Housing Development Project: Leadership, Teamwork, and Decision-Making

This document presents a comprehensive analysis of a housing development project, examining the roles of a project manager, stakeholders, and core team members in creating a milestone schedule with acceptance criteria. It outlines the essential components of a team charter, including rules of engagement, and contrasts Agile and traditional project environments. The assignment further explores various decision types required in the project, identifying the appropriate individuals, groups, or methods for each, such as individual team members, the collective team, scrum master, and product owner. The project emphasizes the importance of a feasibility study, business case, and work breakdown structure for effective project management. It also highlights the significance of clear communication, risk assessment, and decision authority in ensuring project success. The document provides a detailed overview of the project's objectives, team structures, and decision-making processes, offering valuable insights into project management and leadership within the context of a housing development initiative.

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Housing Development Project
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Q1. If you were the Project Manager, what expertise would you like from the sponsor,
stakeholders, or the core team members to create a milestone schedule with acceptance criteria?
Ans. I am honored and absolutely overwhelmed to be become the Project Manager on the project
of Casa De Paz/House of Peace Project. This venture is about the construction of a rehabilitation
center for the dejected women and children of the society and uniting them into this building
who had issues in adjusting themselves with their own community. As a project manager, I aim
to set the goals of this project, carry out my work with utmost sincerity and dedication in
collaboration with my team members, and believe to get equal amount of involvement from them
too such that the quality of work is maintained. To begin with, I would like to concern about the
basic criteria involved in this venture, that is,
What should be the working procedure to constitute the building and meet the expectation of the
investors in the ‘House of Peace’ project?
What is the current position of the project and what are the resources needed to finish this
construction within time maintaining the standards.
What should be the estimated deadline of the given venture?
The key aspect of this affair is that the work is broken down into smaller structures such that the
accomplishment of the work becomes easier. However, one should keep in mind the objective of
this project and complete their task systematically without getting bothered about the details.
Expectation from the Stakeholders/Sponsors/Core Team: The job of the sponsors is to support
this venture financially and focus primarily on the benefits of the women and children. They
should take part in preparing the project outline and recruit the core members and Subject Matter
Experts. While, the core members are expected to follow the regulations and carry out the work

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orders in completing the undertaking. There should exist a stable intercommunication both
laterally and vertically to enhance the work culture of the environment.
Creation of milestone schedule with acceptance criteria:
- We should figure out a feasibility study, analyze the present circumstances and research
about the profit margins and include it in the Business Case to have a clear understanding
of the project.
- We should be able to decide on the pivotal end-points of the housing complex in advance.
- Since this venture is massive, we should have a project management plan that includes a
work breakdown structure. This will help in dividing the responsibilities amongst various
personnel involved like recruiting volunteers, managing resources and handling legal
issues. Completion of each small task successfully will direct us towards our final goal.
- The period for each mini project should be set in advance to ensure the completion of the
project within a stipulated time.
- There should be an evaluation and feedback of each phase and everyone involved in the
project should have an update of it to enhance the workflow of the system.
Q2. What would you want to see in a team charter (i.e., rules of engagement) for this
development project? Is this different (Agile environment) than other (Traditional - Suburban
Homes) environments? If so, how is it different?
Ans. The project outlook, background and the resources are the points already highlighted in the
Business documentation. Besides that, the factors that need to be highlighted are:

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Business Case: A thorough check needs to be done on the economic feasibility along with the
sources of fund and the profit margin of the proposal. Though this venture holds a noble
ideology, yet the amount of money that needs to be invested is a major concern for the donors.
Lesson learned: The task follows Agile methodology and hence an assessment is done on every
iterative step based on which feedbacks are reviewed that determines the success rate of the
project. This evaluation should be imparted to the employees such that everyone is aware of the
current scenario.
Risk, Assumption and Constraints: During the documentation, the dangers are scrutinized
against which precautions are also discussed beforehand. This estimation of control measures
will help the employees to cope up in adverse situations.
Decision Authority: A body of jurisdiction should be finalized to resolve crucial disputes and
take decisions in critical situations.
The work procedure of the housing development project of Casa De Paza is based on the
Agile Development Model. Each mini part processes a key turnover at the end of their respective
phases. These steps comprises of various tasks like annexing a building, examining, dealing legal
issues, designing websites, campaigning and so on. To carry out these tasks responsibly there
needs to be a workforce comprising of stakeholders, product owner, scrum master, project
managers and sponsors who will participate in the meetings and discuss the evolution of this
project at every iteration.
Q3. List types of decisions that would need to be made and the appropriate person, group, or
method for each, for example, individual team member, the collective team, scrum master,
and/or product owner

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Ans. In the enormous ‘House of Peace’ project, many personnel are involved and based on my
idea; I have acquired a draft of the modules of the proposal and the person to reach out for
regarding that module:
Decision Type Decision In Charge
Project vision and scope definition Executive committee/Steering team
High level budget/financing Executive steering team
Project Manager selection and core team
selection
Sponsor & Executive steering team
Milestone Schedule PMO & core team
Success criteria PMO
Quality norms PMO
Women welfare programs & employment
options (ESL, Childcare, etc.)
Product owner & core team
Milestone review and phase gets PMO sets the milestone. Steering committee
will decide the phase completion.
Building Procurement Product owner & PMO
Projects and resource prioritization PM, sponsor, steering team