LD2324 Managing Programmes Assessment
Word Count: 2500 words presentation with explanatory notes
Learning outcomes:
1. Ability to critically assess and understand the strategic importance of programme management for the successful delivery of projects.
2. Understand governance and be able to apply the concepts to a real organisation.
3. Critically evaluate benefits, key success factors and strategic risk management in programmes.
4. Awareness and understanding of strategic stakeholder management approaches.
5. Critically assess and evaluate project and workstream delivery from a programme perspective, linking projects to the overall strategy of an organisation.
LD2324 Managing Programmes Assessment
Referencing: Students are expected to use Harvard Referencing throughout their assignments where required. Please follow the Harvard Referencing Handbook for all
your assignments at the ULBS.
ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
Students are asked to review and critically analyse a real-life programme of their choice, outline issues and/or key highlights linked to the programme performance, the impact of the programme governance structure that was present, and thereafter make recommendations for how to improve the chosen programme governance.
You must try to choose a programme by Workshop 4. Ideally, you should be able to find a typical programme but do note that some programmes may be labelled initiatives and also mega-projects. However, in structure, approach and content they may appeal as programmes. Should you have any questions in deciding your choice of programmes, you should consult your module lecturer to confirm that you can choose it to be analysed as a programme.
This assessment will require candidates to reflect on the theory and concepts learned in the classroom and apply them to a real-life programme. Select a programme where you can collect and review/analyse sufficient secondary information to derive meaningful and strong insights. It may be in the public, private or third sector. This is not typical ‘research’, so sources may also be from your selected organisation’s website, your knowledge of the programme, government and consultancy reports as well as journal articles.
LD2324 Managing Programmes Assessment
Assessment guidance shall be provided in class, and please also watch the assessment video. To further help your preparation, specifically:
(1) You must use the concepts and frameworks discussed in the module in preparation of this report;
(2) Explanatory notes for each slide should reflect what you would deliver verbally to a live audience. Please note, there is no live presentation. Explanatory notes must have academic references/citations within them as appropriate. Additionally, you should include the cover slide (with student number and programme name), a Table of Contents, and references. Please note, in-text citations [e.g. (Smith, 2011)] and direct secondary quotations [e.g. “dib-dab nonsense analysis” [(Smith, 2011 p.123)] are INCLUDED in the word count but the reference list is NOT;
(3) There is no set number of references. However, given the scope of the assessment, it is suggested approximately 10 different academic and subject specific / professional journal sources may be appropriate – you are free to use a greater number of sources if you want to; –
(4) How you spread the task over the above slides and explanatory notes – i.e. structure it beyond the guidance provided above is up to you, variation is acceptable;
(5) There is no pre-assessment feedback on draft assignments. If you have queries you need to consult or email queries to your class instructor. You can of course ask specific questions by email text (no attachments), to your class instructor, to clarify and query your choice of programme, content and approach for the task – this is likely to be more useful than blanket feedback.
Word count: equivalent of 2,500 words. Specific formatting guidance as follows:
(1) Slides should be worked as PowerPoint presentation slides with suggested minimum font size (can vary upwards on a slide /across slides) of 16. The explanatory notes should have a minimum font size of 12, Arial;
(2) Please submit one PDF file, in PowerPoint Notes Page layout. Go to File – Print – Settings – in Printer, choose Microsoft Print to PDF; then, in Print Layout, choose Notes Pages; then, click Print, to save the PDF file to a folder of your choice.
Please refer to the marking criteria (below) for a breakdown of how the tasks
will be marked.
Extra Support Information :
1. Specific Requirements for Choosing a Programme
• You should choose a programme, not a company or a deliverable;
• The chosen programme has to be a programme, but not a project or a portfolio;
• The chosen programme has to be real-life, not something that you made up, or in fantasy;
• The chosen programme should be either completed or close to completion, not one that may have yet to start or just started which will not provide sufficient information required for this assessment.
LD2324 Managing Programmes Assessment
2. A Suggested Structure
*** Note: The slide numbers noted below are indicative ONLY as some information
may require more than one slide:
Slide 1 – Cover page: The Title of your PowerPoint slides with your student number and programme name (DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME);
Slide 2 – Table of Contents: making it neat with correspondent slide numbers;
Slide 3 – Introduce the chosen programme: referring to the definition of programmes to justify your choice as a programme, but not a project or a portfolio, as well as its significance in the industry/sector; [With in-text citation both on the slide and in the Note page]
Slide 4 – Specify the programme management structure, approach and
content: referring to the frame of reference, and typical way of PMOs; [With in-text citation both on the slide and in the Note page]
Slide 5 – Analyse the programme governance structure: including expected benefits and outcomes, CSFs and so on. Please note that you need to specify clearly the strategic objectives of the programme either on Slide 4 or 5. If needed, you can use 2 slides for analysing the programme governance structure; [With in-text citation both on the slide and in the Note page]
Slide 6-12 (Maximum) – Critically assess/review the programme’s process and activities: with the support of appropriate theories/models, including (but not limited to) stakeholder management approaches, benefits delivery, change management, knowledge management, risk management and as such; [With in-text citation both on the slide and in the Note page]
Slide 13 – Critically evaluate the programme delivery: linking back to the strategic objectives of the organisation that the programme was set to achieve; [With in-text citation both on the slide and in the Note page]
Slide 14 – Conclusion: concluding the key points of the discussions and specify the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen programmes’ governance (NO SWOT ANALYSIS NEEDED);
Slide 15 – Recommendations (in bullet points): based on the Conclusion and the focus needs to be on how to improve the chosen programme governance;
Slide 16 – References: in the required Harvard format only. If needed, you can use one extra slide;
Slide 17 – Final slide: Thank you and Any questions?
LD2324 Managing Programmes Assessment
3. Word count
Equivalent of 2,500 words including the explanatory notes, but not the list of references.
4. Specific Formatting Guidance Reminders
(1) Slides should be worked as PowerPoint presentation slides with suggested minimum font size (can vary upwards on a slide /across slides) of 16. The explanatory notes should have a minimum font size of 12, Arial;
(2) Please submit one PDF file, in PowerPoint Notes Page layout. Go to File – Print – Settings – in Printer, choose Microsoft Print to PDF; then, in Print Layout, choose Notes Pages; then, click Print, to save the PDF file to a folder of your choice.
LD2324 Managing Programmes Assessment
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