5DPP Written Report
Project Objective
The purpose of this project is to improve the current recruitment and selection process by improving the calibre of employees and their engagement to create a cost effective process. ‘Keeping projects on track -- especially in the face of constant change requests and additions -- is a project manager 's greatest challenge. And when project managers don 't properly set expectations from the start -- with senior management, the client or their team -- and don 't have a strategy in place for dealing with scope creep or last-minute requests or changes, deadlines can suffer.’ *1
1. Given the purpose of the project and 6-month timeframe, devise a project plan, with objectives, activities, timescales and deliverables, for your project.
This project will run for 6 months between January – June 2016 (appendix 1). During this time, I will aim to produce plans to establish a new recruitment and selection process.
Included in the project plan I have allocated time for a Project Implementation Review, this will be carried out the week after the project has been completed. This is the best time for it to take place as the project will still be fresh in the minds of those who were on the project. ‘However, to adequately assess the quality of the implementation and complete this process, you 'll need to wait long enough for the changes caused by the project to truly take effect.’ *2 We will then hold another Review meeting after 3 months to discuss any matters that have started to arise so that these can be analysed and resolved.
As the project lead, it is my responsibility to ensure that the project meets the required deadline. I shall risk assess the project for potential issues throughout the duration and make sure that solutions have been put in place to guarantee there are no delays in these areas. If I am able to foresee any problems which may occur which could delay the project, the CEO and relevant people will be informed in case an extension
The purpose of this project is to improve the current recruitment and selection process by improving the calibre of employees and their engagement to create a cost effective process. ‘Keeping projects on track -- especially in the face of constant change requests and additions -- is a project manager 's greatest challenge. And when project managers don 't properly set expectations from the start -- with senior management, the client or their team -- and don 't have a strategy in place for dealing with scope creep or last-minute requests or changes, deadlines can suffer.’ *1
1. Given the purpose of the project and 6-month timeframe, devise a project plan, with objectives, activities, timescales and deliverables, for your project.
This project will run for 6 months between January – June 2016 (appendix 1). During this time, I will aim to produce plans to establish a new recruitment and selection process.
Included in the project plan I have allocated time for a Project Implementation Review, this will be carried out the week after the project has been completed. This is the best time for it to take place as the project will still be fresh in the minds of those who were on the project. ‘However, to adequately assess the quality of the implementation and complete this process, you 'll need to wait long enough for the changes caused by the project to truly take effect.’ *2 We will then hold another Review meeting after 3 months to discuss any matters that have started to arise so that these can be analysed and resolved.
As the project lead, it is my responsibility to ensure that the project meets the required deadline. I shall risk assess the project for potential issues throughout the duration and make sure that solutions have been put in place to guarantee there are no delays in these areas. If I am able to foresee any problems which may occur which could delay the project, the CEO and relevant people will be informed in case an extension
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