University Project Management Assignment: Core Principles

This assignment addresses fundamental project management concepts through a series of questions and answers. It begins by defining a project and distinguishing it from routine activities. The solution then explores real-world examples, such as pizza making and classic car restoration, to illustrate what constitutes a project. It also clarifies the difference between project and activity, and discusses the application of value management. The assignment further differentiates between strategy and program, and defines project as an activity for creating unique products or services. The solution is based on academic sources and provides clear explanations of key concepts and definitions within the realm of project management.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Answer to question 1
Project is mainly defined as planned set of tasks that are interrelated and are generally
needed to be executed over the fixed period of time within the certain cost as well as other
limitations of the project (Kerzner and Kerzner 2017). It is also considered as an activity that are
helpful in meeting the creation of a unique product as well as services and therefore the activities
are mainly utilized for accomplishing the various routine activities that are not considered within
the project.
Answer to question 2
Yes, the guy who makes Pizzas in Pizza hut are generally engaged in the project. It is
found that making pizzas is small project that needs to be executed within a small period of time.
The pizza will generally be made in different phases of the project by setting the amount of time
and analyzing the requirements that are used within the project.
Answer to question 3
Yes, the guy who is engaged in restoring classic cars are mainly engaged in project. It is
found that restoration of classic cars is the project as the person who is associated with the
project needs to execute the restoration of car in five different phases in order to provide perfect
paint, reliable machines as well as comfortable interiors in order to get classic condition. It is
quite necessary to execute different types of steps in order to complete the project successfully.
Answer to question 4
No, the guy who engages in emptying the parking meters of money is not engaged with
the project as parking meters emptying is considered as an activity. It is found that parking
meters of money is an activity that can be executed without proper planning.

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Answer to question 5
Yes, value management can be applied once the project is properly defined. Value
management is one of the combination of various types of planning tools as well as methods that
are utilized for finding the optimum balance of project activity in context to project costs as well
as risks (Badewi 2016). Moreover, it is the procedure that is used for properly planning,
assessing as well as developing the project for making the right decisions about the optimized
balance in context to risks as well as costs.
Answer to question 6
According to Lowstedt, Raisanen and Leiringer (2018), strategy is mainly defined as an
action that is taken by the project managers in order to attain one or more of the goals of the
organization. Strategy is mainly about integration of the various types of organizational activities
and utilizing the scare resources within the entire environment of the organization in order to
meet the objectives of the project.
On the other hand, programme can be defined as one of action that is mainly aimed for
accomplishing clear business objectives with details of work that is needed to be done by
utilizing proper resources.
It is opined by Kerzner and Kerzner (2017) that project is defined as one of activities that
helps in meeting the creation of a unique product or service that is generally undertaken in order
to accomplish the activities. It is mainly referred as one of the activity that is quite helpful in
meeting the development of unique services as well as products such that the activities are
properly utilized for accomplishing the different routine activities which cannot be successfully
considered within the entire project.

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