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The topic I chose for the minor term paper is that judging project success, a case study on Hong Kong Disneyland, focusing on the topic of week three. And I will attach the PowerPoint of week three to you. Besides, I will attach the course outline to you as well. You just read the guide of minor term paper. The major term paper guide is not necessary to read, because it is for another assignment. Additionally, I will attach some news and suggestions from the lecturer about this assignment. Some suggestions are for other students, but I still hope you can read it as a reference. It is a difficult course for the management major, so please help me to complete this report carefully. It is my last semester and I really want to pass this course. Thank you so much for your help.

MFBP seeks to equip students with a foundation set of skills, tools and techniques for the effective and efficient management of business projects.

Upon successful completion of the requirements for this course, students will be able to:

1. Define, explain and illustrate key high-level concepts in project management including the ITO Model, project scoping, planning, governance, issues and risk management, monitoring, evaluation and project closeout; and,

2. Make considered judgements about the worth, strengths and weaknesses of the proprietary project management methodologies in common use throughout industry today.

Students receive progressive feedback during this course through three channels:

1. Class discussion of the four tutorial exercises,

2. Comments attached to approvals for topics and scoping statements related to Major Term Papers.

3. Feedback Mini Quizzes (FMQs)

I have introduced FMQ's into the course to provide progressive feedback that not only tells you how you are going-but also tells me how I am going as well. It has also been designed to encourage class participation.

FMQs take the form of two short feedback segments during each week's class-in which I will display some questions (which you will not have seen in advance).

Assessment Task 1: Major Term Paper

Details of task: The major term paper is to take the form of a business case (NOT a project plan) for a project selected as an individual case study by each student. (The difference between a business case and project plan will be discussed in considerable detail during the course). A business case draws on most of the core concepts covered in the course and so this assignment allows students to show how all these elements fit together and inter-relate. For further details see Assessment brief-provided as file 0B Mfbp 2015 Assessment brief).

Assessment Task 2: Minor Term Paper

Details of task: The minor term paper is to take the form of a detailed report on one or two of the core concepts covered in the course and so this assignment allows students the opportunity of examining in depth a narrow selection of MFBP elements. . For further details see Assessment brief-provided as file 0B Mfbp 2015 Assessment brief).

Assessment Task 3: Submission of responses to each of four tutorial exercises and class participation

A number of students have proposed doing the Minor TP on stakeholder engagement in a particular project. That is a suitable topic-however your paper MUST accord with the following guidelines:

The selected project can be one that is proposed. current or completed it does not matter.

The (under of the project has commissioned you to do a consulting assignment with the following terms of reference.

1. Review the method of stakeholder engagement adopted for the project

2. Outline the major features of that method.

3. Summarise the strengths/weaknesses,of that method

4. Make recommendations for any changes you consider desirable.

5. Offer some general advice on how those recommendations might be implemented.
If you are unable to find out what techniques of stakeholder engagement the organisation has adopted. then you should assume they use the approach discussed in the PMBoK.

You have been engaged by the BHP Demolition Corporation to do a review of their approach to stakeholder management (based on the PMBoK).

Your report might cover such topics as (not necessarily in this order)
• The brief the client has given you.
• A summary of the'present approach.
• Its strengths and weaknesses.
• A sample of entries in a "PMBoFC-style Stakeholder Register.
• Those same stakeholders in an "MFBP"-style Stakeholder Register.
• A comparison/contrast of how each would be used to manage stakeholders.
• A discussion of any conclusions drawn from that discussion.
• A short set of recommendations.

Avoid duplicating anything covered in your Major TP.

If your Minor Term Paper involves a specific project, don't use the one covered by your Initial Buisness Case (IBC) Using the same project for both papers tends to create issues that are very difficult to resolve.

Don't replicate topics that are covered in the IBC For example, a Minor TP devoted entirely to a Risk register would not be acceptable (because you have already demonstrated your knowledge of Risk registers in the IBC). It would, however, be acceptable to provide a Stakeholder register as an appendix to a report discussing how stakeholder management should have been handled on a real-life project

You have been engaged by the BHP Demolition Corporation to do a review of their approach to stakeholder management (based on the PMBoK).

Your report might cover such topics as (not necessarily in this order)

The brief the client has given you.

A summary of the-present approach.

Its strengths and weaknesses.

A sample of entries in a `'PMBoK'-style Stakeholder Register.

Those same stakeholders in an "MFBP"-style Stakeholder Register.

A comparison/contrast of how each would be used to manage stakeholders.

A discussion of any conclusions drawn from that discussion.

A short set of recommendations.