Need help with a project scope and wbs

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. EST of Unit 2.

Points: 100

Overview:

In this assignment, you will produce two documents: a project scope and the Work

Breakdown Structure (WBS). Good scope management ensures that all the work

required, and only the work required to complete the project, is included in the project.

As a Project Manager, it is your responsibility to ensure effective scope management

throughout the life of your project. By applying a well-planned and structured approach

to scope management you can ensure this.

From A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Sixth

Edition: “The WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team, to accomplish the project objectives and create the

required deliverables… The WBS represents the work specified in the currently approved project scope statement. Components comprising the WBS assist the

stakeholders in viewing the deliverables of the project” (2004, p. 112)

Instructions:

For the scope plan, may use the template posted in the unit or you can use your

template as long as you obtain an approval from your instructor.

Project Scope Elements:

 Who has authority and responsibility for scope management.

 How the scope is defined (i.e. Scope Statement, WBS, WBS Dictionary,

Statement of Work, etc.).

 How the scope is measured and verified (i.e. Quality Checklists, Scope

Baseline, Work Performance Measurements, etc.).

 The scope change process (who initiates, who authorizes, etc.).

 Who is responsible for accepting the final project deliverable and approves

acceptance of project scope.

PMG699 – Capstone

Unit 2 Assignment: Develop Scope & WBS

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Elements:

 The hierarchal diagram that you create must show the entire project using a

minimum of 3 levels: represented as a Level 1 component, subdivided into

Level 2 components, and some or all Level 2 components subdivided into

Level 3 components.

 You can continue to subdivide all the components in the same manner until

you reach a point at which you think the components you defined are

sufficiently detailed for planning and management purposes.

Note: If an activity is not part of the WBS, the activity is not part of the project and

when all the activities in all the 3 components are added up, it must equal the scope.

Assignment Guidelines:

 Project Score: Three pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference pages.  WBS is one page in length – you may use Excel or MS Project.  APA format, including in-text citations for referenced works.

Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper will be evaluated, before you

write, and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Unit 2 Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient

Needs

Improvement

Proficient

Exemplary

0-23 points 24-31 points 32-39 points 40 points

Project Scope

Plan

The project scope

is not substantial

and does not

include most of

the project scope

elements

The project scope

is not detailed and

contains some

elements of the

Requirements,

Scope Statement,

Scope Baseline,

Integrated

Change control,

validate scope

and control scope

elements

The project scope

is detailed and

contains some

elements of the

Requirements,

Scope Statement,

Scope Baseline,

Integrated

Change control,

validate scope

and control scope

elements

The project scope

plan is detailed

and contains all

required

elements.

0-26 points 27-35 points 36-44 points 45 points

Work Breakdown

Structure

WBS is not

substantial and

does not include

most of the

elements.

WBS is detailed

and includes tasks

and activities

decomposed into

1 level. All

activities are listed

and decomposed

in a manageable

manner

WBS is detailed

and includes tasks

and activities

decomposed into

2 levels. All

activities are listed

and decomposed

in a manageable

manner

WBS is detailed

and includes tasks

and activities

decomposed into

at least 3 levels.

All activities are

listed and

decomposed in a

manageable

manner.

0-8 points 9-11 points 12-14 points 15 points

Clear and

Professional

Writing and APA

Format

Errors impede

professional

presentation;

guidelines not

followed.

Significant errors

that do not

impede

professional

presentation.

Few errors that do

not impede

professional

presentation.

Writing and format

is clear,

professional, APA

compliant, and

error free.