Develop a robust project plan that meets the project brief

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Managing Projects

Assignment - Managing Projects - Healthy Start Initiative

Learning Outcome 1: Project management fundamentals

Learning Outcome 3. Project team communication and engagement

Conflict Management
Strategies for leading virtual teams
Managing stakeholders

Aim of the Assignment

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This assessment gives you an opportunity to apply and demonstrate your understanding of how a project team will work together, understand the role of Project Manager and practice the skill of project planning.

Assignment Instructions

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The primary purpose of project planning is to define the complete approach to the management and delivery of a project. A Project Plan identifies and documents all aspects that require consideration in order to meet the defined project objective. There are two tasks that make up this assessment:

Part A: Project Presentation-
Part B: Project Plan.

This assignment will be marked against the marking criteria at the end of the document.

Part A : Project Presentation (Group)
Working in a small group (3-4 people) you will become a project team. Your lecturer will advise you of your project team on day one of your course.

Your client is a local non-profit organization called "Wellbeing for All NZ", which supports refugee and low-income families in maintaining good health and nutrition. Many individuals and families face challenges in accessing nutritious food and basic healthcare resources. To address this issue, they have approached your project team to develop a new initiative called "Healthy Start", aimed at providing essential health and wellness packs to those in need.

Key Project Information:

Client Wellbeing for All NZ

Project Objective To provide essential health and wellness packs for individuals, families and whanau who are in need of extra support due to any challenges and issues they may be facing.

Project Brief Your team is responsible for creating Healthy Start Packs that contain essential items such as fresh and non-perishable nutritious foods, hygiene products (e.g., soap, toothpaste, sanitary products), and basic health supplies (e.g., vitamins, first-aid essentials). Packs will be categorized into:
Individuals (1 Small pack) - A selection of basic health and nutrition essentials for one person.
Small families/whanau (2-4 people - 2 Medium packs) - A set of items suitable for a small household.
Larger families/whanau (5-6 people - 2 Large packs) - A comprehensive package of essential food and hygiene items for a larger household.
A total of 5 boxes (1 small, 2 medium and 2 Large) are to be delivered to the client by May 10th, 2025.
Your team must plan the project scope, budget, logistics, and distribution strategy to ensure the packs reach the intended recipients effectively. Before you begin your project planning, it is important you understand and determine how your team will work together to become an effective project team that can successfully meet the organisational project brief.
In your presentation, you must:
Introduce yourselves and your group name.
Discuss the importance of teamwork whilst working as a project team, (advantages and disadvantages) and how you will effectively manage or remove potential barriers.
Include at least one relevant theory/model of group or teamwork.
Discuss the importance of the Project Manager role.
Present your project team's strategies of how you will work together on this project.

Your assessment Part A must be presented as a PowerPoint presentation.

Time Allowance: Your presentation is to be no longer than 10 minutes and no less than 8 minutes and please allow 2 minutes for questions. Each group member must present and answer questions. Please ensure you are prepared accordingly.

Each group's PowerPoint presentations are to be uploaded to Moodle by no later than March 24th, Monday, by 1 pm. The group Presentations will be assessed in class on Monday the March 27th in class. You are required to attend the entire session to not only present your team's presentation but to also observe your peer's presentations.

* Part B : Project Plan (Individual)

Now that you have planned and determined how you will work together as a project team, this assessment task (Part B) requires you to continue to work individually. You will develop a robust project plan that meets the project brief from ‘Healthy Start,' and includes sections such as a Project Charter Communication Plan, Work Breakdown Structure, Budget etc. (as outlined in the project plan template).

Project planning is a crucial part of the project life cycle and tells everyone involved where they are going and how they are going to get there. The planning phase describes how and when the project plans are documented; the project deliverables and requirements are defined, and how the project schedule is created. Project Planning involves creating a set of plans to help guide the team through the implementation and closure phases of the project. The plans created during this phase will help the team manage time, costs, quality, changes, risk, and related issues. The plans will also help you - the Project Manager control staff and external suppliers to ensure that the project is delivered on time, within budget and within the specified schedule.

Your task is to produce a fully completed project plan that meets the initial project brief.

Project Criteria:
You must use the Project Plan template provided for your written project plan.
Your report must be submitted through Moodle. You will reflect on individual and group contributions in Assessment Two.
You are required to act as the Project Manager for all sections of the project (e.g. Project Charter; Communication Plan; Work Breakdown Structure; Budget etc).
All project team members are responsible for ensuring that the project is submitted on time and you should all ensure that you have a copy of the final Project Plan submission.
You must be able to identify at least five (5) key stakeholders.
Individual elements of the Project Plan (such as Work Breakdown Structure, Communications Plan and Budget) are to be submitted by the dates specified in the course outline for formative feedback.

*Note: Need to do only Part B

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