MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Full Name: Trần Hoàng Long

Student number BCU0254

ID: 

Lecturer’s Name: Mr.John

Module: Managing A Successful Project

Submission Date: 19/11/2021

Signed: Trần Hoàng Long

PROJECT LOGBOOK
Individual Assignment
Create and market a new Biti’s summer shoe

Name: Trần Hoàng Long Date:19/11/2021

Project title: Create and market a new Biti’s summer
shoe

1. Weekly task activity achievements

 
Week 1:
Date Task Activity Duration in Notes
Description days
Wednesda Meeting to decide on the From 30 Team leader led and
y goals and objectives of mins to 45 guided the first group
the provided scenario. mins meeting in Google
Mee.
Thursday Reworked some of the From 30 I made some mistakes
assigned tasks. mins to 1 hr that day.
Week 2:
 Date Task Activity Duration in days Notes
Description
Wednesday Presented the 1 hr Listened to the
homework. teacher's
Received comments and
feedback from memorized.
the teacher.

Thursday Participated in a From 1 hr to ½ The team leader

team meeting hrs instructed the
and discussed the members to do
goal. At first, the group work,
there was an there was a
argument misunderstandin
between me and g between the 3
a member, but members.
then we made up.
Friday The team leader From 1 hr to ½ I made a mistake
observed and hrs and was guided
reported to the by the leader.
teacher and
received feedback
from the teacher.

The team leader Noted down the

held a meeting to During lecture feedback.
talk about the
project change.

Team leader The meeting was

divided the From 1 hr to ½ led by the project
appropriate work hrs team leader on
for each person. Google Meet.

The team leader

guided each Some members
member about made a mistake
the problems From 1 hr to ½ and had to meet
encountered hrs to solve the
because that day problem.
was the deadline.
Week 3
 Date Task Activity Duration in days Notes
Description
Wednesday Got a response During lecture It was a normal
from the teacher. day, nothing
We need to adjust remarkable.
the financial
resources
according to the
teacher's
instructions. The meeting is
led by the project
The team leader lead on Google
requested a From ½ hr to 2 Meet. I
meeting to hrs understood the
discuss the part I was
project goals. assigned and got
Furthermore, the to work.
team members
got together to
discuss Resource
Breakdown
Structure.
Thursday A member of my From 25 mins to The other
team was late for 40 mins member and I
an assignment, were warned and
and I also apologized for
misunderstood slowing everyone
Facilities of the down.
Resource
Breakdown
Structure.
Friday Got a response During lecture I have learned
from the teacher. from the teacher's
That day we just comments.
did Resource
Breakdown
Structure, forgot
to do
Requirement
Breakdown
Structure and got
advice from the
teacher.
Saturday The meeting was About 15 mins that day we
canceled because shared and made
2 of my team our own
members had
work.
Sunday The group From 1 hr to ½ Reworked
decided to hold a hrs Requirement
group meeting to Breakdown
Week 4
 Date Task Activity Duration in days Notes
Description
Tuesday Together, we From 30 mins to I had a private
looked at the 45 mins conversation with
Overview one of our team
Statement before members about
we entered the our mission.
school.
Wednesday We During lecture Noted down the
misunderstood feedback.
the project
objectives. In
addition, we
needed to discuss
and work on
Project Success
Criteria very
carefully.
A few people
A meeting was From ½ hrs to 2 disagreed on the
held to discuss hrs ideas discussed,
the Work and had to
Breakdown consult many
Structure and different sources.
Gantt Chart
together.
Thursday We have noticed From 1 hr to ½ WBS didn't look
that the Gantt hrs like the example
Chart has many I've seen but as
inaccuracies. The long as it's not
team leader had wrong it's fine.
to hold a meeting
to fix it together.
Friday Got a response During lecture Noted down the
from the teacher. feedback and
Our group did reviewed the
wrong WBS after teacher's
listening to the recording.
teacher's analysis.
Furthermore, our
team needed to
redo the Gantt
Chart.
Saturday The team leader From 1 hr to ½ We had a very
requested a team hrs heated debate
meeting and about Gantt
assigned me and Chart.
one member to
rework the WBS.
Sunday Checked the WBS From 30 mins to Check if it
and Gantt Chart 45 mins matches the
Week 5
 Date Task Activity Duration in days Notes
Description
Monday The leader From 5-20 mins Some of the team
seemed to be members had
having some different opinions
trouble with the that led to
data collection conflicts.
plan, so she
consulted with
her team
members.
Tuesday Data collection From 30 mins to
and presented as 45 mins
a pie chart
Wednesday It seems that my During lecture Noted down the
computer who is feedback and
storing the data reviewed the
suddenly crashed teacher's
so we had a hard recording
time getting the
data back.

Held a meeting to From 30 mins to

think about the 45 mins
communication
plan. The meeting was
led by the project
team leader on
Google Meet.
Thursday Our team has still From 1 hr to ½ I asked about the
held a weekly hrs logbook but it
meeting and seems my team
reviewed the didn't have the
activity for the correct answer.
logbook together.
Friday The teacher told During lecture I have recorded
us what we were his comments so
wrong with. that I can pay
Furthermore, my more attention
team seemed to next time.
know how to do
logbook.
Saturday As always, the From 30 mins to We learned
team leader 45 mins together how to
assigned make
appropriate tasks powerpoint.
to each person.
Sunday Team leader held From 1 hr to ½ Our team took
meeting about hrs turns sharing our
powerpoint, insights about
report and powerpoint. Of
Week 6
 Date Task Activity Duration in days Notes
Description
Monday We have From 1 hr to ½ Me and some
continued to hrs members made
work on the Risk some mistakes
management but the leader
plan. Followed helped us to
the teacher's correct them.
instructions and
got their
feedback.
Tuesday Completed the From 2 hrs to 3
project report and hrs
team’s
Powerpoint.
Wednesday Our group From 1 hr to ½ Noted down the
presented the hrs feedback and
powrpoint and watched the
received record that day.
comments from
the teacher. The
leader had to
redo the Gantt
Chart because
some people did
it wrong, so the
scheduled time
did not go as
planned.
Thursday Finished the From 15mins to Watched the
report and 45 mins record that day.
submited it with
Powerpoint file
and logbook.

- This project will be organized in a month

- The purpose:

A. Improve teamwork and presentation skills.

B. Improve your understanding of project planning and management to best
accomplish the listed goals.
C. Cultivate the ability to think and think multidimensionally.
D. Know how to find target data, especially project-related data.

2. Risks identified?

- The risk of keeping members: ineffective management.

- Technical risks: the project cannot be archived due to a problem, or an external

factor such as a power outage.

- Project management risks: not focusing on the focus, communication between

members has problems.

- The team did not understand each other leading to misunderstandings and
could not complete the project on time.

3. Problems encountered
Problems:

 Scope creep: Initially, due to lack of experience, there were many problems that
occurred and were handled inappropriately.

 Conflict between members because of disagreement.

 Lack of clarify: Team members misunderstand the assigned task.

 The pressure due to the work is not smooth leading to having to redo it.

Solutions:

 Solve it together based on the teacher's comments.

 Share each idea together so that the group members understand each other better.

4. New ideas and change of project direction

- Fix problems, risks and come up with solutions together.

- Encourage creative thinking to enhance thinking.

- Offer reasonable suggestions or interesting ideas to improve performance.

5. What have you learned about yourself through your work?

 - The most important thing is to know how to plan and manage time.

- Improve your communication and teamwork skills.

- Improve problem solving thinking.

- Help yourself to have experience in presentations, the ability to listen

and convince the audience.

- In the future, if I have a project, I will make a detailed plan about the
project goals, budget and most reasonable time to be able to satisfy both
parties.

6. Next steps for your work

- Listen to teachers' comments and learn from other projects to gain

experience in the future.

- Find a way to manage your own time and work properly.

- Find out the problem of conflict between members and find the most
reasonable way to end the conflict.

- Take advantage of improving personal skills through projects to

improve yourself.

7. Project plan status to date:

- Working on the project helps us gain experience in dealing with peer

pressure.

- Time management to be able to finish on time.

- Suggest a reasonable division of work for each member, thereby

improving work productivity.

8. Instructor Feedback