Managing Projects to Achieve Results

Managing Projects to Achieve
Results

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1) Analyse the role of projects in delivering organisational strategy.......................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1) Analyse the process for initiating projects...........................................................................4
2.2) Impact of legal, organisational and ethical factors on projects............................................5
2.3) Use of tools and techniques to plan and manage projects in different context....................6
2.4) Techniques for working collaboratively with stakeholders.................................................6
2.5) Methods used for monitoring project progress.....................................................................8
2.6) Methods for reporting on project outcomes.........................................................................8
2.7) Approaches for project closure.............................................................................................9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
3.1) Methods of managing data and information in a project environment..............................10
3.2) Use of problem solving and decision making techniques when managing projects..........10
3.3) Approaches to identify, manage and mitigate project risks...............................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Projects are planned activities or work which is to be undertaken by the organisation with
the aim of achieving some specific objectives within a time frame. For the projects the managers
need to conduct the research with the help of various tools and techniques, approaches and
methodology. The organisations plans for the projects on the basis of strategies and goals of the
organisation that they wants to achieve. Projects are to be managed by initiating, planning,
executing, controlling the activities that are to be undertaken. For this report the project which is
taken into consideration is Project Sunlight which was launched by Unilever. The aim of the
project is to motivate people for a sustainable lifestyle. In this report the role of projects in
achieving the organisational objectives, impact of various legal, organisational and ethical
factors are taken into consideration. Along with this various tools and techniques that were used
while undertaking the project are discussed.
TASK 1
1.1) Analyse the role of projects in delivering organisational strategy
Project can be defined as an activity that is temporary and unique which aims to achieve
specific objectives. In a project various interrelated tasks are planned that has to be executed
within a determined time limit with limited resources. The projects ensure the delivery of the
required outcome of the organisation as various tools and techniques are used by the project
managers for effective utilisation of the resources (Silvius and et.al., 2017).
Project is different from business-as-usual as project is related with specific objectives
that have to be achieved within the time limit and specific budget while the business-as-usual are
ongoing routine activities of the organisation that uses a budget which is prepared for managing
the operations. Projects offers long term benefits to the organisation as with this they can
introduce changes whereas business-as-usual aims to achieve consistency in the operations by
implementing changes in the organisation.
The project plays crucial role in delivering the organisational strategy as the objectives of
the projects are identified on the basis of the vision and mission of the organisation. Alignment
of the project with the strategies facilitates the organisation to serve the customers better.
Various roles that are played by the project in delivering the organisational strategy include:

 Innovation: With the help of project the organisation can undertake research with which
they can introduce innovation that enable them in accomplishing the strategic intend.
Project management facilitate innovation which makes the operations simpler that further
makes the implementation of the strategy effective (Martínez-Rojas, Marín and Vila,
2016).
 Enable change: Successful projects facilitate an organisation in implementing changes
that are required in the organisation. It generates more of corporate value which provides
them competitive advantage to the organisation which the strategies of the organisation
aim.
 Support decision making: The projects facilitate decision making as for them various
researches need to be conducted and processes are analysed. On the basis of such analysis
during the project the management of the organisation can take effective decisions that
can facilitate in achieving the organisation goals.
TASK 2
2.1) Analyse the process for initiating projects
Overview of the project: The project so launched by the Unilever aims to make the
living of the people sustainable, desirable and achievable that will enable them to look at the
possibilities for everyone. With this project Unilever encourages the parents to see the growing
community so that they can make the world a better place for the children and generations to
come.
For initiation of the project it is important to create various documents such as project
charter etc. in which the objectives, purpose etc. can be defined. While undertaking this Project
Sunlight various documents were prepared that includes:
 Key Performance Indicator: KPI is an instrument with which the company can identify
the effectiveness of the objectives of the project (Jin and et.al., 2018). With this the
project manager can determine those indicators that are crucial for the project and on the
basis of which they can analyse the performance of the project such as the awareness
among the customers of the project etc.
 Resource Requirement: While initiating it is important to determine the resources which
they will require at the time of undertaking the project such as people, finance,