Assignment

Instructions

Students will be assigned a case study from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Based on the case study, external research conducted on the company, and knowledge/concepts gained from the Project Management course, students will be responsible to complete a Project Management Plan which will be broken down to include various sections indicated below.

Project Final Paper

The project final paper, made by your team, must contain the following sections within it.

Part One: Regarding the case study from PMI

Notes
The answers to the following questions need to be informed by the topics discussed in the course and PMBOK.
In this part, you need to explain topics related to the case study. The answers should not be too generic. The answers should unpack what came in the case study assigned to your group. Although some generic, background info. might be available on the Internet, they might not have anything to do with the case study. Then, please do not include them in this paper.

Introduction: purpose of the project management plan, project approach, and background information if available.
Goals and Objectives: Business goals and objectives, project goals and objectives.
Lesson(s) Learned: Describe and expand on the lesson(s) learned by the involved organizations. Add details, images, or graphs from your PMBOK or other relevant resources if available. Please don’t simply rephrase the Lessons Learned section out of the case study. Some added value is required.

Part Two: Regarding your own team in this course (not the case study)

Notes

The answers to the following questions need to be informed by the topics discussed in the course and PMBOK.

In this part, you are asked to explain how you completed this Assignment in your team, the role of your team members in the development and completion of the final paper you will submit, and so on. So, the following questions are not about the case study, nor are they about an imaginary team. They are about your team and how it worked on the project for the final submission of your paper on the day of the deadline.

Project Team: Explain each team member’s role, and then
Design a RACI matrix for your project team.
Project Life Cycle: Provide a visual image of the project life cycle and indicate what tasks, activities, and work will be done during each phase.
Conflict Management: Explain how your team managed conflict, which may take place within the team or project itself.
Communications Management: Describe how your team planned communications management.
Change Management Plan: Create a change management plan, which indicates how your team dealt with change across the team and project.

Your checklist before you submit

Pre-flight checklist

Written Report Marking Scheme

The marking scheme

Criteria	Marks
Cover-page includes assignment title, instructor’s name, course & assignment name, student’s first and last name, student number, date, word count, subheading numbers correspond to the questions, and Table of Contents is included	4
Part One
Response to P1-Q1	12
Response to P1-Q2	8
Response to P1-Q3	12
Part Two
Response to P2-Q1	8
Response to P2-Q2	12
Response to P2-Q3	10
Response to P2-Q4	8
Response to P2-Q5	8
Response to P2-Q6	10
Extensive, valid, literature/library research from reliable sources in addition to the textbook (‘Google search’ is not a source, no Wikipedia articles), APA annotated biblio. style in-line citations, an annotated bibliography, correct format and structure followed (read citation for more info.)	4
Correct spelling / proper grammar	4
TOTAL POSSIBLE MARKS	100
ANY form of plagiarism (e.g. any text from a not-credited source, any uncited block-quote, any uncited paraphrase, any text borrowed from your classmate’s paper, etc. Maximum amount of quotes in your paper must not exceed 20%. Violations will be reported to the campus director immediately.	-100
Late submission (penalty; mark deduction per day)	-20%

Presentation Marking Scheme

The marking scheme

Criteria	Marks
Logistics: set-up on time, media material checked and working, members attended the session on time	5
Professionalism: professional look and team dynamic	5
Presentation Methods and tools: photos, video, PPT, demos, language, guests, tangible items, class participation	10
Presentation Content: current, accurate, relevant, correct time/topics	10
Each team member participated in the presentation	5
Presentation Delivery: effective oral communication, voice projection, pronunciation, eye contact, poise, etc.	5
Quality of Materials: spelling/grammar, correct format, APA citation style used	5
Duration was within the 20 minutes limit	5
TOTAL POSSIBLE MARKS	50

Submitting Your Written Report

Share a digital copy of your final paper with me via Google Docs (use my gmail address)
Day 5 is the last day for this assignment (there will be a penalty for late submissions)

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