Project Proposal and Execution: A Guide to Successful Project Management

This assignment is to develop a Project Proposal that assesses module learning outcomes such as planning and controlling a substantial project, investigating and defining problems, producing supporting documentation, and applying relevant techniques in designing solutions. The proposal should include an abstract, introduction and background, aims and objectives, technologies and resources, method and workplan, and discussion on legal, ethical, societal, and security issues. The proposal should be 1500-3000 words in length and cover topics such as project scope, objectives, necessary technologies, required resources, risks and constraints, expected deliverables, and milestones.

Project proposal
Module Learning Outcomes assessed in this piece of coursework
This assessment is designed to assess your ability in the following module learning
outcomes:
 Plan, manage and control a substantial project including its critical appraisal
 Investigate, analyse and define the problem either for a client or to support their
own implementation, as appropriate
 Demonstrate competence in the production of supporting documentation for the
work
You should develop a Project Proposal to define the project's scope, consider
relevant objectives, propose how access to the necessary technologies will be
gained, identify required resources, estimate the risks and constraints, list expected
deliverables and milestones, etc.
The Project Proposal should be 1500-3000 words in length. It comprises:
• Abstract
• Introduction and Background – what stakeholders and topics are concerned? What
problem will you address? Why is the project important? What are the benefits to
the stakeholders? How does it relate to previous work and existing knowledge?
• Aims and Objectives - What will the project deliver? Are there intermediate or
enabling deliverables?
• Technologies and Resources - list the major resources required. What technologies
are you going to use? Where will your data come from?
• Method and Workplan –How will you use the technologies and resources to achieve
your aims? Show the major phases of the project, milestones and deliverables.
Consider major contingencies. Generate a schedule using a Gantt chart or similar
form.
• Discussion regarding legal, ethical, societal and security issues relating to the
project, as well as the need for ethical approval.

Project itself
Module Learning Outcomes assessed in this piece of coursework
This assessment is designed to assess your ability in the following module learning
outcomes:
 Apply relevant techniques in systematically designing a solution to the problem
independently identify, research and synthesise literature relevant to the problem
 Construction and presentation of a prototype leading to a solution and its suitable
testing
There are two assessment criteria:
• Project on track according to the schedule set in the proposal:
o Literature review progress
o A clear set of requirements been gathered?
o Adequate analysis been undertaken?
o Progress made on the project design?
• Evidence presented covering functionality and features being developed (for build
project), demonstration of working software
• Analysis and design tasks undertaken (for design project),
• Clear definition of the research question, investigations on state of the art and initial
research tasks (for research projects)