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Project Plan
Film Prioritization

Group 30
UNSW
S1 2017 GSOE9820
Project 1
Demonstrator: Sandra Cowen
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Contents
Your Project Managers...................................................................................................................................................... 2
The Task at Hand ............................................................................................................................................................... 2
Deliverables....................................................................................................................................................................... 3
General Methodology ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Project specific Strategy.................................................................................................................................................... 4
Resources .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Schedule ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Your Project Managers

Your team project managers are Rohit Ketkar and Md Abul Basher. Below are the responsibilities assigned to them

Rohit Ketkar
o Responsible for Collating the report
o Drafting the Project plan Strategy and Schedule
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Md Abul Basher
o Managing the Moodle discussion
o Keeping the team on track
o Drafting the project plan - Task and Deliverables
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The Task at Hand

This project is introduced to demonstrate project priority system which can be used to select and prioritise
projects per an organisations objectives and strategic plan. The case study is available in chapter 2,
Organization Strategy and Project Selection, Larson and Gray 56-60, 5th ed.
You are a member of the priority team in charge of evaluating and selecting film proposals. Use the provided
evaluation form to formally evaluate and rank each proposal. Be prepared to report your rankings and justify
your decisions.
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Assume that all of the projects have passed the estimated hurdle rate of 14 percent ROI. In addition to the
brief film synopsis, the proposals include the following financial projections of theater and video sales: 80
percent chance of ROI, 50 percent chance of ROI, and 20 percent chance of ROI. For example, for proposal
#1 (Dalai Lama) there is an 80 percent chance that it will earn at least 8 percent return on investment (ROI),
a 50-50 chance the ROI will be 18 percent, and a 20 percent chance that the ROI will be 24 percent.

Deliverables

As a member of the priority team in charge of evaluating and selecting film proposals, following tasks will be
completed.
1. Use the provided evaluation form to formally evaluate and rank each proposal.
2. Discuss our rankings and justify our decisions
3. Discuss the value of using this kind of approach to select and prioritise projects.
4. Issue a report.

General Methodology

Please review the week 1 online questionnaire along with this section . All of the information in this section is
available on Moodle . The purpose behind this section is to reiterate the importance of some of the instructions .

Use Moodle for all project discussions. Organizational and logistical work may be completed on our Wechat
group.
Remember that marks are awarded individually. We encourage you to contribute equally to the Project.
Work . It will not be split and all group members and we must work together to answer questions.
Remember: Only valuable, knowledgeable, meaningful and timely input can be marked.
Login to Moodle daily to check the latest discussion posts and provide responses. Quality discussion is
required and out of the box thinking is encouraged.
Always stick to the schedule. Under unforeseeable circumstances if you wish to deviate from it then please
make sure that everyone knows about it.
Work in a friendly and professional manner. Group members should help each other and have fun.
We understand that conflicts are inevitable in situations like these and they should be resolved in a civilized
manner i.e. by negotiation and collaboration. Every decision will be a group decision.
Please dont hesitate to ask question and to post your valuable opinions.
Communication between us will be of utmost importance here and our work together will be as good as our
communication.
All students should post the content under relevant threads only .
Project managers should participate equally in the discussions.
Project managers must include peer marks at the end of the report . Project managers will follow the grading
guidelines recommended on Moodle.
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Project specific Strategy

1. Read chapter 2 from the book and review lecture material.

a. The project demands us to read chapter 2 from the recommended ebook . So our first step will be to
read and understand chapter 2 and discuss if there are any doubts. Remember to concentrate on
the difference between a must and want objective and the ROI probability information
included.
b. Detailed information about the assignment can be found within the book itself.
c. Remember to study in the context of the deliverables at hand

2. Now that we are all on the same page, we will begin by ranking the films. This task should be done
individually .
a. Once we have completed ranking the films , we will discuss the rationale in the group .
b. All the information with the rationale agreed on by the group will be included in the report .
c. The project priority evaluation plan template is available in the book itself. Ideally everyone should
have a project priority evaluation sheet of their own before we begin discussions .

3. Discuss the value of using this kind of approach .

a. This question is open to interpretation and more subjective than the previsious question . The key to
solving this question will be crowdsourcing our ideas .
b. Dont be shy and produce , discuss as many ideas as you can during this phase of the project .
Hopefully by the end of it we will have a well rounded answer for this question
c. Please dont hesitate to explore published literature and articles to help us through this question .

4. Project report
a. Rohit will begin drafting a project report as sonn as we start our discussions . It will be presented by
the end of the second task . All of us should contribute to finalizing the report .

Resources

Textbook
Lecture notes
Reliable websites
Published journal articles and papers
Referencing
o This is a very important topic from the point of view of writing a formal report and sourcing our
knowledge from reliable sources. For the sake of simplicity, we will follow Harvard referencing style
.
o Please reference all of your Moodle discussion threads.
o Here are free websites to generate Harvard referencing !
http://www.harvardgenerator.com/
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http://www.citethisforme.com/au/referencing-generator/harvard

Schedule

Deadline for the project is 22/03/2017 by 5 pm

The trophies mark the deliverables.

Project Schedule
Date ( March 2017 )
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Develop a Project plan ( PM )

Analyse the task and complete required reading
Rank and justify your rankings
Discuss and reach a conclusion on the rankings
Discuss the value of this type of project evaluation
Develop a draft report ( Rohit )
Finalize the report
Submit the report ( PM )