TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN AUCKLAND

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN AUCKLAND
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
REPORT
ON
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
IN
AUCKLAND
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note:

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Question 1:
a. Explain the value of project management in the context of New
Zealand based business organization. Provide evidence from relevant research
and examples from the case study.
Followed by a detail analysis of the case scenario of Auckland transportation it is
observed that Auckland city is one of the largest city present in New Zealand which is the
primary hub of New Zealand. During the investigation it is observed that in the year 2014
Auckland consists of more than 1.42 million people which is anyway a huge number for any
urban city (Haarhoff & Rose 2016). Considering these aspect from this case scenario it is
observed that one of the major problem in this case is related to its traffic congestion as in the
study it is mentioned that for all of the motorist present in Auckland has faced traffic congestion,
choked road as well as traffic jams which has majorly impacted the transportation services of the
nominated industry. And according to the study it is also observed that Auckland city will
become one of the populated cities in New Zealand in just 30 years (Zhang & Wang 2018).
After completion of the above investigation it is observed that it is very essential to
eliminate these problems which effective mitigation approaches, otherwise these identified
problems will majorly impact the environment as well as the transportation system of Auckland.
Considering this aspect it is observed that in order to effectively handle this scenario there is a
huge necessity to apply the skillful project management approach. As in case of improving any
system it is very essential to manage all of the operations in a structured way. Thus, it is very
essential to apply project management solution to address the requirements (Johnson, Baker &
Collins 2019). Now considering the identified facts from the Auckland case study it is observed
that in order to enhance the transportation system of Auckland several project management

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values needs to be considered which includes the aspect of providing fastest solution to the
problems, enhancement in the capabilities of prediction, cost effectiveness as well as
communication and the management of customer demand (Li, Ranjitkar & Zhao 2019). Apart
from these values of the most essential values of the project management is the risk assessment
which helps to analyze the current risk as well as will help to predict future risk of the
approached project (Afzal, Ranjitkar, Costello, Jayananthan & Jayasinghe 2017). While
considering this case scenario of Auckland transport it is observed that the congestion of traffic
in the mentioned city needs to be controlled hence, a detail investigation is required to determine
the threats as well as the opportunities of the approached project hence, it can be summarizes that
in this context it will be very effective implement good project management skills.
b. Critically analyze a range of project management skills to solve the
problems reflected in the Auckland Transport case study.
After completion of the above mentioned aspects it is observed that in order to solve the
problems reflected into the case scenario of Auckland transportation system it is observed that
there is a huge necessity to apply advance project management skills which will help to analyze
and determine key factors which may influence the nominated scenario. Making allowance to
this concern it is observed that there is a huge range of project management skills present which
will help the manager to effectively manage the approached project (Currier, Mirza & Downing
2017). Those skills includes effective communication skills, negotiation skill, time management
and scheduling skills, risk assessment skills as well as the leadership skill. Making allowance to
this concern it is observed that the nominated case scenario the project manager must be capable
effective communication skills as well as the negotiation skills (Souid & Koszalka 2018). There
is a huge significance behind this selection as Auckland in one of the largest city with almost

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highest population present in New Zealand, thus it is very essential to conduct a risk assessment
with the purpose to get a detail idea about the limitations and the scope of this new approach.
Along with these, it also required best leadership practices as only a great team effort can
effectively deliver best quality services (Pollack & Adler 2016). Along with these identification
it is also observed that in the scenario advance time management as well as scheduling is very
essential as this project will be dealing with the public vehicles as well as other transports of the
Auckland cities thus, it is highly essential to resolve the problem as soon as possible. Along with
these identification it is observed that the skills of negotiation is also one of the necessary skill
that will be helpful while dealing with the stakeholders of the approached project (Smith,
Smarkusky & Corrigall 2019).
Thus, after completion of the above discussion it is distinguished that in this project
management approach the above mentioned skills are highly required which will invoke the
success of the approached project.
c. Analyze and justify project management tool and techniques that could
be implemented by a project management team to promote successful project
outcomes.
According to several studies it is determined that in order to effectively implement any
project there is a huge necessity to utilize effective project management technique as well as
tools which promote the successful implementation of the project. Thus, a list of project
management techniques and tool are mentioned in the below section:-
Agile technique-