7BSP126 CW2 Client Project Initiation Document UH Assessment Brief

Assessment Criteria 

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding assessed in this assignment:

• Select and critically review the literature relevant to the problem under consideration.
• Examine the theoretical background or practical techniques applicable to the problem under consideration.

Learning Outcomes: Skills and Attributes assessed in this assignment:

• Present a professional final report, that communicates theoretical or practical implications to a range of audiences and in a variety of formats.
• Conduct the research work within the ethical standards set by the University.
• Apply the feedback from the supervisor or clients to improve the work on progress.

Assignment Title: Project Initiation Document 

Description of the assignment, task, content and structure:

Identify a small project for a client. You must conduct an experiential client-based research project based on the project management lifecycle.  The client can be anyone and the project can be any small-scale project that will take no longer than 6 months from February 2024 to project closure by July 2024. However, your work must be voluntary. 

Project Initiation Document (PID) titled 

1. Project Summary
2. Project Scope as SMART Objectives & Exclusions
3. Project Requirements (People, Process, Technical & Data)
4. Key Assumptions, Constraints & Dependencies
5. Stakeholders Analysis & Communication Plan
6. Literature review & Case studies  
7. Research Questions 

Students should present their project charter to their allocated supervisor in a 1:1 session scheduled in Week 39. Project Charter should include: 

1. Project & Client Overview
2. Project Scope
3. Project timelines
4. Key stakeholders
5. Research question 

1. The report presentation and standard of writing must follow the UHBS guidelines below.

2. The Individual submission includes:

• An analysis of secondary data (practical case studies) and project management theory relevant to the initiation phase of project management, and a critique of theory and practice

• A written business professional report with a word limit of 1500 words (+/- 10%.) making maximum use of diagrams, tables embedded as diagrams, graphs, charts, and appendices (which are not included in the word count)

• Present project synopsis (1 slide) to the allocated supervisor in a 1:1 session in Week 39. 

• All filenames should be in the following format: <studentID>_CW2.

• The title page of the report should include the student id, the final word count and the Turnitin similarity score.

• All references should follow the Harvard style of referencing.