Posted: May 30th, 2015

Critical analysis of how a project was/is being managed

Assignment requirements

Refer to the Assignment Guidelines for assistance in completing this assignment. Remember to integrate academic theory into your assignment to support your arguments and proposals.

TOPIC: Critical analysis of how a project was/is being managed

Provide the following:

Assignment 2 mark sheet: Download the MGT8022 electronic submission mark sheet from the StudyDesk. Electronic assignments should follow the correct file-naming guidelines.

Title page: Ensure that your document includes a normal report cover sheet or title page that would be expected of a professional document to provide details of report title, author, date, student number, etc. (this is in addition to the electronic mark sheet discussed above). This assignment is a professional academic paper so should be presented as one.

Executive Summary (200–250 words but this does not form part of the assignment word count). The executive summary comes before the table of contents. Read the guidelines and provide a formal Executive Summary with details of why the report was prepared, how it is structured, and what the important findings, conclusions and recommendations are. The Executive Summary relates to the analysis only. (SUGGESTION: this should be written last after you have finished the report.)

Table of contents: This should be a full listing with respective page numbers of executive summary, introduction, main sections, references, individual appendices, and full listing of all figures and tables.

1. Introduction (250 words): Briefly state why your report has been prepared, what project is being analysed, and how your assignment is structured. (Note – this may be similar to material in assignment 1 if you have used the same project, but this is a new report, and you need to provide the information your reader/marker needs to understand the report. You can use the same information in both assignments. There is no need to reference assignment 1 if you are using your original work.)

2. Project background (250 words): Your project description should describe the project and its context – what organisation is the project owner/sponsor, what this organisation does, why the project is being done, where it is located, etc. The description should contain enough detail for the reader to understand the nature and objectives of the project and its sponsor.

3. Critical analysis of the management of your chosen project (2000-3000 words): Using the PMBOK knowledge areas as a framework, write a critical analysis of how your project is being managed (or was managed if it has been completed). Write a section on each of the PMBOK knowledge areas.

4. Conclusions (250 words): Summarise your findings from the analysis of the management of your chosen project. What did you find out? Are the project management practices consistent with recognised theory? What issues are important and are of significance to project outcomes? What are the strengths and its weaknesses of the project management practices?

5. Recommendations (250 words): What are your recommendations flowing from this analysis of the management of your project? What changes should be made for better management of this project (or similar future projects)? Address the shortcomings identified in the conclusions.

List of references: Provide a complete list of references providing full details of all citations used in the body of the assignment. This must be in Harvard AGPS6 format. See library

Appendices: Attach any appendices that support your analysis. They should be numbered sequentially in the order in which they appear (Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.).