Task Instructions Assessment Item 2 Project Plan and Project Schedule 2021 S2 PDF

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Assessment 2 Project Plan & Schedule Task Instructions

Learning Outcomes Assessment Type and Length

Unit Learning Outcomes: 1, 2 and 3 Assurance of Learning goals: KS(1.2), HO(2.2), SE(5.2) Individual Assessment Project Plan (3000 words; +/- 10%) + Project Schedule

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Weighting Due date and how to submit

Word count includes all in-text citations but does NOT include the cover page, the reference list, appendices and project schedule Please include the word count on the cover page. Sources listed should conform with APA or Harvard style. See http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/.

60% Friday, 29th October 2021, 23:59 AEST

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Your assignment should be uploaded to Safe Assign In accordance with university policy, failure to submit on the assigned date without an approved extension will result in a grade of 1 or 0%.

Task description Prepare a Project Plan and Project Schedule for a project, situated in a business setting that you developed over the last weeks. (Note that your project needs to be different from that selected for assessment 1 and practiced in the tutorial (i.e. it cannot be a Charity run)). The Project Plan should contain similar scoping information to those in Charter, but it should go further and offer sub-plans in Communication, Risk, Procurement, HR, Budget, and Termination, as required by your project to get the work done. The plan should also include aspects of sustainability and/or social responsibility evident in the project planning documents. Your Project Schedule should contain at least 50 tasks and have the basics of WBS, Milestones, Gantt Chart, and Critical Path. It is unlikely that less than 50 tasks would provide us enough confidence that the project is clearly defined. We also suggest that the schedule has fewer than 80 tasks, as more tasks than this this will unnecessarily complicate your work. Structure of the Project Plan We recommend the following structure of your Project Plan: − − − − − − − − − −

Project purpose (scope statement) Project Business Case Assumptions and constraints Deliverables and Milestones Project success criteria Roles and responsibilities (HR Plan) Project budget Risk Management Plan Project Communication Plan Project Procurement Plan

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Project Termination including lessons learned A separate section that discusses how the project ensures socially responsible and/or sustainable behaviours and practices needs to be provided. − These may include practices such as: ensuring employees safety and wellbeing, selecting products and services which have lower environmental impacts compared with competing products and services, selecting fair-trade suppliers, using of biproducts whenever possible, involving charities, engaging with local businesses and produces and so on. Project Schedule should be prepared in Project Libre and submitted as a Project Libre file (.pod). Do not attach appendices.

Make your own judgement on how you want to format your Project Plan, but make sure that the document looks professional and business-like. •

3000 word limit (+/- 10%) (excluding title page and bibliography).

Submission requirements This assignment should be submitted in two files: •

Project Plan should be submitted as an MS Word file (.doc or .docx) or a PDF file (.pdf).

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Project Schedule should be submitted as Project Libre file (.pod). Do not convert your project schedule into a PDF file (.pdf).

Criterion-referenced assessment (C (CRA) RA) 7

Assessment 2– Project Plan & Schedule (Weighting - 60%) 6

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Project Schedule – Gantt chart, network diagram and resources (20 marks) AoL Goal KS 1.2: Apply technical, technological and technical research skills to organise and interpret discipline knowledge, including theory and practice, to investigate business issues. A comprehensive Gantt chart showing A well-developed Gantt chart showing The Gantt chart shows all of the The Gantt chart shows the critical The Gantt chart shows activities, but activities that are appropriately all activities, dependencies, durations, critical activities as well as many of the activities required to complete the critical activities are incorrectly identified and categorised, milestones. supporting activities, ordered in a project, ordered in a logical manner. represented or missing. The durations, dependencies, durations, milestones. logical manner. Duration estimation is Details of the project such as activity dependencies are incorrectly The critical path is appropriate for the present in the project, but not built durations, dependencies and estimated. The critical path is The critical path for the project has project and milestones are achievable around critical processes. incomplete, or is incorrectly milestones have been provided, but been optimized, as such all the project within the expected time frame. implemented. require further development and task are linked. There is a discernible critical path for refinement to better align with the The schedule has a sound basis for These factors contribute to the project the project that allows completion of objective. implementation without change. The schedule is optimized and have the project, within an acceptable time being unachievable, or achievable in very good basis for implementation frame. an unacceptable time frame. The critical path for this project is All activities have been resourced and without change. provided, but requires refinement to budgeted for, with accurate estimates Some improvements to the schedule The budget and resourcing for the condense and optimize the project. of costs to provide a clear All activities have been resourced and would be necessary to make it project are under-developed, budgeted for, with accurate estimates understanding of predicted project possible to implement. Major improvements to the schedule incorrectly applied within the Gantt costs. of costs to optimise the project’s cost. would be necessary to make it chart or missing. All critical activities have been possible to implement. resourced and budgeted for, with Major activities have been resourced reasonable estimates of costs to provide an understanding of the and budgeted, with estimates of the overall project cost. costs. The inaccuracy of the estimates impacts on the overall utility of the budget and would require further refinement. Project Plan - written components of the Project Plan including all the sub-plans (30 marks) AoL Goal HO 2.2: Exercise creativity and intellectual independence and make informed decisions and judgements in planning, designing, and executing strategic and research-based responses to address real world issues and problems. A plan includes a business case, which A plan includes a business case, which A plan includes a business case, which A plan includes a business case, which Evidence of business case that justifies comprehensively justifies necessity of justifies necessity of the project and offers some justifications why the offers some discussion why the the need of the project is limited or the project with specifics and clearly clearly outlines project’s benefits. project is needed. Some evidence of project is needed. There is minor missing. outlines project’s benefits. project benefits is provided. evidence of project benefits provided. A detailed and coherent plan Major elements of the plan are omitted or contain very little detail. A complete, professional and coherent explaining how resources, risk, Mostly complete plan explaining how A plan including most of the required communication and procurement will plan explaining how resources, risk, resources, risk, communication and elements is provided. Basic attempt is Limited/no understanding of the communication and procurement will made to explain how to manage risk, requirements of the project is evident.

be managed to ensure optimised completion of the project.

be managed to ensure effective completion of the project.

procurement will be managed to ensure completion of the project.

communication, procurement and/or resources in the project.

A human resource plan contains details of the roles and responsibilities of all team members. Termination and audit are thoroughly planned.

A human resource plan contains details of the roles and responsibilities of team members. Termination and audit are explained.

A human resource plan is included. Termination and audit are acknowledged.

The plan is supported by a range of relevant and quality references.

The plan is supported by appropriate and relevant references.

A human resource plan is provided and the roles and responsibilities of team members are acknowledged. Termination and audit are acknowledged. The plan is adequately referenced.

Little or no relevant references to academic literature.

Some references to the academic literature and/or practice are provided.

Sustainable and/or socially responsible project management practices of the Project Plan (10 marks) AoL Goal SE 5.2: Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues and critically reflect on the responsibilities and impacts of organisations in national and international business contexts. The social and/or sustainability The social and/or sustainability The social and/or sustainability Limited aspects of the social and/or There is minimal or no identification considerations are appropriately considerations are well identified and considerations are evidenced in the sustainability considerations are of the social and/or sustainability identified, highly relevant and incorporated in the project plan. project plan. evidenced in the project plan. considerations in the project plan. incorporated in the project plan. Project plan demonstrates sound Project plan demonstrates some Project plan demonstrates a basic Project plan demonstrates a minimal Project plan demonstrates excellent understanding, supported by relevant knowledge, supported by sources, of knowledge of the socially responsible, or lack of knowledge of the socially and extensive understanding, sources, of the socially responsible, the socially responsible, ethical and/or ethical and/or sustainable project responsible, ethical and/or sustainable ethical and/or sustainable project sustainable project management management practices. project management practices. supported by relevant sources, of the practices. socially responsible and/or sustainable management practices. project management practices....