Project Management in Trafalgar Travel Agency

Project Plan
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Introduction of company..............................................................................................................3
Project management.....................................................................................................................4
Goals of project management......................................................................................................4
Characteristic of project management.........................................................................................5
Limitation of project management...............................................................................................5
Role of project manager...............................................................................................................6
Traditional methodology.............................................................................................................7
Agile methodology......................................................................................................................8
The Agile methodology to be used:.............................................................................................9
Gantt chart.................................................................................................................................10
Team effectiveness....................................................................................................................11
Recommendations......................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
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INTRODUCTION
Project management is comprising with initiating, planning, controlling and
implementing the entire work. Project management is defined as the process to manage all
operation function associated with the project based on the resources available in organisation.
This report is based on the case study of Trafalgar Travel Agency Company is respect to its
project management practices. Henceforth, report will emphasis on brief history about the
organisation. Mission and vision of the company will also analyse in this report. This report will
also project the aims and objectives of the report. This report will address the definition of
project management which further includes the goals of project management. Characteristics of
the project management will also summarise in this report. Limitations associated with the
project management will also represent in this report. This report will also emphasis on the
different roles project manager needs to play. Different methodologies associated with the
project management will be channelized in this report. GANTT chart will be project in this
report along with breakdown of project details. Furthermore, report will also project the different
aspects associated with the team effectiveness. Critical evaluation of team formation will also
project in this report. At the end effective recommendations over the project management will
also be project in this report.
MAIN BODY
Introduction of company
TRAFALGAR TRAVEL AGENCY is a United Kingdom based travel company.
Organisation Stanley S. Tollman is the founder of the company. Company is engaged its
business operations in travel and tourism. Company also owns Red Carnation Hotels which is a
luxury hotel. Company is currently catering to more than 10000 peoples as an employment
opportunity. The company is operated its operations under the brand name of The Travel
Corporation which further own 30 brands which includes tour operators, hotels and
transportation. Company operates its operations in almost 70 countries all across the globe.
Company has catered its services to approximately more than 1.9 million travellers all across the
globe (Montalvo and et.al., 2017). Company is among the key brand in travel and tourism sector
at the global level. Company is entirely owns by the members of Tollman Family. This is the
fourth generation of the fairly currently operating the business operations. The company caters
the history of operating the small hotel in Cape Town, South Africa in the early 1900s. Company
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initiated the travel and tourism business in order to further expand the business operations. Red
Carnition Hotel group is also associated with the travel company. The company is among the
largest shareholders of the Cullinan Holdings Ltd which is among the South Africa oldest public
limited company that is further owns travel brand name by Thompsons Africa.
Mission and Vision
 The company aims to serve the best travelling experiences to all customers.
 Company has the vision to dominate the travel sector all across the globe.
 Company carry the vision to cater the best services possible in order to uplift the travel -
ling experiences of all travellers (Zhen and et.al., 2019).
 Mission of the company is to make the travelling smooth and convenient for all tourists
belongs to any part in the world.
Aim and Objectives
 Aim of the report is to plan perfect action plan to change the cubicle working space into
an open plan office.
 The project aims to facilitate the convenient approaches to manage the operation.
Project management
Every project need to be effective manage in term of resource and various capabilities of
firm so that desired goals an objective can be achieved. Project management refers to planning of
various steps in advance such as various resources that are need for effective implementation of
project plan (Kyriklidis and Dounias, 2016). Planning in advance helps Trafalgar travel agency
to effectively utilise available opportunities and protect company form various threats for smooth
operation of business.
Goals of project management
There are various goals of project management of Trafalgar travel agency such as to
provide better working environment to employees so that best and qualitative outcome can be
gathered. Company has planned to achieve its desired goals within limited time and cost so that
maximum utilisation can be taken from minimum investment. Trafalgar travel agency has also
decided to effectively utilise its resource by motivating and influencing people to work in desired
manner so that common objective can be achieved (Zwikael, 2016). Company has planned to
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