DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL (MECHATRONICS) ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT 4 MMG400S

PROJECT IN GROUPS OF 2

Due Date: 4 December 2017

Time: 1300hrs

Please submit spiral bound out copies in the pigeon hole. Remember to email your
project to ganduril@cput.ac.za before 1300hrs on 4 December 2017. No late submission
will be accepted as I have included 1 free week. Space work, avoid long paragraphs,
justify, and use font Arial and size 12 throughout your document.

Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad
range of activities in order to meet the requirements of a particular project. There are phases
of project management and if the lifecycle provides a high-level view of the project, the
phases are the roadmap to accomplishing it.

Required:

As a result of your working experience in your workplace, you are well versed in your
workplaces current and future projects. If not working, assume you are working.

You are required to choose any project of your choice from an organization where you
are working.

Use the phases of project management to create a complete project management plan
for a project you have chosen from your workplace.

Generally, the phases of project management include conception and initiation, planning,
execution, monitoring, and commissioning. Use the notes below to guide you. Creativity and
own research will help you to score high marks

Total marks 50
 Notes

Concept and initiation phase

Include at least the following:

Feasibility study
Project charter indicating purpose of the project; business needs; stakeholders and
business case.

Planning phase

Include at least the following:

Scope statement
Work Breakdown Schedule
Gantt chart
Communication plan
Managing the risk plan

Execution phase

Include at least the following:

Develop a project team

Assign resources

Execute project management plans

Procurement management if needed

PM directs and manages project execution

Set up tracking systems

Execute Task assignments

 Record status of meeting

Update project schedule

Modify project plans as needed

Monitoring phase

Include at least the following:

Use Key Performance Indicators to determine if the project is on track or meeting the
objectives.

Measure quality objectives

Measure if the budget is on track

Monitor complete project performance; take note of unforeseen circumstances that

leads to project scope changes.

Commissioning phase

Include at least the following:

Identify what went well

Identify what went wrong

What are the lessons learnt by project team?

Create a list of what is not accomplished; work with team members to complete them.

Prepare a final project budget and a final project report.

Refer also to session 4 class notes