Project Management: A Comprehensive Project Analysis and Plan

This project management assignment provides a detailed analysis of key aspects of project management. It begins with a discussion of project talent management, including recruitment plans, employee development, performance management, role clarity, and motivational techniques. The assignment then explores organizational change or transformation management, focusing on communication with stakeholders, the impact of changes, change management strategies, and methods for assessing new skill requirements and development. The implementation strategy section examines the use of a Big Bang implementation approach, outlining the steps involved. A disaster recovery procedure plan is presented, detailing project risk conditions, triggers, responses, timing, and responsibilities. Finally, the assignment concludes with lessons learned, categorized by positive and negative impacts, phases, and recommendations, covering project schedule tracking, effective management, and team brainstorming.

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

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Table of Contents
1. Project talent management.....................................................................................................2
2. Organizational change or transformation management.........................................................4
3. Implementation strategy.........................................................................................................6
4. Disaster recovery procedure plan...........................................................................................7
5. Lessons learnt.........................................................................................................................9
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................12

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1. Project talent management
Recruitment plans
The organization utilizes prearranged strategy for hiring the different stakeholders
who are mainly associated with the project and it generally act as one of the timeline for the
companies in order to find proper qualified applicants. The recruitment plan reflects that the
stakeholders are hired for serving different roles and they must have proper skills, experience
and knowledge in the type of role for which they are hired in the pool construction project.
Employee development plans
For the development of employees, the steps that are taken by the workers are generally
elaborated below:
 Proper consideration of the business goals so that they can be able to understand the
goals and can work accordingly
 Recognizing the potential vs. the readiness for providing them proper update so that
they can be able to work effectively for pool construction (Davis, 2015).
 Considering different types of training and development which would generally
increase their experience and skills of working
Performance management
Performance management for the pool construction project generally involves providing
an annual review for each employee by determining the strengths, weaknesses in their
performance. The steps that are followed for managing the performance are listed below:
 Proper evaluation of the present performance based appraisal procedure
 Determining different types of organizational goals and objectives

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 By successfully setting different performance expectation for the project
 Successful monitoring as well as development of performance throughout the year
Role clarity
In order to clarify the roles of the workers and stakeholders who are engaged with the
swimming pool project it is necessary to have proper communication with the stakeholders so
that they can understand their roles effectively (Gadiraju, Yang & Bozzon, 2017). In addition
to this, it is necessary to develop clear communication, feedback as well as use of proper
reporting strategies for creating streamlined as well as open communication between all the
stakeholders who are generally involved so that they can effectively work for the project.
Motivational techniques
The ways through which motivation among the team members can be increased are
elaborated below:
 Motivating the employees by offering them proper and positive working
environment generally encourages the teamwork and helps them in the procedure of
idea sharing. This also helps in eliminating conflicts (Hardcastle et al., 2017)
 Recognizing achievements as well as accomplishments are generally helpful in
motivating the workers and keeping them engaged so that proper benefit from the
work can be achieved.

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2. Organizational change or transformation management
Communication with the stakeholders
Stakeholder Audience Reason Frequency Medium Impact
Project
manager
Team
members
The project
manager
discusses the
project
objectives
and the way
in which
project
schedule can
be executed.
Once Meeting The project
team
members
understand
their priority
and work
accordingly.
Financial
manager
Sponsor and
project
manager
Insufficient
budget for
running the
project
properly.
When
required
Email,
meeting
This
meeting
helps in
providing
knowledge
about the
needs and
requirement
about the
amount of
money that

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is needed for
project.
Project
planner
Project
leaders
The project
gets slipped
and as a
result the
project faces
delay.
Weekly Email,
meeting
This
information
is discussed
so that the
team
members
work
properly for
bringing the
swimming
pool
construction
project on
track.
Impact of the changes
It is found that due to slippage of project schedule, the time that is required for the
construction of the swimming pool gets changed and as a result the project gets delayed. The
organization that aims to deliver the project at right time faces delay and due to which the
budget that is required for the project also get increased that further creates financial issue for
the organization (Tidd & Bessant, 2018). The changes that are done due to the risks or
improper communication will generally affect the progress of the project.

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Change management
In order to manage the changes, it is needed to keep proper track on the project so that
the entire project gets completed on time and the issues that are associated with financial
problems also get avoided. It is needed to keep track on the project status from the initial
phase so that the project team members can be able to know about the project progress and
status (Fernandez & Rainey, 2017). This not only keeps the entire project on track but will
avoid financial issues. Additionally, as the project faces slippage, it is necessary to ask the
team members to cooperate and work for extra hours so that the deadline of the project can be
managed.
Ways for assessment of new skills requirement and development
It is necessary to have proper skills requirements as well as different skills
development planning by undertaking proper training facility. With new technical as well as
planning skills, the workers will be able to manage the pool construction project effectively
so that no issue can occur (Cameron & Green, 2019). Skills like building of mechanical
knowledge, coordination, electrical, plumbing, making construction report as well as
undertaking proper development plans is generally necessary for undertaking the project.
3. Implementation strategy
It is found that in order to construct the swimming pool, it is needed to utilize Big
bang implementation approach. According to Chang (2016), this approach generally has one
single main milestone whereby all the modules are generally implemented for reducing the
costs and for enabling all the functional areas for the project. The steps that are needed to
follow in order undertake big bang implementation approaches are listed below:

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Agreement contract: It is necessary to properly understand the different individuals
for following specific courses of conduct effectively so that the swimming pool construction
can be undertaken properly. This is mainly done in the initiation phase of the project.
Planning: In this step, the management is mainly concerned about the goals as well
as objectives of the project so that the project activities get completed successfully by
utilizing the resources effectively (Shariatzadeh, Mandal & Srivastava, 2015).
Execution: In this particular step, the activities those are associated with swimming
pool construction are executed. The activities include filtration, diatomaceous earth,
designing, foundation of the pool, purchasing moulded fiberglass as well as lining the pool.
Closure: In the closure phase, a post project review is undertaken in order to analyze
that all the project activities are executed quite effectively and the entire project is
documented properly by getting sign off from the project stakeholders (Goffin & Mitchell,
2016).
Handover: In this step, the entire project is handed to the client for checking whether
the client is happy with the project that is delivered for ensuring that all the objectives of the
project are met.
4. Disaster recovery procedure plan
Project risk
condition
Project risk
triggers
Response Timing Responsibilities
Due to
improper
sponsorship,
the budget that
The risk gets
triggered due
to improper
use of project
It is needed to
manage the
condition
effectively by
15 days The financial
manager needs to
identify some new
sponsors who can

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was required
for the
construction of
the swimming
pool was not
present and
therefore due
to financial
problem, the
project work
gets
obstructed.
resources by
the workers
making a
proper plan to
manage the
budget
properly so
that the
problem can
get resolved.
afford to pay for the
project by reflecting
the project business
cases. In addition to
this, they must make
a plan for making
investment.
Lack of
equipment
training among
the workers
creates a
number of
accidents that
affects the
progress of the
project.
The risks
generally get
triggered if
management
does not take
proper action
to stop such
situation.
It is needed to
provide proper
equipment
training to the
workers so that
they can be
able to work
effectively by
avoiding the
chances of
accidents.
20 days Proper facility of
training is arranged
for the workers and
seniors must guide
the workers while the
equipment’s are
handled so that the
chances of accidents
get avoided.
Lack of
resources can
If the
utilization of
It is needed to
manage the
10days The human resource
manager is mainly

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create issues
and problems
for the project.
resources for
swimming
pool
construction
are not tracked
then it would
trigger the
project risk
resources
effectively and
keep some
extra resources
for emergency
so that the
project work
does not get
stopped.
responsible to
manage the resources
effectively and keep
track on the
utilization of
resources so that
such types of issues
can be avoided.
5. Lessons learnt
Lessons Category Positive/
negative
Phase Impact Responsi
ble
Recommenda
tion
I have
learnt that
the
progress of
the project
must be
tracked on
a weekly
basis
Schedule Positive Plannin
g and
executi
on
phase
Due to this
learning, I
have been
able to
manage
the project
effectively
such that
the project
gets
completed
on time.
Project
planner
It is needed to
track the
schedule on a
weekly basis
to get
information
about the
project status.

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Proper
manageme
nt is
needed for
making the
project
successful
Managem
ent
Positive Executi
on
phase
With
proper
manageme
nt, the
entire
project can
get
completed
within the
assumed
budget and
time.
Project
manager
Effective
management
from the
initial phase of
the project is
needed for
completing the
project on
time.
Brainstorm
ing the
team
members
when
needed to
get their
ideas
Project
progress
Negative Project
executi
on and
plannin
g phase
The
procedure
of
brainstorm
ing is time
consuming
and
different
team
members
have a
different
idea that is
Project
analyst
It is necessary
to brainstorm
the team
members and
analyze what
most of the
team members
want and then
find proper
way for
resolving such
situation.

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quite
confusing.

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