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business world, team projects are commonplace. This assignment will use John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, its different facets, how it relates to project management
leadership, and how it is fulfilled in different circumstances. Visit this sitededicated to him to retrieve the information.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Describe the extent to which John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success fits today’s business environment after reflecting on your own organization or one that you have
observed. Provide three (3) examples to support the response.
Typify your leadership style, and provide three (3) examples of how your own temperament, motivation pattern, thinking styles, character, expectations, and leadership
philosophy relate to or contrast themes discussed in John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success.
Analyze John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success and identify the aspects with which you agree and disagree. Provide a rationale for each aspect.
Create a new Pyramid of Success model based on your analysis of John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, and provide a rationale for each aspect or step of this new model.
Using either the coaching philosophy of John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success or your own newly designed Pyramid of Success model, develop a step-by-step strategy that
self-directed project team members may use to adapt to any project-related crisis.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference
page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Module: Project Management and Leadership.
Assignment Title: Creating and Leading a Project Plan.
Word Limit 4000 (+ 500 words maximum allowed)
Submission Date 17th April 2016

Your Task
A project management framework is a plan that business leaders devise in
order to effectively administer tasks and strategies within an organisation.
The project management framework sometimes is called a project control
cycle because it lays out the plans for controlling all aspects of the project
from finances through to objective-setting.
For a project with which you are familiar, you are required to write a report
that reviews the project management approach using theoretical concepts,
techniques and principles discussed in the recommended textbook for this
module as well as in the academic literature on project management and
leadership theories.
In the report, you are required to:

a. Define objectives of the project
b. Identify the work and how to break it down into smaller tasks
c. Estimate time and cost for doing the tasks
d. Sequence and schedule the tasks, determine the critical path
e. Optimise the assigning of resources to the tasks
f. Review for risks and set the baseline plan

As part of the discussion in your paper, review the approaches taken to
managing the chosen project by paying particular attention to theoretical
principles/concepts/techniques on planning estimation techniques, resource
management, and risk analysis that are/were appropriate/inappropriate for
the project.

As a summary/conclusion to the paper, on the basis of your research for this
assignment, justify the qualities and skills you believe is most important for
leading/managing the project.