Project Management: BSBPMG511 Assignment - University of Example

This document presents a comprehensive project management assignment solution, addressing various aspects of project management. The assignment includes answers to questions related to work breakdown structure, project constraints (time, cost, scope), common causes of project failure, project scope and its changes, the separation of project work from daily operations, scope control, scope creep (benefits and dangers), change management, and multiple-choice questions on various project management topics. The solutions cover topics such as project plan, project management from concept to close-out, project scope, project charter, and scope definition. The assignment also includes a bibliography of relevant project management resources. The assignment is designed to help students understand and apply project management principles in a practical context.

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Project Management
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Answer to 1
If the wrong work is chosen inadvertently, the entire work pattern is affected as a
consequence. In the work breakdown structure of the project, the work packages are arranged as
per the correct sequence within proper linking between the packages i.e. each work package must
start only after its predecessor. If the order is not followed, the entire work breakdown will get
hampered and the entire project may not be completed in time or with sufficient quality.
Answer to 2
The most common constraints in a project are time, cost and scope. All these three are
important attributes of the project but at the same time, they are considered as constraints
because a slight change in any of the three can lead to disastrous consequences for the project.
Moreover, these three constraints are interrelated with each other i.e. a change in one can lead to
changes in the other two as well.
Answer to 3
Common causes of failure of a project are listed as follows.
 Failing to complete all the work in time and missing the delivery date for project
 Budget overshoot leading to significant financial issues for the organisation
 Accidents and unforeseen incidents
 Changes in the policies of Government
 Failure to identify and mitigate risks associated with the project

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Answer to 4
The main factor that contribute to project scope is the project objective i.e. the final
outcome that is desired from the project. On the other hand, project scope change is dependent
on the change of requirements from the client. However, success of project scope change
depends on how the project management organisation adapts the project with changed
requirements.
Answer to 5
Project work must be separated from daily operational work. This is because a project is
significantly different from regular operations of the organisation. A project mainly focuses on
one specific outcome that is to be reached within a specific budget and time whereas operations
are daily affairs aimed to streamline the services provided by the company to the clients. If
project and operations are conducted together, the regular operations may be affected that in turn
will affect the quality of services offered by the company to the clients.
Answer to 6
Scope control is usually done to prevent the project going out of scope or the occurrence
of scope creep. More often than not, some projects move out of scope during the execution phase
and at that time, it is required to control the scope to prevent unwanted additional work. Hence,
scope control is required for these projects for avoiding extra costs and time.

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Answer to 7
While scope creep is generally avoided in projects due to its detrimental nature,
sometimes, it can act beneficial for certain organisation as well. Occurrence of scope creep
allows the organisation to look into new opportunities while working on the project and also
gather knowledge such that the future projects are not affected by similar scope creeps.
Answer to 8
In order to manage scope creeps, the most active process undertaken in the project is
change management. The main focus of change management is to divert the direction of the
project from a wrong path to the right path that will help to complete the project and deliver the
desired outcomes only. Change management is generally a long process that involves evaluating
the need for change, development of change request document, approval of change request,
approval of resources required for the changes and finally, implementation of the change.
Answer to 9
The main benefit of scope creep is that the organisation can take lessons from the
incident to ensure it does not occur in future projects. Another benefit is that the organisation to
look into new opportunities while working on the project.
The primary danger of scope creep is that it forces the project to move in the wrong
direction that in turn results in loss of resources and time.
Answer to 10
a) Project Plan

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Answer to 11
c) Should be managed and controlled from the project concept through close-out
Answer to 12
b) Upper management
Answer to 13
a) the project scope
Answer to 14
b) a summary description of the project's original content and end product, including
basic budgetary and time constraint data
Answer to 15
a) Monitors and controls the project's schedule, costs, scope, budgets etc
Answer to 16
d) It was not complete enough to be either a product or a project scope document
Answer to 17
b) Code of accounts

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Answer to 18
b) Cost/benefit analysis
Answer to 19
d) Requirements traceability matrix
Answer to 20
c) Value Engineering (VE)
Answer to 21
a) Dictatorship
Answer to 22
d) Facilitated workshops
Answer to 23
a) The testing team is correct. Even though the new colour scheme is more pleasing than
the old one, the appropriate change management process has not been followed and the work
product is not as per design.
Answer to 24
d) Project Charter

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Answer to 25
c) Define Scope

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