Application of project life cycle to Primark

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project management
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Table of Contents
Task 2: Application of the project life cycle to a given context................................................2
2.1 Project life cycle that includes phases and activities of the PLC.....................................2
2.2 Development of business case and feasibility study........................................................3
2.3 Theories and practice of project management.................................................................3
2.3.1 Agile methodologies.................................................................................................3
2.3.2 Project management tools.........................................................................................4
2.3.3 Project leadership within the PLC.............................................................................4
2.4 Project documentation......................................................................................................5
2.4.1 Project initiation document.......................................................................................5
2.4.2 Project plan................................................................................................................5
2.4.3 Cost benefit analysis.................................................................................................6
2.4.4 Work breakdown structure........................................................................................7
2.5 Differentiating large and small scale projects and those used in public and private profit
sectors.....................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Task 2: Application of the project life cycle to a given context
2.1 Project life cycle that includes phases and activities of the PLC
The paper mainly reflects on the implementation of operations management principles
in Primake which is one of the Irish fast fashion retailer that is headquartered in Dublin. The
project life cycle that needs to be followed in order to complete the work of the project
mainly comprises of project initiation, planning, execution as well as closure phase of the
project (Andersen 2016). The project life cycle helps in elaborating the high level processes
for delivering a successful project. It is found that implementation of operation management
principles is generally broken down into four different phases including initiation, planning,
execution as well as closure of the project (Conforto et al. 2016).
Initiation phase: It is found that in the initiation phase of the project, one can be able
to determine a business related problem as well as opportunities that is generally met by team
in order to resolve the problem as well as issues of the project.
Planning phase: Once the entire project is approved for moving forward, it is very
much necessary to move into the planning phase. It is found that in the planning phase of the
project, one needs to create a project plan, create workflow documents as well as also helps in
estimating budget for creating a financial plan as well as also assists in gathering various
types of project resources (Hornstein 2015).
Execution phase: After the business approval, one needs to develop a plan for
executing the entire project quite successfully. In addition to this, the project team members
are briefed, proper communication plan is developed as well as the quality of work for the
project is monitored.

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Closure phase: Once the work of the project gets completed, the entire project gets
into the closure phase of the project. In the project closure phase, one needs to provide final
deliverables, release the resources of the project as well as helps in determining the success of
the project effectively (Badewi 2016).
2.2 Development of business case and feasibility study
The paper mainly focuses on the organization “Primark” which is one of the Irish fast
retailer that has it’s headquarter in Irish, Dublin. It is found that the organization faces
number of issues that are related with operations and management. In order to resolve the
issues, it is quite necessary to implement suitable theories of operations management. The
implementation of operations management principles helps in making proper as well as
effective decisions related with the business those are generally integrated with the local as
well as regional automatize market conditions.
The project that was undertaken was found to be financially, technologically as well
as operationally very much feasible. It is found that the money that is needed for the project is
sponsored by the CEO of the company and the equipment’s as well as other needs of the
project are generally available in the market and thus no difficulty is generally faced.
2.3 Theories and practice of project management
2.3.1 Agile methodologies
Agile methodologies like agile Scrum methodology, lean and Kanban software
development, extreme programming, crystal, dynamic system development method as well as
feature driven development that helps in sharing much of the same overarching philosophy as
well as different types of characteristics as well as practices (Meng and Boyd 2017). It is
found that testing is integrated in agile development that reflects that if any changes is needed
then the team will remain aware about various types of challenges and issues. Furthermore,