Analysis of PMBOK Framework and Uber Case Study Project Report

This report provides a detailed analysis of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) framework and its application to project management. It covers key areas such as stakeholder management, communication management, and procurement management, outlining the processes, tools, and techniques involved in each. The report explores how the PMBOK can be utilized for business and project improvement, emphasizing factors that contribute to project success and failure. It includes an analysis of the Uber case study, demonstrating the practical application of PMBOK guidelines in real-world scenarios. The report also discusses the importance of appropriate business cases, proper scope statements, team motivation, and effective leadership in achieving project success, while also addressing issues like inadequate tracking, unprofessional leadership, and skill deficiencies that can lead to project failure. Finally, the report highlights the characteristics of good and bad projects based on the PMBOK framework and includes references to relevant academic literature.

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Discussion on PMBoK details
 Project stakeholder management
According to PMBOK the project stakeholder management
knowledge are is comprises of fourdifferent processes such as
identification of stakeholders, stakeholder engagement planning ,
managing stakeholder engagement and monitoring stakeholder
engagement. The different tools used to fulfill this plan include
expert’s judgment, data gathering, data analysis and data
representation.
 Project communication management
In order to design and develop communication management plan
the different processes involved to PMBOK include planning
communication management, managing communication and
communication monitoring

Discussion on PMBoK details (contd.)
Project procurement management
In order to deliver a successful project within assigned time and budget the project needs
to prepare a proper procurement management plan. The three different processes to be
followed for accomplishing any project include procurement management plan,
conducting procurement and controlling procurement. A procurement plan can be
successfully implemented using tools like market research, meeting and make or buy
analysis.

Use of PMBOK for business and project
improvement
Use of PMBOK project stakeholders management
With the help of stakeholder management plan project
owners would be able to keep all stakeholders engaged to
their responsibilities. It will help to produce valuable and
reliable results.
Use of PMBOK project communication management
The professional project communication plan will help to
provide a common platform to the project associates so that
they can share their ideas and thoughts with rest of the project
team members successfully.

Use of PMBOK for business and project
improvement (contd.)
Use of PMBOK project Procurement management
Project procurement management plan is used to
buy both products and services whenever needed
with a reasonable price from efficient vendors. It
enables smaller businesses to get aligned to their
buying strategies. Procurement management plan
identifies the products that to buy complete purchase
orders, long terms business goals and negotiate
delivery time of the products and services. Overall it
can be said that, with procurement management
plan a project can be successfully implemented.

The causes of project success or
failure
Causes for project success
 Appropriate business case
 Proper success factors
 Proper scope statement design
 Team motivation and avoiding project scope creep
Causes for project failure
 Inadequate project tracking and documentation
 Unprofessional leadership
 Failure in defining project parameter
 Insufficient skill among the project team members
 In accurate cost and time estimation

what makes a good project and a
bad project
A project will be defined as a good one if it meet the below criteria:
Quality scope statement
 Experienced project manager and skilled team members
 Project manager’s leadership quality and motivation power
 Proper communication quality assurance plan
 Delegate time and cost management plan
The project which fails to meet the above mentioned criteria will be defined
as a bad project. Improper time, cost and resource management plan will
lead to overrunning budget and over allocated resources.

Incorporate the approved given Uber case study

PMBOK guidelines
•UBEC has developed a new quality assurance framework
which is comprises of different values to Nigeria’s Quest for
delivering authorities.
•For continuous development technical evaluation result is
also being produced.
•It will give early childhood care development and education
and primary education as well.
•The education is available for younger learners.
•It operated many projects and each project followed proper
communication, procurement and stakeholder management
strategies .
•UBEC ensures that their 9 years education plan will help to
ignore all poverty and illiteracy related challenges.

PMBOK guidelines (UBEC)
 The core presentation of the
report represents all data
collected during the census of
pupils, students other facilities
and personnel.
 The students data are all
represented in a table format
and these data are all collected
and approved by the
government of Nigeria

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