Managing Projects and Operations

Team Name: NGLRS

Case Study: Gym Equipment Reconfiguration

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Report Title Overview of Energise Gym Project Management Assignment

Research aim or Project aim

What is the background? Assigned to undertake project management in project teams, What is the reason/rationale/motivation for this project?Internal identification of potential area efficiency gains to be found in the gym in order to enhance capacity and increase customer satisfaction.

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Deliverables
What does this project intend to do? Use organisational planning to execute Energise Health & Fitness Centre reconfiguration of gym equipment to meet their current and future needs. What questions will it answer? Are there potential area efficiency gains to be found? Are there overused and idle machines? What problems will it solve? Areas of inefficiency in the gym, customer satisfaction

Outcomes
Did the project achieve its aims. This project had achieved our aims as we came with a proposal that has the new equipment locating, which could help the owner either to increase the capacity of membership or to use the space for more equipment. What unexpected benefits were there? The methodology made an impact on our performance by forming our project stages and efficiency.

Key Theory
What is the theory that underpins this project? Managing Successful Project with PRINCE 2 Operation Management (slack et al,2013) Belbin Team Roles What literature has informed the research? The Essentials of Project Management ( Lock,2007) The Project Manager (Newton,2005) Project management ( Field et al,1998)

Reflection
What went well? Project members were cooperative. Sharing knowledge and experience. What went badly? Misunderstanding of communication. Meetings sometimes were conflicting with team members other tasks. Also response to emails was not as expected. What would you do different next time? It is important to get closer to team members to understand them better. Find appropriate time for meetings so all members can attend.

Research aim or Project aim

AIM: Use organisational planning to execute Energise Health & Fitness Centre reconfiguration of gym equipment to meet their current and future needs. SCOPE: Internal identification of potential area efficiency gains to be found in the gym assuming that layout / walls have remained the same as of when we visited the gym. OBJECTIVES: Establish team roles and responsibilities by 04/11/13 Identify dependencies and milestones by 04/11/13. Identify overused and idle machines to determine future equipment investment by 25/11/2013. Develop a layout that will maximise area gains 25/11/2013. SUCCSESS: Deliver the outcomes and benefits required Energise Gym through implementing deliverables that meet agreed requirement/s.

Deliverables
What does this project intend to do? Use organisational planning to execute Energise Health & Fitness Centre reconfiguration of gym equipment to meet their current and future needs. What questions will it answer? Are there potential area efficiency gains to be found? Are there overused and idle machines? What problems will it solve? Areas of inefficiency in the gym, customer satisfaction.

PRINCE2 Project Management Methodology Adopted

Generic : Can be used for any project and tailored to suit our needs (project PRINCE2: A Practical Handbook ( Bentley,2009) Best Practice: Widely used; Public sector Required the creation of Project Initiation Document Continued control and review

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Outcomes
Did the project achieve its aims. This project had achieved our aims as we came with a proposal that has the new equipment locating, which could help the owner either to increase the capacity of membership or to use the space for more equipment. What unexpected benefits were there? The methodology made an impact on our performance by forming our project stages and efficiency.

Reflection - Positives
Members were very cooperative Experiences and opinions were shared Everyone contributed there ideas Everyone lived reasonably close to one another Good mixture of strengths within the group

Negatives
Focused heavily on time. Conflicting tasks; modules, different courses etc... Communication was another negative; lack of contact at times, one main way of communicating. More difficult to arrange meetings and deadlines

Potential Improvements
Initial group member selection needed to be more thorough. We could use the Belbin analysis before selecting a group. Look at starting the project earlier again. More frequent meetings.

References
Managing Successful Project with PRINCE 2 Operation Management (slack et al,2013) Belbin Team Roles The Essentials of Project Management ( Lock,2007) The Project Manager (Newton,2005) Project management ( Field et al,1998)

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