Project management

PJM6125 Project Evaluation: Performance Dashboard

Overview and Rationale

For this assignment, you will create a project performance dashboard.

Program and Course Outcomes

This assignment is directly linked to the following key learning outcomes from the course syllabus:

LO8: Create a performance dashboard to summarize and report project performance status

In addition to these key learning outcomes, you will also have the opportunity to evidence the following skills through completing this assignment:

· Critical thinking and analysis

· Problem solving

Essential Components & Instructions

Throughout this course, you have used a project you selected to create a set of performance metrics, identify performance tool for each metric, and write a performance report relying on earned value. But Earned Value is only one of the evaluation tools identified by each of you. For this final assignment, you will create a performance dashboard for the project you have used throughout this course. I have included some readings on performance dashboards in the reading this week, and you have already done most of the work with your performance evaluation matrix. Here is what you need to do for this assignment:

· Using the latest version of your performance evaluation matrix (make sure you have updated it with my feedback), create a performance dashboard that includes all the relevant performance evaluation tools you identified

· Specifically, create a way of presenting and/or displaying the performance data in a single page or excel spreadsheet so that relevant project stakeholders could view it

In addition to creating the dashboard, you will need to provide a guide and/or legend to it. Namely, you will want to provide a few paragraphs describing who is responsible for updating and maintaining the dashboard, how frequently the different metrics will be updated, and any other relevant details you think are pertinent.

Format

As I grade you dashboards, I will be looking at the following items closely:

· Does it include all the tools you identified in your performance evaluation matrix?

· It is arranged in a clear and professional looking manner?

· Do you provide a clear description / guide for each of the metrics?

· Do you state how frequently it will be updated and by whom?

· The document should be free and clear of grammatical and typographical errors

Please be sure to review the attached rubric. It along with these assignment instructions will ensure you have a solid understanding of the assignment requirements.

Rubric(s)

Assessment Element	Above Standard (100-95%)	Meets Standards (94.9 – 84%)	Approaching Standards (83.9 – 77%)	Below Standard (76.9 – 70%)	Not Evident (69.9 – 0%)
Performance Evaluation (50%)	Illustrates a discerning awareness of performance evaluation reporting and contains all required elements.	Illustrates an understanding of performance evaluation reporting and contains all required elements	Illustrates an understanding of performance evaluation reporting, but does not include all required elements or one or more elements provide insufficient data.	Illustrates only a basic understanding of performance evaluation reporting, includes minimal elements and insufficient data	The submission fails to illustrate an understanding of performance evaluation reporting.
Critical Thinking (35%)	Professional insights into depth and breadth of assignment - goes WELL beyond assignment requirements to explore performance evaluation reporting and dashboards.	Showcases a comprehensive understanding of the performance issues related to the project environment and evidences a strong analysis of performance evaluation reporting.	Showcases a base understanding of the performance issues related to the project environment and evidences a less than thorough analysis of performance evaluation reporting.	Does not evidence a base understanding of the performance issues related to the project environment and evidences a weak analysis of performance evaluation reporting.	Evidences a very poor understanding of performance evaluation reporting.
Grammar & Clarity (15%)	All work grammatically correct with no misspellings or grammatical mistakes. Expresses ideas and opinions clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the assignment.	All work grammatically correct with rare misspellings.	Minimal errors in spelling, grammar, sentence structure and/or other writing conventions but the reader is able to understand what the writer meant.	Frequent errors in spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and/or other writing conventions that distract the reader.	Writing contains numerous errors in spelling, grammar, sentence structure, etc. that interfere with comprehension. The reader is unable to understand some of the intended meaning.