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Assignment 2: Team Assignment
In this Assignment, you and your team will develop a comprehensive project plan for the
assigned rocket project.
In this Assignment, you will be assessed on the following outcome:
GM592-6: Evaluate the integration of project management plans according to industry standards as defined from the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK®
Guide).
This Assignment is designed to evaluate your ability to research, organize, and
demonstrate project data and financial information pertaining to the development of all
the 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 for the assigned rocket assembly project
(located in Course Resources), develop a comprehensive project plan for the assigned
rocket project to include:
● The project scope baseline, consisting of: o Project scope statement o W ork Breakdown Structure (fully decomposed)
o W ork Breakdown Structure Dictionary which includes: ▪ Code of accounts identifier to map W BS activities to the Code of
Accounts
▪ Description of the work within each work package ▪ Constraints to project completion and assumptions to address them ▪ Responsible organizations mapped to the work packages
▪ Schedule milestones with definition ▪ Associated schedule activities external to the project for support ▪ Resources required to complete work package
▪ Cost estimates (down to the work package level) ▪ Quality requirements mapped to the W BS ▪ Acceptance criteria for each deliverable
▪ Technical references ▪ Agreement documentation
● The schedule baseline, consisting of:
o Definitive duration estimate o Bar chart scheduling mapped to the work package level
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o Milestone schedule o Resource schedule mapped to the work package level
o Material and equipment forecast ● The cost baseline, consisting of:
o Definitive cost estimate (built out of the definitive cost estimate)
o Project spend plan or budget (Planned Value) for labor, equipment, material
o Project baseline chart (Cumulative Cost Curve, S-Curve, etc.)
● Subsidiary management plans, consisting of: o Scope management plan, with sections addressing the following:
▪ Introduction (The purpose of the scope management plan)
▪ How the detailed scope statement is prepared ▪ How the decomposed W BS is developed from the detail scope
statement ▪ How the W BS will be maintained and validated
▪ How formal acceptance of deliverables will be obtained ▪ How changes to the scope will be controlled through the change
control process
o Requirements management plan, with sections addressing the f ollowing: ▪ Introduction (The purpose of the requirements management plan) ▪ How requirements activities are to be planned, tracked, and
documented ▪ How configuration management will be conducted ▪ How requirements will be prioritized
▪ What metrics will be use in defining project requirements and how they will be used
▪ Method to be used in documenting, cataloging and tracking
requirements o Schedule management plan, with sections addressing the following:
▪ Introduction (The purpose of the schedule management plan)
▪ Project schedule type/application to be used and how it will be used ▪ Level of accuracy that the schedule will depict ▪ Units of measure to be used (hours, days, weeks, etc.)
▪ Organizational link mapping (e.g. W BS used to develop the Resource Allocation Matrix, that is used to develop the Duration Estimate to be used to develop the schedule)
▪ Schedule maintenance (how to update the schedule, document it, and when to update it)
▪ Control thresholds to identify the extent of variance from the schedule
before actions need to be taken ▪ Performance measurement rules (percent complete levels, schedule
performance formulae to be used (i.e. EVM formulae for schedule
performance) ▪ Report formats
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o Cost management plan, with sections addressing the following: ▪ Introduction (The purpose of the cost management plan)
▪ Units of measurement to be used (dollars, euros, drachmas) ▪ Levels of precision (degree of estimation rounding such as “All hour
estimates will be rounded up to the next hour, or next 5 hours, etc.”)
▪ Levels of accuracy (e.g., Parametric cost estimations can be accurate to +75% to -25% of the final Estimate at Complete. The Definitive cost estimate should be accurate to +10% to -5% of final EAC.)
▪ Organizational link mapping (e.g. Fully decomposed W BS will be used along with the definitive duration estimate to develop the definitive cost estimate.)
▪ Control thresholds to identify the extent of variance from the baseline costs before actions need to be taken (i.e., Project costs not to exceed +10% to – 5% of EAC for any given period.)
▪ Performance measurement rules (percent complete levels, cost
performance formulae to be used (i.e., EVM formulae for cost performance)
o Quality management plan, with sections addressing the following:
▪ Introduction (The purpose of the quality management plan) ▪ Quality management methodology (Describes the approach to quality) ▪ Quality requirements/standards (reference any specifications
documents that provide these specifications) ▪ Product/Service quality ▪ Process quality
▪ Quality assurance (QA) (explain how to define and document the process for auditing the quality requirements to ensure that quality standards and operational definitions are met during the process.)
▪ Quality control (QC) (explain how to define and document the process for monitoring and recording the results of activities outputs to assess performance and recommend necessary changes.
▪ Quality control measurements (checklists and log examples to be used in taking quality measurements and comparing them against standards/requirements.)
o Process improvement plan, with sections addressing the following: ▪ Introduction (The purpose of the process improvement management
plan)
▪ Process boundaries (description of each activity process from start to finish, process owner, stakeholders for the process)
▪ Process configuration (graphic depiction of the process flow for each
activity) ▪ Process metrics (control limits, variances, out-of-bounds specifications) ▪ Improved performance targets (performance measures to work
towards to ensure process improvement)
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o Human resource management plan, with sections addressing the following:
▪ Introduction (The purpose of the human resources management plan) ▪ Roles and responsibilities (Roles and responsibilities of team members
and stakeholders must be clearly defined in any project. Depending on
the organizational structure, project team members may represent many different groups/departments and act in the interest of different functional managers. Additionally, team members may have varying
degrees of authority and responsibility. ▪ Organizational charts (graphic displays of the project tasks and team
members. The purpose of this is to illustrate the responsibilities of
team members as they relate to the project tasks. Tools such as responsible, accountable, consult, inform (RACI) or responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) may be used to aid in communicating roles and responsibilities for the project team. )
▪ Staffing management (contains information on several areas including: when and how human resource requirements will be acquired, the timeline for when resources are needed and may be released, training
for any resources with identified gaps in skills required, how performance reviews will be performed, and the rewards and recognition system to be used.)
o Communication management plan, with sections addressing the following: ▪ Introduction (The purpose of the communications management plan) ▪ Stakeholder communications requirements
▪ Information to be communicated ▪ Reason for information distribution ▪ Time frame for information distribution
▪ Person(s) transmitting information ▪ Person(s) to receive information ▪ Mode of information transmittal
▪ Allocated resources for communication activities (time, cost, labor, equipment, material)
▪ Escalation process (for escalation of issues to included time and
management chain positions that escalation must follow) ▪ Method to update and refine the communication management plan ▪ Glossary of project related terminology
▪ Flow charts of the project information flow, report type examples, meeting guides, etc.
▪ Organizational constraints to communication distribution (regulatory,
SOP, policy, proprietary, etc.) o Risk management plan, with sections addressing the following:
▪ Introduction (The purpose of the risk management plan)
▪ Risk methodology (The approach, tools, and resources that will be used in conducting risk management)
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▪ Roles and responsibilities (Defining the risk management team lead and team members with their responsibilities in risk even identification,
qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, and response to risks. ▪ Risk budgeting (W hat funds will be needed to be included in the cost
baseline for contingency and management reserves.)
▪ Risk timing (Specifies when risk assessments will be conducted throughout the project lifecycle and what points the management and contingency reserves can be applied.)
▪ Definitions of probability and impact (The conditions chart that defines and standardizes the impact of identified risk events.)
▪ Probability and impact (The P-I Matrix that the conditional impacts will
be measured against the probabilities of occurrence to identify the risk score)
▪ Revised stakeholder tolerances (Identified stakeholder tolerances to risk that will continue to be revised with each risk assessment
throughout the project lifecycle.) ▪ Reporting formats (Documented formats for addressing risk in the
project; examples)
▪ Tracking (specifying how risks will be recorded and the tracking process to ensure all risks are address and responded to.)
o Procurement management plan, with sections addressing the following:
▪ Introduction (The purpose of the procurement management plan) ▪ Contract Types (W hat types of contracts are to be used on the project
for procurement.)
▪ Risk management issues (Identified procurement risks and how they will be responded.)
▪ Estimates for Procurement (W hether independent estimates will be
used as evaluation criteria, i.e. Organizational contractor lists.) ▪ Methodology (The process that all project procurement actions will
follow in acquiring resources to include vendor solicitation, evaluation,
down-selection, and administration.) ▪ Standardize procurement documents (a listing or facsimiles of required
procurement documents to be used for project procurement.)
▪ Supplier management (Specifies who is the responsible action person(s) for managing multiple suppliers, vendors, and/or contractors to the project.)
▪ Procurement coordinating instructions (Actins required to coordinate procurement activities with scheduled on site needs.)
▪ Procurement constraints and assumptions (all actions affecting the
conduct of the project and expectations to avoid, accept, or mitigate.) ▪ Lead times (Identification of lead times to have acquisitions on site at
time of needs by the project.)
▪ Make-or-buy management (how make-or-buy decision will be made for all scheduled procurement needs.)
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o Stakeholder management plan, with sections addressing the following: ▪ Introduction (The purpose of the stakeholder management plan)
▪ Stakeholder analysis (For primary external stakeholder who can affect the conduct of the project.)
▪ Stakeholder register
▪ Stakeholder engagement levels ▪ Stakeholder changer (The scope and impact to the change of each
primary stakeholder.)
▪ Stakeholder communications requirements ▪ Information distribution (A communications planner for stakeholders
can be used.)
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 6 Team assignment, have one person designated by the
team upload all assignment documents to the Unit 6 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 6 Assignment 2 Dropbox.
GM592 Unit 6 Team Assignment: 210 Points Points
Possible
Points
Earned
Content (0-140 points)
1. Project Scope Baseline
a) Project scope statement
10
b) W ork Breakdown Structure (fully decomposed)
c) W ork Breakdown Structure Dictionary
2. Project Schedule Baseline
a) Definitive duration estimate
10
b) Gantt schedule with critical path
c) Milestone chart
d) Resource schedule
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e) Material and equipment forecast
3. Project Cost Baseline
a) Definitive cost estimate
10
b) Project spend plan
c) Project baseline graph with EAC identified
4. Scope Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the scope management plan)
10
b) How the detailed scope statement is prepared
c) How the decomposed W BS is developed from the detail
scope statement
d) How the W BS will be maintained and validated
e) How formal acceptance of deliverables will be obtained
f) How changes to the scope will be controlled through the change control process
5. Requirements Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the requirements management
plan)
10
b) How requirements activities are to be planned, tracked, and
documented
c) How configuration management will be conducted
d) How requirements will be prioritized
e) W hat metrics will be used in defining project requirements and how they will be used
f) Method to be used in documenting, cataloging and tracking
requirements
6. Schedule Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the schedule management plan)
10
b) Project schedule type/application to be used and how it will be used
c) Level of accuracy that the schedule will depict
d) Units of measure to be used (hours, days, weeks, etc.)
e) Organizational link mapping (e.g. W BS used to develop the Resource Allocation Matrix, that is used to develop the Duration Estimate to be used to develop the schedule)
f) Schedule maintenance (how to update the schedule,
document it, and when to update it)
g) Control thresholds to identify the extent of variance from the schedule before actions need to be taken
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h) Performance measurement rules (percent complete levels,
schedule performance formulae to be used (i.e. EVM formulae for schedule performance)
i) Report formats
7. Cost Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the cost management plan)
10
b) Units of measurement to be used (dollars, euros, drachmas)
c) Levels of precision (degree of estimation rounding such as “All hour estimates will be rounded up to the next hour, or next 5 hours, etc.”)
d) Levels of accuracy (e.g., Parametric cost estimations can be accurate to +75% to -25% of the final Estimate at Complete. The Definitive cost estimate should be accurate to +10% to -
5% of final EAC.) e) Organizational link mapping (e.g., Fully decomposed W BS
will be used along with the definitive duration estimate to
develop the definitive cost estimate.) f) Control thresholds to identify the extent of variance from the
baseline costs before actions need to be taken (i.e., Project
costs not to exceed +10% to – 5% of EAC for any given period.)
g) Performance measurement rules (percent complete levels,
cost performance formulae to be used (i.e., EVM formulae for cost performance)
8. Quality Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the quality management plan)
10
b) Quality management methodology (Describes the approach to quality)
c) Quality requirements/standards (reference any specifications documents that provide these specifications)
d) Product/Service quality
e) Process quality
f) Quality assurance (QA) (explain how to define and document the process for auditing the quality requirements to ensure that quality standards and operational definitions are met
during the process.) g) Quality control (QC) (explain how to define and document the
process for monitoring and recording the results of activities outputs to assess performance and recommend necessary
changes.
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h) Quality control measurements (checklists and log examples to be used in taking quality measurements and comparing
them against standards/requirements.)
9. Process Improvement Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the process improvement management plan)
10
b) Process boundaries (description of each activity process
from start to finish, process owner, stakeholders for the process)
c) Process configuration (graphic depiction of the process flow
for each activity)
d) Process metrics (control limits, variances, out-of-bounds specifications)
e) Improved performance targets (performance measures to
work towards to ensure process improvement)
10. Human Resource Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the human resources management plan)
10
b) Roles and responsibilities (Roles and responsibilities of team
members and stakeholders must be clearly defined in any project. Depending on the organizational structure, project team members may represent many different
groups/departments and act in the interest of different functional managers. Additionally, team members may have varying degrees of authority and responsibility.
c) Organizational charts (graphic displays of the project tasks and team members. The purpose of this is to illustrate the responsibilities of team members as they relate to the project
tasks. Tools such as responsible, accountable, consult, inform (RACI) or responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) may be used to aid in communicating roles and responsibilities for
the project team. ) d) Staffing management (contains information on several areas
including: when and how human resource requirements will
be acquired, the timeline for when resources are needed and may be released, training for any resources with identified gaps in skills required, how performance reviews will be
performed, and the rewards and recognition system to be used.)
11. Communications Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the communications
management plan) 10
b) Stakeholder communications requirements
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c) Information to be communicated
d) Reason for information distribution
e) Time frame for information distribution
f) Person(s) transmitting information
g) Person(s) to receive information
h) Mode of information transmittal
i) Allocated resources for communication activities (time, cost, labor, equipment, material)
j) Escalation process (for escalation of issues to include time and management chain positions that escalation must follow)
k) Method to update and refine the communication
management plan
l) Glossary of project related terminology
m) Flow charts of the project information flow, report type examples, meeting guides, etc.
n) Organizational constraints to communication distribution
(regulatory, SOP, policy, proprietary, etc.)
12. Risk Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the risk management plan)
10
b) Risk methodology (The approach, tools, and resources that
will be used in conducting risk management) c) Roles and responsibilities (Defining the risk management
team lead and team members with their responsibilities in
risk even identification, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, and response to risks.
d) Risk budgeting (W hat funds will be needed to be included in
the cost baseline for contingency and management reserves.)
e) Risk timing (Specifies when risk assessments will be
conducted throughout the project lifecycle and what points the management and contingency reserves can be applied.)
f) Definitions of probability and impact (The conditions chart that defines and standardizes the impact of identified risk events.)
g) Probability and impact (The P-I Matrix that the conditional impacts will be measured against the probabilities of
occurrence to identify the risk score) h) Revised stakeholder tolerances (Identified stakeholder
tolerances to risk that will continue to be revised with each
risk assessment throughout the project lifecycle.) i) Reporting formats (Documented formats for addressing risk in
the project; examples)
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j) Tracking (specifying how risks will be recorded and the tracking process to ensure all risks are addressed and
responded to.)
13. Procurement Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the procurement management plan)
10
b) Contract Types (W hat types of contracts are to be used on the project for procurement.)
c) Risk management issues (Identified procurement risks and how they will be responded.)
d) Estimates for Procurement (W hether independent estimates will be used as evaluation criteria, i.e. Organizational contractor lists.)
e) Methodology (The process that all project procurement actions will follow in acquiring resources to include vendor solicitation, evaluation, down-selection, and administration.)
f) Standardize procurement documents (a listing or facsimiles of
required procurement documents to be used for project procurement.)
g) Supplier management (Specifies who is the responsible
action person(s) for managing multiple suppliers, vendors, and/or contractors to the project.)
h) Procurement coordinating instructions (Actins required to
coordinate procurement activities with scheduled on site needs.)
i) Procurement constraints and assumptions (all actions
affecting the conduct of the project and expectations to avoid, accept, or mitigate.)
j) Lead times (Identification of lead times to have acquisitions on
site at time of needs by the project.) k) Make-or-buy management (how make-or-buy decision will be
made for all scheduled procurement needs.)
14. Stakeholder Management Plan
a) Introduction (The purpose of the stakeholder management plan)
10
b) Stakeholder analysis (For primary external stakeholder who can affect the conduct of the project.)
c) Stakeholder register
d) Stakeholder engagement levels
e) Stakeholder changer (The scope and impact to the change of each primary stakeholder.)
f) Stakeholder communications requirements
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g) Information distribution (A communications planner for stakeholders can be used.)
Analysis (36 points)
Response exhibits strong higher-order critical thinking and
analysis (e.g., evaluation). Paper shows original thought. 12
Analysis includes proper classifications, explanations, comparisons and inferences.
12
Critical thinking includes appropriate judgments, conclusions and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information.
12
Writing (34 points)
Grammatical skills are strong with typically less than one error per page. Correct use of APA when assigned.
12
Appropriate to the assignment, fresh (interesting to read),
accurate, (no far-fetched, unsupported comments), precise (say what you mean), and concise (not wordy).
11
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.
11
Peer Evaluation
Minus points lost on Peer Evaluation (15= 0, 14= -1, 13= -2,
etc.) 0
Total 210
