Apply your understanding: creating a project life cycle

In the lessons this week, you have learned about the project life cycle and how it fits into the bigger picture. Now you have an opportunity to apply this learning.

The four phases of concept, design, implementation and commission are a very typical cycle which is applicable to a wide range of projects.

In this activity please:

1. Select a project that you are familiar with.

2. Briefly explain the project (eg designing and building a primary school in Italy or developing a new software for managing the workforce in a hospital)

3. List the activities that you expect to take place in each phase.

You should aim to include between three and five activities for each phase of the project life cycle.

You may find it useful to draw on work you are currently involved in, but please make sure you do not share any sensitive information related to your company or organisation.

How should I format my work?

You should begin by outlining the scope of your project before you then produce your life cycle. Produce your life cycle as a set of bullet point lists with sub-sections. We can recommend that you create your work offline in a document and share it by copying and pasting it into the discussion on the next page.

Throughout this course, you will create several documents as part of the in-course activities. As a matter of good practice, you should create a folder in your computer to save these documents, so that you can return to your learning later on.