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作业指南和首页（Front Sheet）
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Module Title & Code | ES968-10 Project Planning Management & Control 2023/4 Resubmission Paper |
Module Owner | Kevin Fielding |
Module Tutor | Mike Newton |
Module Marker | Mike Newton |
Assesment type | Essay |
Date Set | 8th January 2024 |
Submission Date (excluding extensions) | To be submitted electronically via Tabula 12:00 Noon (UK time) 9th September 2024 |
Marks return date (excluding extensions) | 7th October 2024 |
Weighting of mark | Q1 50% Q2 50% |
Assessment Detail | Answer both questions Each question counts equally to the final mark for the module. Q1. You work for a company designing and manufacturing small electrical kitchen appliances for a European market. The company has put together the project team below to create an urgent action plan to revive sales volumes for a two year old product range.
Based on Belbin Role Profiles, what would you predict as the strengths and weaknesses of this team (40%). To help improve the performance of this team, which two team members would you take out and what would the role profiles for their replacements look like? (20%). What changes might you make to the role profile of the team as the project progresses through the phases of the project life-cycle; Concept, Planning, Execution, Termination. (40%) Q2. Investigate performance on a real project that you know about from reading or experience. The project must have been completed or cancelled within the last 10 years. Critically evaluate the project’s approach to one of the three disciplines below. Project Definition Project Risk Management Project Monitoring and Control Where was good practice used and where could project delivery have been improved? Identify three key lessons in this area for use on similar projects in the future. Reasoning and conclusions should be based on your own evaluation and not just on the outputs of a single consultants report. You must support your arguments with reference to text books, module material and wider reading. Please do not repeat work that you have used for previous assignments or in your dissertation. If you want to, you can refer to work that you have done in the past but you must reference that work in the same way as any other source of data or ideas. | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional details | Q1. 1600 words +/- 10% per question; Q2. 1600 words +/- 10% per question; | ||||||||||||||||||
Module learning outcomes (numbered) | 1. Critically evaluate the requirements for managing and contributing to projects effectively within the organisational environment. 2. Select and apply appropriate project planning, management and control approaches and techniques in different circumstances and critically evaluate their use. 3. Contribute to the formulation and management of project teams throughout the project life-cycle and critically evaluate team performance. | ||||||||||||||||||
Learning outcomes assessed in this assessment (numbered) | Critically evaluate the requirements for managing and contributing to projects effectively within the organisational environment. Select and apply appropriate project planning, management and control approaches and techniques in different circumstances and critically evaluate their use. Contribute to the formulation and management of project teams throughout the project life-cycle and critically evaluate team performance. | ||||||||||||||||||
Marking guidelines | WMG MSc.Module Assessment Guidelines
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Submission guidance | Specific submission guidance for this work | ||||||||||||||||||
Academic Guidance | An on-line Q&A session will be held within the submission period but after the completion of the module. | ||||||||||||||||||
Resubmission details | If exact arrangements are known to the tutor and/or programme administration at the time of issuing the assignment, please remove the below text and specify arrangements for resubmission of failed components. The below text is provided as a generic answer that can be used otherwise. The University policy is that students should be given the opportunity to remedy any failure at the earliest opportunity. What that “earliest opportunity” means in terms of timing and other arrangements is different depending on Programme (i.e. Undergraduate, Full Time Masters, Part Time Postgraduate, or Overseas). Students are advised to consult your Programme Team or intranet for clarity. | ||||||||||||||||||
Late submission details | If work is submitted late, penalties will be applied at the rate of 5 marks per University working day after the due date, up to a maximum of 10 working days late. After this period the mark for the work will be reduced to 0 (which is the maximum penalty). “Late” means after the submission deadline time as well as the date – work submitted after the given time even on the same day is counted as 1 day late. For Postgraduate students only, who started their current course before 1 August 2019, the daily penalty is 3 marks rather than 5. |