1 Initiate, Define, and Organize Your Project Establish the project organization, define project parameters, and plan the project office and framework. This week, you are defining and organizing your project. This is the first step in analyzing your concept by gathering information needed for all the project documents that are created during the project management process. Often, an organization will require months to complete this work. For this Course Project, you will be creating sample documents that give you an idea or example of the type of information needed to create similar types of project deliverables.
Download the Course_Project_Week_1.docx from Doc Sharing to start this assignment. The Course_Project_Week_1.docx template contains all the sections that you will need to complete, including instructions to help you work through this part of the Course Project. You will submit this deliverable to the Week 1 Course Project Dropbox.
2 Continue to Define and Organize Your Project, and Start the Planning Define how the project team will work together, and define the major deliverables and milestones. This week, you are continuing to define and organize your project. Your focus will be on the project team (members and team organizational structure), and how the team will function. You will also define and describe the major project deliverables (and subdeliverables) and milestones.
Download the Course_Project_Week_2.docx from Doc Sharing to start this assignment. The Course_Project_Week_2.docx template contains all the sections that you will need to complete, including instructions to help you work through this part of the Course Project. You will submit this deliverable to the Week 2 Course Project Dropbox.
3 Define WBS and Work Packages Develop the WBS with schedule, resources, and costs using Microsoft Project. This week, you will be using Microsoft Project to develop the work breakdown structure (WBS) and work packages for your Course Project. You will also be developing the project schedule and project budget. You can access Microsoft Project from the iLab under Course Home.
You will submit your Microsoft Project file to the Week 3 Course Project Dropbox.
4 Plan your Project by Analyzing Resources Analyze resources, and optimize trade-offs. This week, your focus is on resource planning. This includes work resources (people) and material resources. Being thorough and complete is very important, and you need to analyze if you identified all the resources you need and the workloads for each. You will use your Microsoft Project file to perform the analysis and complete this week's assignment. You can access Microsoft Project from the iLab under Course Home.
Download the Course_Project_Week_4.docx from Doc Sharing to start this assignment. The Course_Project_Week_4.docx template contains all the sections that you will need to complete, including instructions to help you work through this part of the Course Project. You will submit this deliverable to the Week 4 Course Project Dropbox.
5 Plan your Project by Analyzing Project Risks Develop a risk management plan. This week, you will develop a risk management plan for your course project. This portion of the planning process includes analyzing potential risks that could impact the project, determining who is responsible to manage the risk, and what actions should be taken to minimize the risk.
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6 Plan your Project by Defining how to Track, Manage, and Report Project Status Collect status information and plan how to take corrective actions. This week's focus is on project information. As a project manager, you will need to keep your finger on the pulse of the project. You need to identify the information that you are monitoring, collecting, analyzing, and reporting. Based on the information, you and others will need to make decisions regarding the project.
Download the Course_Project_Week_6.docx from Doc Sharing to start this assignment. The Course_Project_Week_6.docx template contains all the sections that you will need to complete, including instructions to help you work through this part of the Course Project. You will submit this deliverable to the Week 6 Course Project Dropbox.
7 Close the Project Close out the project, and archive project documents. This week's focus is project closure, with the assumption that your project will go through execution as planned and will be formally closed. While the project has been the project manager's focus since project initialization, it is also very important for the project manager to help transition team members back to their functional organizations as well as assure that all project documentation is archived. A significant final deliverable of the project is a lessons learned document and meeting.
Download the Course_Project_Week_7.docx from Doc Sharing to start this assignment. The Course_Project_Week_7.docx template contains all the sections that you will need to complete, including instructions to help you work through this part of the Course Project. You will submit this deliverable to the Week 7 Course Project Dropbox.
8 Course Project Report This is a formal report that is a compilation of all planning documents from Weeks 1-7 plus change management. The final report for your Course Project will be a formal report that you will present to the Project Sponsor (your professor). You will be using the information that you have been preparing each week of the course. You will prepare the report using excellent report writing skills and with content that would be read by an executive of an enterprise. Now is the time to organize and present the information in a way that is understandable and meaningful to your Project Sponsor.
Write the report as though the Project Sponsor is reading the planning details for the first time. You have prepared information each week during the course, and that information will form the foundation for this report. For the final report, you should augment that information with further explanations to facilitate the comprehension of what you are presenting. You will need to demonstrate in your report that you have thought through all that is required to manage your project successfully. Continued funding and resource assignments will depend on how well you have planned, estimated, and communicated all aspects of your project. You will submit your final report to the Week 8 Course Project Dropbox. See the course Syllabus for due date requirements.
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