Define the key characteristics of any project.

Task 1: 700 words

1. Define the key characteristics of any project.

1b.Briefly discuss the importance of integration management in Project Management setting.

2. What is the Scope Statement for a project? What role does the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) have in sucha statement?

3. Which approaches exist to generate a budget for a specific project budget?

4. Identify any four types of project risks and outline various responses you would you to overcome two of the risks you have identified within project management settings.

5. Which quality methods (project evaluation, monitoring and control) would you introduce to ensure a project is successfully completed? Discuss one out of the three listed.

6. Using the information below, plot out a full project Gantt chart and identify the critical path. How many days does it take to complete the project?

Task 2:

After a very vigorous competitive tendering process, your company Project- Xperts-20 (PX20) has been awarded the contract to refurbish the library and all the lecture theatres and the classrooms from the ground floor to the second floor (3 floors only) of University of Sunderland London Campus to up-to- the-minute learning campus.

You have been chosen as the Project Manager for this project and therefore responsible to head the overall project and the project Teams. You have the expertise in both recruitment and selection of human resources and project teams, managing budget and the ability to see the project through from start to finish.

The refurbished classrooms and lecture theatres would need to be completed fitted with the latest smartboards and interactive gadgets that enhances contemporary learning as well as ensuring an atmosphere conducive to the modern learner. Another major problem that need to be resolved is the noise produced by passing DLR trains in the building.

The project specification include the installation of 20 new workstations on the second floor (Learning Space for student`s private study) and five (5) new workstations to complement existing ones purposely for job searching in the library.

You have the responsibility for all aspects of the project from Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Closing of the project.