week 1
You currently work for a retail store that carries basic household goods, some groceries, and health and beauty products. The store is located in the small community (approximately 5,000 total residents) in which you live and is looking to expand its operations in some way.
For this assignment, you are required to develop a major project proposal to be undertaken by your employer. You may decide to expand your product offerings or open an additional store in an adjacent community, for example.
You may use figure 2.4A and B in chapter 2 of your textbook as a general outline of what your proposal should entail. Your project proposal must include the following components:
- Project title
- Project manager (yourself)
- Problem definition or project rationale: Describe the problem or opportunity for improvement.
- Goal definition: Describe the project goals.
- Objective definition: Quantify the savings or benefits you expect from completing this project. How much will it cost (hours, materials, methods, equipment, etc.)? Estimate how long the project will take to complete.
- Resources: Identify the resources necessary to complete the project.
- Risk analysis: Identify the major risks associated with undertaking this project. How likely is it that these risks will occur? How will the project be impacted if these risks occur?
Refer to “The Retail Store” for additional information about your organization.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
week 2 and week 4
This is a CLC assignment.
Your instructor will assign you to a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) team. Submit your project proposal completed for Module 1 to your CLC team for review.
Work with your CLC team to evaluate the project proposals submitted by your team members. Refer to “The Retail Store” information sheet and figure 2.6 in chapter 2 of your textbook (an explanation of how to use this figure precedes it) for the additional information needed to complete a priority analysis.
Use the completed priority analysis, your organization background information, and your knowledge thus far gained in project management to collectively prioritize the projects and decide which project is to be undertaken first.
Your CLC team should submit the following:
- A completed priority analysis
- Determination of which project is to be undertaken first, along with a summary of why the project was chosen, including an explanation of the relationship between the project and the organization’s mission, vision, and objectives
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
week 4
This is a CLC assignment.
For this assignment, work with your CLC team to develop a project scope statement and work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project chosen in Module 2.
You may use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Visio to complete this assignment. You may optionally use project management scheduling software to create the WBS. Note that use of project management scheduling software is optional and not required.
Refer to chapter 4 of your textbook for examples of project scope statements and layouts of a WBS. A good WBS example is shown in Figure 4.4.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
Attachments area
week 5
For this assignment, write a paper of 750-1,000 words in which you analyze the concept of resource scheduling and evaluating various methods used to schedule resources in project management.
Your analysis should include the following:
- An analysis of the benefits and challenges associated with resource scheduling
- A discussion of at least two methods used to schedule resources and examples of when each method would be most appropriate, given the scope of the project
Choose which method would be most appropriate for the project your CLC team selected and explain why you felt it was most appropriate.
You must include at least two additional sources, one of which must be a journal article, outside of your textbook, to support your analysis.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
week 6
Read the “Franklin Equipment, Ltd.” case study in chapter 11 of the textbook.
Answer the corresponding questions in 750-1,000 words.
Use references from the reading materials to support your responses.
Prepare
this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style
Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word
documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
week 7
Read through theTree Trimming Projectcase in chapter 13 of the textbook. This case refers to the earned value (EV) of the owner, Will Fence’s Tree Trimming business. Will briefly describes his techniques for EV. Based on the description provided in the case, is Will using EV?
Answer the corresponding question provided at the end of the case (300-500 words). Use references from the reading materials to support your response.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
week 8
You have been asked by your supervisor to develop a PowerPoint presentation for an upcoming training on the following topics: ethics, international factors, and cross-cultural considerations in project management.
Using 15-20 slides, create a PowerPoint presentation in which you discuss the following as it relates to successful project management:
- A summary of each topic as it relates to project management
- Challenges (common pitfalls) and opportunities for growth and/or improvement
- Solutions for dealing with challenges common in project management
- Include one scenario applicable to each concept in which your coworkers will have to determine an appropriate response to handling the issue presented in the scenario and faced by a project management team
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin, unless otherwise directed by your instructor. If so directed, refer to the Student Success Center for directions. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
