REFERENCE STYLE - (ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT STYLE ) Assessment 2: Project budget, schedule and resources Building on Assessment 1, you are a project manager on a major project, and are now required to prepare the relevant documentation for the project budget, schedule and resources. Base your responses on current recommended practice, as described in contemporary literature and personal research into the industry of the Case Study. The focus is to be on the selection and application of appropriate theory, tools and techniques not how accurate your budget, schedule and resourcing are. Read your project case study carefully. As you work through these three tasks, identify any areas where you do not yet have sufficient information, and may need to ask further questions from your project sponsor. Develop an appropriate budget for the Case Study project. Include details of all assumptions you have made in preparing this budget. (Approximately 400 words) Prepare a schedule for the Case Study project, identifying the key milestones for the project deliverables. Discuss the relative merits of the methods, tools and techniques used and compare these with any that you chose not to use. (Approximately 700 words) Finally, estimate the resources required for successful completion of the Case Study project. Integrate this with the schedule and identify potential resourcing stress points for the "critical path" that will need careful management. Identify tools and techniques that might be used here. (Approximately 700 words) A report format is acceptable, but must include explanation of the approaches used throughout the project life-cycle. Diagrams, charts, tables and illustrations may be used to communicate or describe an approach. These should be supported by a written discussion and not relied upon to tell the story themselves. Assessment will be based on your discussion of tools and techniques considered and used to develop and manage the budget, the schedule and to estimate resources. You should discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each approach considered and support your chosen approach to each component for the case. Make sure you read the Assessment 2 marking criteria carefully before you start your work. Submit your assessment as a Word document of no more than 1800 words. Tips on preparing your assessment: Base your report on academic sources, e.g. journal articles, books, chapters in books. You may refer to other sources, such as internet sites, magazines, or newspapers, as long as you Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed academic resources Communication s******s are important, so proofread your work carefully before you submit. The standard of your writing will impact your communication and through this your mark.