Assignment Task

Question 1
You are a manager within an organisation of your choice. Your
organisation has decided on a new environmental policy and has tasked
managers to review their current suppliers and assess the environmental
impact of current supplier choices. Suppliers need to be reviewed with
regards to the carbon footprint of deliveries from these suppliers, their
environmental policies and their commitment to sustainability and
corporate responsibility. NB: You do not actually need to undertake a
review, but to consider how to plan such a review as a project.

Task 1

a) Confirm why this request could be considered to be a project and

confirm its scope and likely key deliverables and constraints

b) Evaluate the importance of stakeholder analysis to successful

projects and include a stakeholder analysis for undertaking such a task.
This should consider of all stakeholder needs and interests from the
project and identify who can participate / is needed to contribute towards
the project to optimise its success.

c) Given that this will require a review of a number of current suppliers,

provide an explanation as to how the task schedule would be developed
and presented, and how this might align with a Project Initiation
Document / Business Case

d) Explain how the project’s performance will be monitored, including

justification of the techniques which you propose to use.
(LO 2, 3, 5, 6)
(60 Marks)

Task 2

For the project in task 1, critically analyse the process you would follow
to produce a detailed plan, post project approval. Provide justification
and state how the plan could be developed. Advise and justify the
expected lifecycle of this project and how this impacts on project
planning. This should include an evaluation of a range of planning tools
covering each aspect of the iron triangle such as WBS, RBS, Gantt and
Budget. Illustrate how these would look in practice with reference to this
project. We are not looking for accuracy regarding contents, just an
illustration as to what each planning tool might include.
(LO 1, 6)
(20 marks)
Question 2

Reflect on your learning from the PMT module and consider the tasks
which you would require to undertake to plan and implement a project
such as the one above. Identify:

a) the key personal skills and competencies of a project manager

b) key challenges with regards to project management practices

c) how might your behaviour / approaches to project management be

different as a result of your learning

d) further personal development required to enable you to confidently

practice project management in the future

(LO 4, 7)
(20 Marks)

Guidelines
You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with
appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced
using the AU Harvard system. The My Study Skills Area contains the following
useful resources:
Guide to Harvard Referencing
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Harvard_Quick_Ref_Guide.
pdf Guide to Harvard Citation
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Guide_to_Harvard_Citation
.pdf
You must use the AU Harvard Referencing method in your assignment.
Additional notes:
Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the
assessment. The word count excludes the title page, executive summary,
tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. Where
assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these
will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE
included in the word count. See ‘Word Count Policy’ on the homepage of this
module for more information.