Risk and procurement management
1. Software requirement to complete assignment
There are no specific software requirements for this assignment, apart from word processing.
2. Assignment requirements
Refer to the Assignment guidelines for assistance in completing this assignment. Remember to integrate academic theory into your assignment to support your arguments and proposals.
In the context of your selected project, prepare an assignment in the format of a professional report that contains the sections listed below. Minimum suggested word counts are provided for those sections that count to the overall word count. Provide the following:
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Executive summary (250-500 words, but this does not form part of the assignment word count)
• Read the guidelines and provide a formal Executive summary with details of why the report was prepared, how it is structured, what the important findings and conclusions are, and what the major recommendations are. (NOTE: this should be written last after you have finished the report.)
Table of contents
• This should be a full comprehensive listing with respective page numbers of executive summary, introduction, main sections, references, individual appendices, and full listing of all figures and tables.
1. Introduction and background (200 words)
o Briefly state why the report has been prepared, what project is being analysed, and how the report is structured. Provide a brief background of the project.
2. Risk planning and identification (800 words)
o Discuss the risk environment of the project. How‘risky' is it?
o Discuss risk planning and identification of risks associated with this project.
3. Risk analysis, evaluation and treatment (800 words)
o Discuss the risk analysis, evaluation and treatment associated with this project.
o Discuss the risk monitoring and review associated with this project.
4. Procurement planning and strategies (600 words)
o Discuss the procurement planning and strategies associated with this project.
5. Procurement solicitation and source selection (600 words)
o Discuss the solicitation and source selection associated with this project.
6. Procurement monitoring and control (600 words)
o Discuss the procurement monitoring and control associated with this project.
7. Conclusion (200 words)
o Discuss the findings of the analysis carried out above in relation to your project in terms of significant‘lessons learned'. What findings are important and likely to be a threat to the project success?
8. Recommendations (200 words)
o Provide recommendations in response to the specific conclusions and lessons learned.
List of references
Provide a complete list of references providing full details of all citations used in the body of the assignment. For a postgraduate assignment, there should be a minimum of 15 references, many of which will be cited more than once.
A bibliography is a list of the references that are NOT cited in the assignment. This is not required, although one may be provided if you wish to create a record of documents that were examined during the research.
Length: 4000 words minimum, exclusive of the executive summary, tables, figures, appendices, etc.
Appendices
If you have any appendices, they should be attached to the report after the list of references.
They should be numbered sequentially, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.