Project Management Assignment: Scheduling, Risk, and Teamwork Analysis

This project management assignment showcases a team's approach to a project, emphasizing planning, scheduling, and risk management. The solution details the team's contributions, with a focus on creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and a Gantt chart using Microsoft Project. The assignment includes a 'Lessons Learned' report, analyzing success criteria, reflecting on meeting those criteria, and identifying key insights gained from the project management experience. The report highlights the importance of planning, risk mitigation, team cohesion, and stakeholder involvement. The assignment also addresses aspects that didn't go as planned, such as financial planning for risks, and offers a peer review of team member contributions. The solution emphasizes the iterative nature of project management, the value of team collaboration, and the significance of proactive risk management for project success.

Prepared by:
Team Name:
Project Name:
Assignment Dates:

Statement of Contribution
For this project each of the team members played a role in the realization of the project. My main
area of interest is in project scheduling. As such, I played a vital role in coming up with the
overall project work breakdown structure and the project’s Gantt chart. In coming up with the
activities to be included in the WBS, all team members played a part as analysis of the case study
was done in a group setting. My main area was to structure the activities to form the actionable
work breakdown structure and translate it to a project schedule by use of Microsoft Project
software. Apart from the assigned tasks, I went ahead to assist other group members in
brainstorming and ensuring that their solutions and my solutions were in correction to ensure a
smooth flow of the project.
Role Played
Deliverable
Name
Description Purpose Estimated time
Case Study
Analysis
This task was played by each
team member in a group setting.
The role here was to analyze the
case study, outline the identified
activities, and brainstorm on the
priority of each task, while
identifying tasks that can be
carried out concurrently.
The purpose was to have
a starting document on
which all team members
could start working
from. Developing an
outline of activities and
sharing out roles for the
project
The task took 1 days and
was comprehensively
addressed, thus no more
time is required for the
task.
Work
Breakdown
Structure
This deliverable entailed creating
a work breakdown structure. My
task was to organize the group in
order to analyze the case study,
brainstorm and list activities that
must be carried out to
successfully complete the project.
After enlisting the activities, the
role of arranging the activities,
and creating a work breakdown
structure was on me.
The purpose of creating
a work breakdown
structure was to aid in
understanding the entire
project activities, their
relationships and
interdependence
(Mohamad, 2015). The
work break down
structure would then be
used by a different team
member to allocate
resources.
The estimated elapse
time on this activity is
about 7 days and will
require some 7 more
days, as the task is passed
to other team members,
who may realize or
suggest addition of other
tasks within the structure.
Project
Schedule
The role entails translating the
work breakdown structure to a
project schedule, by including
estimated time for each task
[which is to be done by a
different team member], and
The purpose of the
schedule is to act as a
blueprint to guide the
project team in the
implementation
planning and
Estimate elapsed time on
the project is about 7
days and some 14 more
days required, as I wait
for parts of other team
members such as

resources allocation to task that
have to be generated by a
different team member.
My role here is to compile the
activities from the work
breakdown structure, and the
estimated time for tasks, as well
as resource allocation, into a
project schedule by use of
Microsoft project. The result of
this task will be the generation of
a Gant Chart for the project.
implementation. The
schedule also
resource allocation and
estimated time for each
task, before we compile
the entire project in a
Microsoft Project – Gantt
Chart
Assignment Lessons Learned Report
Prepared by(Team Member): Date:
Team Name:
Project Name:
Project Sponsor:
Project Manager:
Project Dates:
Assignment Dates:
1. What did you understand as the success criteria of the assignment?
For the project the success criteria is fully dependent on proper planning; proper scheduling and
proper resource allocation. Planning, especially proper scheduling of tasks and resources is critical
in realizing the project. Secondly planning for the unknown – risks – is critical for a project
(Baxter, 2014). Risk identification and putting in place possible mitigation strategies is critical to
the success of the project.
2. Reflect on whether or not you met the assignment success criteria.
I am certain that we met the success criteria for the assignment. The group is very cohesive and
everyone played a part in the project, resulting in a project that is likely to be completed on time
and without any problems. This is because as a group, we took care and extra effort to plan the
project, identify risks and put in place risk mitigation strategies. We also developed a
comprehensive project monitoring plan, and how to react to changes in the project

3. In terms of managing a project through this assignment, what were the main lessons you
learned?
I learnt that managing a project requires that one first invest much time in planning and secondly
continuously monitor the project is critical as unknown events may affect the delivery of the
project, rendering the plans null and void (Mir and Pennington, 2014). Secondly I have learnt that
the project team is very vital for the project and understanding their needs is important.
4. From a project management perspective, describe one example of what went right on this
assignment.
One thing that went right for the project is bringing every stakeholder onboard, by making them
understand the goal and vision of the project from the start.
5. From a project management perspective, describe one example of what went wrong on this
assignment.
What went wrong was failing to adequately plan for the financial implication of risks in the
project. This may affect the project delivery in case any of the identified risks arises as the project
goes on.
Peer Review of Assignment
Each team member played a critical role in this assignment. As such, I would give each team
member equal share of contributions to the project. The only issue that emerged was on agreeing
on the tasks to be carried out for the project. Whereas some members felt that some tasks were
not necessary, others felt that anything could not be left out on assumption that they were not
critical. This issue was resolved by analyzing the importance of each activity and deciding on its
inclusion depending on its importance in the project.

References
Baxter, K., 2014. 1.3 Project Management and Estimation Are Key Success Factors. Software
Project Effort Estimation, p.5.
Mohamad, N., 2015. Development of Cost Driven Work Breakdown Structure for Project
Monitoring and Controlling(Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia).
Mir, F.A. and Pinnington, A.H., 2014. Exploring the value of project management: linking
project management performance and project success. International journal of project
management, 32(2), pp.202-217.