Essay PROJ5001 – Project Management Organizational Resources to Project Activities – Management Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Task:

Overview
The project charter is a key document for the initiating phase of a project. It “formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project management with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities” (PMI cited in Kloppenborg 2018, p. 63). As project managers, one of our first tasks may be to develop a project charter. This assessment seeks to build your understanding of the elements of a project charter and practice applying them to a case study. An output of this assessment is a project charter that may be used as a model for future projects that you are involved with.
 

Learning outcomes
This assessment task is aligned to the following learning outcomes:
1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles of project management as prescribed in the global standard (PMBOK® Guide).
2. Select and initiate a project, taking into account organisational goals, structure,culture, stakeholders, and competition for resources.
3. Critically analyse, interpret and apply the project management knowledge areas to the various phases of any project, as appropriate, and demonstrate an understanding of the activities and interrelationships critical to the successful completion of each phase of a project.

6. Appraise the acquiring, induction, assessing, developing, decision-making, and conflict resolution issues of a project team.
 

Assessment task
You are asked to describe the purpose of each element of the project charter, discuss the theory behind each element, and to develop a project charter based on the case study provided. You are asked to draw primarily from the theory contained in the textbook (Kloppenborg 2018) and the PMBoK (6 th edition).

Case study
New playground for the community
The local council have given in-principle approval for the installation of a new playground, incorporating climbing nets with two slides. They have allocated 1,000 square meters of green space, and have allocated a nominal budget of around $250,000. The open space is currently home to a derelict vehicle, as well as other waste materials dumped over the years. It is also prone to flooding, so this will need to be accounted for, as will the installation of pathways from the street to the playground equipment. The council occupational health and safety office have stipulated that the surface under the climbing nets must be made of soft- fall material. The council want the playground opened to coincide with the summer holidays, which is only six months away. You are required to develop a project charter for  presentation to the council.