TASK 1:
Initial Postings:
Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
1. Why does the project team require a project scope statement prior to planning procurements?
2. What is the difference between efficiency and effectiveness? Give an example of something that is one but not the other.
3. Give specific examples of risks on a project that are within the team’s control, partially within the team’s control, and outside the team’s control. Tell how you would deal with each.
Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!
Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (written in full essay, using proper paragraph structure, sources cited within the body of the main text and Times New Roman with font size 12).
TASK 2:
BADM 634 – Initiating the Project
Final Project Charter
Compile/Develop a complete Project Charter utilizing components from Problem Sets #2-6 that you will have completed throughout the semester based on your selected project, as well as including a few other project charter components.
Your individual Final Project Charter will include:
1) Project Title – You will provide the title you best think fits the project. This should be descriptive of your project. Some project charter titles could be full sentences.
2) Background – provide a narrative explanation of the need for this project, how it came to be considered, and general overview of the project
3) Business Case – provide your working business case
4) Stakeholder Register – Use Exhibit 6.4 and Instructions/Instructor Feedback from Problem Set
5) Communication Matrix – Use Exhibit 6.9 and Instructions/Instructor Feedback from Problem Set
6) Project Scope Statement – a specific identification of what will be completed with this project. This will focus on scope requirements and narrow the business case to provide more specific scope information (combined with #7 Deliverables and Acceptance3 Criteria per Exhibit 7.12)
7) Deliverables with Acceptance Criteria – Use Exhibit 7.4 and Instructions/Instructor Feedback from Problem Set
8) WBS with Activities List – Use Exhibit 7.12 and Instructions/Instructor Feedback from Problem Set
9) RACI Chart – Use Exhibit 9.5 and Instructions/Instructor Feedback from Problem Set
10) Risk Register – Use Exhibit 11.9 and Instructions/Instructor Feedback from Problem Set
11) Create a Glossary that defines the following concepts (or terms) as well as any and all other terms that may need to be explained or defined within the Project Charter. This is a professional document so citing is not necessary, but you must utilize your own words to define/describe the concepts or terms. This section should look like a dictionary with terms defined and alphabetized.
· title
· scope
· business case
· background
· project vision,
· enterprise environmental factors,
· organizational process assets,
· objectives,
· stakeholder list,
· team operating principals,
· milestones,
· communication plan
· project risk planning,
· assumptions,
· constraints
· organization and implementation plan.
· Any and all terms that may need to be defined that appear in the Project Charter
12)
Create a professional signature page for your six (6) key and internal stakeholders to sign
Overall Form & Function of Charter – This will be a graded section that will review the overall look, usability, and professionalism of the project charter as well as the inclusion of any other elements deemed necessary to be included to ensure a superior project charter. This is not a section that needs to be completed but will be a grading aspect of the overall project charter as submitted.
Make corrections to your Problem Sets as provided in grading feedback from the instructor. Do not include components of Problem Sets that are not project charter related (essays, etc.). This should be completed as the semester continues and not left until the last week of the semester. Ensure all inserted charts are legible. Covert pages with charts from portrait layout to landscape layout.
You will design this as an official document to be submitted to the Project Sponsor;
so, ensure that it looks professional. You may add any additional sections, besides those listed, that you think would be beneficial to your overall product and are relevant to the project.
