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Project Planning with IT Assignment 5
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The document contains all criteria for assignment 5: P7, D2. I received full marks for this assignment.
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Unit 17: Reviewing the Project P7Enrolment No:
Student Name:
Specification
Did you deliver on everything outlined in the project specification?
When given the specification on what was required, I had to look at what the different things which were outlined
and what needed to be included in the final project. There were some things outlined in which I thought were
more complex compared to others, which then enabled me to learn more about what they were. In some of the
headings I didn’t completely explain what I wanted from it or how I was going to use it, simply because I didn’t
know where I was going with the idea. But I did give examples on what it could have been used for and I made
sure to explain my other points in a lot more depth and detail.
A few things I am proud of creating was having the initial idea of what the whole design looked like then having
some real-life examples that could help me make the final idea. Throughout the journey of building the project
there were a lot of things that had to be changed or altered slightly so that they fit in with the theme but also so
that they could be more suitable towards the original idea and didn’t change it too much.
Was your project specification detailed enough?
When I made my project specification, I did make sure to explain all the points and headings in as much details as
I could. The reason for this was to make sure that I gave my opinion on what I thought but also on the things I
wanted to create. There were many sub-headings in which I had made a point to mention, but I didn’t do that for
parts of the specification as some parts were more difficult to explain or I didn’t use them to the extent that I
wanted to.
However, overall in the whole project specification I gave enough detail on what I wanted to make and how it was
going to be done. I made sure to deliver all the details needed for the things outlined, in some cases that was
more than others. If I were to go back and re-do that part of the project, I would have made sure to explain why I
chose the idea I did in more detail, even though I did explain it a lot to begin with. I could have made sure to give
some other details in terms of “what made me chose this idea over another”.
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, Communication
Did you have regular communication with stakeholders?
When talking with the stakeholders there was some form of regular communications in which there were some
details which were discussed. The most regular way of communication was through email in as this was the
easiest method in order to talk about meeting times for the initial meetings, the second meeting and then for the
presentation. Once these meetings were scheduled I talked to one of the stakeholders face-to-face, and from that
I gathered some information in terms of what they wanted but also gave my thoughts and opinions. In my opinion
there could have been a bit more communication however that was difficult since I had to have the relevant
information to then present.
Did you appreciate the different types of stakeholder?
In terms of the types of stakeholders there were 3 levels, Senior Management – Nathan Orchard, Customer/Client
– Mark James and Project Manager which was me. The levels of the stakeholders helped in order to understand
how to go about building this project and when to go to the client and when to talk to the Senior Manager. In
terms of my communication with the client, I had set a lot of meetings to help understand what they wanted from
this overall project but then the Senior Management was there if there were concerns or issues regarding the
project and client meetings.
Did you utilise a range of different communication methods?
When talking to the stake holders there were different communication methods involved, the first ones being
emails back and forth about arranging meetings. From that the meetings took place which was more of a
discussion about the ideas that were originally thought about. We then exchanged more emails and another
couple of meetings, but then there was the “presentation” stage where I had to explain and go through all my
ideas while the stake holders listened and took notes on what was being said and presented. So, in terms of what
methods were used those were; emails, face-to-face and a presentation format.
In terms of utilising the communication methods, I think that they were used to the best they could however there
could have been some other types of methods used. For what was required when communicating there weren’t
many other ways to do so, which means that the methods were used to the best standard and helped when
gathering information.
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