502MAN Project Management CW1 Assignment Brief 2025/26 | Coventry University
502MAN Assignment Task
The Local Council, in collaboration with the University student union (SU), will be organising a music, art, and cultural festival project. The City Council Arts and Culture Committee has recruited you as a consultant project manager to plan and successfully deliver this project that will take place in a local venue within your local city centre with a capacity of 500 people. You are required to deliver a Part A – 2500-word project initiation document report to the committee members, showing your understanding of the role of a project in delivering organisational strategic goals and objectives. In addition, Part B – 500-word reflection on lessons learnt about project management based on your project initiation report.
Your 3,000-word report [+/- 10%] should include the following:
Part A – 2,500-word [+/- 10%]
projection initiation report covering the following:
- A proposed project methodology for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling a project, including well-defined SMART goals and deliverables for each project phase.
- A justification of the application of theoretical frameworks and methodologies within the project environment, and focus on the business objectives, environment, and stakeholder expectations in relation to the project.
- A critical evaluation of the composition and management of teams within the proposed plan and in a project environment.
- A project management plan formulation and an overview of the project manager’s role in shaping the project and its characteristics.
- An appraisal of measures to control and monitor project risk, quality, change, and configuration.
Part B – 500-word reflection [+/- 10%]
on lessons learnt based on your project initiation report covering the following:
- An evaluation of project success and failure and a dissemination of the key learning points from the delivery of the project as future manager and leader.
Use of AI: This is an Amber-rated assessment, which means you are allowed to use AI to support your work. You can use AI to help you structure your presentation, start or develop paragraphs if you’re struggling, and check spelling, grammar, and clarity. However, you must write the content yourself. Do not use AI to generate full sections of your submission. Turnitin can detect work that is not your own and may flag it for review. Use AI only as a tool to support your thinking and writing.
Important: You must clearly state whether or not you have used AI to support your work. To do this, you must complete the table provided and include it in your submission, placed after the title page and before the main content begins. This is a formal requirement and is not optional.
Further guidance on how AI can be used within the context of a university submission can be found at: https://student.ai.coventry.domains/