project management
Assessment 2
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Overview
Develop a project plan for a chosen project, including a charter, scope, and work breakdown structure (WBS), as well as a communications matrix and risk assessment.
Note: Managing a project requires specific steps that must be carried out in a certain order. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
. Competency 3: Explain project management documentation to support business or IT projects.
. Develop a project management plan.
. Create a communications matrix.
. Construct a risk matrix.
· Competency 4: Communicate effectively.
. Communicate effectively in a professional manner consistent with the standards and conventions of project management.
Competency Map
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Questions to Consider
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
As a project manager, you will need to understand the interaction of projects with operations.
· What are the similarities and differences between an operations versus a project?
· Can you provide an example of operations and an example of a project in an organization?
As project manager, you have been tasked with creating a project schedule that defines the tasks, duration, dependencies and resources to for a Chat App. Could you complete the following in Microsoft Project?
· Create a project to be completed in three months.
· Enter task details, including a minimum of 20 tasks for a marketing campaign project schedule.
· Add start and end dates for each task.
· Add resources that reflect the resources responsible for each task.
· Add dependencies between tasks. The project schedule should demonstrate at least five dependencies.
Resources
Required Resources
The following resources are required to complete the assessment.
Project Planning
· Project Management Institute's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) — Sixth Edition and Agile Practice Guide (2017):
. Part 1: Section 10, "Project Communications Management," pages 354-;395.
. Part 2: Section 3, "Planning Process Group," pages 585-;592.
Suggested Resources
The resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid. The Project Management Research Guide can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide additional resources to help support you.
Project Planning and Fundamentals
· Kloppenborg, T., Anantatmula, V. S., & Wells, K. (2019). Contemporary project management (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.
. Chapter 3, "Chartering Projects," pages 75-;76.
. Chapter 6, "Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Planning," pages 189-;194.
· Dinsmore, P. C., & Cabanis-Brewin, J. (2014). The AMA handbook of project management . New York, NY: Amacom Books.
. Chapter 2, "Bodies of Knowledge and Competency Standards in Project Management," pages 31-;45.
. Chapter 3, "Project Management Process Groups: Project Management Knowledge in Action," pages 46-;52.
· Skillsoft. (n.d.). IT project management essentials: Introduction to IT project management [Tutorial].
. 60 minutes.
· Waters, B. (n.d). Project fundamentals (PMBOK® Guide sixth edition) [Tutorial]. Skillsoft.
. 51 minutes.
· Waters, B. (n.d.). Planning risk management (PMBOK® Guide sixth edition) [Tutorial]. Skillsoft.
. 67 minutes.
Agile Project Management
· Fernandez, D. J., & Fernandez, J. D. (2009). Agile project management: Agilism versus traditional approaches. The Journal of Computer Information Systems, 49(2), 10-;17.
· Dybå, T., & Dingsøyr, T. (2015). Agile project management: From self-managing teams to large-scale development. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 15), Florence, Italy, 2, 945-;946.
· Agile Styles and Comparisons.
Additional Resources for Further Exploration
· Richie, G. D. (2017). Microsoft Project 2016: Microsoft official academic course. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
· Assessment Instructions
Overview
Project managers work with project management plans tailored to each specific project. We will be using a Project Plan Template (linked in the Resources) to complete project management tasks throughout this course for the project you chose in Assessment 1.
Context
In today's fast-changing and highly competitive environment, many companies are looking to project management to provide a structured and organized approach to managing projects through a well-planned and coordinated process. To begin to understand what is involved in the project planning, you must be able to:
· Identify elements to include in an executive summary of the project.
· Create a communications matrix.
· Identify the stakeholders of the project.
· Define a risk matrix and risk management plan for the project.
Instructions
Using the Project Plan Template, add the elements you created in the first assessment for your presentation:
· Project charter.
· Project scope.
· Work breakdown structure (WBS).
This week, create the following elements and add them to your Project Plan as well:
· Communications matrix.
· Risk matrix.
Additional Requirements
· Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
· Length: Use the Project Plan Template.
· Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.
· Submission: Submit your Project Plan Template with the sections identified above completed.
Reference
Project Management Institute. Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) — Sixth Edition and Agile Practice Guide. Newtown Square. PA. 2017.