ICDL Project Planning (ICDL) case studies
ICDL Project Planning · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The ICDL Project Planning certification is a multiple-choice credential that tests whether a candidate can build and maintain a project plan rather than simply recite project terminology. It belongs to the ICDL professional family of qualifications and is typically taken by team leaders, coordinators, junior project managers and support staff who are asked to plan, track and report on workstreams without holding a formal project management title. The ICDL Project Planning case studies are 5 cases and about 3,675 words.
1The Discount That Arrives Before the Design Gate
Riverbend School District has 14 months and a fixed £2.4m budget to replace its student records system. The vendor offers a 15% licence discount if the contract is signed within six weeks, which is before the requirements phase ends.
665 words, about 3 min2The Portal That Keeps Growing
A 900-bed hospital is building a patient portal. The approved scope covers appointment booking, results viewing and prescription renewal requests.
725 words, about 4 min3One Specialist, Two Parallel Tracks
A retail chain is replacing its point-of-sale system before the November peak. The plan has these activities: A, requirements and solution design, 5 days; B, configure the reporting module, 3 days; C, build the core sales-data migration, 4 days; D, integration testing, 2 days; E, pilot in 10 stores, 6 days.
751 words, about 4 min4Two Estimates and a Reserve
A city council is budgeting a £600,000 project to digitise 40,000 paper planning files. The lead estimator has produced three-point estimates for the main work packages, including the scanning package: optimistic 60 person-days, most likely 90, pessimistic 180, because file condition is unknown.
768 words, about 4 min5Green Report, Red Numbers
At the end of month four of a nine-month, £900,000 CRM implementation, the project manager reports: planned value £480,000, earned value £420,000, actual cost £455,000. The milestone 'data model signed off' was reported complete, but the architect says the sign-off was verbal and two interfaces are still being reworked.
766 words, about 4 min