Managing Projects and Technologies module

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N1503 Managing Projects and Technologies
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1. You work for a restaurant company that owns 20 restaurants in and around Sussex. You are
planning a project to deploy an order-at-the-table Online Ordering System for one of the
restaurant venues in Brighton.
Using theory from the Managing Projects and Technologies module, discuss how you will
identify and manage your key stakeholders. In your answer, you should include stakeholder
identification, key stakeholder analysis and a stakeholder communication plan.
40 points
2. Focus on the use of geospatial technology in the UK healthcare sector. Use 400 words (+/-
10%) to:
(a) Briefly explain this business technology (imagine you are explaining it to your line manager
who has not heard of this technology yet). Include a clear example.
(b) Name the key advantages and disadvantages of using this technology in the UK healthcare
sector.
(c) Describe one non-healthcare organisation that has been transformed by the introduction of
geospatial technology and identify what the healthcare sector could learn from this.
30 points
3. You are working with a project team of 8 students to organise a networking event in the
Business School before the next semester begins.
Write an email of 400 words (+/-10%) to the rest of the project team that a) briefly explains the
four primary risk response strategies and b) argues why it is necessary and important to plan
risk management for this project.
30 points