Work-Based Team Project: Amusement Park Development Plan

This project plan outlines the development of an amusement park in Malta, focusing on its aim to create a recreational point for the local community. The plan details the objectives, which include exploring community benefits and securing funding, alongside the roles and responsibilities of team members, such as project sponsors, executive sponsors, business analysts, and a project manager. It addresses project constraints like resources, quality, scope, risk, time, and cost. The plan further describes monitoring and evaluation methods, including defining objectives, analyzing indicators, and managing timelines. It also outlines resource requirements (physical, financial, and human), team member activities, and a risk assessment process that involves hazard identification, impact analysis, and control measures. The project timeline is provided, detailing tasks and durations. This plan aims to provide a structured approach to the successful establishment of an amusement park, benefiting the local communities.

PLANNING A WORK-
BASED TEAM PROJECT

Table of Contents
TASK 1: PROPOSAL.....................................................................................................................1
Aim..............................................................................................................................................1
Objectives....................................................................................................................................1
Roles and responsibilities of team members...............................................................................1
Constraints of project..................................................................................................................1
Ways of monitoring and evaluation............................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
Resources Required.....................................................................................................................3
Activities of each team member..................................................................................................3
Risk Assessment..........................................................................................................................4
Time scale of project...................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
Personal and team log on the basis of project activities .............................................................5
Personal and team log recording the problems and solution ......................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................6
Data Analysis..............................................................................................................................6
Findings and outcomes of project ..............................................................................................7
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................8
Personal Reflection.....................................................................................................................8
Reflection on team performance.................................................................................................8
Recommendation for future improvements................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

TASK 1: PROPOSAL
Aim
“To open an amusement park as a recreation point for people of Malta”
Objectives
 To explore benefits to local community.
 To ascertain ways of funding which can assist in investment for amusement park.
 To determine good causes of opening an amusement park as a recreation point.
Roles and responsibilities of team members
Distributing roles and responsibilities among team members plays a crucial role as it
helps in managing time and work load. Further, for this project the team focused on distributing
work according to their skills and capabilities. The roles and responsibilities for project are
segregated like there will 3 project sponsors who will responsible for making key decision,
approving project, availability and optimum utilisation of resources and for communicating
necessary details related to amusement park. Besides, there will be 2 executive sponsors who
will be focused on managing all the alteration, additional funds and project deliverables. There
will be 4 business analysts who will be responsible for managing all the requirement of project,
documentation, testing objectives and for verifying that all requirement are meeting the need of
amusement park. 1 Project manager who will make project plan, hire manpower, managing
workers and will be responsible for scheduling and managing duties of manpower.
Constraints of project
There are 6 constraints of project which will revolve around project plan and helps in
easy management of all the necessary requirement Analysing constraint is mandatory before
staring project because it helps in determining the plan and deliverables required to accomplish
aim which is to open an amusement park as a recreation point for people of Malta.
 Resources: Analysing resources for project is important as it will help in managing
necessary requirement Like in this plan, resources will be experts and volunteers who
will help in execution. Further, funds and raw material which will be altered to enhance
amusement part as recreational point of Malta.
 Quality: For making successful amusement ark it is important for the planners and
management to ensure that there are high quality of resources. Besides, quality of project
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plan involves security and interests of people visiting amusement park (Henry, Water
Ride Concepts Inc, 2012).
 Scope: The scope of this project is to make open amusement park as a recreation point
for people of Malta which will help in benefiting local communities which are near Malta
Business School. Further, it will be most prominent tourist attraction which will help the
region in promoting creations of Malta.
 Risk: The major risk in project plan will be seeking of potential investors and managing
project on the basis of time constraints.
 Time: The maximum time which will be taken to complete project is 6 months where 4
weeks will be taken by management to seek views of local communities on opening
amusement park. Further, 1 week to collect resources, 3 weeks to collect funds and 12
weeks for final execution.
 Cost: Cost will be required for making surveying which comprise travelling expenses,
wages to manpower and for collecting resources such as Historical ambiance, presenting
robotics, science fiction (Heinze, 2017). Apart from this cost will include franchising of
amusement park, enabling project plan for pitching for investment.
Ways of monitoring and evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation project plan of opening an amusement park as a recreation
point for people of Malta is bas follows:
 Determining goals and objectives: In this the team will focus on defining aim which is
to open an amusement park as a recreation point for people of Malta and it objectives that
is to analyse benefits from project plan and seeking ways for investment.
 Analysing Indicators: In this the team will focus on outreaching activities which will be
conducted for accomplishing project plan such as seeking for funds, surveying local
communities and providing training to manpower (Papke-Shields, Beise and Quan,
2010).
 Timeline and data collection: In this the team will focus on gathering information
which is required to make amusement plan a success. However, for this the management
of project will aim at collecting views of local communities on amusement plan. Apart
from his the focus of team will be to compete project within time constraints.
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 Determining monitoring and evaluation: In this the team will ensure that all the
activities are getting in execution according to time and is precise way which is in interest
of public, manpower and within cost limit.
 Analysing plan and controlling: In this the team will make sure that the execution of
plan is according to time and resources. Further, the control of planners will be on
making optimum utilisation of resources and preserving environment.
TASK 2
Resources Required
 Physical: The physical resources for project plan will be machineries, resources required
for amusement park, stock investment, infrastructure, capital and medication equipments
for safety concerns. For managing physical resources, it is important for the team
members to maintain a balance between human and financial resources (Kerzner and
Kerzner, 2017).
 Financial: Financial resources are mandatory for project plan and it represents execution
of amusement park. In this the team is focused on managing requirement of liquid
securities, cash and credit lines. The most important role of management and sponsors in
financial resources is to analyse short term and short term project plan.
 Human: Managing human resource is essential because it helps in deriving
establishment and growth of project. In this the project manager will focus on recruiting
and training manpower required for execution of project. Further, in this the team will
focus on managing project plans according member's involvement which are executive
sponsors project sponsors business analysts.
Activities of each team member
 Project Sponsors: In plan, these 3 sponsors will make decision on requirement of
resources, needs of training for manpower, approval for alternation ext. The work of this
individual will be to make sure the plan of project is in process according to time and
cost.
 Executive sponsors: The 2 executive sponsor will perform activities which are related
to requirement of more funds for changing project plan in accordance to conditions in
Malta. The duty of these individual will be to ensure that all the resources and funds are
which are required for managing successful project plan are delivered on time.
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 Business Analyst: These individual will perform documentation which is legal process
and also helps in making project effective. In this the duty of these individual is to record
all the activities, changes, investment etc. In this the individual will make sure that
resources are fully utilized with minimum waste and everyone is working as per their
responsibilities. Further, the role of business analyst will be to test and verify all the
requirements and objectives because it will help in ensuring that every activity in
progress is according to interest of local communities and availability of funds.
 Project manager: The duty of manager is to recruit manpower according to plan of
amusement plan. In this the person will organise raining of employees where the person
will make employees understand aim of project. Further, the manager will ensure
manpower safety and motivation in order to get work done.
Risk Assessment
For risk assessment of amusement park in Malta, the team will focus on implementing
use of 5 steps of managing risk which comprise:
Identification of hazards: In this the team will focus on ensuring all the factors which
can lead to risk like, lack of resources, funds or lack of knowledge for employee for amusement
park.
Impact of risk: In this the focus on tea will be analyse impact of factors on project plan
like lack of fund or availability of resource can interrupt plan where the team will not be able
manage according to time constraints which will impact investment and funds. Lack of
knowledge among workers can impact success of amusement park.
Determining Control measures: In this the team plan control measure like back up of
funds and resources in case of urgent requirement. Moreover, the management will organise
Pre-project training for employee in order to make them aware about the details of amusement
park, time constraints and about availability of resources.
Findings: In this the team will focus on finding all the problems and uncertainties related
to project plan as it will assist the management in identifying solution to overcome risk and to
manage project according to time constraints.
Reviewing: The team will regularly review project when executed to make sure every
thing is going as per determined plan to manage uncertainties.
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Time scale of project
Task Mode Task
Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Auto Scheduled Planni
ng 12 days 26 March 2018 10 April 2018
Auto Scheduled
Analysi
ng
project
topic
2 days 26 March 2018 27 March 2018
Auto Scheduled
Determi
ning
objectiv
es and
aims
3 days 28 March 2018 30 March 2018 2
Auto Scheduled
Evalaut
ing
time for
collecti
ng data
and
resorces
7 days 02 April 2018 10 April 2018 3
Auto Scheduled
Imple
mentati
on
33 days 02 April 2018 16 May 2018
Auto Scheduled
Collecti
ng
literatur
e
10 days 11 April 2018 24 April 2018 4
Auto Scheduled
Seeking
for
investig
ation
method
ologies
2 days 25 April 2018 26 April 2018 4,6
Auto Scheduled
Calcula
ting
cost
1 day 02 April 2018 02 April 2018 3
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involve
d in
process
Auto Scheduled
Collecti
ng all
primary
informa
tion
7 days 25 April 2018 03 May 2018 6
Auto Scheduled
Analysi
ng and
interpre
tation
of data
5 days 04 May 2018 10 May 2018 9
Auto Scheduled
Evaluat
ion of
outcom
es and
findings
4 days 11 May 2018 16 May 2018 10
Auto Scheduled Project
closure 7 days 17 May 2018 25 May 2018
Auto Scheduled
Conclus
ion and
recomm
endatio
n
3 days 17 May 2018 21 May 2018 11,10
Auto Scheduled
Draftin
g &
reviewi
ng
entire
report
2 days 22 May 2018 23 May 2018 13
Auto Scheduled
Suggest
the last
written
report
2 days 24 May 2018 25 May 2018 14
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TASK 3
Personal and team log on the basis of project activities
Date Project responsibilities Activities
23/5/2017 Project Sponsors- They will make They will recruit labour in
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decision on requirement of resources,
needs of training for manpower,
approval for alternation ext
different departments and will
measure their performance. Also,
the have to ensure availability of
right number of labour at right
place.
30/3/2017 Executive sponsors They will perform
activities which are related to
requirement of more funds for changing
project plan.
They will search for different
sources of recruitment. Also, they
will ensure there is no shortage of
funds.
5/4/2017 Business Analyst He will perform
documentation which is legal process
Coordinating with government to
show them performance of
project. Also, performing all legal
work.
15/6/2017 Project manager: His role is to recruit
manpower according to plan of
amusement plan.
He will assign activities and task
to each department. Also, allocate
resources to them according to
their goals. Besides this, ensuring
that resources are fully utilised.
25/7/2017
Team
Personal and team log recording the problems and solution
Date Project responsibilities Problems Solutions
31/1/2017 Project Sponsors- They will
make decision on
requirement of resources,
needs of training for
manpower, approval for
There was shortage of
resources in HR
department.
Before performing next
activity proper planning
was done
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alternation ext
7/5/2017 Executive sponsors They
will perform activities which
are related to requirement of
more funds for changing
project plan.
Funds was not
sufficient in HR unit to
recruit labour.
Additional funds was
borrowed to continue
project operations.
19/7/2017 Business Analyst He will
perform documentation
which is legal process
A lot of problems was
faced during this stage.
Project was kept on
hold in this situation.
5/9/2017 Project manager: His role is
to recruit manpower
according to plan of
amusement plan.
Resources were not
allocated properly by
manager.
Planning was done to
ensure proper allocation
of resources.
25/2/2017
TASK 4
Data Analysis
Theme 1: Amusement park will be recreation point for people of Malta.
According to author, project plan for amusement park is the most beneficial plan as it will
assist in seeking attention of kids which helps in maintaining profitability and success of
business (Henry, Water Ride Concepts Inc. 2011). The theme park will help the planners in
promoting historical beliefs' ad cultural aiming people by demonstrating them through activities,
gaming tools and antiques. In addition, the author believes that amusement park is the most
attractive and creative strategy it is itself a tourist attraction. Thus, it will be recreational point for
the people of Malta as it will comprise all the mandatory requirement which will make attractive
especially for kids.
Theme 2: Kids entertainment and tourist attraction are the benefits of amusement park.
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According to scholar, seeking tourist attraction and kids entertainment is the major
benefit of amusement park as it is focused on adventurous activities and promotion of historic
cultures and beliefs (Balloffet, Courvoisier and Lagier, 2014). Tourist visit different regions to
explore different culture and their beliefs and therefore amusement park will be focused on
rebuilding historic tools and paints which reflects ancient people and their beliefs. However,
adventurers gaming tools and machines will help planners in enabling kids a playful environment
which denotes effectiveness of plan at it is near Malta Business School.
Theme 3: Increasing participation of kids in outdoor activities is the good cause of
amusement park.
As per the views of authors increasing participation of kids in outdoor activities is the
good cause which is related to amusement park (Vieyra and Vieyra, 2014). Apparently, attracting
kids of Malta Business School is the foremost priority of project planners because it will help in
managing successful project plan.
Findings and outcomes of project
Every project outcomes are based upon its planning, organising and implementation of
activities. This shows that what will be the outcomes of project (Agyeman, and Platt, 2016) If all
these functions are performed effectively it will lead to completion of project in given time. The
outcome of our project was very effective. It was due to proper planning and implementation of
operations. In this ever member gave their best efforts. Also, risk assessment was done to
identify risk involved and alternative strategies was developed to minimise that risk. The
activities performed was according to schedule made. It gave positive results. On the basis of
these results team developed goals (Habók, and Nagy, 2016). These goals were attained in time
that was given. Activities were organised in such a way that it reduced time of next activity.
We completed planning and organising of activities in one month. This helped us to focus
on next thing that was finding out sources of funds. It almost took 2 months for team to start
project. After that we hired skilled and unskilled employees and allotted in various department.
This was very time consuming and costly process (Parihar, , Bhar,. and Srivastava, , 2015) It
took 3 months in hiring and assigning task to employees. In this way the whole project was
completed in given deadline.
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TASK 5
Personal Reflection
While executing the entire project from initial stage till completion stage I analysed that
my team worked very well and we were able to complete the project in given time. I managed
and allocated work to team members according to their skills and abilities. I found that each
member were highly focused on their roles and responsibilities and they performed accordingly.
Along with this, I found that time management was effectively followed by each team member
that lead to completion of project time. I gave my best in planning and organising activities. This
helped me to increase my knowledge and skills. There came a time in which I was not able to
take quick decisions, this affected my performance. I was not able to find out solutions of
problems whenever there was conflict between my team members. This affected overall team
working and delayed the next activity that was to be performed. I communicated with business
analyst so that it helped me to know what legal formularities have been completed so that
planning of next activity can be done. Also, approached to officers to ensure there is no issues
regarding environment or people. Moreover, I monitored team' s performance to ensure work is
going in smooth way.
I observed that my as a project manager my performance was not so good. It was due to
lack of experience in projects. So I was not able to take appropriate decisions on time. This
affected my efficiency and project quality. I was not able to maintain that quality which team
decided. I came to a result that I was lacking skills and knowledge that is required in project
manager. So I need further improvements in this.
Reflection on team performance
The overall performance of team was very good. This was because of proper allotment of
tasks and duties. This helped us to achieve set goals and objective on time. Each member set
goals that they have to achieve. This lead to integrating individual efforts to complete the project.
A proper communication structure was established that helped member to communicate
effectively. Due to continuous coordination among them problems and issues were quickly
solved. It also lead to smooth flow of operations.
I analysed that there was certain conflicts in team regarding work. This was because of
shortage of labour. This was due to project sponsor as he did not perform his responsibility.
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Also, he did not accept his mistake. This affected project operation and it delayed the next
activities. So for recovering that mistake I made changes in some roles. I took responsibility of
recruiting labour. So I hired extra labour to complete task on time. This helped team to maintain
that speed. They also worked overtime to ensure timely completion of project. It was beneficial
for me to encourage them. With this we were able to complete project on time.
Further, if we have put some more efforts than project quality must have be better. Thus,
team members were lacking confidence. Due to this they were not able to perform effectively.
Also, feedback given by stakeholders shows that in certain areas like human resource and
operations more efforts was required. Due to this operations was not going smoothly and it lead
to delay in other activities. So I came to a result that overall team performance was average and
it could have been improved further.
Recommendation for future improvements
In accordance present project plan it can be recommended that it is important for team to
coordinate with each other with regards to activities like in this the work distribution is
completely segregated and have no link to each other. However, it is good plan but on the other
hand when working in team it is important for the project planners to coordinate with each others
work in order to analyse drawbacks and shortcomings of project. In addition, it can be
recommended that the f\planners can also focus on collecting information from primary sources
through survey as it is the best way to evaluate current conditions and views of local
communities over the plan of opening of amusement park.
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