Project Management: Managing Project Team, Developing Project Plan, Monitoring Progress and Closing Project

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Table of Contents
Section 1: Managing the Project Team................................................................................2
1a) Project Priorities and the Project Priority Matrix......................................................2
1b) Three Personal Attributes of the Team members......................................................3
Section 2: Developing a Project Plan..................................................................................3
2a) Gantt chart View........................................................................................................3
2b) Total Project Cost......................................................................................................5
2c) Explanation of the Resource Conflicts Observed......................................................5
2d) Solving the Resource Conflict...................................................................................6
Section 3: Managing the Project..........................................................................................9
3a) Impact on Cost and Schedule....................................................................................9
3b) Four Important Accomplishments...........................................................................11
Section 4: Monitoring the Project’s Progress and Closing the Project..............................11
4a) Gantt chart View......................................................................................................12
4b) Cost performance Index..........................................................................................12
4c) Incidents and Actions..............................................................................................13
Bibliography......................................................................................................................15

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Section A
Section 1: Managing the Project Team
1a) Project Priorities and the Project Priority Matrix
Establishment of the project priorities is important for a project team to consider.
Prioritization of the project works, helps in better management of the risks and issues in a
project. The project aims in setting up of a Food Test Laboratory and therefore the priorities of
the project are needed to be set. The criteria associated with project priorities includes
constrained criteria, enhanced criteria and accepted criteria of the project. The project priorities
of the Food Test Laboratory project is indicated in the table below.
Time Scope Cost
Constraint X
Enhance X
Accept X
Table 1: Indicating the Priorities of the Food Test Laboratory Project
Data from the above table indicates that time is a constrained criteria of the project. Time
is considered to be a constrained criteria particularly because the launch of the Food Test
laboratory is needed to be launched on 1 July 2019. The project aims in coinciding with the Asia
Food Safety Convection’s Opening Day. The scope of the project can be enhanced while any
changes in the cost of the project is needed to be accepted. Setting the priorities of the project
will help in better management of the Food Test laboratory Project.

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1b) Three Personal Attributes of the Team members
The Food Test Laboratory (FTL) is a high priority project and therefore it is necessary to
choose the members for the project team, who have experiences, knowledge and the technical
skills that are needed to manage a project. The three personal attributes of the team members that
is identified to be vital for the Food Test Laboratory Project are discussed in the paragraphs
below.
Problem Solving: The project team members should have an ability to solve the
problems and disputes within the project team. Therefore, a team member having a strong ability
of problem solving can be considered as one of the most invaluable assets for the project.
Availability: It is needed for the project team members to remain available when
required. Therefore, availability can be considered as one of the important attributes of a team
member. The FTL project team should look for human resources in a project who would be
available when required.
Political Connections: Members having close political connection and personal
relationship with the stakeholders can act as an invaluable asset of the project.
From the above discussed points, it can be deduced that problem solving ability,
availability and political connections are three key attributes of a project team member.
Section 2: Developing a Project Plan
2a) Gantt chart View
A project schedule has been prepared as per the identified priorities and project
constraints. The figure below indicates a detailed Gantt chart view of the schedule that has been