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Assignment Task and Word Count   You will produce an individual written report that critically examines current advantages or challenges facing the Project Management Office (PMO) in a specific business sector. Word Count: Maximum 3500 words for the body of the report (excludes references).  
Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed   Critically evaluate the latest principles and methodological approaches relating to the management of projects within and across organisations.Critically examine how project and programme management can be adopted as a strategic tool in organisations to provide value added services to the client within common overarching constraints of time, cost and quality.   Early Career/ World Class Professional Skills (PLOs) being developed/assessed.   This assignment will help you further develop your information gathering capabilities, critical analysis, critical thinking and practical decision making, as well as enhancing your written communication skills essential for employability and lifelong learning.   PLO1. Our graduates will apply critical thinking to practical and theoretical problems (developed) PLO2. Our graduates will be effective communicators using a range of media (developed) PLO4. Our graduates will demonstrate professional and commercial/corporate awareness (developed)  
Assignment Details and Instructions   The professional body, the Chartered Association for Project Management (APM), describes the Project Management Office as a strategic driver for organisational excellence, which seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organisational governance, and strategic change leadership.   The aim of this assignment is to investigate some of the advantages or challenges presented to the Project Management Office (PMO) when performing its role and responsibilities. These responsibilities relate to the project management knowledge areas, that is, the management areas of Time, Cost, Quality, People, Risk, Resources, Integration, Scope, and Communications.     To narrow the scope of your report, choose a business sector of interest to you, for example, construction, IT, or healthcare, to focus on. Then, conduct a review of the literature, selecting studies that discuss advantages or challenges related to the PMO and overall project or organisation performance.   Refer to the International Journal of Project Management and the Project Management Journal for PMO related journal articles (the two most established academic journals in the field) – but you may use other academic journals as well.   Assignment support will be provided at lectures, seminars, drop-in slots, asynchronous activities online, and materials posted on Moodle.   This is an individual piece of work of a maximum of 3500 words (excluding the reference list). Note that any word count in excess of 10% of the maximum 3500 words will be ignored. Please aim to stay as close as possible to the 3500 word count – not much less and not much more.   Use the Cite Them Right Harvard referencing style. Support available on the Cite Them Right website includes:  Guidance on How to use Cite Them Right  Advice on how to reference a broad range of source types in the Cite Them Right Harvard style.  The Cite Them Right website encourages students to identify and correct their own referencing mistakes via the ‘You try’ function.  Offers an online tutorial on referencing and plagiarism and lots of video guidance.     Assignment Formatting:   Title: Include a title followed by your name (author) and your MMU IDLine spacing: Single-spacedMargins: 2 cm left and right, and 2 cm top and bottomFont Type: Arial 11 Headings: Include numbered headings and subheadings, as applicable, for clearer structure and flow of ideas.Page number: Include page number in the bottom centre of each page.Figures and Tables: All figures and tables should be numbered and have a title. The numbering should be used when referring to a Figure or Table in the text.   NOTE 1: submission is of one file only, Word or PDF format. NOTE 2: multiple submissions are allowed up to submission deadline. You can then check your TurnItIn similarity index. A new submission overwrites the previous one. NOTE 3: no need to include abstract or table of content.  
Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism   Academic Integrity is about engaging in good academic practice. It means being honest and transparent, and demonstrating rigour and accuracy in your work. This can include the proper citation and referencing of the sources of your ideas and information, ensuring that you are using appropriate research methods, or checking that your work is free of errors.   Additional information, video tutorials and guides to support good academic practice and maintain Academic Integrity in your assignments can be found on the Academic Integrity area of the Academic and Study Skills page on Moodle.   Academic Misconduct is any action that could give you an unfair advantage in coursework, exams, or any other assessed work, which could lead to undermining the academic standards of the University. This includes practices such as plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, contract cheating or falsification of data. Full details of the Manchester Metropolitan University guidelines for Academic Misconduct and definitions of terms can be found here.     Late submissions & Assessment Mitigations:     Please refer to this link which will take you to MMU Student Life Assessment & Results guidance. Here you will find information for MMU’s assessment mitigations process. Further guidance can be found in this video link for step-by-step instructions on how to apply for your extension via Moodle.   Please Note: If you think you are unable to submit on time due to a health or some other unforeseen issue you must request this via your unit Moodle page, referring to the guidance in the links provided above.    
Resources   Kerzner, H. (2017) Project Management Case Studies, 5th ed, Wiley.   E-BOOK available in the university Library. Kerzner, H. (2017) Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 12th ed, Wiley.  E-BOOK available in the university Library.   Chartered Association for Project Management (Resources) https://www.apm.org.uk/   International Journal of Project Management http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-project-management/   Project Management Journal  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1938-9507 MS Project 2019.  
Marking Criteria:   Your submission will be marked using the stepped marking scheme. Your grade will show which marking band your work is in, and whether you are at the top, middle, or bottom of the band. Stepped marking is used to simplify the marking process for staff and make it clearer to students in which band their work sits.   Mark PGT Classification 95 – 100% Distinction 90%   85%   78%   75%   72%   68% Merit 65%   62%   58% Pass 55%   52%   48% Marginal Fail 45%   42%   38% Fail 35%   32%   28%   25%   22%   18%   15%   12%   8%   5%   2%   0%      
  Group Work Guidelines (If applicable) NOT APPLICABLE  
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MARKING CRITERIA  00-29%30 – 39%40-49%50-59%60- 69%70-85%86-100%
(PLO1) Identify and apply information through critical thinking and analysis. Key points framed and contextualised.  Extremely limited background context and framing of conceptsVery limited  background and contextualisation offered.  Incomplete and superficial  points raisedDescriptive background and context, adequate number of points raisedSufficient contextualisation and background thoughtful identification and framing of key issuesGood examination and contextualisation of key issues, well defined an framed with practical examplesRigorous critical contextualisation underpinned with theory. Thorough identification of issuesExemplary contextualisation, meticulously framed
Utilisation of data and evidence from literatureExtremely limited use of evidence or data from literatureVery limited  literature and evidence usedLimited evidence and data used from literatureSufficient use of data and evidence from literatureGood critical use of evidence and data from literatureRigorous use of data and evidence from literatureAuthoritative use of data and evidence from secondary sources
Conclusions are evidence-based and supported through logical discussionExtremely limited conclusion that have tenuous links to the discussionSome conclusions drawn but are more opinionated than evidence based  Limited conclusions drawn from discussionSufficiently coherent  conclusions drawn from discussionThoughtful and critical conclusions drawnReflective conclusions drawn from discussionIlluminating and insightful conclusions drawn
(PLO2) Enhance effective communication skills. Effective written communication. Essay is well structured, with a consistent  logical flow.  Extremely poor structure, disrupted flow. Lacks logical flowVery poor structure and logical flow. It is too jumbledPoor structure, flow, and organisationSufficiently clear structure and organisation. Coherent and logical flowGood structure and organisation.  Critical flow and connectivity between elementsExcellent structure and organisation.  Fluent and precise connectivity between elementsOutstanding structure and organisation.  Authoritative connectivity between elements
Appropriate academic language, spelling, and grammarExtremely poor usage of language, syntax and spelling; extremely poor grammarVery poor use of academic language, too many spelling errors, poor grammarPoor language, grammar.  Still needs to be more academicAdequate and sufficiently coherent use of academic language. Few spelling or grammatical errors  Good use of academic language.  No grammatical or spelling errorsExcellent use of academic language. Excellent spelling and grammarComplex language. Outstanding grammar
(PLO4) Identification of relevant PM processes and  areas of knowledge in professional practice  Extremely limited identification of relevant PM processes and areas of knowledge in professional practice.Very limited identification of relevant PM processes and areas of knowledge in professional practice.Limited identification of relevant PM processes and areas of knowledge in professional practice.Adequate identification of relevant PM processes and areas of knowledge in professional practice.    Good knowledge of relevant PM processes and areas of knowledge in professional practice.Excellent knowledge of relevant PM processes and areas of knowledge in professional practice.  Outstanding knowledge of relevant PM processes and areas of knowledge in professional practice.

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