Project Plan
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LSSAssignmentIII2017.docxTMGT 4/561 LSS
Assignment III Instructions
Lecture/Essay
Project Planning and Management
There are entire courses, programs, and certifications in project management. Everything required for the initial post was introduced in the TMGT 361 course and is part of the CQPA BOK. Also, many of your other courses, e.g., the production planning course and TMGT 478, cover project planning and management. The LSS text book for the class outlines the elements of a project plan. It is a common mistake for an individual to only focus on their part of the plan. For example, if the plan centers on rolling out a new product, some people might focus on designing the new product, others on making it, others on marketing it, shipping it, etc. But a complete project plan has much more to it than that.
The initial post for this assignment will only ask you to outline a plan. A complete plan can include hundreds of pages. An outline will list all the major parts and steps and provide enough specific details that the reader can understand what that step accomplishes or the duties of a certain role. Every plan is different but common elements follow. The book has more details; you might know more elements or details from other courses and your work experience.
1. Charter, rationale, and other justification and initiation of the project.
2. The major activities or steps of the entire project and who is responsible for each step (the action plan for the project core).
a. The sequence (or order, mapping, etc.) of the steps.
b. The criteria, standard, or metric by which you will judge that each step is complete and successful.
c. When each step should be completed and other milestones.
3. The resources ($, supplies, personnel) for each step (the resource plan for the project). This includes where things have to be are when.
4. A budget (the financial plan for the project).
5. Channels of communication; reporting of progress.
6. Debriefing, evaluating the project results, archiving the results, and incorporating what was learned from the project.
Project is another one of those very loose (and overused, in my opinion) terms that can mean many things. A project can be to mow the grass or the put a person on the moon. So that project is more specific than thing or activity, I think it should involve the following.
· A goal or objective.
· A plan.
Some experts say that a plan also needs a goal. I agree that a workable plan does. A workable plan, or at least a meaningful one, needs a schedule and also needs criteria by which you can judge the success. Therefore, in Hayden speak, if you have a scheduled plan to achieve a goal and will use criteria to judge the success of the plan, you’ve got yourself a project.
Note that the plan could be simple or complex, be written or in your head, might or might not need a team, or might require few or a great amount of resources. Note that a schedule does not have to have specific dates. Do this, then do that is a schedule. Let cool when done baking is a schedule. I think that the best schedules include:
a. how to do what needs done,
b. when to do it,
c. in what order (a flow chart),
d. how long each activity should take,
e. and the date that each activity should be completed.
b-e above would be included in an activity network diagram (AND) or other good critical path method.
Good plans also have the following.
· Progress checks, interim reports, and other activity or time elements, e.g., if applicable, pausing or storage.
· The resources for each step, e.g., who is responsible, who is going to do that step, and what resources are necessary (tools, equipment, instruments, supplies, etc.). Money is a resource also.
· A budget. A budget is a financial plan. It is best to have a budget line item for at least every step. Some steps may require multiple budge items. Some steps may have no expense involved. Money is another resource for the overall plan and each step but is important enough to be summarized in its own table.
Initial Post:
*Everyone, remember that this assignment can be part of your project assignment. You would be wise to make this plan, the plan for you LSS project in this class (assignment XI). Also, remember that you cannot copy other’s work, e.g., make a case study out of other’s work. This plan has to be your creation, from your brain.
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LSS
Assignment II
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Instructions
Lecture/Essay
Project Planning and Management
There are entire courses, programs, and certifications in project
management
. Everything
required for the initial post was introduced in the TMGT 361 course and is part of the CQPA
BOK. Also, many of your other courses, e.g., the production planning course and TMGT 478,
cover project planning and management. The LSS text book for
the class outlines the elements of
a project plan. It is a common mistake for an individual to only focus on their part
of the plan.
For example, if the plan centers on rolling out a new product, some people might focus on
designing the new product, others
on making it, others on marketing it, shipping it, etc. But a
complete project plan has much more to it than that.
The initial post for this assignment will only ask you to outline a plan. A complete plan can
include hundreds of pages. An outline will li
st all the major parts and steps
and provide enough
specific details that the reader can understand what that step accomplishes or the duties of a
certain role. Every plan is different but common elements follow. The book has more details;
you might know m
ore elements or details from other courses and your work experience.
1.
Charter, rationale, and other justification and initiation of the project.
2.
The major activities or steps of the entire
project and who is responsible
for each step (the
action plan for th
e project core).
a.
The sequence (or order, mapping, etc.) of the steps.
b.
The criteria, standard, or metric by which you will judge that each step is
complete and successful
.
c.
When
each step should be completed and other milestones.
3.
The resources ($, supplies,
personnel) for each step
(the resource plan for the project)
.
This includes where things have to be are when.
4.
A budget (the financial plan for the project).
5.
Channels of communication; reporting of progress.
6.
Debriefing, evaluating the project results, arch
iving the results, and incorporating what
was learned from the project.
Project
is another one of those very loose (and overused, in my opinion) terms that can mean
many things. A project can be to mow the grass or the put a person on the moon. So that
pro
ject
is more specific than
thing
or
activity
, I think it should involve the following.
·
A goal or objective.
·
A plan.
Some experts say that a plan also needs a goal. I agree that a workable plan does. A workable
plan, or at least a meaningful one, needs a schedule and also needs criteria by which you can
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TMGT 4/561 LSS
Assignment III Instructions
Lecture/Essay
Project Planning and Management
There are entire courses, programs, and certifications in project management. Everything
required for the initial post was introduced in the TMGT 361 course and is part of the CQPA
BOK. Also, many of your other courses, e.g., the production planning course and TMGT 478,
cover project planning and management. The LSS text book for the class outlines the elements of
a project plan. It is a common mistake for an individual to only focus on their part of the plan.
For example, if the plan centers on rolling out a new product, some people might focus on
designing the new product, others on making it, others on marketing it, shipping it, etc. But a
complete project plan has much more to it than that.
The initial post for this assignment will only ask you to outline a plan. A complete plan can
include hundreds of pages. An outline will list all the major parts and steps and provide enough
specific details that the reader can understand what that step accomplishes or the duties of a
certain role. Every plan is different but common elements follow. The book has more details;
you might know more elements or details from other courses and your work experience.
1. Charter, rationale, and other justification and initiation of the project.
2. The major activities or steps of the entire project and who is responsible for each step (the
action plan for the project core).
a. The sequence (or order, mapping, etc.) of the steps.
b. The criteria, standard, or metric by which you will judge that each step is
complete and successful.
c. When each step should be completed and other milestones.
3. The resources ($, supplies, personnel) for each step (the resource plan for the project).
This includes where things have to be are when.
4. A budget (the financial plan for the project).
5. Channels of communication; reporting of progress.
6. Debriefing, evaluating the project results, archiving the results, and incorporating what
was learned from the project.
Project is another one of those very loose (and overused, in my opinion) terms that can mean
many things. A project can be to mow the grass or the put a person on the moon. So that project
is more specific than thing or activity, I think it should involve the following.
A goal or objective.
A plan.
Some experts say that a plan also needs a goal. I agree that a workable plan does. A workable
plan, or at least a meaningful one, needs a schedule and also needs criteria by which you can
