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1
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What is the difference between a project and a programme?

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Project - is a specific and individual piece of work, it can vary in size and complexity, focus on a finite task
Programme - structured approach to managing the planning and delivery of a number of projects, each project contribute to the programme

2
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What tool can you use to identify and prioritise internal and external stakeholders?

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Mendelow’s Power/interest matrix - min effort, keep informed, keep satisfied, key players

3
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What is the project management triangle?

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Cost, quality, time (and safety) - can be used to define the success of the project, tensions between them, clarify stakeholders requirements

4
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According to Pinto and Slevin, what create a project success?

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10 CSFs
1 - clear mission and objectives,
2 - planning 
3 - stakeholder engagement
4 - resourcing 
5 - communication
6 - troubleshooting & risk management
5
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Who outlined routes to project failure?

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Greer - 10 items
1 - no prioritisation
2 - too many meetings, committees
3 - interrupted 
4 - new deliverables 
5 - no authority (empowered)
6 -  lack of documents
6
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What are the 7 elements of programmes and projects?

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Meredith and Mantel

Interdependence, importance, performance, finite date, uniqueness, resources, conflict

7
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How do you break down activities within a project/programme?

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Work Breakdown Structure

Hierarchical approach, different levels (1 - scope, 2 - high level deliverables, 3 - individual tasks)

8
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What type of project can occur within the supply chain department?

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SC improvements - cost efficiencies, supplier rationalisation, SC tiering

9
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What is Privity to the contract?

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The purchaser & main contractor do not create legal rights/obligations between purchaser and subcontractor. Subcontractors can be nominated. Recourse through main contractor

10
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What is the purpose of a buying alliance/purchasing consortium?

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Gain greater leverage, better value for money - pooling resources, collaborating on spend

11
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How can you take a buying alliance/ purchasing consortium a step further?

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Joint venture - often arises in contracts that are too large for one org (e.g. HPC).
Share setup costs/co funding if mutual benefit

12
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Name 2 types of SC relationships in projects and programmes?

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Project partnering - main contractor & purchasing org working together on a single project
Strategic Partnering - main contractor & purchaser working together on a series of projects, promote CI

13
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what is the purpose of a work breakdown structure and what are the typical levels?

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it is a hierarchical and incremental decomposition of the project into phases, deliverables and work packages. start with end objective and subdivide into manageable components

14
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what is the relationship between programme management and project management?

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programmes - managing change, deal with uncertainty, includes many projects, should be flexible - programmes desired over projects.
Project - definite start and finish dates, clearly defined output,