Project Planning

Unit 4 [GM592: Project Planning and the Project Plan]

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Assignment 2: Team Assignment

Conducting qualitative and quantitative quality analysis is just one part of the project’s quality

aspect. Now your team must apply this information to develop the team’s approach to quality

management. How will you conduct quality management? How will you apply quality

assurance in your activity processes? How will you conduct quality control to ensure defects are

remediated? Then what continuous process improvement will be initiated to ensure the project

processes continue to adhere to the specific quality standards?

This Assignment is designed to evaluate your team’s ability to research, organize, and

demonstrate project data and financial information pertaining to the development of the quality

management aspects within the project planning 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, attention to detail, explanations, and

professional acumen.

Given the information and templates provided you for the assigned rocket assembly project

(Course Resources):

 Develop the quality management plan for the assigned rocket project.

 Develop the process improvement management plan for the assigned rocket project. Ensure that your project documents address the criteria of the rubric below and follows the stated requirements.

Directions for Submitting your Team Assignment:

 To submit your Unit 4 Team assignment, have one person designated by the team upload all assignment documents to the Unit 4 Assignment 2 Dropbox. Make sure that you have saved a copy of each of the tools to submit for this assignment.

 Each team member must submit a peer evaluation individually to your Unit 4 Assignment 2 Dropbox.

GM592 Unit 4 Team Assignment Points

Possible

Points

Earned

Content (0-30 points)

1. Tool Development (Quality Management Plan)

a) Quality assurance processes. Specifies how the quality assurance processes should be applied.

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b) Quality control procedures. Describe how the project team will define and document the process for monitoring and recording the results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes.

c) Quality thresholds. Defines the criteria for the effective execution of key project activities, processes, and deliverables.

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d) Management responsibilities. Defines quality management responsibilities for the project

e) Checklists and templates. Identifies or includes any checklists or templates that should be used by project team members.

f) Project quality audit process.

 Identifies all good and best practices being implemented;

 Identifies all nonconformity, gaps, and shortcomings;

 Shares good practices introduced or implemented in similar projects in the organization and/or industry;

 Proactively offers assistance in a positive manner to improve implementation of processes to help the team raise productivity; and

 Highlights contributions of each audit in the lessons learned repository of the organization.

2. Tool Development (Process Improvement Management Plan)

a) Details the steps tor analyzing project management and product development processes to identify activities that enhance their value. b) Areas to consider include: • Process boundaries. Describe the purpose of the process, the start and end of the process, its inputs and outputs, the process owner, and the stakeholders of the process. • Process configuration. Provides a graphic depiction to processes, with interfaces identified, and used to facilitate analysis. • Process metrics. Along with control limits, allows analysis of process efficiency. • Targets for improved performance. Guide the process improvement activities.

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Analysis (0-11 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. 4

Critical thinking includes appropriate judgments, conclusions and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information. 4

Writing (0-9 points) 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).

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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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Peer Evaluation Minus points lost on Peer Evaluation (15= 0, 14= -1, 13= -2, etc.) 0

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