First section:

• Are there any similarities between what Steve Jobs says, and the way that project quality planning works?

• This material can help you to answer the questions: and you have to use only these to answer the questions. Find your answer from this material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kib6uXQsxBA#action=share

Kenneth Rose explains quality plans extremely well. It’s not a complicated piece of text – try and read it the day before the lecture. If you finish that, have a quick look at the free eBook and compare what they say with Rose’s text.

• Basu, R., (2013). Managing quality in projects Burlington, VT: Gower Chapter 4
• FME Project Quality Management p. 9 – 15

Second section:

• Since your project will be a small ‘factory’ making ‘deliverables’ for your client, are there any of the principles in this video that you can take away and adapt for your use on projects?
• Which of the principles relates to ‘quality assurance’, and which to ‘quality control’. Explain your reasoning.

• This material can help you to answer the questions: and you have to use only these to answer the questions. Find your answer from this material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42C2JL-SZ64#action=share

• Rose, K., (2005). Project quality management: why, what and how (Vol. 1). Boca Raton, Fla: J. Ross Pub. p. 61 to 73
• Free Management Ebooks – Managing Project Quality. p. 25 to 32

Section four:

• Is ‘risk’ part of a wider concept? If so, what is it, and why is risk important to it? (Hint – think about ‘uncertainty’)
• If you were at the start of your project, how would you go about identifying possible risks?

• This material can help you to answer the questions: and you have to use only these to answer the questions. Find your answer from this material

Having watched the YouTube clips, and read the material, please answer the questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLAEuVSAlVM#action=share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3S6kpBlDbk#action=share

• Fink, D. (2013). Project risk governance : Managing uncertainty and creating organisational value. Farnham, Surrey: Gower.  Ch. 1 (just read pp. 19 – 24)
• FME Free Management Ebooks – Managing Project Risk pp.5 – 22

Section five:

• List and briefly describe nine options available to the project manager when faced with a set of risks.

Avoidance

• Reduction
• Sharing
  • Transfer
• Deference
  • Mitigation
  • Contingency • Insurance
  • Acceptance

• Search the internet for an example of a project risk management strategy template (Make a note of where you got it from).