Q1. During the module you were a member of a project team on the project management exercise. Write a report reviewing and critically evaluating the performance of your team on that exercise. Your report should concentrate on how the team functioned rather than the technical aspects of the project management exercise itself. In particular you should include comments on:
a) The team's Belbin profiles.
b) The team lifecycle.
c) Decision making procedures.
d) Conflict within the team.
e) Team leadership.
Q2. Critically evaluate the project management of a recent or current project you are familiar with. Identify where improvements could be made. Support your suggestions by reference to established good practice.
Q3 a.
Critically evaluate the methods used in your organisation to assess project progress and to control project costs.
Or
Q3 b.
What are the characteristics of an effective project monitoring and control process? What tools are available to the project management team to help monitor and control projects? Briefly discuss the potential difficulties there might be in using an earned value management system.
Q4a.
How could the current practices in your organisation for project risk management be improved?
Or
Q4b.
After completing your Master's Degree you are appointed to a major company and tasked with introducing project risk management into the company. Develop a plan for this and explain how you would go about this. What are the critical issues to try and ensure the success of such a project?
Q5a.
Use an example or examples from your company to consider how your organisational structure assists or hinders the projects in your company.
Or
Q5b.
Discuss the impact of organisational structure on project effectiveness. If appropriate, make reference to an organisation of which you have knowledge.