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MCR007 Project Management - Universal Business School Sydney

Project - TITANIC DISASTER

Learning Outcome 1. Describe the nature of projects and project management.

Learning Outcome 2. Examine the relevancy of project management in a business environment.

Learning Outcome 3. Examine the feasibility of a project in terms of resource constraints.

Learning Outcome 4. Create a work breakdown structure, a project network and a schedule.

Learning Outcome 5. Summarise and assess the performance of a project.

Learning Outcome 6. Identify best practices in project management.

Assessment 1:

Identify a project concept that could be executed at either your workplace or home (such as a planned extension, overhaul or refurbishment, IT infrastructure expansion or private function for an extensive audience). Prepare a detailed analysis of this proposal that incorporates all of its discrete tasks, costs, time frames, resources, outcomes, stakeholders and contingencies. Please note: This assessment must be in an essay format and approximately 1,000 words in length.

Assessment 2:

Choose a renowned failed project. Ascertain that this is a project failure not the failure of a business. Describe the selected project and analyse the losses incurred by the project. Examine the concrete reasons for the selected project's failure and propose alternative solutions / recommendations which are underpinned by supporting evidence. Students will be expected to utilise project management theories throughout their assignment and include diagrams, tables, charts and graphs to illustrate their answers. Please note: This assessment must be in an essay format and approximately 2,500 words in length. All students need to clear their selection of failed projects with the lecturer.