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Title
Prepare and implement a project as a member of a project team
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able, as a member
of a project team, to: scope and plan a project; implement the
project; and review personal performance.
Classification
Business Operations and Development > Systems and
Resources Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is for people who manage or seek to manage or supervise work
teams.
2
Glossary
Team, in the context of this unit standard, is a temporary or ongoing group whose
members are jointly charged with working together to achieve a clearly defined
purpose or outcome.
Project, refers to a defined series of coordinated tasks with a defined outcome, and
start and stop times. It is a one-off, non-recurring project.
Organisational requirements are those that are formally documented, and are
available for reference in the workplace.
3
This unit standard will be assessed on the basis of evidence of demonstrated
performance in the workplace, or in simulated situations that demand performance
equivalent to that required in work.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Scope a project as a member of a project team.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The project is scoped and researched, and project objectives and desired
outcomes are established, in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.2
Resource requirements for the project are identified, and their availability
secured, in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
resources – human, physical, financial.
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Outcome 2
Plan the project as a member of the project team.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Planning identifies and details items crucial for the project to be completed
within the prescribed time.
Range
items include but are not limited to – critical path analysis, risks,
contingency measures.
2.2
Planning provides a statement of project costings.
2.3
Planning includes establishment of portfolio responsibilities and effectiveness
criteria for individual team members.
2.4
Approval of plan is obtained from project manager and/or sponsor in
accordance with established procedures.
2.5
Planning includes monitoring of process and, where needed, modification of
items and reallocation of jobs.
Outcome 3
Implement the project as a member of the project team.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Individual responsibilities are researched, determined, and approved by project
manager.
Range
3.2
may include but is not limited to – timeframe, reporting
requirements, resources, authorities, linkages.
Individual responsibilities are carried out as established in the plan.
Outcome 4
Review personal performance as a member of the project team.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Performance is reviewed and evaluated in light of the established individual
effectiveness criteria.
4.2
Strengths and weaknesses of personal performance within the project are
recorded, and communicated appropriately to team members.
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This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 April 2001
31 December 2012
Review
2
18 December 2006
31 December 2012
Review
3
17 April 2009
31 December 2018
Reinstatement
4
18 September 2014
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0113
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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