Project Planning and Project Execution
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Overview: In the final project, you will develop a complete project plan for a hypothetical organization. Each milestone assignment will help you complete portions of the final project. In this milestone, you will create a project schedule using the provided template, and evaluate the project manager’s management of team members, resources, conflict, and engagement with project stakeholders.
Prompt: The goal of this milestone is to delve more deeply into the project planning and project execution areas of project management. Use the ECO-Trans case study (in MindEdge) as you complete this milestone.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
Project Planning
Determine the business requirements for the successful development of the project. Justify your choices.
Establish who will provide the business requirements. What approach will be used to solicit the requirements from the subject matter experts?
Categorize and organize the business requirements in a standard requirements template.
Explain why the format for capturing requirements is important to the overall success of the project. Why would we consider requirements’
traceability?
Leveraging the business requirements, translate these requirements into a project schedule using project management software through the
provided template.
Estimate the duration of project tasks using common business knowledge, and assign resources to complete each task.
Refine your estimate of the project cost based on the duration of tasks and resources needed.
Project Execution
Determine the best implementation approach—agile or waterfall project—for the organization based on its organizational structure. Provide
examples to support your rationale.
Explain how the project schedule can be resource leveled, fast-tracked, or crashed if needed based upon execution results.
Propose communication approaches and the frequency that should be used to keep leadership apprised of the project execution. Include
examples to support your claims.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your draft of the Project Planning and Project Execution portions of your final project should adhere to the following formatting
requirements: 3–4 pages, double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. You should use current APA-style guidelines for your citations and a reference list with a minimum of two sources.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.
Critical Elements
Proficient (100%)
Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Project Planning: Business Requirements
Determines the business requirements for the successful development of the case study project and justifies choices
Determines the business requirements for the successful development of the case study project, but does not justify choices, or determination contains inaccuracies
Does not determine the business requirements for the successful development of the case study project
8
Project Planning: Subject Matter Experts
Establishes who will provide the requirements and what approach will be used to solicit the requirements from the subject matter experts
Establishes who will provide the requirements, but does not establish what approach will be used or selection is illogical
Does not establish who will the requirements
provide
8
Project Planning: Standard Requirements Template
Categorizes and organizes the business requirements in a standard requirements template
Categorizes and organizes the business requirements in a standard requirements template, but approach is illogical or lacks detail
Does not categorize and organize the business requirements in a standard requirements template
8
Project Planning: Format
Explains why the format for capturing requirements is important to the overall success of the project, including traceability
Explains why the format for capturing requirements is important to the overall success of the project, but response lacks traceability, contains inaccuracies, or is cursory
Does not explain why the format for capturing requirements is important to the overall success of the project
8
Project Planning: Project Schedule
Translates the requirements into a project schedule that contains appropriate and logical predecessor relationships using project management software through the provided template
Translates the requirements into a project schedule using project management software through the provided template, but relationships are inappropriate or illogical
Does not translate the requirements into a project schedule using project management software through the provided template
10
Project Planning: Estimate
Estimates the duration of the project tasks using common business knowledge and assigns resources to complete each task
Estimates the duration of the project tasks using common business knowledge and assigns resources to complete each task, but estimation is inaccurate or overgeneralized
Does not estimate the dura the project tasks
tion of
10
Project Planning: Refine Estimate
Refines estimate of the project based on the duration of the tasks and resources needed
Refines estimate of the project, but estimate is inaccurate
Does not refine estimate of the project
10
Project Execution: Implementation Approach
Determines which implementation approach is the best for the organization, using examples to support rationale
Determines an implementation approach for the organization, but response lacks examples that support rationale or is cursory
Does not determine an implementation approach
10
Project Execution: Project Schedule
Explains how the project schedule can be resource leveled, fast-tracked, or crashed if needed based upon execution results
Explains how the project schedule can be resource leveled, fast-tracked, or crashed, but response is inaccurate or overgeneralized
Proposes communication approaches and frequency to keep leadership apprised of the project execution, but response lacks examples that support claims or is inappropriate
Does not explain how the project schedule can be resource leveled, fast-tracked, or crashed
Does not propose communication approaches and frequency to keep leadership apprised
10
Project Execution: Keep Leadership Apprised
Proposes communication approaches and frequency to keep leadership apprised of the project execution, using examples to support claims
10
Articulation of Response
Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas
8
Total
100%
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