Advanced Project Management: Project Selection & Methodologies

This report provides a detailed analysis of project selection, portfolio management, organizational context, project governance, leadership, advanced planning, scheduling, and change management within the context of Cambridge University's transition to online learning. It examines strategic goals, recommends a matrix organizational structure, discusses Lewin's change model, and compares project management methodologies. The report emphasizes the importance of digital literacy, software adoption, and maintaining academic integrity in the shift to online education, while also addressing potential challenges and offering recommendations for successful implementation and continuous improvement. The TOWS analysis helps to understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the University of Cambridge. The report is contributed by a student and available on Desklib, a platform that provides AI based study tools for students.

ADVANCED PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

Table of Content
Overview:........................................................................................................................................3
A Project Selection and Portfolio Management..............................................................................3
Recommendations for managing project portfolio matrix...........................................................5
B ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT..............................................................................................6
C. PROJECT GOVERNANCE.......................................................................................................9
D Leadership..................................................................................................................................11
Role of project leader in selected scenario for successful project completion..........................11
E Advanced planning and scehduling............................................................................................12
Comparison of advantages and disadvantages of two project management methodologies.....13
Analysis of the best project methodology for successful implementation................................15
F. Managing and Leading Change.................................................................................................16
Lewin's change model:..............................................................................................................16
Summarisation:..............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Overview:
The recent varied changes evolved during covid-19 pandemic, has significantly evolved
rise on online studies among universities where Cambridge university is significantly heading
focus. Migration to online teaching requires big change in programs, project management
methodologies implementation where digital literacy and software for online teaching plays
profound role. University of Cambridge, also aims to practically indulge in online sessions
where students’ academic progression can be monitored practically for untapped new paradigms
diversely. The research will present detailed analysis on integrated resources highly integral for
systematic management diversely, integrating new ideologies practically and to functionally
enhance productive outlook diversely. Report will also in detail examine analysis evolved
practically functionally enhance wider targets diversely, which further will also enable new
teachings to be delivered for practical engagement.
A Project Selection and Portfolio Management
Cambridge University strategic goals and directions are correlated to bring on productive
online study available for all customers, where social distancing requirements are further aimed
to be pursued. Recent changes demanded among covid situation, brings on rise for engaging
students on online teaching sessions and projects, where expertise technical goals are largely
extended to engage students with best primitive advanced parameters. Migration to online
teaching will be done in planned format, where software application for best engagement among
students will be done for larger scale competent functional abilities diversely. Cambridge
university, aims to facilitate planning and review techniques for safety premises in university,
where keeping in mind student’s safety standards will maintain productive social standards
variedly (McCarthy and et.al, 2021).
Strategic goals and direction:
 Cambridge university strategic goals is to build up online sessions for engaging students
on online learning within colleges and also strengthen up new innovative creative

engaged expertise for higher scale expertise dynamically. The university aims to
functionally take up new strategic decisions, to collaborate online studies within recent
time for higher learning courses effectively. Goal is to enhance academic integrity and
engagement aspects rapidly, based on larger vision oriented technical paradigms
diversely.
 Also, during recent situation University works with aim for larger scale rapid students
online learning assessment expansion where projects are offered among video demos and
online discussion portals. There are also learning sessions productively expanded on e-
learning assessment paradigms where creative innovative sessions are worked on, where
university aims to keep premises safe and also significantly head on towards social
distance norms. Also to maintain social distancing among students, and to bring on larger
scale vision oriented vision rapidly where innovation and creative working abilities plays
strong role actively.
The scoring model, which is one of the most specific objective technqiue evolving
committees relevant optimum criterias to be shaped up innovatively where importance and
specifi working priorities related for online learning sessions will be taken care. Once the
socring of the projects are done formally, it will enable screening among online learnintg
platforms to be delivered among university students to be done in proper format (Cerezo-
Narváez, Otero-Mateo and Pastor-Fernández, 2021). Justification for taking this screening
module, within usgae of project selection enhances fucntional competitive fucntional
engagement rapidly within recent time periods. Cambridge university, within online learning
scenarios will be able to expand new rapid innovation parameters with high accuracy paradigms
and gain acuracy on performance where socring model will enhance longer scale engagmenet
atcively. The screening module will further enhance potentialities and diverse styudy
parqameters within online academic criteria for enabling students to gain best expertise, and also
deliver best sessions by university. Also, project management has to fucntionally enhance keen
enagagement expertise tehcniclaly and gain best paradigms associated for strengthened higher
scale expertise rapidly for extended channels parameters among students variedly. Furthrmore,
Cambrdige unversity has been known for delivering best studies and academic integrity and
within chnaging circumstances digital studies and online learning further strentghens demands to
be correlated. By heading on simplified socring aspect, students performance will be also

evaluated varieldy for extended competitive fucntional scenarios and be potentially motivated
towards extended time scenarios actively (8 Ways to Improve Your Online Course, 2020).
Recommendations for managing project portfolio matrix
Cambridge University for managing project portfolios variedly within online learning
sessions, has high scope to be further headed on for larger scale engagement expertise
dynamically for leveraged significnat growth. With changing competencies and engagement
scenarios towards determinants correlated for wider cale primitive engagement, rapildy bring on
wider scale best sessions and digitacally engage on towards expertise. Cambridge university
further has strong operational role, for bringing forward students new sessions and teaching
practicals which strengthens systemtaic adcvancement creatively.
 The online learning projects further enhances socpe to generate stronger effetcive growth
paradigms dynamically, focusing on online technical systems which adds to longer
technical efficacy varieldy. Project management systems pertaining to online teaching
efficacy, plays strong role for evolving towards untapped new scale business
competencies rapidly which further pertains signficiant fucntional growth. Stduents
should be given online study platforms, for bringing on significnat rise diversley and
synchronise efficacy for longer scale connective targets (Borbida, 2021). The projects by
increased advancement towards project portfolio matrix, will be able to synchronise
profound engagement varieldy and for larger scale competent prodictivity.
 Online learning at Cambridge university is fucntionally enhanced, by bringing on high
scale productivity worked on and to diversely engage with largr scale connective
strengthened innovation rapidly. The online learning platforms need to be competently
structured in planned format, enhancing vision for best optimum scenarios for
strengthened rise atcively. This further also heads on profound rise to subscale competent
innoavtion rapidly, generate diverse untapped fucntional goals atcively among students.
The digital learning framework is set of tools and strategies providing guidance and
promotional of standards, for online learning products.
 Further managing project portfolio enhances socpe to rise on extensive new academic
integrity which further enhances socpe for larger customer engagement rapidly. Students
at Cambridge university, will be able to determine new learning competencies diversely
and expand rapid fundamental growth parameters profoundly for larger scale productive

engagement. Cambridge university students will be able to segregate subject oriented
advanced fucntional strengthened rise diversley, based on rapid engagement goals. It will
further enhance overall productive learnings among students, also sycnhronise higher
scale operational diversity to be worked on strategically.
From the above analysed fatcors, it has optmised varied scale best technical productive
learnings for mnagement integrated specific advancement for extended competitive
avenues rapidly (Amador, 2021).
B ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
Strategic choices of University of Cambridge:
Tows analysis can help the University of Cambridge to get a better understanding of the
strategic choices that it has and can also help in answering the following questions:
How can it make it most of the strengths?
How to overcome the weaknesses?
How to grab the opportunities?
How to manage the threats? (Alhassan, Adu-Gyamfi and Asafo, 2017).
Illustration 1: Tows matrix analysis
Source: TOWS Matrix Analysis. 2021.

Strengths and opportunities (SO): The strengths which can be used to maximize the
opportunities are listed here (Derr, Georg and Heiler, 2021). The quick adoption of digital
literacy and changes in environment by the university can be used to grab the opportunity of
adoption of software for online teaching, online exams and enhancing the student experience.
Strengths and threats (ST): The University of Cambridge can use its strengths like quick
adaption to changes to deal with the threat of Global pandemic as the government had made
protocols to not in person teaching. The university can use its digital literacy strengths to deal
with the threat of pandemic in teaching and learning protocols.
Weakness and opportunities (WO): It includes the strategies which minimize weaknesses to
take advantage of opportunities (Kapoor and Kaur, 2017). The requirements of changes in
module, materials and re-skilling to teachers and students can be fulfilled with the Digital
literacy and technology advancements in the university of Cambridge.
Weakness and threats (WT): It includes the strategies which minimizes the weakness
and avoid threats (Rahmat and et.al., 2020). The transfer of teaching to online teaching
will require a big change in programs, materials, re-skilling and modules of teachers and
students which proposes a big threat of students breakout. Because due to the online
teaching the students are signing petition to refund their tuition fees and being charged
the rent on empty rooms
Organizational structure:
It refers to a system that guides and direct the activities towards the specific direction
which will lead to have to an accomplishment of the goal (Winnubst, 2018). This is the base on
which entire organization work and make direct its activities.
There are various types of organizational structure that may include|:
Functional:
Under this structure entire organization is divided on the basis of its function. This means
as per the function of the organization employees will be divided and made directed to take
action (Dedahanov, Rhee and Yoon, 2017). Here employees will be divided on the basis of skill
and knowledge with respect to the specific service towards the users.
Divisional:

Under this structure the organization divides in the form of various divisions. And all the
functions and responsibilities regarding the specific division will be made accountable to them
(Flamholtz and Randle, 2020). Under this employees will be divided into groups and divisions.
Matrix:
It is the combination of two or more than two type of structure and involve the features of
both the structure.
Project:
As per this structure work and actions will be directed as per the project and its associated
activities. Here co-ordination and implementation of project activities are performed.
As the Cambridge University is making a major change with respect to its
operation and enabling studies to its students through online mode so as per its move a matrix
structure would be recommended (8 Tips for Effective Online Learning, 2020). This is because
as per this structure University can make an incubation of both the functional as well as
divisional structure so that it will lead to have a grabbing of advantage to both the structure.
This will lead to raise the chances of getting success with regard to its move. In the same as
matrix system involves a collaboration and communication between elements in terms of
functional and divisional structure of Cambridge University so it will lead to have better
management and performance of function of its new move of online studies.
However on a critical note it is also to be noted that with the involvement of more than
single structure so there are chances that the conflicts may arise because of the involvement of
more than one department. Likewise, with the non-clarity in team work may also lead to have
non-performance of work which may lead to impact the effectiveness of the online studies and
the work of Cambridge University.
However, it is further to be noted that with the adoption of the matrix structure have
positive impact over the project because making a big change in terms of function of offline
studies to online mode would involves a major contribution in terms of employees and its moves.
This would be more easily done with respect to the adoption of matrix structure because of the
involvement of combination of different structure (Lukinaitė and Sondaitė, 2017). Since making
a change in the strategy with regard to online studies would require a positive action and move of
the various associated department including Information technology, teaching, administrative
and various other which would be more beneficially inculcated with the adoption of matrix

structure in respect of Cambridge University. In addition, of this with the involvement of open
communication, the chances of grabbing success further raise because with the involvement of
effective communication changes along with management of various department as per the
online studies and structure would be easy to cover and incorporate. Thus with the adoption of
matrix structure and inculcation of more than one structure would lead to have more chances of
success in association with the project.
C. PROJECT GOVERNANCE
Project Governance:
It refers to a framework under which a document will be prepared with regard to each
project in which responsibilities and authorities will be divided. This will lead to have better
decision-making because of the existence of accountability, where project governance further
adds to strengthened rise benchmarks variedly and expand key untapped working criteria.
P3M3 assessment
The Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model enable a framework
to the organizations to make access and benchmark their present performance so that further
steps related with future improvement will be taken. This is an important framework because it
includes an assessment of the current capability and then enabling a roadmap that will lead to
bring improvement in the future course of action.
P3M3 is an important framework because it measures the project maturity so that
further strategies will be determined and actions will be taken accordingly. This is also
advantageous because along with determination of current progress it will also lead to make a
plan for future improvement (Lalmi, Fernandes and Souad, 2021). However, on the other hand,
being a detailed framework so it is cost as well as time consuming because with the making of
analysis of the current situation and then determining future action involves time aspect.
Stage gate framework:
As per this framework large projects can be handled easily. Under this framework the big
projects is divided into various stages and gates are being established between them. Along with
gates decision points will also be established so that better decision will be taken along with
measurement of success. This will lead to have continuous checking along with raise the chances
of success. It is also to be noted that as the work are checked at each stage so future course of

action is being determined with better efficiency. Online studies will enhance creative innovation
potentialities engagement, harness up extensive functional growth paradigms rapidly for longer
time period growth in learning.
This is advantageous because it will lead to have fast decision-making along with
assessment at every stage so that mistakes can be marked at early stage and corrective actions
will be taken accordingly. This framework will lead to have minimization of risk.
However, contrary to this with the existence of too many gates the flow of work got
disturbed and affected. Likewise, it will also affect creativity of taking innovative moves.
Recommendations:
The University of Cambridge can use the following recommendations to effectively manage the
portfolio:
 The university of Cambridge can use the P3M3 framework which can help it in
creating a framework to access and benchmark their current performances so that
the next steps related to its future improvements can be taken. This framework
can be beneficial for the university to use as it can help in accession of current
capability of the university to enable a roadmap leading to the future
improvements. It can measure the project maturity so that the next strategies to be
undertaken can be determined and the actions can be taken accordingly.
 The university can also use The Stage Gate framework as it will facilitate the
university to handle the large projects easily. This framework makes the projects
easier to handle, as in it the project is divided into various stages and gates. The
gate decision points are established in this framework which can facilitate in
better decision-making along with the assessment of success of the project. The
university can adopt this framework as it allows the checking of work at each
stage, so that the future actions and steps can be determined with better efficiency
and accuracy (Piwowar-Sulej, 2021). .
From the above framework it Stage gate framework would be recommended to
Cambridge University with its move towards the digital and online classes. This is because being
a big move and involvement of various stakeholders and others, stage framework will lead to
raise chances of the project. Cambridge university also has scope to significantly enhance

diverse functional rise actively, generate high functional rapid engagement expertise effectively
and generate stronger competitive work abilities. The university digital study sessions, can be
further expanded rapidly by bringing on evolvement for extended academic expansion goals
diversely towards untapped competencies.
D Leadership
Role of project leader in selected scenario for successful project completion
The role of leader can be understood to be widely crucial for strengthening functional
advancement diversely in project management, for attaining productive working efficiency
among targets. As per the views of Ali, Khan and ur Rehman (2021), leader has role to further
keep stakeholders engaged on affirmatively diversely on goals with best technologies, which
further integrates innovation rapidly. Successful project completion determines keen engagement
of leader, for strengthening implementation at work and completing competencies variedly
towards untapped working goals. Cambridge university for successful project completion, has
high scope for further bringing on new online learning platforms towards bringing productive
targets diversely. Role of leader is operatively headed to bring on strengthened rise on successful
project completion, and enhancing best deliveries within project management to generate
functional reach variedly. Project leader, for successful timely connective working diversity has
to successfully bring on new management strategies for resources timely completion and
informative functional parameters. As noted by Thesing, Feldmann and Burchardt (2021), the
usage of transformational leadership, can be understood as widely crucial for strengthening work
innovation responding towards keen functional engagement competently based on planned
efficacy scenarios.
Transformational leadership, holds high scale significance for operative growth
benchmarks connectively and generating enhanced working rise diversely as per new vision.
Online studies among students, can be informatively successfully build up by developing
functional creative scenarios variedly and to imperatively bring on rapid motivation. Cambridge
university online studies functional rise, further also opens up scope to pertain on functional
engagement rise diversely within system oriented perspectives significantly for larger

productiveness. As per the views of Jovanovic and Beric (2018), Project leader, will be highly
responsible for attaining new scale work performance rise paradigms in shape and work on
towards creating technology usage enhanced rapidly for higher profitable targets. The
stakeholders also are diversely responsible to monitor project deliverables, which further plays
crucial aspect important to significantly bring on productive innovation in shape. Project of
online studies and projects engagement among students, further strengthen up resources scalable
usage diversely and to shape up new affirmative working standards.
 Recommendations: During recent time of covid -19, engaging students on one digital
platforms, enables to pertain high scale work advancement variedly by shaped up
efficacy variedly towards technical expertise productively. Leader for successful
management operational advancement, has also scaled up role to strengthen up planned
usage in resources usage goals. Also, project new working ideologies should be focused
on by leader, for operative innovation expansion competitively and to organize new
cultural competencies variedly. This also exceeds stronger working advancement, to be
pertained on operatively by organizing brainstorming sessions where leader should be
also cooperatively headed on to bring on wider scale expansion competitively (Patel and
Poston, 2021). Cambridge university, will significantly able to further pertain higher
work advancement diversely by engaging on competitive leadership.
E Advanced planning and scehduling
Advanced planning and scheduling has strong role, for enhancing work advancement
diversely and bringing forward larger successful business oriented parameters diversely with
high scale innovation. The project management operations need implementation of effective
project methodology aspects diversely, where Agile methodology and waterfall mythology are
two most advanced and highly used methodologies (Serrador and Pinto, J 2015). Comparison of
disadvantages and advantages of both methodologies, will enable to generate effective
implementation done for Cambridge university project successfully on larger arenas. Scheduling
further also integrates new working advancement, to be done competitively done on towards
functional rise variedly for larger scale productive competencies.