Project Management- CSE3PM
Assignment 1- 20% of the overall marks
The assessment is due Sunday 27th August at the end of Week 4, by 11:59 pm (AEST/AEDT).
Purpose
The purpose of this assessment is to measure your ability to analyse a case study for project
constraints for the project specifics.
Assessment criteria
This assessment will measure your ability to:
• Demonstrate understanding of the concept of IT projects
• Demonstrate understanding of the theory and interdependencies behind the time quality cost
triangle
• Demonstrate understanding of the role of project manager and the specific requirements of
the case study
• Write and reference to an academic standard
Task details
To complete the assessment, you will write 1200 words addressing three questions. Key tip: students
who excel in this assessment are able to demonstrate an understanding of the project management theory
taught in the subject and can connect this to the specific aspects of the case study.
Students can reference the theory covered in the subject as well as the information outlined in the
case study description. You do not need to source additional external references. If you choose to do
so, please ensure your reference connects specifically to what you are discussing or quoting.
The assessment is due Sunday 27th August at the end of Week 4, by 11:59 pm (AEST/AEDT).
Important note
You must complete this individually. Do not collaborate or share your work with another student.
Extension requests must be submitted via the University’s extension request form
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/admin/forms/request-an-extension
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Case study
The world organisation for Football, FIFA, is hosting the Women’s World Cup in Australia and
New Zealand from 20 July to 20 August 2023. To date the event has been a sporting and
commercial success, with ticket sales far exceeding event projections.
Leading up to the event there were some challenges with the development of the ticket sales
platform, with cost blowouts and adjustments required to ensure sales for each event complied with
differing Australian and New Zealand event laws. The managers at FIFA are reviewing the 2023
project process and want to learn from this experience so they won’t repeat the same issues when
the Men’s World Cup occurs in 2026. This event will be held across Mexico, USA and Canada.
The ticket platform needs to be able to accommodate fans from across the world, although the
preference is to allocate more tickets to international visitors. This ensures more fans travel to the
event and spend money in the local economies. The platform must accommodate the different
football stadiums that will host games as well as different ticket types for fans: adult, child, and
amenity categories for those with physical and sensory disabilities. The platform must
accommodate the different rules around ticket purchase limits and reselling tickets that are in place
in each country hosting the World Cup. FIFA will also need a dedicated ticket reselling platform
that aligns with the original ticket sales platform. This will help reduce private reselling of tickets.
The team at FIFA cannot agree on the best methodology for building the new platform. The Event
managers want to make sure the platform is performing as expected by the ‘go live’ date. Managers
from the finance team want to ensure there are no cost overruns. Managers from the marketing team
want to make sure there are no limitations to accessing tickets from a geographic perspective. The
Risk managers want to make sure the platforms comply with relevant laws in each country, and the
mistakes from the 2023 platform build are not repeated. Some senior managers do not believe a new
project design is required at all. After all, FIFA already has a platform built for the 2023 event. Why
not continue with that?
You have been asked to provide advice to FIFA on the best way forward from a project
methodology perspective.
Review the case study above and provide a written response to the following. Ensure your answers
connect the case study with the theory covered in this subject.
1. Provide a short explanation to the FIFA management team on why a new project design is
required. In your answer, consider the critical factors you would consider in designing this
project and assess the suitability of each major project management methodology covered in
this subject (traditional, iterative and incremental, and lean). Which methodology would you
recommend applying and why? (10 marks).
2. Evaluate the time-quality-cost triangle for this project and explore how adjusting one arm of
the triangle (time, quality or cost) would impact the other arms of the triangle and the
overall project. Outline how you might manage impacts to any of the arms of the time-
quality-cost triangle (20 marks).
3. You need to justify to the FIFA management team that hiring a project manager is crucial for the
project’s success. To do this, outline the benefits of having one, the critical skills they
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could bring to the project and how they might need to adapt their style to the recommended
project management approach. Ensure your response is connected with the particular
aspects of the case study (10 marks).
Please note: 10 marks will be awarded for your response (writing) quality, including
referencing.
References
Please use APA 7th edition as your referencing style. For more information, see the Academic
Referencing Tool of the Library.
The reference list is not included in the word count. In-text citations are included in the word count.
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