Wedding Planning Project: Communication, Conflicts, and Life Cycle

This project delves into the various facets of wedding planning, presenting a comprehensive overview of project management principles. It outlines a structured approach to task management, emphasizing the creation of a responsibility assignment matrix and the sequencing of tasks across three categories: Invitations, Food, and Bridal. The project highlights the use of tools and techniques for project time management, including activity logs, precedence diagrams, and dependency determination. Communication strategies are explored, covering internal information exchange, decision-making processes, and project marketing. Furthermore, the project addresses conflict management within and between teams, emphasizing the importance of documentation tools such as network diagrams, critical path methods, and Gantt charts. The project also identifies methods for assessing project wellness, addressing variations, and managing conflicts, culminating in an overview of the project life cycle and benchmarks for success. The project also includes references to academic papers on related subjects.

Wedding Planning Aspects
Name of the Student
Name of the University

Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Responsibility
Assignment
Matrix
Bride &
Bridegroom
Wedding
Planner
Bridal
Designer
Sending
Invitations
R A
Sending of food
list
A R,A C
Making bridal
dresses
C I R,A

Sequence And Dependencies Of Tasks
 The sequences of tasks would be performed in consultation with the wedding
planner
 Each of the tasks would be grouped under 3 categories: Invitations, Food,
Bridal
 Based on the completion of one task, the next task would proceed.
 The sequence of the task would be dependent on the planned WBS structure

Tools and techniques for project time management
The tools and techniques that would be used for project time management are:
 Presenting activity logs
 Precedence Diagram Method
 Determination of dependency
 Lags and leads

Communication Strategies
The communication with the three teams along with the
stakeholders would be made in the following ways:
 Internal exchange of information, which could be made in
following ways:
1. Conduction of regular meetings
2. Performing daily scrum activities
3. Process of decision-making

Communication Strategies
 Management of information could be communicated in the
following ways:
1. The project stakeholders would be informed about the made
changes.
2. The project plan needs to be updated to the project owner
3. Any new updates should be planned and communicated to the
owner

Communication Strategies

Communication Strategies
 The final method of communication could be made with the help of
project marketing. Some of the included strategies are:
1. Presenting the ideas over made changes in the form of presentation
2. The employees would be displayed according to the made plans
3. The sponsors of the project would be made understood about the
changes to be made within the plans

Steps taken to cope between groups
The steps that needs to be taken to manage different groups are:
 Management of one groups’ expectation with another
 Detailing of project plan to each group
 Understanding the requirements of each group and making further
changes
 Deciding over the approval over the plans

Use of Documentation Tools
The different documentation tools used within the project are:
 Network Diagrams – This tool is mainly used for project planning and
linking each of the phases.
 Critical Path Method – This method is mainly used for monitoring the
progress for each of the project phases and ensuring that each project
task is on schedule.

Use of Documentation Tools
The different documentation tools used within the project are:
 Program review and evaluation technique – This is abbreviated in
PERT. This technique is useful for identification of critical path.
 Gantt chart – The chart helps in providing a graphic schedule based on
controlling and project planning
 Work Breakdown Structure – It provides a hierarchical work
decomposition. It thus measures the total project scope

Identification of Project Wellness
The activities that could be required for identifying the wellness of the
project are:
 To determine that every activity is being progressing as per proper plan
 Ensuring that the project does meet every requirement as per planned
 Measuring of actual costs undertaken against planned costs
 Planning for deadlines and viewing the planned activities, if met
properly