Matriculation Number C017084 Course title Management of Projects Course code CED 334
Assignment 6
1. Explore the benefits of the project design phase in the project management cycle.
Project Design phase is an early stage of the project where the key features, structure, criteria of
a project’s success and the main deliverables are all planned out. In this phase, everything is
stipulated in the project for example, the goals, outcomes, and objectives etc. Furthermore, this
phase also describes when these goals, outcomes and objectives will be achieved. In addition, it
estimates the budget and outlines how to monitor and evaluate the progress. In short, project
design is beneficiary in that; it is the road map to all other phases in the project management
cycle. It is the one that paves ways and determines the success of the project based on the
stakeholders’ requirements.
Explain the relevant of the following analytical phases in project development:
i. Stakeholder analysis- this is an indispensable technique where stakeholders are in
position to identify and analyze their needs in regard to the project. This analytical stage
is used to identify all key stakeholders who have vested interest in the issues with which
the project is about. It also identifies the interests of all stakeholders who affect or be
affected by the project itself. Again, it points out potential issues that could disrupt the
execution of the project as well as pointing out groups that should be encouraged to
participate in different stages of the project.
ii. Problem analysis involves identifying the overriding problem and then establishing the
causes and effects related to that problem. Another key aspect of this analysis is to
identify the root causes of a problem and also finding a way to address it.
iii. Objective analysis describes a future situation that would exist if all the problems were
solved. The instrument of objective analysis calls for conversion of negatively stated
problems into positive statements or objectives. Objective analysis therefore helps
stakeholders imagine what the changed situation will be. It also identifies the means and
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ends logical relationship and visualizes the means and ends relationship through an
objectives tree diagram.
Using the core problem disruption of learning in schools due to COVID-19 Pandemic
develop:
Quarantine
distancing
Poverty
Hunger
Social
i. A problem tree
Lockdown
Schools
closure
Death
EFFECTS
Limited health
degradation
Economical
COVID-19
facilities
CAUSES
Virus
ROOT CAUSE
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ii. An objective tree Back to normal life
Quarantine, Social Poverty is
Opening of Reduce death rate distancing, lockdown reduced
schools from COVID-19 are lifted
Health Improvement of
COVID-19 in control
improvement Economy
Establishment of
vaccine
More information
about the virus will
be searched
