Project Management Report: QAHE Uganda Field Trip Case Study Analysis

This report presents a project management analysis of a two-week field trip organized by QAHE's business faculty to Uganda, focusing on sustainable practices and addressing ethical and environmental concerns. The report details the project initiation document (PID), stakeholder analysis (students, faculties, investors, and government), budget allocation (£60,000 total, with £2,000 per student), work breakdown structure (WBS), and critical path analysis. The study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of project management principles, including effective resource utilization, timeline adherence, and risk mitigation. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of structured project planning for achieving desired outcomes within budget and time constraints, and reducing potential project risks.

Project Management
Case Study

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
PID .............................................................................................................................................1
Stakeholders analysis .................................................................................................................2
Budget ........................................................................................................................................2
WBS............................................................................................................................................3
Critical Path ................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The term project management is comprises of different types of stages such as initiation,
planning, executing and controlling with an intent of achieving the pre defined objective in an
efficacious and efficient manner within stipulated time limit. Moreover, the application of project
management help organisation to identify the resources or requirements and also support them to
make use of available resources in order to maximise the profit in an amended mode (Delavari
and et.al., 2018). In regard of present study, it consider the case study of QAHE business faculty
who take an initiative to organise a two week field trip to Uganda. The main purpose behind this
trip is that to render detailed understanding about the course of sustainable practices and also to
control the ethical and environmental issues. Moreover, each students are funded of about £2,000
which help them to meet out the needs during travelling. However, this study includes PID,
Stakeholder analysis, budget, WBS, Gantt Chart and critical path for accomplishing the better
outcome in a desired time duration.
MAIN BODY
PID
The concept of PID (Project Initiation Document) is the combination of Prince2 which
encompasses the information regarding what will be delivered, when and how. Due to such
implication, it drive project manager to determine the marketplace competition or demand and
also assist them to implement best strategic decision for the enhancement of overall results in a
amended mode. In context of QAHE business faculty, application of PID enable them to
understand each students needs or demand and also aid them to organise each activity in a
systematic or effective manner without nay hindrances. The PID for QAHE's new course i.e.
sustainable practices are explained below:
Project Goal: To generate better understanding and knowledge about sustainable
practices in order to protect the atmosphere fro all types of ethical and environmental issues (Gist
and Guy, 2019).
Project size: Under this, QAHE analyse each individual capabilities or potentiality and
based delegate them role and responsibility which lead them to acquire reliable results in a
stipulated time duration.
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Stakeholders: The stakeholders of QAHE are students, faculties, investors and
government.
Limit and risks: In case of QAHE, the major issue which they face is that it is not
essential for students to choose course i.e. sustainable practices that may hinder faculties to
deliver the services in an effective way.
Stakeholders analysis
The adoption of stakeholder analysis support QAHE to determine the interested
stakeholders and also segmenting them in a one group by assigning related role or
responsibilities as per their potentiality (Halil and et.al.,2018). Due to which, it enable QAHE to
identify the requirements of each stakeholders that are students, faculties, government, investors
and also lead them to analyse their degree of participation level towards an accomplishment of
task. Additionally, stakeholders analysis also drive them to manage each activities in an
organised way and also assist QAHE to complete the task in an improved manner.
Budget
The component of budget is an integral element that support any specific project to
ascertain the financial requirements and can easily meet out the desired goal within prescribed
time and budget. AS per the QAHE case, the overall funded for Uganda field trip is around £
60,000 and in which each students are funded with £ 2,000 to take care of their travelling need
and requirements in an prompt mode (Odubiy and et.al., 2019).
WBS
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Critical Path
The aspect of critical path in project management is considered as a significant role as it
is the sequence of each project activities which comprises the longest overall duration in order to
analyse the shortest time frame for completing particular task in an effective way. Moreover,
with the practice of critical path. It allow QAHE project manager to examine the important task
inside project and also empower them to accomplish the objective in a desired cost and time.
Moreover, it also help them to reduce the occurrence of errors or mistakes and lead them to
improve the overall performance of project in an impressive style among competitors. (Opher,
Shapira and Friedler, 2018)
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above discussed report that preparing a project
management plan is regraded as an important activity as it help organisation to completing all the
set target in a pore determined budget and time frame. Mainly, it is concern with reducing the
negative aspect like, insufficient resources, delay in decision making, and many more. With the
assistance of this, project manager can easily develop a successful project that provide an
opportunity to company in attaining sustainable growth and development.
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