ProCon Services Australia Project Analysis: Status, Leadership & Team

This assignment presents a case study analysis of ProCon Services Australia, focusing on evaluating project status, leadership behavior, and team environment. It begins with an introduction outlining the study's aim to improve functional and professional development through documentation supporting project deployment and status reporting. The analysis includes a summary of the project's budget, schedule, and work progress, revealing that the project is behind schedule and over budget. A detailed status report highlights the discrepancies between planned and actual completion rates and expenses. The study further examines leadership behavior, noting an autocratic project manager and a need for improved leadership strategies. Finally, the assignment concludes with reflections on challenges faced during the project and emphasizes the importance of effective communication. References to relevant project management and prebiotic research are also included. Desklib provides a platform for students to access similar solved assignments and past papers.

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Contents
Introduction
Summary of Project Status
Detailed Status Report
Leadership Behavior
Existing Team Environment
Conclusion
Reflection
References

Introduction
 The following assignment had been based on the
consideration of the improved functional and professional
development.
 The study would assist the development of the documentation
supporting the final deployment of the final documents that
would be helpful for the formation of the keys for the
utilization of the successive alignment of the status reports.
 The cost factor analysis has been deployed for analyzing the
deployment of the effective implication of the management
process
 The study would also cover the analysis of the team
environment and the leadership requirements in the
organization.

Summary of Project Status
Total Budget $1,200,000
Schedule (in days) 120
work (in %) 100
Estimated Actual
Ground Floor (in %) 100.00 75.00
First Floor (in %) 50.00 25.00
Second Floor (in %) 50.00 25.00
Top Floor (in %) 0.00 50.00
Total work (in %) 50.00 43.75
Duration (in days) 60 60
Cost (in $) $600,000 $675,000
Planned Value (in $) $600,000
Earned Value (in $) $525,000
Cost Variance (in $) -$150,000 Over Budget

Detailed Status Report
 The project has only completed 43.75% of its expected
outcome that is 7% less than the planned completion
 The overall expense of the project had also been exceeded
to $75,000 more than planned value.
 The cost variance and schedule variance for the project had
been - $150,000 and - $75,000 respectively.
 The alignment of the study had also showed that the
project had an earned value of $525,000.00.

Leadership Behaviour
Long term vision
Basic Leadership
Enabling
Impacting
Imparting
Strategizing
Group Building

Existing Team Environment
Tony had been very dominating and
autocratic project manager
Tony had been lazy and did not care for his
teammate’s advice
The project had been delayed due to various
issues and problems
The leadership requirement for the project
involves the utilization of the specific
activities supporting the formation of the
effective development

Conclusion
The following assignment had been
developed for analysing the case study of
ProCon Services Australia.
The cost factor analysis had been deployed
for analyzing the deployment of the effective
implication of the management process.
The study had comprised of using the
effective project tracking and monitoring.

References
 Gibson, G.R., Hutkins, R., Sanders, M.E., Prescott, S.L.,
Reimer, R.A., Salminen, S.J., Scott, K., Stanton, C.,
Swanson, K.S., Cani, P.D. and Verbeke, K., 2017. Expert
consensus document: The International Scientific
Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus
statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics. Nature
Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 14(8), p.491.
 Heldman, K., 2018. PMP: project management professional
exam study guide. John Wiley & Sons.
 Winner, L. and Hill, R., 2016. How to Select and Scope a
Project. In Resident’s Handbook of Medical Quality and
Safety (pp. 201-216). Springer, Cham.

Reflection
 I had to face several issues and problems for the execution
of the project activities.
 I realized that the project had been delayed due to various
issues and problems and the project has been largely
impacted due to the occurrence of the issues in the project.
 I had to involve the use of the supporting and improved
communication for the project.

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