University Project Management Report: Principles and Ethics

This report analyzes a project management case study involving a pharmacy's drone delivery project. The report begins with a detailed scope statement, outlining project justifications, deliverables, and constraints. It identifies potential risks, such as prototype malfunctions and budget overruns, and suggests mitigation strategies. The report also identifies key stakeholders, including the pharmacy, the drone technology provider, and consumers. The second part of the report focuses on an ethical analysis of the case study, identifying breaches of contract and violations of the Project Management Institute (PMI) code of ethics. The analysis highlights issues such as project delays, budget misrepresentations, and the regional director's lack of responsibility. The report identifies affected parties, describes actions leading to ethical breaches, and offers recommendations based on the PMI framework, including honest communication and realistic project planning. The report underscores the importance of ethical conduct in project management, emphasizing honesty, responsibility, and respect for stakeholders.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Task 1:........................................................................................................................................2
Details in the scope statement for this project:.......................................................................2
Risks associated with the project and the possible preventive actions:..................................4
The key stakeholders that will be benefited from the project:...............................................5
Task 2:........................................................................................................................................6
Executive summary:...............................................................................................................6
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................6
Ethical analysis of the case:....................................................................................................6
Overview of the ethical issues:...........................................................................................6
How key fundamental principles of ethics are effected?....................................................7
Identify the relevant facts:..................................................................................................7
Identify the affected parties:...............................................................................................8
Description of the actions, which could potentially lead to breach of PMI code of ethics:
............................................................................................................................................8
Description of your recommendations for the possible Actions following the PMI
framework:..........................................................................................................................8

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Task 1:
Details in the scope statement for this project:
Component of the scope statement Description
Justification for project Wilmont, a top-ranked retail pharmacy in
the United State has planned to deliver
prescriptions through a flying drone. if this
project is implemented this will help
Wilmont to extend their services to more
number of people along with the 8000
retail stores throughout the nation this will
also make delivery of the prescription
faster and will help in serving the
consumer with greater efficiency hence
this project is an important one for
Wilmont.
Description of product The project will design an drone system
for delivery of prescription
Criteria for acceptance A prototype of the drone should be
functioning and it needs to be fully
automated and should not require any
manual assistance for operating this drone.
Along with that, the Drone should have
greater positional and directional accuracy

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so that delivery of the prescription is
ensured at the right place and in the right
time because these two aspects are
important for Wilmont to enhance their
services.
Deliverables and objectives Following things will be delivered as
project deliverables:
a fully functioning Drone prototype
technical documents
project summary report
Exclusion Does not include infrastructure review of
the company to adopt such advanced
solution
Constraints The project has to be finished within the
allocated budget of 1750000 US dollar and
the first flight delivery is scheduled before
November 30. No extension is allowed in
this case for avoiding Harsh weather in the
San Francisco area.
Assumptions Resources and financial support is
accessible during the project

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implementation
Cost estimation $1750000
Risks associated with the project and the possible preventive actions:
Potential risk Identification technique Risk mitigation plan
Prototype is not functioning Extensive on field test of
prototype before delivering
to the client
Issues with the prototype is
identified and design
modifications made
accordingly
Overflow in budget Extensive analysis of budget
which include detailed
comparison of allocated
budget with required cost for
the project
Allocate separate costs for
each expense and hire expert
team to manage financial
resources
Design specifications does
not meet regulatory
standards
Review of specified
standards for commercial
drone design
Submitting design proposal
and acquiring approval for
the design
Design team is not effective Assessment of design team
based on their experience
and projects designed
Hire design team based on
their skill and project
experience
Dispute will stakeholders
regarding product
specifications and quality
Conducting meetings and
gathering requirements from
stakeholders
Integrating stakeholder input
in product design and
verifying with project
requirements

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The key stakeholders that will be benefited from the project:
 Wilmont pharmacy
 DroneTech
 Consumers

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Task 2:
Executive summary:
In this report, the provided case study is analysed and ethical issues are identified.
Ethical issues are identified in accordance with project management ethics as described by
the Project Management Institute or PMI. The analysis of the case study revealed that the
contract made between the client and project team is affected for breaches of contract. Project
management ethics like honesty fairness respect and integrity was not followed. Due to poor
planning, execution and the deliberate reluctance of Regional Director, it has delayed the
project. Now in this report some recommendations in accordance with the PMI framework
has been suggested in this context.
Introduction:
The project had various issues such as issues in design process and it was identified in
the manufacturing process itself, however it was not properly evaluated. The project has
delayed significantly due to less involvement of the regional director in the project. due to
project delay, extension of another 3 months is required for completing the project and this
identified after an initial inspection in the project . An estimated budget of 7 to 10 million
dollar is required for completing the project without considering cost for compensation. This
has made a breach of contract in the project.
Ethical analysis of the case:
Overview of the ethical issues:
From the analysis, it is evident that there were some deliberate delays made in the
project for which the Regional Director was responsible. Due to delay in the project, it is not
possible to deliver the project within the approved time and budget, which means a breach of

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contract and leading to ethical violation too. Detailed analysis of ethical violation has been
described in this report.
How key fundamental principles of ethics are effected?
According to the PMI code of ethics, each person involved in the project execution
should be honest and responsible in executing their assigned responsibilities. As a Regional
Director, it is his duty to ensure project execution without any delay. Delay might happen in
the project but it should not be deliberate. however, in this case, Regional Director was not
responsible enough to ensure timely execution of the project activities and as a result, the
project has significantly delayed requiring more time and budget than what was approved in
the contract.
Although after initial inspection for the delay it was told To the Regional Director that
an estimated 7 to 10 million euro is required for finishing the project and that too excluding
claims for compensation however when the director communicated with the client he told
them that another 4 to 5 million euro is required. Communicating false information to the
client is a breach of honesty. Hence, it has violated ethical values of honesty, responsibility
and integrity.
Respect for stakeholder interest is another ethical value recommended by the PMI
code of ethics. However, in this case it was not taken into account how the client might be
affected if the project is delayed. In fact as the project has been delayed it will have an
adverse impact on the financial resources as the client is there having some financial issues.
So not thinking about client interest and breaching code of contract in violation of ethics.
Identify the relevant facts:
 Some design flaws were identified in manufacturing, but this information was not
communicated

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 There was an informal communication with the regional director about delay in the
project, but this information was not shared
 Communication happened between financial director of the client company and the
regional director, but financial accountant investigating the project was not informed,
creating confusion in the project
Identify the affected parties:
In this case, the client company has been affected from the project delay.
Description of the actions, which could potentially lead to breach of PMI code of ethics:
 Not taking responsibility for the project delay
 Not taking initiative for completing the project even after delay
 Providing false estimation for budget and schedule to complete the delayed project
Description of your recommendations for the possible Actions following the PMI
framework:
 Provide honest information to the client about the delay in the project
 Communicating a realistic project schedule and budget to complete the project
following delay in the project
 Analysing critical task of the project and redesigning project schedule to complete
those activities first
 Requesting for extra resources including human resources if required for completing
critical tasks of the project as per the modified project schedule