Detailed Project Management Analysis for the Leith Hill Music Festival

This project management assignment analyzes the Leith Hill Music Festival, covering essential elements for successful event planning. The report begins with an introduction to project management principles and then delves into a network diagram, stakeholder analysis, work breakdown structure, and organizational structure specific to the festival. It includes a risk analysis, identifying potential threats and mitigation strategies. The assignment also addresses quality expectations, espousal criteria, and measurement methods for project control. Finally, it identifies and justifies a suitable project methodology, specifically the critical path method, for managing the event's timeline and activities. The report references relevant academic sources to support its analysis and recommendations.

Project Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Evolve network plot....................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
Stakeholders analysis..................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
Create Work breakdown and organisational structure................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
Risk Analysis..............................................................................................................................9
TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................11
Quality prospect, quality description, espousal criteria and measurement to be put for
controlling the project...............................................................................................................11
TASK 6..........................................................................................................................................11
Critically identify suitable methodology that would be appropriate for the project and why. .11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Project management refers to the effective implementation of suitable techniques, skills
and suitable efforts by considering the knowledge and essential skills of project considering the
effective goals to meet the effective needs. It also leads to undertake the suitable stages
undertaking the prominent guide and help for the project manager to finish the activities on the
basis of scheduling criteria regarding to achieve prominent success (Meredith and et. al., 2020).
In relation with this, the assignment is based on the Music event which is Leith hill music
festival. For this, report tends to cover the details about network diagram which is organised on
the manual basis and also suitable stakeholder's analysis is done. It also considers the work break
down structure along with organisational structure for the Music event. Furthermore, risk
analysis is also developed with project methodology.
TASK 1
Evolve network plot
Network diagram represent the suitable image of the several events and undertake
activities of the project as it includes prominent relationship within the various activities of
project. It is useful in completing assigned work in effective way within the given time period. It
is also useful for the effective presentation that leads to make connection among people to
understand things easily (Rodríguez-Rivero and et. al., 2020). This network diagram leads to
made for the Leith hill music festival which is discussed as:

Figure 1: Self-Generated, 2021
TASK 2
Stakeholders analysis
It is the suitable framework that helps in analysing the interest and power of stakeholders
in company. These individuals tend to put major impact on the music festival of Leith hill music
festival as the suitable investors like audiences, participants and sponsors are discussed as:
POWER
INTEREST
High Low
High Investors (External) Town Hall Committee
(External)
Low Organisers and
Participants (Internal)
Audience (Internal)
 High power high interest: Investors are the major group who tends to provide financial
stability and help to the project by putting immense consequence on the prosperity of
task. Hence, they have prominent interest and power by which they are suitably managed.

 Low power low interest: Audiences are the group who is effectively observed by the
communication and wastage of energy that can be avoided. High power low interest: Considering the town hall committee group who has lower
level of interest but put emphasis on satisfying the people by their services (Picciotto,
2020). Hence, the effective information regarding the progress and other details are
essential to offer services on regular basis.
 Low power and high interest: It undertake the organisers and participants who have
major interest on project but has low power by considering their growth. Furthermore,
this group is not be neglected and also balance suitable information by satisfying the
interest at the same time.
TASK 3
Create Work breakdown and organisational structure
Work break down structure depict the effective deliverables and key project that leads to
conduct the effective working of team within the manageable manner. Along with this the
prominent aim of the music event is to develop and organise suitable understanding regarding the
scope of project (Layton, Ostermiller and Kynaston, 2020). In regard of this the effective work
breakdown structure is discussed as below:

Figure 2: Self-Generated, 2021
Organisational structure is the suitable system that represent the effective activities which
are directed with the objective of achieving business activities. In regard of this the prominent
music event of tends to follow functional organisational structure in order to select candidates at
the time of performing suitable activities and divide it into the functions on the basis of their
expertise skills and interest level (Ika and et. al., 2020).

TASK 4
Risk Analysis
Risk Effect Mitigation
Improve management
of event
High Developing suitable planning for the requirements and
needs of people who attend music event.
Social Issues High Achieve appropriate expectations regarding the targeted
audiences.
Loss of reputation High Execute all the activities of the music event in prominent
way.
Safety of staff High Undertaking appropriate safety measures for the
successful completion of event.
Hygiene of food High Maintain proper hygiene level within the food and

beverages services.
Weather High Organise proper analysis of weather conditions to
eliminate the negative impact.
Uncertainty Moderate Analyse the future risk factors by developing suitable
plans in terms of dealing with them.
Withdrawal of
sponsor
Moderate Make proper plan in order to develop interest of
sponsors.
Threat of fire Moderate Develop effective arrangements regarding the proper
support of health and medical towards staff and
audiences.
Loss of equipment Moderate Make sure proper management of machines.
Small space Moderate Opt famous and well known venue for the music event
on the basis of audiences.
Improper parking
arrangements
Moderate Make proper planning for the parking.
Electricity issues Low Make suitable planning for the generator and inverter to
eliminate the threat of electricity.
Negative impact on
environment
Low Put emphasis on the suitable safety and security of
overall environment of event.
Poor time
management
Low Develop effective schedule for the assigned task to
complete it on time.
Safety and security Low Properly check arrangements regarding the security of
event.
Shortage of medical
help
Low Make suitable planning regarding the support and help of
medical to the staff members.
Financial loss Low Develop proper planning for the funds according to the
need of event.

Permission of local
authorities
Low Grant permission from the local bodies before organising
the event.
Shortage of staff
members
Low Hire talented and skilled staff members to manage event.
TASK 5
Quality prospect, quality description, espousal criteria and measurement to be put for controlling
the project
The suitable Expectations regarding the quality represent the suitable statement undertaken
the attribute which is anticipated by the clients from the task. It is also united that the initial point
of the event is effective considering the service group and music event including the quality
expectations which is also high for the customers undertaking the best event company who
organise the music event. They also undertake the effective quality regarding the collection and
casting of suitable offerings considering the hygiene factors because of the pandemic and also
put emphasis on the sanitization and security (Styhre, 2020). It also represents the major
resources which are required in the company considering the quality factor.
Moreover, the event organiser also undertakes the quality specifications by which they offer
several food varieties on the basis of requirements of their guest. In regard of the music event
delete to focus on the classical and folk music including various musical instruments like violin
and so on. in terms of measuring the overall quality of the music event they need to focus on
considering follow-up from their customers in terms of overcoming the issues prominently.
Further more company also leads to consider effective process of the operations in terms of
offering relevant and reliable result of the event which is conducted by the company.
TASK 6
Critically identify suitable methodology that would be appropriate for the project and why
The project methodology undertakes the prominent guiding of the procedure undertaking the
suitable principles which is essential to manage the overall project. Considering the effective
selection of project methodology is the major decisions which is taken by the project manager. In
regard of the respective music event leads to plan and conduct the successful event by

considering critical path method Undertaking the effective methodology (Larsson and Larsson,
2020).
Moreover, with the help of this methodology on the suitable activities are completed within
the given period of time. It also tends to guide the suitable mapping of project considering the
duration which is related with effective activities as it is beneficial for the music event
considering the used for the scheduling and identification of actions. Moreover, the drawback of
methodology is that it need expert to schedule activities as it predicts the completion time of
activities in terms of devising Path which is a critical process.
CONCLUSION
Therefore, it is analysed that the project methodology is the essential factor that is helpful
in terms of analysing the suitable applications which are depends on the completion of project. It
is also important to have judgement on the project approaches and growth of result. It also leads
to consider the suitable network diagram with the hep of overall team. Along with this,
stakeholder's analysis helps in identifying the interest and power of the event by considering the
risk factor that plays an essential role to identify risk for the effective working with the help of
prominent training and development sessions considering the quality expectations.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Meredith, J.R and et. al., 2020. Project management in practice. John Wiley & Sons.
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Rodríguez-Rivero, R and et. al., 2020. Applying the strategic prospective approach to project
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