nature for safety
and security of employees. In the development of effective business activities related to a project,
a project manager to include management styles. The application of human relationship theory is
important to develop healthy relationship between different team members. This theory is also
effective in management and development of harmony between team members which
automatically increases coordination. The coordination and its development is also necessary in
management of a project for overall development of the business. In the project management, it
is also recommended for a manager to develop all operations in a systematic manner. The
deadline or time line related to a project should be also facilitated by project manager in order to
complete project in a set period of time.

Reflection report with consideration of career path in project management along with
highlighting skills
I can easily learn from my project various techniques and approaches that are beneficial in
increasing the development of project. The career path is also a major highlight which can be
developed with the support of different project management activities and approaches. I am very
glad and thankful to my team members and seniors who helped me a lot during the completion of
project. I will now consider major roles and responsibilities of mine to develop a well-balanced
strategy for long term development (Michalak, and Rysavy, 2020). The various skills and
techniques related through our construction based projet which will be applied in career path are
mentioned below:
 Problem solving- This is one of the major skills that I achieved during the
completion of my project related to development of virtual learning. Problem solving
skills that are learned by me during this project are helpful in finding out optimum
solutions for the problems. In the development of an individual these skills are
effective in overall talent management.
 Focus and discipline- The focus and discipline are two major pillars of project
development which were considered by me during the project. Focus and discipline
helped me in development of project and I also learned to manage effective areas of
my strengths and weaknesses. This approach is also helpful in career path by
development of an effective personality.
 Effective communication- Effective communication defines as to convey an
information to another effectively and efficiently, with good communication or
verbal skills helps to transfer the sharing information to employees within a firm for
its commercial benefits (Midler, 2019). While doing any project it is important to
communicate properly and keep all the parties about the project up- to- date on any
changing status of the project. With the help of effective communication, it is
possible to make the best decisions which generates to good project delivery.
 Technical expertise-The role of technical experts is come at the end after estimating
all the facts related to project then they provide their technical advice regarding the
project. They focus on technical tasks and finished them by focusing also guide other
employees to do same and continue focused on technical facts in project. They work

as a mentor in their technical department and analyse planned schedule projects also
keep updating, researching and assess hardware or software technology alternatives
for every project.
 Decision making- The ability to make important decisions regarding business is the
most valuable skill of all project manager. Most important step in decision making is
to analyse the problem properly only then managers can understand the situation
clearly and provide the best decision. A decision maker is a manager who makes the
challenging decisions that overall impact on the company and make decisions on
how organization should operate. The project where the project leader and team
decides about the policy, scheme and acceptable actions. When managers plan they
decides on the matters or what objective will pursue, resources they use and assign
the project to the employees.
 Growth and expansion- This project works to expand the business in high level,
this includes innovating new product in the market and moving into new market. It
also involves in increasing the revenue by sale the surviving goods in same market or
in new market, at this point of time company starts to thinking for additional means
to give raise the extra profits. Growth and Expansion has the prospective to introduce
company products and services in larger number of customers, which directly link to
improve sales of firm and leads to excessive profits. This skill presents the company
a chance to budge business to another area, across the world.
 Professionalism- This skill refers to uplift respect and honesty in related to business
matters or during any project (Venkataraman, and Cheng, 2018). It is important for
project manager to kept the all personal information of their employees confidential
and it not leads to any conflicts. This is a variable awareness and application of
specialist with specialised knowledge with in a specific field and the receipt of
profession application of capacity and qualities, involve knowledge and appropriate
skills.

CONCLUSION
From the above stated report it can be concluded that project management is an effective
approach which is helpful in developing a business entity. This project concludes the importance
of time and skill development in order to complete a successful project. The above stated report
it can be concluded that it is important for a project manager to develop a precise strategy for a
project management. The report also concludes that in the development of a project there is
effective role played by team management and development.

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