You work for the Tshwane municipality department of electricity. The electricity supply to an up market suburb in Tshwane has been intermittent. This has resulted in the residents approaching the media to voice their discontent about the bad service they are experiencing from the Tshwane municipality. The bad publicity has prompted the mayor of Tshwane to take action. He appointed you as a competent project manager to manage the project to replace the faulty transformer at the substation of the affected suburb. The mayor has summoned you to his office to lay down the rules with you on the project execution. He has indicated that a limited emergency budget has been made available for this urgent project. The estimated and committed duration of the project is three months. You have been mandated to start immediately with the project with a highly competent project team that has been seconded to you. The budget cannot exceed R5m.

Question 1 You have called the first of many meetings with your project team to brief them on the project. Take them through the project life cycle stages. This will help you team to understand the expectations of the project.

In your discussion include the following:

Discuss the project life cycle stages Apply the above to the project

Question 2 In order to clarify the scope of the project, take your team through the scope using the theory that you have studied related to define scope.

In your discussion include the following:

Discuss the define scope theory Apply this theory to your project

Question 3 The time allocated to complete the project is limited. Using the project time management process that you are familiar with, discuss each process of your project briefly so that your team can acquire a better understanding of the process and the activities of the project.

In your discussion include the following:

Discuss the project time management process Apply each process to your project

Question 4 One of your important tasks as a project manager is to have a view of the project risks, which needs to be also be provided to the stakeholders. Using an effective technique will determine the extent to which all the risks are identified. Use the SWOT technique to identify your project risks together with your team.

In your discussion include the following:

Discuss the SWOT technique Apply the SOWT technique to the project

Question 5 Now that you have identified your project risks, use the common risk strategies that you are familiar with to determine an appropriate response to each identified risk. Ensure that at least TEN (10) risks are discussed.

In your discussion include the following:

Identify the common risk response strategies and discuss them Apply each one to at least ten identified project risks