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Delivering Projects

Dr Sajad Fayezi
Monash Business School
Activity 1a: Opening – [15min]

▪ Agenda
No Activity Description Duration
A1 Opening 1 Introductions; agenda, objectives DAPW.1 5pm-5.15pm
5:15pm-
A2
Opening 2 Introductions; overview, muddiest point 5:45pm
A3 Assignment feedback (leading into the focus areas in the 5:45pm-
AT1 debrief seminar); DA1.1 6:45pm
A4 Break Evening tea 6:45pm-7pm
A5 Seminar Setting the context (integrating DAPW.2; DA1.2) 7pm-7:45pm
7:45pm-
A6
AT3 brief AT3 structure and project case scenarios 8:15pm
A7 Seminar: Outlining Step 1; Build category teams; Category teams to set-
Step 1 up a draft agenda (and distribute) for kick-off meeting on Day 2 8:15pm-9pm
A8 Closing Consolidate and reminders (both module and workshop)

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Activity 1b: Objectives of Day 1 Workshop

▪ Onboarding (extending on our Moodle discussions)

▪ Setting the context: concepts, theories, requirements, mutual expectations
▪ Set up for Assessment 3: category teams, category leaders and initial set-up

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Activity 1c: Facilitator

▪ Contact Details
– Name: Dr Sajad Fayezi
– Role: Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School
– Email: sajad.fayezi@monash.edu
– Office: Clayton campus, Menzies building, Level 11, Room E1178
– Consultations: By appointment
▪ Qualifications
– PhD (SCM); MBA (OM); GradCert (Learning & Teaching); BEng (Industrial Engineering)
▪ Professional Networks
– LinkedIn (https://au.linkedin.com/in/sajadfayezi)
– ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sajad_Fayezi)

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Activity 1d: Students

▪ Who are you?

▪ What is your current occupation?
▪ What is your expectation of OPM4003
▪ Which online post did you find most interesting?
– Refer to DA PW.1

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Activity 2a: Quick review of learning outcomes/assessment tasks – [30min]

▪ Learning outcomes
1. Critique project procurement management and project risk management.
2. Examine and integrate the principles of procurement evaluation, selection and
planning.
3. Investigate, interpret meaningfully the legal background including dispute resolution to
procure goods and services.
4. Evaluate and manage the relationship between risk, procurement and contracts and
their impact on project design and delivery.
▪ Assessment tasks
▪ Recognition program
– Best category leader
– Best category team

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Activity 2b: Muddiest point

▪ Individual: What concepts did you learn from PW and Day 1 modules?
▪ Individual: Which one of these concepts did you find most difficult to
understand?

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Activity 3: AT1 debrief – [60min]

▪ Description (draws on DAPW2; DA1.1)

– You will be assigned to a group based on your chosen project in AT1
– Each member of the group will use his/her AT1 as a case study to discuss the
following questions with their groupmates; try to compare/contrast your case
studies to find common categories (also highlight interesting exceptions)
▪ What are the main categories of procurement challenges
▪ In what ways the challenges have affected procurement
▪ What are the main categories of stakeholders
▪ How stakeholders (and/or procurement group/function of the project) have contributed to the
procurement challenges
– Use sticky notes for organizing your sub-categories and categories
– Let’s report back to the class

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Activity 4: Break (6:45pm-7pm)

Activity 5: Theories/Concepts – [45min]

▪ Description (drawing on DA1.2; DA1.3)

– Stay in your group and continue to use the categories/themes developed in the previous
activity
– You will receive a number of theoretical/conceptual frameworks
– Discuss these frameworks in your group and select the ones that best contribute to explain
the interrelationships between your identified categories/themes
– Develop a short story using your selected frameworks

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 Activity 5: Positioning OPM4003

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Activity 5: Category Strategy Development (CSD)

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Activity 6 – [30min]

▪ Assessment 3 brief
– https://moodle.vle.monash.edu/mod/book/view.php?id=5218350&chapterid=395516

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Activity 7a – [45min]

▪ Step 1 of CSD
– Goal: Develop a scope of work and plan
– Input and Tools: Category team leader, Other team members, Stakeholder analysis framework
– Deliverables: Project kick-off meeting agenda/minutes (ongoing for subsequent meetings),
Stakeholder needs/change-readiness/commitment, Project charter, Communication plan, Issue
Log

Identify key people and subject matter experts (category teams)

Assign knowledgeable project leader (category leader)
Kick-off meeting
Define scope of category strategy
Project Charter
Communications Plan

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Activity 7b

▪ Category teams/leaders
– 10 category teams (max 5; min 4)
– Lucky draw for project case scenario assignment:
https://moodle.vle.monash.edu/mod/book/view.php?id=5218350&chapterid=395526
– Nominate your category leader (choose any methods that your prefer)
– Allocate yourself to your GORUP NUMBER on Moodle
▪ Start the conversation
– Decide on communication channels
▪ Draft and distribute agenda for the ‘kick-off meeting’ on Day 2 at 11:45am

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Activity 8: Closing

▪ Closing remarks
– What we achieved and how we are going to build on that for tomorrow
▪ Reminders for tomorrow
– Complete DAs
– Read about Step 1 (see day 1 / section 8.1) for tomorrow

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