Project Planning

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Assignment 1: Individual Assignment In this Assignment, you will be assessed on the following outcome:

GM592-2: Plan schedule management with associated resources.

This Assignment is designed to evaluate your ability to research, organize, and demonstrate project

data and financial information pertaining to the development of the feasibility study within the project initiation phase. These exercises mimic actual situations one could expect to occur between the project manager and their sponsor or key stakeholders. Its assessments are directed toward measuring mastery in synthesis of information, proper classifications, critical thinking, and attention to

detail, explanations, and professional acumen.

Given the information provided you for your assigned rocket assembly project (See Course

Resources):

 Construct a Resource Allocation Matrix for the labor, equipment and material allocated to your assigned rocket project.

 Construct a Gantt schedule based on the WBS activities at the task level with associated deliverable milestones for your assigned rocket.

 Construct a project Network Diagram for your assigned rocket project.

You will need an evening for data collection. This will require about two hours to write up your

findings. Download the appropriate templates in Course Resources to record the information found.

Alternatively you can use recommended internet links in the appendix of your text for a similar

template. The document you use must meet all criteria specified in the grading rubric. Fill in all

sections completely using your assigned assignment scenario found in Course Resources.

1. Go to Course Resources or locate an appropriate template from the internet that meets the rubric criteria. Using this worksheet and your assigned project, answer the sections on the worksheet. If

there are sections missing from the template for the assigned documents but required in the rubric, be sure to address them. Upload all documents as separate files to the designated team members’ Dropbox.

2. Go to the internet and find a product description template that meets the rubric criteria. Using this

worksheet and your assigned project, answer the sections on the worksheet. Upload this charter

to the designated team members’ Dropbox. 3. Ensure that your project documents address the criteria of the rubric and follow the stated

requirements.

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Directions for Submitting your Individual Assignment:

 To submit your Unit 2 individual assignment, upload all assignment documents to the Unit 2 Assignment 1 Dropbox. Make sure that you have saved a copy of each of the tools to submit for

this assignment.

 You have three deliverables. Be sure to upload all deliverables into the Unit 2 Assignment 1

Dropbox.

GM592 Unit 2 Individual Assignment Points

Possible

Points

Earned

Content (0-24 points)

1. Tool Development (Resource Allocation Matrix)

a) Contains all project WBS tasks?

8 b) Contains all requisite/identified labor resources?

c) Identifies method of cross-impacting labor resources to project WBS tasks?

2. Tool Development (Gantt schedule)

a) All WBS tasks depicted?

8 b) Each task level activity depicted with incremental bar(s)

c) Schedule relationships specified using Critical Path Method (CPM)

d) Critical path correctly identified according to CPM?

3. Tool Development (Network Diagram)

a) Utilizes activity-on-node format?

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b) Project divided into all task level activities with task number, task

name, and predecessors identified?

c) Task level activities correctly sequenced according to precedence

(reflects Gantt schedule)?

d) Critical path correctly identified according to CPM?

e) Durations for all activities correctly entered (same as Gantt durations)?

f) Forward pass correctly performed?

g) Backward pass correctly performed?

h) Float correctly calculated?

i) Minimum project duration same as reflected on Gantt schedule?

Analysis (0-9 points)

Response exhibits strong higher-order critical thinking and analysis (e.g., evaluation). Paper shows original thought.

3

Analysis includes proper classifications, explanations, comparisons and inferences. 3

Critical thinking includes appropriate judgments, conclusions and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information. 3

Writing (0-7 points)

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Grammatical skills are strong with typically less than one error per page. Correct use of APA when assigned.

3

Appropriate to the assignment, fresh (interesting to read), accurate, (no

far-fetched, unsupported comments), precise (say what you mean), and concise (not wordy).

2

Project is in 12-point font. Narrative sections are double-spaced with a double space between. Project is free of serious errors; grammar,

punctuation, and spelling help to clarify the meaning by following accepted conventions.

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