Project Plan for CQUniversity NAIDOC Week Event

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PROJECT PLAN
Student name Student number Qu/s responsible for.
<Please Fill> <Please Fill> Event planner
<Please Fill> <Please Fill> Program organizer
<Please fill> <Please fill> Event program coordinator
<Please fill> <Please fill> Project supplier
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Tutor: Insert tutor name
Tutorial number: Insert the tutorial number
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1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION
1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND
The paper mainly reflects on the project “CQUniversity NAIDOC Week event”. The SET
committee generally took interest in creating awareness about the various perspectives of the
Aboriginal and Torres Islander people and helps in developing opportunities for both the staffs
and students of the CQU university so that they can be able to engage within the project. It is
analyzed that the project which will be undertaken will be helpful in providing proper
opportunities for engaging as well as collaborating with the people of Torres and Strait Islander.
In addition to this, the project will be helpful in raising awareness and further assist in giving
proper understanding about the Australian perspectives as well as cultures. In addition to this,
the committee engage within a meeting where proper discussion is made that is mainly
associated with hosting the event. It is found that the most important as well as important option
for the project committee is to properly celebrate the event of NAIDOC week by effectively
hosting the event on the CQU university campus.
1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project focuses on organizing NAIDOC week events for the different campuses of the CQU
university including the Rockhampton, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane as well as Perth. The main
aim of the committee is to make sure that the organized event will be helpful in providing proper
opportunity to both the staffs and students of the University to properly get engaged with the
project for properly building proper collaborative relationship with the various communities of
Torres Strait and Aboriginal Islanders. Additionally, it is identified that the project that will be
undertaken is generally helpful in improving collaboration within the staffs and students of the
CQU university for raising awareness related with the perspective and culture of the indigenous
people.
1.3 MAJOR DELIVERABLES
The project deliverables that are associated with the project are listed below:
 Project plan
 Project requirement analysis report
 Financial analysis report
 Feasibility analysis report
 Arrangement of cultural training
 Arrangement of cultural exhibition
1.4 JUSTIFICATION
(a) Output (b) Outcome (c) Benefits
The main output that will be
achieved is that the SET
committee will be able to
develop the NAIDOC week
that will further increase
awareness among the people
of Torres and Strait Islander.
The outcome that will be
achieved from the project is
that with the help of the
project, people from different
culture and background got
united that further helps in
creating proper environment
within the University of CQU.
The NAIDOC week event that
will be organized will
generally be beneficial in
uniting the people of different
culture and generally helpful
in improving the awareness
and knowledge of both the
staffs and students about the
various types of perspective
and culture of indigenous
people (Fleming &
Koppelman, 2016). Moreover,
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the project will also be
beneficial in properly
collaborating as well as
engaging with the Torres
Islander and Aboriginal
people
2 STAKEHOLDERS
2.1 KEY STAKEHOLDER LIST
Stakeholder Category
(i.e.
Sponsor /
Supplier /
User)
Description of Interest Description of Influence
1 SET committee Project
sponsor
SET committee is mainly
interested in increasing
awareness about the
people of Torres Strait and
Aboriginal Islander by
organizing NAIDOC week
event (Cicmil et al., 2017).
The project sponsor takes
the entire responsibility of
providing funds for
organizing the NAIDOC
week event.
2 CQ university Cultural
faculty
The cultural faculty
generally have the interest
in explaining as well as
elaborating proper
information about the
significance of uniting as
well as raising awareness
about the people of Torres
strait and Aboriginal
islander.
They generally leads the
entire project by making
appropriate proper
arrangement by influencing
both the staffs and students
of the university so that they
can get involved with the
work of event effectively
(Christopher et al., 2014).
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Project
suppliers
The project suppliers are
generally the individuals
that helps in supplying
different materials and
resources which are
needed for organizing the
NAIDOC event (Fleming &
Koppelman, 2016).
All the materials that are
required for organizing the
NAIDOC week event on
four different campuses of
the CQU university.
4 Please Fill> Event
manager
The event manager is
the individuals who
generally have the interest
in managing as well as
planning the entire event
effectively such that
appropriate awareness
related with the culture
that are related with the
Torres Islander and
Aboriginal can be
achieved quite
successfully.
All the project activities that
are required for organizing
the NAIDOC week event
are mainly arranged by the
event managers for
finishing the project work
quite effectively (Nasir et
al., 2016).
5 Please Fill> Program The program manager The NAIDOC week event
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organizer generally takes interest in
appropriately organizing
the week event of
NAIDOC so that the
project team members
can be capable of
knowing about the people
who are from indigenous
background in Australia.
was mainly organized by
the program organizer so
that awareness about the
culture as well about the
various perspective of
Aboriginal and Strait
Islander people.
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Please Fill> Event
coordinato
r
The event coordinator
took the interest in
executing the work of the
project effectively such
that the NAIDOC week
celebration so that it will
be properly organized
effectively within the time
that is presumed.
Their influence in the
project generally helps in
executing the entire
program within the
predicted time and budget
for achieving the project
budget (Riol & Thuillier,
2015).
2.2 STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENT MATRIX
C- CURRENT ENAGEMENT
D-DESIRABLE ENAGEMENT
Stakehold
er
Unaware Resistant Neutral Supportiv
e
Leading
1. Project
sponsor
C D
2. Cultural
faculty
3. Project
suppliers
C D
4. Event
manager
C D
5. Program
organizer
C D
6. Event
coordinator
C D C, D
2.3 Stakeholder Communication (1 mark)
Communication method PULL or PUSH Justification
Meeting
PULL The event coordinator mainly takes the
responsibility of arranging an event where
the all the people who are associated with
the university of CQU will be able to attain
the event.
Email PUSH The higher management of the CQU
university generally asks the team to
complete the work of the event successfully
within the time period of 50 days.
Presentation PULL The event manager takes the responsibility
of arranging a seminar where the benefits
of involving within the event is discussed
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