Describe The Project Management Activities that Need to take place at each stage: Business Continuity and Project Management Assignment, CMIT

Question 1: Describe the project management activities that need to take place at each stage of the project management life cycle in order to deliver a Business Continuity Programme in an organization of two to three years in duration.

Question 2: Identify a mission-critical activity in your organization, using tables were relevant to illustrate your analysis:

1. Describe the activity outlining why it is mission-critical.
2. Carry out a qualitative business impact analysis for this
3. Conduct a qualitative risk assessment for this
4. Discuss the risk strategy that is being pursued/or should be
5. Discuss the business continuity strategy that is being pursued/or should be

Question 3: Based on the business continuity strategy that is being pursued/or should be pursued in Question 2, produce a business continuity test schedule for the above mission-critical activity. The schedule should be in Gantt chart format and describe the (i) inputs, (ii) tools & techniques, and (iii) outputs used in the process.

You are required at a minimum to produce the following inputs, making assumptions where necessary:

1. WBS
2. Activity List
3. Activity Duration Estimates
4. Activity Resource Requirements

Presentation of inputs a) to d) should be in table format or be visible in the Gantt chart. You will also be required at a minimum to use the following tools & techniques:

1. Critical Path Method
2. Leads and Lags

Output:

A Gantt chart, which should be uploaded to Turnitin with the assignment. The Critical Path and Leads and Lags should be evident in the Gantt chart.