Clemente is a country with a population of about four million people. It was
under authoritarian rule for ten years. This year, the people had finally had
enough of the economic and social quagmire brought about by leaders who
dictated how the people should live their lives. The people successfully
changed their leaders by forcing an election, from which a new set of
democratically elected leaders emerged.
The new and young leaders wanted to hire the best minds to jumpstart
initiatives that will get the economy where they want it to be within the next
five years. To signal to the international community that their economy is no
longer protectionist, is opening up, and is willing to accept investments, the
leaders think it is best to hold a month-long celebration that will culminate in
a summit of world leaders and private investors. The summit will be called
the Clemente Global Summit.
As an experienced project manager and leader in your field, you were hired
to head the project management team that will organise the preparation for
the Clemente Global Summit. You are given free rein to organise the summit
and to propose a plan that you think can be executed and will achieve the
desired results.
Now, you will draw up the project control cycle and prepare a plan or report
for the summit.
a. Define the objectives of the project.
b. Identify the work and how to break it down into smaller tasks.
c. Estimate the time and cost for doing the tasks.
d. Sequence and schedule the tasks and determine the critical path.
e. Optimise the assigning of resources to the tasks.