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List 5 roles involved with the management and execution of a typical project |
Project Sponsor Project manager Project team member End uses Quality assurance |
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Responsibilities of the project Sponsor |
1. Makes business case & obtain expenditure approval 2. Chairs Project Board & provide link up to Senior Management 3. Ensures business benefits are realised 4. Carries out phase reviews 5. Determines the relative priority of Time, Cost and Quality |
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Responsibilities of Project Manager |
1. Building, organising, motivating, managing project team 2. Integrating human, financial, physical resources 3. Planning, leading the work of the project 4. Monitoring, controlling project execution 5. Reporting, communicating with stakeholders |
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Responsibilities of Project Team Members |
1. Assist,advise the PM with regards to planning within their area of expertise 2. Take responsibility for individual work packages 3. Carry out instructions of PM 4. Keep PM informed of progress and issues 5. Communicate, cooperate with other team members |
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Responsibilities of end users |
1. Assist in defining project requirements 2. Be involved in devising acceptance criteria and tests 3. Keep involved with the project as it evolves |
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Responsibilities of Quality Assurance |
1. Carry out QA audits in line with corporate policies 2. Report audit outcomes to the project board/sponsor 3. Ensure correction of any quality assurance issues |
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List 5 reasons why project sponsorship can improve the success of projects |
1. Establishes clear overall management responsibility for the project. 2. Provides the PM with clear reporting & escalation route to senior management. 3. Facilitates the formal handover of responsibility when the PM has met the project acceptance criteria 4. There is someone monitoring the external environment. 5. PM has a senior person to go to for support and assistance |
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Describe what is meant by a Sponsor |
Sponsor carries overall responsibility for the project from feasibility to benefits realisation. Successful projects require continuing dialogue between sponsor & PM |
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Name 3 types of organisation structure |
1. Functional 2. Projectised3. Matrix sed |
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Describe a functional structure |
Used mainly where a project lies entirely or mainly within a single function, such as product development. |
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Describe Projectised Structure |
Projectised Structures are typically used by organisations whose main business consists of large capital projects such as roads, bridges and large buildings. PM has total control over all resources and reports directly to senior executive. |
