post is of two assignments
1: Project management
Order Description
Explain and describe how the project will be controlled and the risk management.
– Risk management plan – Risk analysis, assessment and management plan
– Project controls Summary of the project-level controls such as change control, agreed tolerances, monitoring and reporting strategy
References:
List of references used in text in alphabetical order using Harvard Referencing format.
In each of the sections you will need to apply the techniques correctly, analyse the results of their application and conclude the implications in relation to satisfying the project objectives. The plan should be supported by secondary data, such as cases studies of similar projects or sources used to develop your estimates.
As teams of project management students your task is to define and produce a plan to manage the development of a community garden with social facilities. From your University’s perspective, the strategic objectives are to have a positive social impact in the community. From the local council’s perspective, the strategic objectives are to improve the health and well-being of community members through increased physical activity, healthy eating, and bringing together different parts of the community.
You must produce a project plan that could be reviewed by a panel of judges on a competitive basis. The plan must show how the planned garden and facilities will contribute to the strategic objectives and that meeting the project objectives is achievable. The judging panel would consider the following when deciding which project should be funded:
1. A budget of £2,000 would be made available for any winning plan. Teams may estimate for additional costs but, to win the competition and receive any additional funding, teams would need to convince the judges that a significant contribution would be made to the strategic objectives, or how additional costs would be recovered without charging entrance fees or for use of any basic facilities.
2. It is unlikely that the judging panel would decide on the project before 5th January 2018 and the garden must be ready to handover to the town on or before 31st March 2018, when a busy local dignitary has been booked to perform the opening ceremony.
3. The number and diversity of local tradespeople and ordinary members of the community involved in the development of the garden and facilities.
4. The number and diversity of people in the community who will be able to benefit from the garden and facilities.
5. The ease with which a small team, mainly volunteers, would be able to maintain the garden and facilities after your project ends.
6. The extent to which the identified site will be transformed. The identified site is a concreted storage yard of approximately 4 acres / 1.6 hectares.
2: Global citizens and professionals
Order Description
What are your thoughts about our responsibilities as global citizens and professionals? (refer to news article I provided or use, cite another valid source of information from research, and use your textbook)
• What is an advocate? Levels of advocacy, -commitment?
• What do informed advocates believe (in general)?
• Discuss the need for advocacy.
ESSAY #2
• As an Early Childhood professional, what context are you most familiar or comfortable working in?
• What advocacy activities have you observed colleagues or supervisors engaged in?
• How do you describe the difference between micro (personal) advocacy and macro (social) advocacy?
• Why is becoming an advocate a life time commitment for many individuals?
• Why is it important to view advocacy from both a national and global perspective?
• List some advocacy issues you feel are important to address further. Why do you believe that they are important?
ESSAY #3
• Thinking globally, what issues do you believe to be the most critical to the well-being of the world’s children?
• What connections do you see between your habits as a consumer and the living conditions of children in your community or around the globe?
ESSAY #4
• What role(s) does gender, social status, economic level -(wealth, poverty) play in accessing Educational Opportunities?
• What role(s) does education play in a country’s politics, policy and power?
ESSAY #5
Choose a social issue that you are interested in. Begin to study this issue by searching newspapers, websites and journals. Identify the bodies of knowledge or information that are relevant to fully understand this issue.
ESSAY #6
Discuss the importance of maintaining currency in the field of early childhood education. What does it mean to be current? What is the relationship between being current and being an informed advocate?
ESSAY #7
Distinguish, through example, the difference between a citizen’s role in influencing public policy development and an advocate’s role.
Global citizens