UNIT NAME Project Management COURSE HND

Software
Developme
nt

UNIT CODE LEVEL H2 UNIT NO

LECTURER Mr. Prashant VERIFIER Sonia Bala

Tibrewal

HAND OUT SUBMISSION 16/12/2010

DATE DATE

Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes: copying

information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material;
submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student’s
coursework; stealing coursework from another student and submitting it as your own
work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be
dealt with according to the procedures set down by the College. Please see your
student handbook for further details of what is / isn’t plagiarism.

Coursework Regulations

1 All coursework must be submitted to the Admin Office and a receipt must be obtained.
2 If you need an extension for a valid reason, you must request one, using a coursework
extension request form available from the reception. Do not ask the lecturers
responsible for the course - they are not authorised to award an extension.
3 General guidelines for submission of coursework:
a) All work must be word-processed and must be of “good” standard.
b) Document margins should be 1.5cm.
c) Font size in the range of 12 to 14 points distributed to including headings and body
text. Preferred typeface to be of a common standard such as Arial or Times New
Roman for the main text.
d) For any program code (software), graphic files that form part of the course work soft
copy should also be submitted.
e) The copy of the course work submitted may not be returned to you after marking and
you are advised to have your personal copy for your reference.
f) Follow Harvard Referencing system
Part A

Case Study

ABC is a newly opened college with 200 full time students enrolled on four different
courses. The college has recently invested heavily on resources and has bought
2000 books. The college has approached your company for the quotation for the
library application.

The 24*7 IT Company, need to plan for the project, estimate the time and cost
needed to complete the project. The company understands it is not done deal yet
and the quote needs to be competitive. In spite of having enough IT skilled staff,
the companies have failed to win last two projects. Hence, the company has
decided to use external PM to quote for this project.

Assuming you are a self- employed project manager, you have been approached by
27*7 company to plan this project.

What would be your role as PM on this project?

You are not going to develop or implement this project. Your task is only to plan this
project. You need to identify and list the task involved in the project. Estimate the
time duration for each task and also find the dependencies. You should produce a
Network Diagram with activity on node and clearly highlight the Critical Path.
Calculate the total duration required to finish the project.

Identify the key roles for the given project with their job description.

Considering the fact that company has lost two recent projects, company has
concerns over the leadership style and over the ability of PM to motivate the team.
How would you build and motivate your team. Justify the choice of leadership style
you would you adopt for this project.

While motivating the team is vital for any project, conflicts with the team are often
observed. Say, you have the time estimation given by two designers to design this
system has large difference and their vision conflicts, how do you manage the
situation?