BSBPMG522

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Assignment Activities

September intake 2018

Lecturer: Kristen Mead

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BSB51915 Diploma of Leadership and Management

CRICOS course code: 091384C

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Assignment Activity

Develop a comprehensive project plan and documents for a project.

1. Choose a project for your workplace.

2. Develop the project plan, including scope, objective, team and team positions, KPI’s, milestones, stakeholders, deliverables, budget, task list and schedule.

3. Describe whom you would present the project plan to for approval and how you would go about your presentation.

4. What resources would you need for the project?

5. How would you support team members on the project?

6. List the risks associated with the project and measure at least one of those risks.

7. What records would you need to keep for that project?

8. How would you monitor the success of the project?

9. How would you review the success or otherwise of the project after it has been completed?

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BSBPMG522

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September intake 2018

Lecturer: Kristen Mead

BSB51915 Diploma of Leadership and Management

CRICOS course code: 091384C

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You work as a logistics planner for a transport company that delivers frozen goods to supermarkets. The business needs to purchase eight new trucks to replace eight older trucks and you have been asked by the CEO to manage the project.

Q1.Who would be stakeholders in the project?

Q2. The first part of the project is to identify the requirements and specifications for the new trucks. What resources would you need to do this?

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Q3. How would you identify the limits of your own authority and responsibility on the project and the reporting requirements for the project?

Q4. How would you identify the relationship between the purchase of the new trucks and the overall goals of the business?

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Q5. Define the following project terms

Milestone

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

Risk

Work Breakdown structure (WBS)

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Q6.How does a Qualitative System measure risk?

Q7.What is a Contingency plan?

Q8.Give four signs of poor motivation among team members

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Q9.Give three ways a project leader can act as a role model for team members

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Q10. The budget for the project shows $8 800 to design the packaging for a new product. Because the CEO changed the style of the packaging after the design was made there was a need to redesign the packaging and this increased the cost to $12 500. Express the extra cost as a % of the original budget for packaging design.

This will show a XX % increase in the money being spent on design.

Q11.A budget has $ 120 00 allocated for wages but there has been a 3.5% increase in wages from a national wages review. What is the amount of wages now needed for the project?

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Q12. Briefly describe one topic that would be included in a debriefing report at the end of the project:

Q13. Briefly describe one way to consult team members to gain information for the planning or debriefing phase of the project:

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Q14.Describe two written project records that need to be kept for good management of the project:

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Q15.You work in a very large company and are just finishing up your project. You need to reassign team members to others jobs within the business or back to their old jobs. Name two people in the business you would consult on these decisions.

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Q16. Define the following project terms

Scope

Objective

Project deliverables

Legislation

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Q17. Briefly outline one format or method of presenting a project plan for approval to the project sponsor.

Q18.Give four expenditures that need to be taken into account when developing a budget for developing a new product.

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Q19. As the project leader, how can you ensure your team is effective?

Q20 .Risk is a measurement of what two components?

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Q21.Give an example of a project that may need a licence or permit to operate or complete.

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Q22.What are the advantages of having good communication that is polite and respectful within the team.