PMGT5205_2024S2
Professional Project Practice
A2 - Team Report (20% of course assessment)
PART A - 5 of 10 Questions. Part B to be released in Wk9.
The following questions are based on Pacificano Markets scenario and should be worked on as a team activity and answered in your report. See Canvas Discussion Thread for details!
1. Team Profile (10 Marks)
a) The format and presentation of your report should look like it came from a project consultancy and will be assessed for its professionalism and incorporation of your team name/branding.
b) Briefly describe your team members and team building activities by providing:
• A portrait/picture and short bio of each member of your group including your DISC (*) profile
• A summary of your Team Charter and WOW, or Way of Working!
• Describe the team building activities you undertook and their effectiveness
• Provide a RACI matrix showing the responsibility for/ contribution to this assignment
c) From your team building experiences, suggest a (ideal/ better) team activity that the Pacificano Markets team might undertake to quickly establish a good working environment.
(*) See this website: https://www.123test.com/disc-personality-test/
2. Rich Pictures (10 Marks)
a) Run a workshop with your team members to develop and then draw/ submit TWO separate high-level Rich Pictures (not too many words please) that visually highlight/capture the key stakeholders, and the interactions between them, in:
• The “current state” of Pacificano BEFORE the strategic decision to establish weekly markets
• The “future state” of Pacificano AFTER the introduction of the weekly markets
b) Use the two drawings above to list the changes required to establish/ manage the weekly markets.
3. Stakeholder Analysis (10 Marks)
Undertake a team-based stakeholder identification/ analysis, potentially using the Rich Pictures above and your understanding of the scenario.
a) Create a Stakeholder Register that:
• Identifies the five major stakeholders in this project – start with the most important external stakeholders - DO NOT include the project manager/ team.
• Briefly describes the main concerns/ interests for each stakeholder.
• Explainshow you might manage the stakeholders’ concerns to ensure project success.
b) Use a Power/ Interest matrix to:
• Position each of these stakeholders on at the start of the project.
• Describe briefly how would you manage each stakeholder’s concerns and interests.
• Explain/discuss any stakeholders that would move positions on the matrix during the project
4. Business Case (10 Marks)
Undertake a team-based exercise to define the main sections that should be included in a compelling business case to justify the Pacificano Markets idea.
a) Provide a brief SWOT analysis of Pacificano Markets strategy and represent it in a simple table
b) Use McKinsey’s three time-horizons model to describe your understanding of the Pacificano Markets Scenario explaining what might take place in each time-horizon
c) Write a representative SMART objective for each of the time-horizons TH1 – short-term, TH2 – medium-term, TH3 – long-term.
d) Apply the User Story format/ template* to capture four (4) key User Stories related to the project/ stakeholders identified in the scenario
(*) As a <stakeholder> I need to <some requirement> so that I can <get a result/ benefit>
5. Work Breakdown Structure (10 Marks)
Based on their understanding of the scenario (extended by discussions on Canvas) the PM and project team developed the following preliminary high-level WBS for estimating the first launch of Pacificano Markets:
a) Review/ critique the above (preliminary Level-2) WBS and use the definition and/or the project scenario to identify:
• At least two positive (good) things about the WBS above, and,
• At least two negatives (bad/weak/missed) things about the WBS.
Note: You may need to “interview” the Pacificano Mayor (via the Canvas Discussion Thread) to better understand the WBS above. After confirming with lecturers, teams have the flexibility to adjust the structure/headings so long as it does not change the scope.
b) Use your team’s amended WBS to identify at least 2 to 4 (max) realistic work packages under each of the above (Level-2) work breakdown to show (at least 12) Level-3 work packages.
c) Present the WBS in a table and for each of your Level-3 work packages:
o Briefly describe/ explain (~10 words or less) the product/service that would be provided/ delivered by that work package
o Identify some relevant activities that would need to be conducted to deliver that product/service