Project Management — Winter 2024

Discuss integrated management of projects. How an organization manage it with the strategic plan?

Depict your understanding for project scope. Discuss various factors under project scope.

Explain material management during project execution.

What do you understand by project roll up? Explain with example.

It is not easy to get fund for a new project. What are the guidelines for project funding?

Depict your understanding for responsibility matrices in accordance with the project communication plan.

Discuss any one technique for project scheduling.

What are the various options for accelerating the project completion?

What are the sources of conflict in team management? Discuss the techniques for handling conflicts.

Discuss stepwise risk management process in a project.

Discuss internal and external project audit. Page 1

Case Study: A Mobile App Development Project Asoftware development company, "Tech Innovators," has been hired to create a mobile application for a healthcare startup, "MediHealth," which offers online consultations with doctors. The project was expected to take months, with a budget of $250,000. The app should include features like video conferencing, appointment scheduling, payment integration, and patient data storage, complying with HIPAA regulations. Project Phases: Initiation: In the first phase, a detailed project charter was developed, outlining objectives, deliverables, budget, and a timeline. Stakeholders from both Tech Innovators and MediHealth participated in defining the scope. Planning: Aproject manager, Jigisha, was assigned. She created a detailed plan, including a Gantt chart, outlining deadlines for each phase—design, development, testing, and deployment. Regular meetings were scheduled to ensure stakeholders were aligned. Execution: The development team began work. However, midway through development, it became evident that the scope of the project had expanded. MediHealth requested additional features such as automated appointment reminders and a dashboard for doctors to track patient progress. Monitoring and Controlling: Jigisha realized that the team was falling behind schedule due to the added features and had already consumed 70% of the budget with only 50% of the work done. She needed to decide whether to ask for an extension or trim some features. Closure: After renegotiations, the project was extended by 2 months and an additional $50,000 was added to the budget. The app was successfully launched, although it faced some initial bugs that were resolved within the first week of release. Answer the following questions: Questions:

What steps could Jigisha have taken during the planning phase to better manage the changes in project scope?

How might the introduction of new features impact the project timeline and budget? What techniques can project managers use to manage scope creep?

What strategies could Jigisha have used to mitigate the risk of falling behind schedule during execution?

What lessons can be learned from the closure phase regarding post- launch quality assurance and user feedback management? Page