Ubertour - Written Report

MASY1-GC1250 – Project Management in the Information Age – Fall 2020 Team Simulation Project – Written Report

For the fourth phase of the team simulation project, your team will be expected to create and submit a written report and “master project management plan” for your proposed project which describes the approach which would be taken to complete it. This builds on all of the materials previously prepared by your team and integrates with individual effort made by each team member to develop a plan for a particular knowledge area.

Written Report

The written report is intended to provide a high-level description of how your simulation project would be managed. It should be based on an understanding of the project life cycle model and the five process groups defined in the PMBOK guide:

1. Initiate

2. Plan

3. Execute

4. Control

5. Close

The report should be written in a narrative form. It should focus on describing the most important deliverables and processes associated with each process group. The narrative and deliverables should be relevant to your simulation project and reflect course content discussed in the class and described in the course texts. Teams should be specific in identifying the deliverables to be produced within each process group. Note: It is best to organize your paper into major sections in which each section represents one of the process groups. Please contact the instructor if you have any concerns about that, or any other concerns about organizing your material. Use the PMBOK v6 Processes Map PDF as a guide.

[Note: Remember that given how we have simulated the early stages of a project up to this point, your charter has been approved. It includes a preliminary list of stakeholders. You do NOT have to discuss those activities in your report as not having been done yet. You can consider appropriate ways to reference the fact that work has already been done, though.]

The written report should address plans for all the project management knowledge areas, despite the fact that your team members will only have to individually create a single plan for a knowledge area. The written report should describe activities that would be performed and the deliverables which would be created for each phase of your project life cycle. References to subsidiary plans and any other work products and artifacts that you have identified should be included. For example, it would be appropriate to refer to a requirements document, product backlog, schedule or budget. The goal is to describe what work would be required to deliver the product or service which is the end result of your project as well as any processes and ceremonies which will be performed.

The written report should be no more than eight (8) pages in length. It must be in a narrative report format, which means that it is not enough to simply provide bulleted lists of items. Explanations and descriptions should be provided. Consider this document to be something which will be read by high level managers and/or steering committees with the authority to approve or deny your plan to execute the project. You should also assume they are familiar with PMBOK and the process framework contained in it. You should NOT just provide general explanations of project management concepts. You need to describe how they will be applied to your team’s project. You need to persuade those individuals that you have developed a sound, comprehensive approach to completing your project.

MASY1-GC1250 – Project Management in the Information Age – Fall 2020 Team Simulation Project – Written Report

Master Project Management Plan

A separate individual assignment has been created in which each member of your team will create and deliver a project management plan for a specific knowledge area. Although that assignment will be an individual one, it should integrate with and properly represent the content of the written report.

Your team should aggregate all of the individual project management plans approved by the instructor into a single document and call it the Master Project Management Plan for your project. That should be submitted along with the Written Report. The Master Project Management Plan document should also include a brief summary of the individual plans included.

Notes:

• All team assignment submissions should include a cover page listing the project name and plan name. It should also include the name of your team, the course name, and the date submitted.

• Team assignment submissions do NOT follow the same rules as individual written assignments for this course. Document content does NOT have to be double-spaced, nor does it have to be displayed in Times Roman 12-point font. This supersedes any directives to the contrary in the course syllabus.

• Teams should strive to make their written report a professional-caliber document in terms of its language, formatting and presentation of information. You may consult the instructor if you have any questions or concerns about this.

Please also indicate by some means which team member was responsible for each section of your proposal.

One member of your team should upload a copy of your written report and master project management plan to the designated area in NYU Classes by 11:55 PM on Tuesday, November 24th.