Start to make notes for your assessment essay from the outset, addressing all three parts, with an initial focus on Part 1. Additional reading, using references provided in the text book in a selective manner, should be used to support the understanding developed by the lectures, the case studies, and reading the module core textbook.
Part 1 40% of the total marks 1200 words maximum Explain concisely in your own words what you believe are the key overall features of an ‘Enlightened Planning’ (EP) approach to project risk management in the execution and delivery strategy progress stage of a project’s lifecycle. Very briefly compare these features with the PMI PIMBOK approach or any other form of common practice you are familiar with if you would like to and you find this helpful, but focus on the EP approach. Use examples to illustrate your discussion if you wish, but concentrate on concepts and principles. Briefly comment on how this approach needs to be modified for other project lifecycle stages and linked to operations and overall corporate management. This part of your essay will be a largely descriptive summary of your
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interpretation of the lectures and associated reading. It will explore the nature and role of basic frameworks like the project lifecycle, the process phase structure and the seven Ws to demonstrate your grasp of the central core of the unit’s material as a whole, and it should be approached with a view to demonstrating this understanding.
Part 2 30% of the total marks 900 words maximum For the identify (sources of uncertainty, responses and conditions) phase of the EP approach, in the execution and delivery strategy progress stage of a project’s lifecycle, explain concisely in your own words what you believe are the key features of an EP approach, briefly comparing these features with the PMI PIMBOK approach or any other form of common practice you are familiar with. Your discussion should demonstrate your ability to understand a particular area of the course material in depth, based on selective reading, critical analysis and the case study exercises. Use examples to illustrate your discussion if you wish, but concentrate on concepts and principles. Build on your Part 1 answer, avoiding repetition of earlier discussion.
Part 3 30% of the total marks 900 words maximum For another of the phases of the EP approach, in the execution and delivery strategy progress stage of a project’s lifecycle, explain concisely in your own words what you believe are the key features of an EP approach, comparing these features with the PMI PIMBOK approach or any other form of common practice you are familiar with. Your discussion should demonstrate your ability to understand another particular area of the course material in depth, based on selective reading, critical analysis and the case study exercises. Use examples to illustrate your discussion if you wish, but concentrate on concepts and principles. Briefly explain why you chose the phase selected. Your brief explanation for your choice of phase should expand the earlier Part 1 demonstration of your overall understanding of what the module is about. Build on your Parts 1 and 2 answers, avoiding repetition of earlier discussion.
