Project Execution
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GM593: Project Execution with Monitoring and Control
Unit 1 Assignment: Locking Scope
Because you are the new PM for the Gauchito project, and the company is using the Gauchito EVM Tool your predecessor set up for this project, you will need to familiarize yourself with the tool immediately. You were a team member during the planning stage of the Gauchito rocket project. The PM is now gone and the sponsor has made you the PM. The sponsor wants you to take the old PM's decomposed W BS, validate it, and align it with the other projects in the rocket assembly portfolio. The Gauchito project is priority 5 out of 10 rocket assembly projects in the
portfolio of rocket projects for the scaled composites customer. Here is what you will need to do: Set up and familiarize yourself with the engineering specifications for the rocket assembly of the Gauchito 7/8 scale demonstration-validation rocket from your engineering specs (Gauchito Rocket.ppt and Gauchito Rocket Project W orkboo k in Course Resources) following the Gauchito rocket assembly project. If you need some refreshing with some of the Excel functions, go the Atomic Learning modules and become very familiar with this tool. Failure to do so may adversely affect your ability to properly conduct the qualitative and quantitative analysis required for successful completion of an industry standard EVM application. Following the engineering specifications for the rocket assembly of the Gauchito 7/8 scale demonstration-validation rocket from your engineering specs (Gauchito Rocket.ppt and Gauchito Rocket Product Description in Course Resources), build a fully decomposed W ork Breakdown Structure (W BS) in Excel to ensure there are no multiple activities and that the W BS numbering and indentation reflect the Gauchito Rocket Project Title as you have Project or another COTS application such as Planview®, Genius Project®, PrimaveraW orks®, etc. and you know how to use it to build out the W BS, you may do so, but all submissions m ust be in Excel or Project files.
W ARNING: Do not copy the W BS directly from the project plan without auditing it carefully with the engineering specifications (Estes Instructions). It has omissions and mistakes that will degrade your performance if blindly copied. Be sure that information is correctly transf erred to your Excel Gauchito EVM tool. Your W BS tasks in your W BS tab should match your tasks in your Gantt tab and Calculations tab.
You will need an evening for data collection, an evening f or compi ling the data, and an evening to write up your findings. For your project tools, use the examples and tools available in Course Resources or the Internet that meets all the criteria of the grading rubric and complete the requirement, using your assigned pr oject scenario found in the Course Resources section of the classroom and in your T yler text.
Directions for Submitting To submit your Unit 1 Assignment, go to the Dropbox and click on the Unit 1: Assignment link and follow the instructions. Make sure that you save a copy of each of the tools you submit.
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GM593: Project Execution with Monitoring and Control
GM593 Unit 1 Assignment: Locking Scope Points
Possible Points Earned
Content
The project name is correctly applied as the level 1 activity to the task column of the W BS in the Excel EVM tool.
10
Tasks, subtasks, and work packages are correctly indented to reflect their hierarchy in a fully decomposed W ork Breakdown Structure.
10
The W BS numbering correctly reflects the project, tasks, subtasks, and work package level indents.
10
WBS tasks match the EVM tool preset tasks correctly without additions or deletions.
5
All work packages relate to only one identified activity. 10
Analysis
Response exhibits strong higher-order critical thinking and analysis (e.g., evaluation). Submission shows original thought.
10
Analysis includes proper classifications, explanations, comparisons, and inferences.
10
Critical thinking includes appropriate judgments, conclusions, and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information.
10
Total 75