Session: 2022-23

Course: Construction Project Management (Buil 1232)

Summative Assignment

Introduction:

This assignment focuses on the definition of a project and its constraints.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of the assignment you should be able to:

• Research a topic and critically appraise the content of associated documents and papers in order
to ascertain their validity and contribution to the subject area

• Analyse the project variables/parameters (constrains).

• Develop written skills required for a university assignment submission at level 7

Context:

A project is usually deemed to be a success if it achieves the objectives according to their acceptance
criteria, within the agreed timescale and budget (APM, 2018)

Given this statement critically discuss the measurement of success to be followed in order for your
project performance to be managed during a project.

Method:

Working individually, you are to write an academic essay as set out in the task above.

Your essay must be properly referenced using Harvard referencing. All sources of information must
be correctly identified and cited within the text. Reference Indexes are to be separately provided at
the end of the report. Academic neglect to reference your work correctly will lead to a poor mark
and possible failure of this assignment. You must respect the University rules on plagiarism.

The word count is to be a maximum of 2,000 words (excluding reference section and any
appendices).

Essays will only be accepted via the electronic hand-in system “Turnitin”. The following assessment
criterion is presented as a guide to the marks available for this work and each section of your paper
should be reflective of this weighting. For example, failure to provide an introduction will result in a
loss of 10 marks

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Assessment criteria: % of
Mark

Introduction and Background Research 10

Clear introduction to the issue and its background context – including how you intend
to approach the essay

Analysis and Synthesis of the Task

Critically discuss the definition of a project and its constrain and explain how the project 20
was deemed to be a success.

Critically evaluate all aspects of project performance to be managed during the project 20
in the construction industry

Discuss why motivation is important for the construction industry. 20

Conclusion and Recommendations

Summarising the main points raised and making recommendations 15

Structure and presentation

The content of the paper should be clear and well - structured in logical sequence 15

The paper should follow the prescribed academic format including Harvard referencing

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