Project Management Assignment

BBA222 Project Management Mid-Term Assignment brief & rubrics

Task

This is an individual task in which students should apply learning from the module to business cases in scenarios in which:

· The need for a project-based approach should be identified and justified as discussed in Lesson 1 · Project management can be assessed as a strategic element inside organizations as discussed in Lessons 2-4

Relevant case studies may be found at https://www.pmi.org/business-solutions/case-studies and can be complemented using own research via EBSCO and Google Scholar. You may also make assumptions as relevant as long as these are clearly indicated in the assignment.

Some ideas for possible topics include IT projects in the private and/or public sectors, construction projects, product/service development projects and start-up projects inside organisations. The assignment should include a title page (indicating the total word-count) and a clear introduction on the chosen organisation/project. The assignment should include references from peer-reviewed sources (i.e. books and academic Journals) formatted using the Harvard referencing style.

Expected table of contents: Introduction on the organization, project identification, strategic elements of the project identified for the chosen organization, justification of the project approach, conclusions, references

Formalities:

• Wordcount: 2,000 words • Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount. • Font: Arial 12,5 pts. • Text alignment: Justified. • The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week (4) – Via Moodle (Turnitin). by the 23rd August at 23:59

Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

• Outcome 1: describe the need for a project- based approach inside organizations • Outcome 2: understand the role of project management as a strategic element inside organizations • Outcome 3: critically assess the roles and responsibilities of a project manager

• Outcome 4: evaluate how to select, develop, plan, schedule and measure its outcomes and risks.

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69 Knowledge & Understanding

(20%)

Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.

Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.

Application (30%) Student applies fully relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies mostly relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident.

Student applies little relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident.

Critical Thinking (30%)

Student critically assesses in excellent ways, drawing outstanding conclusions from relevant authors.

Student critically assesses in good ways, drawing conclusions from relevant authors and references.

Student provides some insights but stays on the surface of the topic. References may not be relevant.

Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, does not quote appropriate authors, and does not provide valid sources.

Communication (20%)

Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.

Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.