Question:
1.Draw on tools and techniques of sourcing project data, develop a range of processes and measures to manage scope, change and quality on complex global projects.
2.Critically analyse project risks and develop a range of strategies to effectively manage those risks in order to ensure expected project management outcomes.
3. Critically reflect on the project leadership and communication skills required to maximise project outcomes in the execution, control and closure phases of projects.
Answer:
Introduction:
This section identifies two sample project reporting templates and compares them, discussing their strengths and weaknesses and documenting the findings.
One of the problems with such reports is that the rules on how colors are assigned to measures of project progress are not clearly and consistently defined and used: such as, what are the rules for determining that a KPI is red? The traffic lights interpretation is seldom consistent with improvements in performance. As assessment tools for present performance, traffic light rules in project reports are invalid from a statistical point of view.
For teams, the status report focuses on what has been achieved vis a vis the project plan and deliverables, and focuses on individual performance. For the sponsor, apart from team progress, the report must show the budget and its metrics while for the steering committee, the report focus on scope delivery. Traditional project management status reports are very detailed ad wordy, and reporting is done periodically. The reports are also highly visible in traditional project management, with explicit details so stakeholders can understand them. In agile, reporting is more frequent but not as detailed; report formats such as the traffic light type are common here as reports are basically dashboards updated regularly in bits .
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