Project Management: Communications Campaign

This document discusses the budget, timeline, and cost benefit analysis for a communications campaign project. It also includes a Gantt chart and references.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management: communications campaign
Name of the Student:
Name of the university:

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8.0 Budget for the project
Human Factors Involved Wages/hour Hours (work done)
Event manager $4.00/hr 776 hrs
Employees $0.20/hr 160 hrs
Members $0.20/hr 328 hrs
Volunteers $0.21/hr 104 hrs
Beneficiaries $2.00/hr 184 hrs
Donors $3.00 2
Other NGOS $3.00 2
Local Community $2.00 2
Government $2.00 1
Website developer $4.00/hr 40 hrs
Campaign cost $4.56 2
marketing manager $5.00/hr 72 hrs
Project manager $4.13/hr 160 hrs
Finance manager $4.18/hr 48 hrs
Cost Benefit Analysis for the communication campaign schedule
Assigned cost for the social media campaign $ 200.00
Development cost $ 500.00
Website development cost $ 600.00

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Assigned cost for project team members $ 400.00
Net development cost $1,700.00
Legal cost for campaign documentation $ 500.00
Vendor cost $ 400.00
Cost for hiring venue $ 600.00
Net operational cost $1,500.00
Savings from net salary $ 500.00
Advertisement cost $1,300.00
Total expected benefits $1,800.00
Total cost assigned for the project activities $5,000

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9.0 Timeline for a communications campaign
WB
S Task Name Duratio
n Start Finish Resource Names Cost
0
Schedule details for
communications
campaign
178 days Thu
4/11/19
Mon
12/16/19
$5,000.0
0
1 Project initiation
phase 54 days Thu
4/11/19
Tue
6/25/19
$1,683.2
0
1.1
Developing scope
statement and project
objectives
20 days Thu
4/11/19
Wed
5/8/19 Event manager $640.00
1.2
Planning for
effective communication
strategies
10 days Thu
5/9/19
Wed
5/22/19 Event manager $320.00
1.3
Hiring venue-council
community centers
(Redfern Town Hall)
12 days Thu
5/23/19
Fri
6/7/19 Members $19.20
1.4 Suggestion for
corporate partners 20 days Thu
5/23/19
Wed
6/19/19 Event manager $640.00
1.5 Hiring sponsors for
the project 4 days Thu
6/20/19
Tue
6/25/19 Beneficiaries $64.00
1.6
Milestone 1:
Submission of initial
project draft
0 days Tue
6/25/19
Tue
6/25/19 $0.00
2 Project planning
phase 54 days Wed
6/26/19
Mon
9/9/19
$1,270.0
0
2.1
Developing
communication plan for
St Vincent de Paul
12 days Wed
6/26/19
Thu
7/11/19 Event manager $384.00
2.2 Planning for details
events 10 days Fri
7/12/19
Thu
7/25/19 Employees $16.00
2.3 Outdoor
advertisement plan 20 days Fri
7/12/19
Thu
8/8/19 Members $32.00
2.4 Social advertisement
plan 20 days Fri
7/26/19
Thu
8/22/19
Event manager, Other
NGOS[1] $643.00
2.5 Listing event
participants 12 days Fri
8/23/19
Mon
9/9/19 Beneficiaries, Donors[1] $195.00
2.6
Milestone 2:
Completion of project
planning phase
0 days Mon
9/9/19
Mon
9/9/19 $0.00
3 Project design and 41 days Tue Tue $1,398.8

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development phase 9/10/19 11/5/19 4
3.1 Creating a website 5 days Tue
9/10/19
Mon
9/16/19 Website developer $160.00
3.2 Social media
advertising 6 days Tue
9/17/19
Tue
9/24/19 marketing manager $240.00
3.3
Planning pre and
post brand awareness
program
8 days Wed
9/25/19
Fri
10/4/19 Project manager $264.32
3.4 Planning pre and
post event awareness 10 days Wed
9/25/19
Tue
10/8/19
Event manager,
Volunteers $336.80
3.5 Developing total
project timeline 9 days Mon
10/7/19
Thu
10/17/19
Campaign
cost[1],Employees $18.96
3.6
Assigning roles and
responsibilities to the
assigned project team
members
9 days Fri
10/18/19
Wed
10/30/19
Members, Other
NGOS[1],Project
manager
$314.76
3.7 Seeking for
corporate partners 4 days Thu
10/31/19
Tue
11/5/19 Beneficiaries $64.00
3.8
Milestone 3:
Completion of project
execution phase
0 days Tue
11/5/19
Tue
11/5/19 $0.00
4 Project execution
phase 14 days Wed
11/6/19
Mon
11/25/19 $386.64
4.1 Invitation to the
chief guest 2 days Wed
11/6/19
Thu
11/7/19 Event manager $64.00
4.2 Inviting the event
participants 3 days Fri
11/8/19
Tue
11/12/19 marketing manager $120.00
4.3
Advertising both
brand and upcoming
events
3 days Wed
11/13/19
Fri
11/15/19 Local Community[1] $2.00
4.4 Cost benefit analysis 4 days Mon
11/18/19
Thu
11/21/19 Finance manager $133.76
4.5
Selection of tools
and technologies for cost
benefit analysis
2 days Fri
11/22/19
Mon
11/25/19 Finance manager $66.88
4.6
Milestone 4:
Completion of project
execution phase
0 days Mon
11/25/19
Mon
11/25/19 $0.00
5 Project control and
monitoring phase 15 days Tue
11/26/19
Mon
12/16/19 $261.32
5.1 Developing detail
fun rising event 2 days Tue
11/26/19
Wed
11/27/19 Event manager $64.00
5.2 Developing tailoring
approaches and strategic 3 days Thu
11/28/19
Mon
12/2/19 Beneficiaries, Donors[1] $51.00

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fit
5.3 Gathering first hand
feedback 1 day Tue
12/3/19
Tue
12/3/19
Campaign
cost[1],Employees $6.16
5.4
Implementation of
change management
plan
2 days Wed
12/4/19
Thu
12/5/19
Government[1],Local
Community[1] $4.00
5.5
Milestone 5:
Completion of
controlling and project
monitoring phase
0 days Thu
12/5/19
Thu
12/5/19 $0.00
5.6 Project closure
phase 7 days Fri
12/6/19
Mon
12/16/19 $136.16
5.6.1 Managing the
complete event 3 days Fri
12/6/19
Tue
12/10/19 Volunteers $5.04
5.6.2 Stakeholder
signoff 3 days Wed
12/11/19
Fri
12/13/19 Project manager $99.12
5.6.3
Post campaign
maintenance program
and planning
1 day Mon
12/16/19
Mon
12/16/19 Event manager $32.00
5.6.4
Milestone 6:
Launching the final
event
0 days Mon
12/16/19
Mon
12/16/19 $0.00

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Figure 1: Gantt chart of the project
(Source: created by author)

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