Project management | Management homework help
INSTRUCTIONS
Main task
Freedonia is a tiny nation for which there is no reliable information of its geographical location, although it is widely known that it is a neighboring rival of Sylvania. Political and economic crisis has gripped Fredonia and Sylvania for quite some time. Cynicism, buffoonery, anarchy, disrespect for political institutions and leadership runs high. The Laws of the Administration of Fredonia are a scandal. The nation is known for the absurdity of government and lack of diplomacy. For those reasons, Freedonia has been experiencing financial difficulties that led to it declaring bankruptcy two years ago, moment during which the wealthiest lady in the country, rich widow Mrs. Teasdale, patriotically intervened to save the nation´s finances with one single condition: that Rufus T. Firefly was elected president to lead the nation
out of distress. Immediately after his declaration, the president begun his
Figure 1 His excellency the administration giving oaths of corruption and nepotism, and soon it proved
president of Freedonia true to his promises, deepening the economic crisis with harmful measures, and causing an unnecessary diplomatic incident ambassador Trentino of Sylvania.
Tired of poor results and continuous personal and political disappointments, Mrs. Teasdale has forced his excellency to call for elections, thus putting an end to a long tradition of authoritarian tyrannic rulers running the nation for centuries. After a heated debate at the parliament, elections are finally approved and planned for the 1st of January, 6 months from today.
The president has decided to create a new political party, PBF (Party of the Brave and Free), with the goal of winning the upcoming elections, and has appointed you as reelection campaign project manager. You have been given 1 million Freedonian Dollars as a budget, which you will be allowed to use to fund your project during the 6 months that the campaign will last: project team salaries, costs of activities, consultants, etc.
To plan and manage the campaign from today until the elections date, you will need to organize all sorts of activities required: running candidate presentation events, political rallies, visiting the nation’s cities, institutions, schools, universities, drafting a political program (political platform), preparing propaganda, tv ads, posters, events, etc. In other words, let your imagination run and prepare a plan of activities that will allow Mr. Firefly to win the elections.
Assignment: Define a project plan for the campaign, which will need to include at least the following components:
· Scope plan including a WBS.
· A time plan including a Gantt chart of the campaign.
· A costs management plan including a full budget.
· A risk management plan.
· A communications and stakeholders management plan.
· Any other components that you deem necessary to run your project.
You can make assumptions whenever you don´t know details necessary for your plan (such as the specific cost of activities, etc).
FORMAT
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Harvard referencing style.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. describe the need for a project- based approach inside organizations;
2. understand the role of project management as a strategic element inside organizations;
3. critically assess the roles and responsibilities of a project manager;
4. evaluate how to select, develop, plan, schedule and measure its outcomes and risks.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Criteria Accomplished Proficient (B) Partially Borderline (D) Fail (F) Weight
(A) proficient (C) on
grade
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identification has been correctly identified the correctly identified correctly identified to correctly
identified, with a issue(s), taking into the case (issues), the issue(s) but identify the competent and account a variety of considering obvious analysis was issue(s); analysis comprehensive environmental and environmental/conte weak. An absence was incorrect or explanation of key contextual drivers. xtual drivers. There of context – the too superficial to
driving forces and Key case information is evidence of work is basically be of use;
30% considerations. has been identified analysis, but it lacks descriptive with information was Impact on company and analyzed. depth. little analysis. misinterpreted. operations has been correctly identified. Thorough analysis of
the issue is presented.
Information The student showed Relevant information The student An information Information was
gathering skill in gathering gaps were identified correctly identified at gap was identified taken at face
information and and additional least one and the student value with no
analyzing it for the relevant information information gap and found additional questioning of its purposes of filling the was found to fill found relevant information to fill it. relevance or information gaps them. At least two information, but However, this was value. Gaps in
identified. different types of which was limited in limited in scope. the information
20%
Comprehensive and sources were used. scope. Some Weak criteria for were not relevant. The student evidence of sound the selection of identified or were demonstrates criteria for selecting necessary incorrect. coherent criteria for information but not information. selecting information consistent
but needs greater throughout. Needs depth. expansion.
Conclusions The student The student The student reached The conclusion The student evaluated, analyzed, evaluated, analyzed conclusions, but was reasonable formed a
synthesized all and synthesized to they were limited but lacked depth conclusion, but it information provided create a and provided and would not be was not
to create a perceptive conclusion(s) which minimal direction for a basis for suitable reasonable. It
25% set of conclusions to support decisions decision-making and strategy was either support the decisions and solutions. solutions. development. unjustified, and solutions. incorrect or
unrelated to the case in hand.
Solutions The student used The student used The student used The student used The student problem solving problem solving problem-solving problem solving formed a techniques to make techniques to make techniques to make techniques to conclusion, but it thoughtful, justified appropriate decisions appropriate make decisions was not decisions about about complex decisions about about simpler reasonable. It
difficult and issues. Relevant simpler issues. The issues but was either conflicting issues. A questions were solution has limited disregarded more unjustified,
realistic solution was asked and answered. benefit but does complex issues. incorrect or 25%
chosen which would A realistic solution show understanding Implications of the unrelated to the provide maximum was chosen. of implications of the decision were not case in hand. benefit to the Alternatives were decision. considered.
company. Alternative identified, explored Alternatives were Alternatives were solutions were and ruled out. mentioned but not not offered. explored and ruled explored. out.
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