Submission Deadline

Marks and Feedback

Before 10am on: 13/01/2023

20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7) 15 working days after deadline (L6)

10 working days after deadline (block delivery) 

27/01/2023

Unit title & code

BSS052-6 Projects and Operates Management

Assignment number and title

2 – Project Management Portfolio

Assignment type

Oral Presentation

Weighting of assignment

60%

Size or length of assessment

3500 words +/- 10%

Unit learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

MSc Project Management

• Demonstrate a depth of knowledge, systematic understanding and critical evaluation of project management theories, methodologies, and tools and techniques in different contexts.

1. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

• Apply and synthesise project management knowledge and understanding, to work in a team, to plan, communicate, implement, control and evaluate a real project for a client, including management of stakeholders, risks and issues that arise in order to present a successful client project.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Assignment: This assessment accounts for 60% of the total grade.

For this assignment, you are required to work in groups. Your group of 5-8 students will be confirmed on BREO. Via BREO you can sign up to groups,

please make sure to form a group with students who are attending the class on the same days as you so that you can work together during the class and finally present your work as a group in week 6. You will be required to produce a project management plan for the given Project Mandate,

 Bakers Brothers Diamonds. 

You can find two project mandates (Live Project Document_Bakers_Brothers_Diamonds.docx and Live_Project_Document_MWK Architects Ltd.Docx) in Assessment and Feedback folder.

You can choose either of the two companies. (MWK Architects or Baker Brothers Diamonds)

Project Timescale

Fixed Timescale: The project must be delivered within 6 months

Al related project stages and activities must be delivered within this timescale

The Project Plan will include the use of Project Management tools and techniques studied and discussed in class.

c. Reflect on individual learning

Note:

1. The highest levels of presentation are expected for all assignments and poor presentation will be penalised.
2. The ‘Harvard’ system of referencing should be used in your work.
3. The group presentation slides should be included in the Appendix of your individual submission. Failure to do so, will result in a grade of “0”.
4. You are expected to improve your work individually based on the feedback you received during the presentation.
5. Part B, the individual report must be produced individually without any input from your group members.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

• Evidence an attempt to critically analyse the project mandate provided and apply appropriate project management theory, tools and techniques to manage the project
• Effectively work as part of a project team and present your solutions.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

We will be filling this section in together in class on 00/00/0000 make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you. 

1. The analysis:

Make sure to provide logical, reliable and evidence based set of recommendations to the client. You will need to conduct a detailed analysis of business needs in order to make sound recommendations for improvement.

1. The structure and the project plan:

Please follow the outline provided above. Make user to fully justify and critically analyse the marketing initiatives and e-commerce optimisation activities you are proposing.

Based on your research, produce a project plan for the implementation of your marketing initiative.

1. Use of literature:

Use academic source, i.e. books, journal articles etc. Refer to respected industry sources DO NOT overuse the Internet, do not use and / or quote from Wikipedia.

Reminder:

You are required to use proper in-text reference and the reference list in the end using the Harvard Referencing System.

1. The writing:

Try to approach this assignment in a logical and systematic way.

Make sure you have a logical structure, a convincing argument,

clear description of the situations which ‘set the scene’, and clear explanation which relate to theories, and a conclusion that draws your argument together.

Make sure to use Studiosity for feedback on your work prior to final submission.

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

The assignment requires you to apply knowledge and understanding developed from sessions and resources (available on BREO) taught during the first 5 weeks of unit delivery.