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Note: This assignment is a continuation from Assignment 2.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1.  Describe the project scope and project management plan. Align your plan to the overall strategy 

that you had recommended to the senior executives in Assignment 2.

2.  Analyze the type of staff that your company would need in order to make the manufacturing 

switch to motorcycles with larger motors.

3.  Prepare four (4) team-building strategies for handling the newly formed team. Discuss the 

manner in which the strategies that you have prepared may positively or negatively affect 

productivity within the company. 

4.  Analyze the role of the project manager that this project would require. Examine three (3)

characteristics of an effective project manager that are relevant to this particular expansion 

project. Provide a rationale for the response.

5.  Emphasize the importance of identifying critical path on projects and the manner in which one 

would allocate resources to all of the activities on the critical path.

6.  Outline the elements of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and pricing and costing strategy. 

Delineate the fundamental ways in which the project in question is composed. 

7.  Develop the following using designated project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project):

a.  Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

b.  Gantt chart 

c.  Assigned Resources

Attach the project file that contains the items that you have developed. 

8.  Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as 

academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

•  Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all 

sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your 

professor for any additional instructions.

•  Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s 

name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in 

the required assignment page length. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•  Apply the project manager’s critical skills, in terms of project leadership, team building, time 

management, conflict management, and effective communication with executive sponsors, peers, 

team members, and project clients. 

•  Evaluate the quality of planning throughout a project’s life cycle.

•  Construct project schedules using network techniques and reports for both internal and external 

presentation.

•  Use technology and information resources to research issues in project management.

•  Write clearly and concisely about project management using proper writing mechanics.

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