Managing a Successful Project: Digital Technologies in Education

This report presents a project management plan focused on integrating digital technologies into Kings College London's learning environment. It outlines the project's aims, objectives, and timelines, emphasizing key aspects such as cost, scope, time, quality, communication, risk, and resources. The plan includes a work breakdown structure and Gantt chart to visualize project stages and timelines. The report also incorporates small-scale qualitative and quantitative research to support the project's goals, analyzing data to provide recommendations for improving technology in education. It further reflects on the value of the research and its potential to support sustainable organizational performance at Kings College London. The project aims to enhance the learning experience through digital technologies like cloud computing, enhanced mobile learning, and virtual laboratories, while addressing potential risks and ensuring effective communication among stakeholders. Desklib offers this and many other solved assignments for students.

MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PROJECT
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Table of Contents
Task 1 Establish project aims, objectives and timeframes based on the chosen theme.............4
P1 Devise project aims and objectives for a chosen scenario................................................4
P2 Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality,
communication, risk and resources........................................................................................5
P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart to provide time frame and stages
for completion for the proposed project management plan....................................................9
Task 2 Conduct small-scale research, information gathering and data collection to generate
knowledge to support the project.............................................................................................11
P4 Carry out small-scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research
methods appropriate for meeting project aims and objectives.............................................11
Task 3 Present the project and communicate appropriate recommendations based on
meaningful conclusions drawn from the evidence findings and/or analysis............................12
P5 Analyse research and data using appropriate tools and techniques................................12
P6 Communicate appropriate recommendations as a result of research and data analysis to
draw valid and meaningful conclusions...............................................................................14
Task 4 Reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and its usefulness to support
sustainable organizational performance...................................................................................15
P7 Reflect on the value of undertaking the research to meet stated objectives and own
learning and performance in this research............................................................................15
Conclusion................................................................................................................................18
Reference..................................................................................................................................19
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Introduction
A successful business project plan has various aspects that are needed to be planned by the
management system. This report focuses on several operations related to management of the
educational organisations. The study defines about different goals and objectives associated
with this organisation. The study signifies the factors that have essential roles in success of
project. The essential factors such as costs, time, scopes, quality, risk, communication and
resources, are majorly needed to be maintained by the management system of education.
Gantt chart sheds light on the entire management of Kings College London, from starting to
completion.
Project management is quite tough job as it includes different types of phases from beginning
to completion. This study focuses on the impact of digital technologies in Kings College
London. The report focuses on several types of digital technologies that can be utilised in
Kings College London to provide more organised way of learning. This report defines that
digital technology has enlighten every phase of learning system.
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Task 1 Establish project aims, objectives and timeframes based on the chosen theme.
P1 Devise project aims and objectives for a chosen scenario
1.1 Goals:
Every business has specific goals for becoming the best in the competitive market. Project
has the simple goal to help people in learning so that their lives become better. As influenced
by Polonsky and Waller (2014, p.65), it can be said education is the weapon for survival in
today’s world. Education and learning has power to enhance the lives of people. Project
creates tools for the learners so that they get helpful opportunities in every stage of their
learning journey. According to Trevino and Nelson (2016, p.67), a unique goal makes a
business unique and individual in the market of competition. Project has focused goal of
making Kings College London more smooth and available by using digital technologies in
their business.
1.2 Objectives:
The main objectives of this project of impacts of digital technologies on Kings College
London are as follows
● To help people in their journey of learning process.
● To provide more organised way of learning program through the help of digital
technologies
● To effectively demonstrate the effectiveness of digital technology in business
organisations
● To effectively suggest possible recommendations in the context of improving
technological sector in education industry through the means of digitalised technology
A specific set of goals has been evaluated by every company in order to sustain in the
greater community of the business world. In this context, a project can serve the purpose
of acquiring the goals smoothly and to provide the company an impressive business
growth. It is a general conception that a proper education is the sharpest weapon for
getting sustained in the world nowadays. The power of education can improve people’s
lives immensely. Here, project is the key tool in shaping the opportunities on every level
of learning process. An exclusive goal can make a business unique from every angle. The
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context of project making has been revolutionized by the intervention of digital
technologies.
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P2 Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality,
communication, risk and resources
Project management plan
2.1 Costs:
Costs are estimated so that there will be an average pricing plan before starting any business.
As influenced by Polonsky and Waller (2014, p.65), it can be said that costing has essential
role in success of any business as monetary value is the pillar of any business. For adapting
several digital technologies in the business of project, they have estimated finance plan.
However, project is not in a state of compromising their project of undertaking digital
technologies in learning program. Project has estimated € 15 million for buying several
digital technologies to improve the learning program.
2.2 Time:
Project has outlined the overall time period required for completion of their entire project. As
per the view of Trevino and Nelson (2016, p.21), it can be said that there should be a time
scaling in any business so that there will be no boredom or sameness until the completion of a
management plan. Appropriate time outlining has essential role in execution. The time chart
figured out by project is as follows
Digital technology Adoption date Full implementation time
period
Survey 1st June, 2018 1 month
Cloud computing 5th June, 2018 3 weeks
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Enhanced mobile learning 17th June, 2018 4-5 weeks
Tablet computing 20th June, 2018 3 weeks
Gamification 28th June, 2018 6 weeks
3D printing 3rd July, 2018 8-9 weeks
Virtual as well as remote
laboratories
15th July, 2018 2 months
Table 1: Outlined time chart by project for completion of their project related to
adoption of digital technologies
(Source: Created by author)
The project management has an aim to utilise effective aspects of digital technology to help
people not only in the classroom but also outside the classroom. The essential factors such as
costs, time, scopes, quality, risk, communication and resources, are majorly needed to be
maintained by the management system of education. Gantt chart sheds light on the entire
management of Kings College London, from starting to completion. Educational institutes
can effectively reach out to the mass through the means of social media. This will not only
help in the process of gaining loads of students built at the same time will increase the
efficiency of the infrastructure as this will result in more gain of revenue. Remote
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laboratories are the online laboratories that are usage of telecommunications to conduct
realistic experiments in remote way. It can be used at physical location of operating
technology.
2.3 Scopes:
There are many scopes in business of project. As per the view of Nicholas and Steyn (2017,
p.15), it can be said education objectives should be the path of enlightening present and
future of mankind. Project management have organised reach to get success from their
project of adopting digital technologies in Kings College London. As influenced by
Schaltegger and Wagner (2017, p.10), it can be said that learning program has vast scopes to
be fulfilled.
2.4 Quality:
Project is focused in making no compromises with their product qualities. According to
DuBois et al. (2015, p.31), project quality is the indication of its future, whether it will be
effective or not. The main digital technologies that are going to be adopted by project are
cloud computing, 3D printing and remote laboratories. The management system has decided
to make only the best quality having technologies as part of their learning program.
According to Schaltegger and Wagner (2017, p.45), it can be said that digital technology has
crucial role in improvement of Kings College London.
2.5 Risk:
In the project of project, related to adoption of modern digital technologies, have few
barriers. In the view of Ramazani and Jergeas (2015, p.45), it can be said that risk-free project
management is kind of not possible. The possible risk in the project of Kings College London
could be quality of products. However, the entire project management system is quite specific
in selecting the best qualities for their learning program. With adoption of digital
technologies in Kings College London, there are no such major risks during the entire project.
2.6 Communication:
Communication is essential in any project from beginning to completion. As influenced by
Špundak (2014, p.940), it can be said that there should not be communication gap in the
entire project management system. The Kings College London makes sure there is
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uninterrupted communication among the project employees and project management board
members. For the implementation of each technology, there is need for proper
communication in the management system and it needs to be appropriately maintained in the
project field.
2.7 Resources:
The core resources for this project are investors and suppliers. As per the view of Kaiser et al.
(2015, p.127), it can be said that resources have influential roles in success of any project.
Investors are the core resource as they are responsible for sponsoring the entire finance plan
required for implementing digital technologies. Another essential role of suppliers is there in
supplying technological equipments to project management system. Suppliers are the ones
who provide proper products in time. Both the resources act as the pillars for project
management system. Investors or stakeholders are needed to be satisfied with each and every
step related to the project as they provide finance to the management. Thus, it is essential to
take care of their satisfaction and make the execution as per the fulfillment of investors’
demands.
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P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart to provide time frame and
stages for completion for the proposed project management plan.
Gantt chart:
Main activities 1st
Month
2nd
Month
3rd
Month
4th+5th
Month
6th
Month
7th
Month
Selection of the
topic
Composition of
the literature
review
Research
methodology
Collection of
primary data
Analysis and
interpretation of
data
Findings
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Conclusion and
Recommendation
Final submission
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Task 2 Conduct small-scale research, information gathering and data collection to
generate knowledge to support the project.
P4 Carry out small-scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research
methods appropriate for meeting project aims and objectives.
Qualitative research fulfilling the goals and objectives:
Qualitative research is about preliminary exploratory research. The Kings College London or
learning program can arrange interviews to know the needs of people related to digital
technologies and its significance. As per the view of Larson and Chang (2016, p.710), it can
be said that interview is the path to get to know the people individually. Through interview
process, the project management system will be able to get what types of technologies are
required for improving the Kings College London. Hence, in order to effectively enhance the
understanding of the impact created by digital technology an interview was conducted. This
interview focused on scholars from a random university. It has been observed that the
responses focused on urgent need of digital technology in the universities and schools. The
scholar focused on the requirements and efficiency of digital technology by stating that
digital technology and its importance have made people across the world more educated.
They have stated that technology is a very essential factor that is considered to be of great
importance in all business sectors. Hence, it can be analysed and said that digital technology
has enhanced the way the educational institute used to work before. It is because of this
digital technology, educational institutes have gathered and attracted ampule amount of
students across the world.
Quantitative research fulfilling the goals and objectives:
Quantitative research is about systematic factual investigation. As influenced by Duffield and
Whitty (2015, p.312), it can be said quantitative research can be done through survey
software. The learning system can take help of survey programs to perform their quantitative
research. Surveys are essential in gathering data. The project management system can arrange
online as well as offline surveys to get the proper information from the people who are in
journey of learning. Survey can be arranged by the project management system to get
effective and various numbers of needs related to digital technology. By utilising this process,
project management is able to focus on specific needs of people who are in learning journey.
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