Project Selection Method and Initial Documents: UberNewDriver App

Running head: PROJECT SELECTION METHOD
Project Selection Method and Initial Documents: UberNewDriver App
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Introduction
Nowadays technology has become one of the most challenging but effective approach
used for economic business success ad competitive advantages as well. With E-commerce
success M-commerce has also become a platform that leads any company to move towards
success lines. For this specific essay the project that has been nominated is Uber’s NewDriver
App. It is assumed that if all the functional and operational components are considered for this
project then the Uber drivers would definitely meet the business success (Kerzner & Kerzner,
2017). The operational challenge for the Uber drivers are actually occurring because of the
enhancing frequency of login, frequently increasing users and numbers of keywords.
In order to accomplish any project within estimated timeline and budget the PMBOK
knowledge areas that the project managers and the project team members require to monitor are
communication plan, quality management, risk management, scope, budget and time
management plan (Kaiser, El Arbi & Ahlemann, 2015). If each of these knowledge management
areas is properly followed then the Uber app will mitigate the potential risk factors. This essay
demonstrates the impact of project management knowledge area in business success, the
relevance impact of best project management practices and PMI code of ethics while developing
the app.
PMBOK knowledge area and process details
Impact of best practice in project management practices and PMI’s code of ethics
Based on the project objectives, aim and goals the project manager and project team
members are required to develop the project scope statement. This developed project scope

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statement must be shared successfully among the project team members to let them all aware
about the project requirements. In order to reduce the workload from the project team members
the large complex project should be divided into smaller activities. Based on skill sets and
knowledge individuals should be assigned to each of the project activities. It becomes the
responsibility of the project team members to accomplish the activities within the assigned
timeline and budget (Brioso, 2015). According to the PMI code of ethics the behavioral
approaches that have to be possessed by the project team members are professionalism and
honesty, each of the project team members are requires to be completely focused and
professional towards their assigned job roles.
The PMI knowledge areas those are to be analyzed while developing Uber NewDriver
Mobile app are advanced communication strategies, procurement planning, scope management,
risk management, budget management and time management plan. It is the role of the project
manager to ensure that all the associates are using open communication approach while
interacting to each other and even with the project manager (Karaman & Kurt, 2015). The
chances of risk occurrence will reduce if each of these components and factors are professionally
followed by the project team members and managers.
Comparison and contrast among different project selection methods:
Different types of project selection method are there used for successful implementation
of any project ad some of the project selection methods are elaborated in the below section:
Constrained optimization method: Generally, in order to accomplish large project this
specific project selection is used by the project managers. For measuring and calculating project
performance some formulae are used in this method. The different testing methods applied to