Project Management Homework

This homework assignment focuses on key project management concepts. The first question requires defining and providing examples of different project types, including civil engineering, manufacturing, and management projects. The second question delves into project scope management, asking students to outline the components of a scope statement and suggest a tool for visualizing scope subdivisions. Finally, the third question involves creating a Gantt chart based on provided data, identifying the critical path, calculating project duration, and discussing the benefits of using Gantt charts. The assignment tests understanding of project classification, scope definition, and project scheduling techniques.

1) Projects are normally catergorised into different types. Define each type and give
examples of each type of project? (8 marks).
a. Civil Engineering, Construction, Petrochemical, Mining, and Quarrying
Projects in this category are those which spring to mind most readily whenever industrial
projects are mentioned. Once common feature is that the fulfilment phase must be conducted
on a site that is exposed to the elements, and usually remote from the contractor's main office.
These projects incur special risks and problems of organisation. They often require massive
capital investment, and they deserve (but do not always get) rigorous management of
progress, finance, and quality.
b. Manufacturing Projects
Manufacturing projects aim to produce a piece of equipment or machinery, ship, aircraft, land
vehicle or some other item of specially designed hardware. The finished product might be
purpose-built for a single customer, or the project could be generated and funded from within
a company for the design and development of a new product intended for subsequent
manufacture and sale in quantity.
c. Management Projects
This class of projects proves the point that every company, whatever its size, can expect to
need project management expertise at least once in its lifetime. These are the projects that
arise when companies relocate their headquarters, develop and introduce a new computer
system, launch a marketing campaign, prepare for a trade exhibition, produce feasibility or
other study report, restructure the organisation, mount a stage show, or generally engage in
any operation that involves the management and co-ordination of activities to produce an end
result that is not identifiable principally as an item of hardware or construction.
2) What would you include in your managing scope statement? What tool could you use
to show the subdivision of the scope of work? (6 marks).
Project Scope Management refers to the set of processes that ensure a project's scope is
defined and mapped accurately. Scope Management techniques allow project managers and
supervisors to allocate just the right amount of work necessary to complete a project
successfully. It is primarily concerned with controlling what is and what is not part of the
project's scope.
Three processes form part of Project Scope Management - planning, controlling, and closing.
Planning
The planning process is when an attempt is made to capture and define the work that needs
competition.
Controlling

The controlling and monitoring processes are concerned with documenting tracking, scope
creep, tracking, and disapproving/ approving project changes.
Closing
The final process, closing, includes an audit of the project deliverables and an assessment of
the outcomes against the original plan.
3) Using the information below, plot out a full project Gantt chart and identify the
critical path? How many days does it take to complete the project? What are the
benefits of using a Gantt chart? (6 marks).