Write a Final Capstone Reflection Paper

CRITERION

LEARNING OUTCOMES

MAX PTS

YOUR PTS

FEEDBACK

Program Goal 4: Strategic Enterprise Awareness:

Demonstrates financial & organizational contextual awareness by linking key stakeholder objectives to sustainable competitive strategies required to deliver value across operational functions using traditional & agile techniques (4.1-4.3

OVERVIEW

· Provides an overview of the company and its strategic goals

· Provides broad description of project and relationship to stakeholder objectives

· Explains the sustainable business value of the project across operational functions

· Presents high-level review of key objectives, scope, milestones, deliverables, risks and constraints in appropriate detail

· Definitions/ explanations of any critical terms included

10

Program Goal 1 - Technical Expertise in Traditional PM

Demonstrates applied knowledge & technical expertise in project management to meet stakeholder needs within constraints & aligned with traditional PM frameworks with industry standard artifacts (Criterion 1.1-1.4)

TRADITIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS

· Describes how project management plan uses the traditional PMBOK Process Groups and Knowledge Areas with industry standard artifacts in the initiating, planning, execution and control and closing of project

· Describes how project was organized and managed to meet stakeholder needs within constraints of scope, cost, time and quality

25

Program Goal 2 - Technical Expertise in Agile PM

Demonstrates applied knowledge and technical expertise in the management of a single team to meet stakeholder needs within constraints and aligned with agile project management frameworks with industry best practices

AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS

· Provides a description/overview of Agile project management

· Explains how an Agile project management framework could be implemented in executing the project

· Discusses at least two Agile frameworks including Scrum

· Discusses at least three agile ceremonies

25

Program Goal 3 - Professional Behavior

Demonstrates how successful project management will use stakeholder engagement, communication, leadership, and teamwork that is ethical, and culturally aware

CONCLUSION/ PERSONAL REFLECTION

· Thoroughly summarizes content of the research paper

· Proposes solutions that reflect ethical and culturally aware project management practices in leadership, communication, stakeholder management and teamwork

· Provides supportive evidence/ knowledge of opposing viewpoints

10

1

HU Core Competencies

INFO LITERACY 0.2

Collect and retrieve the needed information

COMM 0.2

Develop Content

CRIT THINKING 0.2

Analyze & Draw Conclusions

Solve Problems

CONTENT & ANALYSIS

· Demonstrates use of appropriate thorough research

· Uses quality resources based on authority, objectivity, currency, accuracy, and/or relevancy

· Meets minimum number of 3 scholarly sources

· Meets minimum required paper length of 1500-2200 words

· Demonstrates knowledge of key concepts, processes and theories

· Provides thorough analysis by applying ideas to new contexts, making predictions, and/or communicating contrasts and comparisons

10

HU Core Competencies

COMM 0.5

Control Grammar and Mechanics

WRITING MECHANICS

· Uses language that communicates meaning to readers with clarity

· Writing is reflective of graduate level work & substantially error-free

· Reflects appropriate proofreading for grammar, spelling and sentence structure

10

HU Core Competencies

COMM 0.3

Adhere to Conventions

COMM 0.4

Use Sources and Evidence

APA STYLE & FORMATTING

· All direct quotes, ideas, concepts and data are accurately cited

· All sources cited in the text are listed in the references section

· Consistently APA format that is substantially error-free (i.e. title page, TOC, contents, body of paper, references, etc.) 

10

OTHER

· Plagiarism, Lateness

TBD

TOTAL