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Project Enviroments Flashcards

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VUCA

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Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity

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PESTLE

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Political, Economical, Sociological, Technological, Legal, Environmental

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SWOT

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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

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The effects of VUCA is?

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External

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The effects of PESTLE is?

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Environmental

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The effect of SWOT is ?

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Internal

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7
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Tools & techniques used to determine factors which influence and impact projects ?

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PESTLE
VUCA
SWOT

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8
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Every project is a response to _____ within that environment are the factors that _______

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A changing environment
Influence and impact projects

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To manage change organisation’s must develop a _____

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Strategic approach

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PESTLE is a ______ to help PM understand the _________ in which the project operates

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Management technique
Enviroment

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PESTLE differentiates between ___ different factors that impact a project they are ______________

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Political
Economic
Sociological
Technological
Legal
Environmental

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Political

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Current and potential Influences from political pressures

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Economic

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Local , national and world economic impact

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Technological

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New and emerging technology

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Legal

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Local , national and world legislation

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Environmental

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Local, national and world environmental issues

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17
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The 6 pestle factors may be applied to ?

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The whole organisation or to specific business areas or a specific project

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Pestle considers can be used to consider ?

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External only , internal only or both

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The SWOT Analysis is an Established ______ used to systematically understand the ___,___,__,and _____ , a project may face

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Framework
Threats , strengths , weakness and opportunities

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20
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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

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Opportunities

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21
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SWOT : understanding weaknesses of the project option allows for the ______ to be considered in _____

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Best approach
Advance

22
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SWOT enables a ________ approach, avoiding ________ that would otherwise catch the project team unawares.

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Pro active
Threats

23
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Pestle and SWOT - can be used in ____

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Two different ways

24
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Pestle can be used to ______

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Consider the environment and to establish options for consideration

25
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SWOT may be used as an _______ and is more of a ________

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  • Evaluation tool to the test the options being considered
  • comparative analysis
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PESTLE =

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Considers the environment and establishes options for consideration

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SWOT =

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may be used as an evaluation tool to consider the best options - comparative analysis

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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

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  • situations
  • comparative
  • concept phase
  • evaluate
29
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SWOT can be used for uncovering the _____ & ________ of the organisation in relation to the ________

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Strengths and weaknesses
Project

30
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SWOT can isolate the ______ and _______ that may exist

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Threats and opportunities

31
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VUCA represents increasingly ______ and ______ contexts

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Vulnerable
Unpredictable

32
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VUCA seeks to give a ______ of the project to enable PMs to identify emerging _______ , respond to ______ and address _______ and differences in ______ avoiding poor _______

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Perspective
Emerging opportunities
New conditions
Shortfalls
Outcomes
Project performance

33
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Employees working conditions are set out ?

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In the basic foundation employment law

34
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Employees working conditions regulates the ?

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Relationship between employers and employees

35
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Employment law governs

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What employers can expect from employees , what employers can ask employees to do and employees rights at work.

36
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Areas covered by employment law include

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Discrimination , disability provisions , working hours , leave entitlement and dismissal of employees and grievance procedures

37
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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 ________

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Legislative
Training and communication
Personnel’s
Compliance

38
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Working conditions: the PM must create the right ______ for the project in accordance with _________

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Working conditions
Legislation

39
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There is a key duty of the project management and extends to work personnel and that is to?

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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.

40
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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.

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Health , safety and welfare

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All workers have a ________ for their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their actions

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Duty of care

42
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All workers must cooperate with employers and co-workers to help every one meet their ?

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Legal requirements

43
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The focal point for health and safety in the project will be the ?

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Health, safety and environmental management plan.

44
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The health, safety and environmental management plan outlines ?

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The safety requirements and the duties required for compliance such as procedures for risk assessment, training , availability of suitable protective clothing and environment impact.

45
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The project will have to ensure that ?

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All aspects of the workplace risks are budgeted for , in addition to the overall budget for completing the work

46
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The sponsor is the person _____ for ensuring that the work is ______ effectively and _______ the objectives to meet identified needs.

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Accountable
Governed
Delivers

47
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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 .

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Practices underpinning
Assurance
Effectively , responsibly , and sustainably
Informed
Realised

48
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Governance impacts how the project is _______ , the ______ the project will use and how _______ will be assured and reported when the project is being delivered.

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Managed
Processes
Project status

49
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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 _________

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Governance framework
Tailored
Confidence
Compliant manner

50
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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.

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Balancing
Social
Environmental
Economic and admins

51
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Sustainability involves both _____ and _____ responsibility to ensure that _____, _____ and _____ are ____ over their lifecycles during their creation, disposal and commissioning.

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Individual and organisational
Outputs , outcomes and benefits
Sustainable

52
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Sustainability is relevant across all areas of project based working. example ?

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The procurement team seeking opportunities to buy from sustainable sources and to make the supply chain more efficient

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