Section 1: Introduction to the project

In this section, you need to provide the background to the organization in which the project is set and give a broad overview of the specific project chosen for your assignment work – this is the ‘Project X’ we refer to in the module. Tell us why this project is important and what it aims to achieve. You may bring in citations here linking to professional sources relevant to your project or to the literature.

Section 2: Project management concepts, theories, and approaches

In this section, you need to draw on academic and/or practitioner articles to discuss the concepts, theories, frameworks, or approaches you have selected to plan, develop, and manage your project. You need to provide overviews of the chosen concepts, theories, frameworks, or approaches, and explain why and how you apply them in your project. You may want to begin by discussing the triple/quadruple constraint theory that is relevant to all projects and then move on to areas of particular relevance to your specific project. For example, it may be that management of stakeholders is absolutely crucial to your project so you could describe this by bringing in theoretical models for this aspect and then say how this is implemented in your specific project. This section must include theoretical concepts (from the literature, supported by citations) and also the practical context of your project. You may want to cover one or two key areas for your project, but don’t try to include a discussion of all the theoretical concepts you have covered in the module – you’ll run out
of space! In terms of writing style, a critical approach is always preferred to a descriptive one – aim not just to describe theories/concepts you are introducing but to point out any limitations too.

Section 3: Project management document package

Here you need to provide the project management document package you have developed. Attach these to your report as appendices. A full list of the required documents and a brief outline is given below:

Section 4: Critical appraisal of project management documents– In this section, you need to critically appraise FOUR of the project management documents out of the ten you have developed. For the first document that you choose, you should discuss why the document is useful to the
management of the project and what advantages it brings. You should then discuss any limitations, shortcomings, or disadvantages of the document. You may also want to introduce alternative ideas for the document or different approaches (or models) that you might have seen in the literature. Repeat this process for a further three documents. You should support this section with citations where appropriate. You can discuss documents that you have already mentioned in section Two but avoid repetition of ideas/comments already made.