PSB7010CL Strategic Project Management Individual Assignment Brief 2026 | PSB Academy

PSB7010CL Strategic Project Management 

Assessment Learning Outcomes to be addressed:

• L01. Critically examine the strategic importance of projects to organisations and develop effective project strategies in line with the international environments and business strategies.
• L02. Systematically appraise the key constraints impacting projects, including time, cost, quality and risks and manage these constraints appropriately.
• L03. Critically evaluate and devise effective management solutions and approaches for stakeholder engagement and project success.
• L04. Apply knowledge and skills of managing a diverse team to ensure project coherence across a range of business functional areas, taking responsibility, where relevant, for the work and roles of others.

Details of the Task:

You are expected to research a project and demonstrate your understanding of strategic project management in the private or public sector. Based on the research case study project from a chosen company, you need to develop the following:

• Organisation (e.g. culture) and project background
• Business case
• Project organisation structure
• Scope management
• Schedule management
• Cost management
• Stakeholder and communications management
• Resource management
• Risk management
• Project Control System
• Critical reflection on the project

Your written report should:

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the scale and scope of project management in private and public sectors.
• Critically discuss how the project team has been structured and organised
• Identify potential resource conflicts, their importance in meeting project costs and schedule objectives.
• Evaluate a strategy to ensure effective use of resources, assets and people within the project.
• Evaluate project management tools and methods.
• Identify project control systems that ensure an effective project management approach.
• Ensure project coherence across a range of business functional areas.
• Provide a project portfolio with supporting evidence (e.g. meeting minutes, presentation slides, records, documentations)

Other Information: 

Report Deliverables: 

• This report should be composed with 4,000 words +/-10% allowances.
• Word count must be indicated on the first page.
• Word count excludes Table of Contents and Reference List.  
• A written report shall be word processed with Arial or Times New Roman font type, size 12, 1.5 line spaced and overall margin 2.5cm; include relevant charts, diagrams, graphs, images and/ or tabulations.  
• A written report must be supported with a variety of sources; citations and references must adhere to the APA Referencing System. Minimum of 20 peer-reviewed academic journal articles.
• A recognisable filename must be used to upload into the TurnItIn for plagiarism inspection, for instance, “Student CU ID_CompanyName”. 
• A failing grade will be awarded for a student who fails to submit on time.  
• Allowance for plagiarism is 15% and below, excluding the list of references. Should there be any instances where the plagiarism is above 15%, a low grade or a fail grade will be awarded.

Marking Rubrics for Coursework per attached.

7010 Project Management (Coursework, 100%)