Assignment 2 Project Management (MGT 323)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

المملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

                          College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 2

Project Management (MGT 323)

Due Date:  30/03/2024 @ 23:59

Course Name: Project Management	Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT323	Student’s ID Number:
Semester:  2nd	CRN:
Academic Year:2023-24

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:  /10	Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted. Peer-Reviewed Journals are required as references.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
• Do not make any changes in the cover page.

Assignment Workload:

• This Assignment comprise of a Case Study questions.
• Assignment is to be submitted by each student individually.

Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:

After completion of Assignment-2 students will able to understand the

1. Defining the concepts, theories and approaches of project management. (L.O-1.1)
2. Analyze to work effectively and efficiently as a team member for project related cases. (L.O-3.1)
3. Evaluate to monitor and control the project. (L.O-3.2)

Assignment-2: Case Study

Assignment Case study Question:                                                                   (Marks 10)

Please read the Case-5.2 “Post Graduation Adventure.”  from Chapter 5 “Estimating Project Times and Costs” given in your textbook – Project Management: The Managerial Process 8^th edition by Larson and Gray page no: 93 also refer to specific concepts you have learned from the chapter to support your answers.  Answer the following questions.

 Case study questions

1. Assume you are either Mike or Josh; how would you go about making a decision using project management methodology? Explain in 150 words (3 Marks).

• Looking first at only cost, what decision would you make? Explain in 150 words (3 Marks).

• After cost, what other factors should be considered before making a decision? Explain in 200 words (4 Marks)

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