Project Management: Success Factors, Lessons Learnt and Recommendations

Project Management

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Success or failure factors.............................................................................................................1
Lessons learnt..............................................................................................................................3
Recommendations........................................................................................................................5
REFLECTION.................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Project management could be defined to execution of methods, skills, experience, processes
along with knowledge with the hope of achieving particular objectives of project as per
acceptance criteria in determined parameters (Cerdeiral and Santos, 2019). It has final
deliverables which are constrained to finite budget as well as timescale. It is aimed for producing
an end commodity or service which would have certain effect on change for benefit of
corporation which instigated the project. Projects requiring formal management produces
something that are new, tangible or intangible, require change management and have finite
timespan. For the assessment, Salisbury House (SH) project is taken into consideration for
investigation. University of Wales Trinity Saint David London campus has recently acquired a
new building block that is Salisbury House which is located in Kennington business park. It is to
create additional rooms of teaching for ever growing number of students along with
administrative offices for key staff to man centre. The building block entails classrooms,
kitchenette, reception space, administrative office student lounge, lecturers’ office addition to
toilet facility.
The assessment included critical evaluation of the project by highlighting critical success/
failure factors, lessons learnt and recommendations. It also comprises reflective report that
highlight skills required for acquirement in order to become successful project manager.
MAIN BODY
Success or failure factors
Salisbury House (SH) project includes acquisition of new building block by the University
of Wales Trinity Saint David London campus for creating additional teaching rooms for ever
growing number of students together with administrative offices for staff. In the new building
block, UWSTD London campus comprises of variants of facilities for staff and students. In the
project, success factors are as mentioned:
Comprehensive planning: Within a project, having detailed plan generally sets ball rolling
in favour of success of project from start (Cicmil, Crawford, and Richardson, 2017). In aspect to
Salisbury House (SH) project, comprehensive planning is one of factors that leads to success as it
guides future actions of team members. Through comprehensive planning, project managers
present a vision for the future with long-range goals as well as objectives for all tasks. It provides
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