UNIT 6: Managing a Successful Business Project in the UK Retail Sector

This project investigates the importance of technology and employee collaboration in transforming the workplace within the UK retail sector, using Sainsbury's as a case study. The project follows a structured project management lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, and closure. It identifies key factors for compiling a project management plan, such as deliverables, quality, risk management, communication, and resource allocation. Research methodologies, including positivism philosophy, deductive approach, survey strategy, and quantitative research choice, are employed to gather and analyze data. A project management plan is developed, outlining the aim, objectives, deliverables, quality measures, risk assessment, communication strategies, resource allocation, and research methods. The project also includes a work breakdown structure and schedule to ensure timely completion. The findings are communicated, analyzed, and used to draw meaningful conclusions and recommendations. Desklib is a platform where students can find similar solved assignments and study tools.

UNIT 6 Managing a
Successful Business
Project
(The importance of technology and the
requirements needed for employees to
carry out their roles and collaborate
while transforming workplace in the
digital age in context of the UK retail
sector)

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
PART 1...........................................................................................................................................1
P1 Determine several stages of Project Lifecycle as well as its importance for project success 1
P2 Find out the factors which is required for compiling a project management plan.................2
P3 Analyse a extent related to strategies and methods of research along with their importance
in project management.................................................................................................................3
P4 Make a project management plan that covers aim and objectives of research, quality,
deliverables, risk, communication resources as well as research methods..................................4
P5 Produce a work breakdown structure and schedule to provide stage and time frames to
complete the project successfully................................................................................................6
LOGBOOK......................................................................................................................................8
PART 2..........................................................................................................................................11
P6 Conduct a business project as stated within the PMP and communicating findings............11
P7 Present the data to draw a valid and meaningful conclusion and recommendation and data
analysis.......................................................................................................................................16
P8 Reflect on the value of undertaking the business project to meet stated objectives and own
learning and performance..........................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................20
Questionnaire.............................................................................................................................20

INTRODUCTION
Successful business projects are those that are delivered and maintained on schedule,
meet business requirements, deliver the expected business value and return on investment as well
as are delivered and maintained within budget (Alghail, Yao and Abbas, 2022). A project
manager is responsible to execute the project in properly by understanding and knowing their
market as well as industry of their projects. The current research project is conducted to find out
the technology and the requirements needed for employees to carry out their roles and
collaborate while transforming the workplace. The selected organisation for the present research
project is Sainsbury. The company is one of the leading multinational retail organisations of
United Kingdom.
MAIN BODY
PART 1
P1 Determine several stages of Project Lifecycle as well as its importance for project success
The project management lifecycle involves high level processes to deliver a successful
project. Proper management of a project assist firms to get prevented from the waste of resources
and money as many unsuccessful project failed due to communication breakdown (Arefazar and
et. al., 2022). In project management lifecycle stages project manager come up with an idea for a
project, define its aims, do planning for its execution and provide proper guidance for its
completion. The stages of project lifecycle and their importance in present research project are
described below:
Initiating- It is the prior stage of project management lifecycle in which the project
manager find out the problem, requirement or opportunity along with the insights ways to meet
this requirement, take this opportunity or solve this problem. It is important for the project
manager to find out the objectives of their project as well as analyse its deliverables and
feasibility for the project (Binci and et. al., 2022). The initiating stage is important stage of
project management lifecycle as it helps in making project successful. There are some tools that
helps project manager are RACI chart, project proposal and project charter.
Planning- During this stage, the project manager break down the larger project into
several smaller tasks, develop an effective team and prepare a schedule for the success
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completion of project. After breaking larger projects into smaller tasks, the project manager is
required to make sure that each tasks should be complete within its framed time (Coghlan, Shani
and Coughlan, 2022). The tools that the project manager used in stage are risk register and Gantt
Chart.
Execution- In this stage of project management lifecycle the project manager converts its
project planning into action. It is important for the project manager to keeping the tasks on track,
organising team members properly, managing timelines and ensuring that all the tasks are
accomplished according to original plan (Damasiotis, 2022). The tools that help project manager
in this stage are Burn-down chart and Change requests.
Closure- It is last stage of project management lifecycle when all the project tasks
finished, then the project enters in its closing stage. In this stage, it is important for the project
manager to provide final deliverables, release project resources and then determine the success of
the project (Darwish and Verma, 2022). They also need to evaluate what was going good and
what wrong in the project for improving it for making future project successful.
P2 Find out the factors which is required for compiling a project management plan
A project management plan is described as formal document that defines how a project is
going to be carried out (Gładysz and Kuchta, 2022). There are some factors which is required to
be considered while compiling a project plan for making project successful. These factors in
relation to current research project is described below:
Deliverables- The deliverables are used to describe the products, services or results that
the project is commissioned to produce. It provide detail information about the objectives of
project along with the activities required to get there (Hickson and Owen, 2022). In the project
management plan, each deliverables should be communicate clearly to all involved the timeline,
scope and budget for a specific chunk of work.
Quality- It is used to described the standard of project which is measured in against of
similar kind of project (Weflen and et. al., 2022). Quality management processes help in
controlling the cost of a project, establish standards as well as determine the steps for confirming
and achieving those standards.
Risk- A risk is described any thing that could have potential in order to impact deadline
of the project. There are several thinks that can be risk for completing the project on time
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(Jadhav, 2022). The project manager should analyse the risk and then find out the effective way
in order to mitigate the risk for making the project successful.
Communication- The project scope, deadlines and budgets are can be considered as
biggest source of issues for the project. But the poor communication is also create problems in
completing the project properly. Communication is an important aspect for the success of a
project. It helps project manager to interact with their stakeholders properly for accomplishing
the project successfully.
Resources- It is described an important asset whose primary role is to help in carrying
out a certain task or project. It is used to their maximum potential for keeping the project on
budget and on time (Kamaruddeen, 2022). The resources are different in every different projects
which makes project managers to identify the which resources are useful in order to conduct the
research project in better manner.
P3 Analyse a extent related to strategies and methods of research along with their importance in
project management
Research methodology refers to a method or process that helps in explaining how a
investigator intends to conduct the research effectively. It is also described as systematic plan
that assist researcher to solve research problem properly (Demchenko, 2020). In order to
understand the methods and strategies used in the current research project, the researcher uses
research onion. Research onion refers to a framework that divided research methodology in
different techniques and methods for making easier for the researcher to complete the whole
research properly. The research methods and strategies used in current research project and their
importance are described below:
Research philosophy- The positivism research philosophy is used in the current
research project as it allow researcher to conduct survey of large population for obtaining
overview about the whole society and uncover the social trends (Oulevey, Tsutsui and Kohtake,
2018). Positivism research philosophy is important for obtaining reliable and accurate
information about the research topic for attaining research goals and objectives.
Research Approach- The researcher used deductive research approach that help
researcher to collect and analyse the data for the research. This research approach assist research
to gather and examine the quantitative information about the research topic (Yan and Chowell,
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2019). The deductive research is important for the researcher as it allows them to use their logic
for justifying decision in the research project.
Research strategy- The researcher selected survey strategy in the current research
project. It permit researcher to gather large data or information related to the research topic from
the large population (ERGİN and AKIN, 2018). The survey strategy is the most convenient
method to collect data for the research. It provides the exchange of information in between the
respondents and researcher to carry out the research properly.
Research choice- The researcher used quantitative research choice for collecting and
analysing the information and data related to the research. It helps research to gather and
examine numerical information related to the research topic (Dickson-Karn, 2020). The
quantitative research choice is important for attaining greater understanding and knowledge
regarding social world in order to conduct the research in well manner.
Time horizon- Cross-sectional time horizon is used in order to conduct the current
research project in short time period (Haas, 2018). The main purpose of this time horizon is it
assist researcher to compare several variables in similar time.
Data Collection- Both primary and secondary data collection methods used in the current
research project. The primary data collection method helps in collecting reliable and accurate
information from the respondents (Schmelz, 2021). The secondary data collection helps
researcher to collects perspectives and insights of many experts related to research topic.
Data analysis- The researcher used frequency distribution data analysis techniques as it
helps in evaluating and calculating numerical data related to the research topic. It also help
researcher to organise and summarise the raw data in a tabular format (Durrant, Brenchley and
McCallum, 2021).
Sampling- The researcher used probability sampling in the current research project. It
help researcher to collect information from the equal number of respondents by selecting through
random sampling (Fox and Lash, 2020). In the current research project 30 respondents are
selected in order to collect information related to the research topic.
P4 Make a project management plan that covers aim and objectives of research, quality,
deliverables, risk, communication resources as well as research methods
Research aim:
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To identify the importance of technology and the requirements needed for employees to
carry out their roles and collaborate while transforming workplace in the digital age in context of
the UK retail sector. A study on Sainsbury.
Research objectives:
 To understand the concept of workplace transformation and the use of technology in
transforming workplace in context of retail sector.
 To identify the importance of technology for Sainsbury's employee to carry out their roles
and collaborate in the organisation.
 To determine the technologies used by Sainsbury to transform their workplace in digital
age.
Deliverables:
The current research project is classify in different task and measurable variables. These
tasks and measurable variables are allotted within 28 weeks time period. It will helps researcher
to complete the research on time as well as in systematic manner (Krogh and Thygesen, 2022).
There are different tasks involved in the present research such as aim and objectives,
introduction, literature review, research methodology, data collection and analysis and many
more.
Quality:
The current research is conducted through quantitative research method that help in
collecting numerical information and data for the research. It helps in producing good quality in
comparison to qualitative research method (Maes, Gebhardt and Riel, 2022). This is because it
helps in collecting accurate, up-to-date and reliable information related to the research topic.
Risk:
There are many things that creates risk for the current research project. It involves time,
cost and resources. It is important for the research to find the effective method to mitigate these
risk effectively and complete the research project in better manner. The researcher used Gantt
chart in order to mitigate time risk in the current research project (Mahmoud Saleh and Karia,
2022). For mitigating cost risk in the research project, the researcher used questionnaire as it is
cost effective and help researcher to collect information from large population. To mitigate
resource risk, researcher used secondary data collection method for collecting information
through several sources such as books, journals and scholarly articles.
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Communication:
The researcher used survey and email in order to interact with the stakeholders and
collect reliable and important information related to the research topic. It helps researcher to
communicate with the selected respondents in order to collect accurate and up-to date
information (Saad, Alaloul and Ammad, 2022).
Resources:
The researcher used different resources in the present research project as it helps in
conducting it in appropriate way. It involves questionnaire, books, journals and so on (Shives
and et. al., 2022).
Research methods:
In the present research project, researcher used quantitative research methods for
collecting numerical information about the facts and figures related to research topic (Spitzer and
Clausen, 2022).
P5 Produce a work breakdown structure and schedule to provide stage and time frames to
complete the project successfully
Work breakdown structure refers to as project management tool that consists step-by-step
approach for completing the large project with the help on several moving pieces. In relation to
the present research study, researchers used Gantt Chart for breakdown and schedule the whole
research project for rendering several stages and time-frames. Gantt chart means a project
management tool which is used to help project manager to examine the schedule planning of
various project tasks (Young Illies and Stachowski, 2020). It is used to present in the form of bar
charts to helps in illustrating the schedule of the research project. Gantt chart helps researcher to
make things simple and easy in order to conduct the complete the research project successfully.
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LOGBOOK
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Project Log Book
Project Logbook For MSBP
Learning Week No: (Project Week no. )
Date:
No. Planned Activities Action Plan
1 Update your last week’s work Data findings and collection
2 Problem encountered and how did you
handle the problem?
Points to consider:
What barriers did you face?
Managing time
How did you overcome them?
Through Gantt chart
3 Task for this week What have I learnt about myself this
week?
Points to consider:
How did you feel when you had to deal with
tasks/problems? Did you find it useful to
complete the tasks?
I feel disappointed in order to deal with
the tasks or problems. Yes I found that it
is useful to complete the tasks.
How well have you perform? What did you
contribute? What can you improve on next
week?
As per my opinion I perform very well. I
have gathered in-depth information
related to the research topic. I will
improve time management skill on next
week.
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