Scenario Even ‘well run' organisations can fail to stay atop of their industries when they are challenged by certain market or technology change. Change is an imminent part of business and typically ‘good' companies use projects as a way to engage with and manage present and prospective changes in their industries.
As a result, there is an increasing orientation for corporate business processes and organisation to revolve around projects. Many of these projects are geographically dispersed creating virtual teams. The ability to successfully manage such projects ensuring their on-time, on-budget completion is critical and may involve a range of selection techniques, resource management processes and portfolio management analysis.The traditional, technical view of project management may not bring about the transformational change that increasingly organisations require.
Thus, there is a need to focus not just on project processes, methodologies and techniques but also adapting management and leadership styles appropriately.
Guidelines In your report, you must make appropriate use of the concepts, principles and frameworks from the project management course topics below (or similar topics from the recommended textbooks, academic journals and case studies):
For part (a), (b) and (c), read relevant chapters from the recommended academic materials on life-cycle models, project organisations, planning focus on estimation -methods/techniques, resource management/loading/ levelling techniques, approaches to risk management and project monitoring and control systems.
In part (d) read relevant chapters from recommended text on Management and Leadership styles, the similarities/differences, stakeholder management, conflict management, culture, and motivation theory.