Project Management and Professional Issues (PM&PI)
Assignment 1 Template
This document can be used as a guide for completing the first assignment of the above module. It is NOT intended to be exhaustive and as such you may include additional materials in your report if you consider them to be relevant and important.
Table of Content
A Table of Contents helps with quickly locating sections of interest on your report. This can automatically be generated in Microsoft Word.
Introduction
This should provide background information on the project and outline what the rest of the report contains. It should be written in a way that engages a reader’s interest in the topic.
Description and Summary
Provide an academic summary for the project. Use appropriate project management terminologies wherever possible.
Discuss how the need for the underlying project arose. You may make a number of plausible assumptions in effectively answering this question.
Evaluate the methods used to gather, analyse and manage the requirements for the project. For example, one method of gathering requirements would be having a focus group with the key stakeholder for the project.
This section should be used to explain what Business Case is and when one is developed. A Business Case must be developed to provide justifications for undertaking the proposed IT project.
Identification and Categorisation of Stakeholders
Use this section to identify and categorise the key stakeholders (those with impact and influence) for the project. Categorise stakeholders using a stakeholder management chart. Also, critically evaluate the approaches taken in managing stakeholders’ expectations using effective communications. What are some of the potential mistakes that could be made and how can they be avoided?
Software Estimation
Use this section to state what software estimation is and explain why it is important during software project management? Your answer should focus on estimation of cost and time in developing a working software. You should outline a number of strategies that a project manager could employ in order to improve his/her estimation accuracy and avoid overruns.
Risk Assessment
In this section, you should identify the main risks associated with the underlying IT project and develop a suitable risk management approach to minimise risk severity impact and likelihood of occurrences. Utilisation of tools such as Risk Register and Risk Severity Matrix may help with producing a good response for this question.
Conclusions
This section should combine all the key arguments in your report to reach an overarching idea/concept. It should answer questions such as what has been achieved overall.