Project Management Assessment 1: Virtual Delivery System

Project management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Introduction of the Project......................................................................................................3
Project Scope..........................................................................................................................4
Budget Assumptions...............................................................................................................5
Assumptions...........................................................................................................................5
Constraints..............................................................................................................................6
Stakeholders and their involvement.......................................................................................7
Project Organisation Structure and Roles and Responsibilities.............................................8
Project Control Mechanisms..................................................................................................9
Reporting Framework...........................................................................................................10
Project Planning with Milestone..........................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
The process of project management is concerned with the application of methods,
knowledge, processes, skills and experience for meeting the specific objectives and goals of the
project as per the criteria of project acceptance within certain parameters. The concept of project
management has final deliverables which are constrained to defined time period and set budget.
The purpose of project management is to execute a project from its starting to its ending and
facilitates each part of business in order to run in a smooth way. Within this report, the project of
Virtual delivery system is taken into consideration and different aspects in relation to this project
are going to be considered (Aanbari and Kwak, 2018). This report includes investigation of the
project and construction of the project management plan. Along with it, this report also includes
a critical analysis of each element within the project management plan such as stakeholders, risk,
budget and many others.
MAIN BODY
Introduction of the Project
Within this report, the project of Virtual Delivery System is considered in which The
University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) which is located in London has switched its
face-to-face form of delivery system of the lectures to online delivery system in the month of
February, 2020. At that time, the pandemic situation of COVID-19 hit the United Kingdom and
impact all types of business sectors and service sectors. Therefore, in order to bring continuity
within the process of delivering lectures to the students, the university has decided to provide
online lectures to its students. Now, in present time, the respective university has switched to
Hybrid delivery in which the students who want to come to campus and take lectures through
face-to-face mode of delivery can come at university while others who do not want to come at
the university campus can take their lectures through online mode. However, now the conditions
become normal within the United Kingdom for restarting the process of face-to-face delivery
system (Ansah and Sorooshian, 2018). Thus, the main aim of this project is to gradually return
the students as well as staff for the full-time face-to-face delivery of the lectures within the
University campus itself. There are various critical success factors in relation to return to face-to-
face delivery of lectures and some of these success factors are discussed a below in relation to
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David:

 Following government guidelines regarding the pandemic: It has become the key
success factor for the respective university after the pandemic situation of COVID-19.
The teachers as well as students who come at the university campus for face-to-face
delivery of the lectures are required to follow the guidelines of the government of country
in a strict manner (Fewings and Henjewele, 2019). They all are required to wear the mask
during the whole session, sanitize their seats and hands regularly and maintain social
distancing with one another by keeping a minimum distance of one meter.
 Interpersonal interaction: It is considered as another success criteria for the university
to return to the face-to-face delivery of lectures. Through the process of interacting with
one another, students can get better understanding of the concepts and topics as there will
be no communication barrier such as networking issue, etc. When the teachers as well as
the students will interact with one another then they can be easily communicated and
share their problems and doubts.
 Use of highly upgraded technologies for lectures: The success criteria of using highly
developed technologies in the process of giving lectures through face-to-face mode is
very effective and will help both the students and the teachers in easily getting the
concepts and topics of lecture. Through watching videos related to the lectures on smart
boards and other technologies will help the students in clearing their issues and concepts.
Project Scope
Within project management, the scope is said to be the functions as well as the features of
a project or the scope of the task required to accomplish the project. The project scope includes
getting information needed for commencing a project along with the attributes that are required
for its completion. The scope of Virtual delivery system project is given as under:
 Project's objectives: The key objectives of the respective project includes providing
quality education and developing various skills and abilities of the students. Another
objective of providing face-to-face lecture is to enhance the efficiency and base of
knowledge of the students (Galli, 2018). The achievement of these objectives will help
the students in making them effective personnel and gaining competitive advantages over
others in this competitive world.
 Parameters: It is essential for universities after the pandemic to follow major parameters
which are helpful in increasing approach of students towards the education. Key