Project Enviroments Flashcards
VUCA
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity
PESTLE
Political, Economical, Sociological, Technological, Legal, Environmental
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
The effects of VUCA is?
External
The effects of PESTLE is?
Environmental
The effect of SWOT is ?
Internal
Tools & techniques used to determine factors which influence and impact projects ?
PESTLE
VUCA
SWOT
Every project is a response to _____ within that environment are the factors that _______
A changing environment
Influence and impact projects
To manage change organisation’s must develop a _____
Strategic approach
PESTLE is a ______ to help PM understand the _________ in which the project operates
Management technique
Enviroment
PESTLE differentiates between ___ different factors that impact a project they are ______________
6
Political
Economic
Sociological
Technological
Legal
Environmental
Political
Current and potential Influences from political pressures
Economic
Local , national and world economic impact
Technological
New and emerging technology
Legal
Local , national and world legislation
Environmental
Local, national and world environmental issues
The 6 pestle factors may be applied to ?
The whole organisation or to specific business areas or a specific project
Pestle considers can be used to consider ?
External only , internal only or both
The SWOT Analysis is an Established ______ used to systematically understand the ___,___,__,and _____ , a project may face
Framework
Threats , strengths , weakness and opportunities
SWOT can uncover _____ that the project may be well placed to take advantage of but project team may never have considered and using other forms of comparison
Opportunities
SWOT : understanding weaknesses of the project option allows for the ______ to be considered in _____
Best approach
Advance
SWOT enables a ________ approach, avoiding ________ that would otherwise catch the project team unawares.
Pro active
Threats
Pestle and SWOT - can be used in ____
Two different ways
Pestle can be used to ______
Consider the environment and to establish options for consideration
SWOT may be used as an _______ and is more of a ________
- Evaluation tool to the test the options being considered
- comparative analysis
PESTLE =
Considers the environment and establishes options for consideration
SWOT =
may be used as an evaluation tool to consider the best options - comparative analysis
SWOT can be used in a wide
range of ________ where a ___________ analysis is required e.g. the ________ phase of a project _______ to _______ the project options being considered at that point
- situations
- comparative
- concept phase
- evaluate
SWOT can be used for uncovering the _____ & ________ of the organisation in relation to the ________
Strengths and weaknesses
Project
SWOT can isolate the ______ and _______ that may exist
Threats and opportunities
VUCA represents increasingly ______ and ______ contexts
Vulnerable
Unpredictable
VUCA seeks to give a ______ of the project to enable PMs to identify emerging _______ , respond to ______ and address _______ and differences in ______ avoiding poor _______
Perspective
Emerging opportunities
New conditions
Shortfalls
Outcomes
Project performance
Employees working conditions are set out ?
In the basic foundation employment law
Employees working conditions regulates the ?
Relationship between employers and employees
Employment law governs
What employers can expect from employees , what employers can ask employees to do and employees rights at work.
Areas covered by employment law include
Discrimination , disability provisions , working hours , leave entitlement and dismissal of employees and grievance procedures
Working conditions: the pm must first determine the applicable _________ requirements and ensure that the necessary _______ and _______ is conducted in order for all project ______ to understand their duties of ________
Legislative
Training and communication
Personnel’s
Compliance
Working conditions: the PM must create the right ______ for the project in accordance with _________
Working conditions
Legislation
There is a key duty of the project management and extends to work personnel and that is to?
Understand the risks in their area of work and take the necessary steps to highlight these and take proactive measures to manage these risks to an appropriate degree.
All employers must protect the ____,_____ and _____ at work of all their employees. As well as others on the premises. Including temporary staff, casual workers , self employed. Clients , visitors and the general public.
Health , safety and welfare
All workers have a ________ for their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their actions
Duty of care
All workers must cooperate with employers and co-workers to help every one meet their ?
Legal requirements
The focal point for health and safety in the project will be the ?
Health, safety and environmental management plan.
The health, safety and environmental management plan outlines ?
The safety requirements and the duties required for compliance such as procedures for risk assessment, training , availability of suitable protective clothing and environment impact.
The project will have to ensure that ?
All aspects of the workplace risks are budgeted for , in addition to the overall budget for completing the work
The sponsor is the person _____ for ensuring that the work is ______ effectively and _______ the objectives to meet identified needs.
Accountable
Governed
Delivers
The project manager must be sufficiently aware of the __________ project based working to be able to provide a high degree of _______ to the sponsor that the work of being managed ____, ______ and _____. This will allow the sponsor to make ______ decisions about whether the business case is likely to be _____ and to take the most appropriate resulting action .
Practices underpinning
Assurance
Effectively , responsibly , and sustainably
Informed
Realised
Governance impacts how the project is _______ , the ______ the project will use and how _______ will be assured and reported when the project is being delivered.
Managed
Processes
Project status
The project manager understand the ___________ required and how the resulting management approach must be _______ to provide _____ to stakeholders that the project will be managed in a _________
Governance framework
Tailored
Confidence
Compliant manner
Sustainability is concerned with _____ the _____, ______, ________ and _____ aspect of project based work to meet the current needs of stakeholders without comprising or over burdening future generations.
Balancing
Social
Environmental
Economic and admins
Sustainability involves both _____ and _____ responsibility to ensure that _____, _____ and _____ are ____ over their lifecycles during their creation, disposal and commissioning.
Individual and organisational
Outputs , outcomes and benefits
Sustainable
Sustainability is relevant across all areas of project based working. example ?
The procurement team seeking opportunities to buy from sustainable sources and to make the supply chain more efficient
