Research Project

The attached journal describes a national project. Based on the journal, and on your team’s understanding of the project, answer the questions below:

#	Question	Points
a	Was it an internal or external project? Give rationale.	4
f	In your opinion, was the railway approach the best approach to have been selected?  Support your rationale using PV, NPV, IRR, B/C. (1 page)	25
l	Using a table / bullets, list at least 10 individual risks ranked by severity and project phase (i.e. pre-construction & post-construction). (1 page)	25
p	Describe at least 3 lessons that can be learned from this project.	3
r	Other Considerations	5
s	Other – APA (Times New Roman, 12, double- spaced, in-text citations, grammar, reference list, etc.)	10
	TOTAL	240

            Side note from instructor:

1. Your response should cover between 5 pages only.

2. This research project requires you to tie together everything you have studied in this semester. This may include core project management skills, writing skills, APA formatting, meeting deadlines, etc.

3. Ensure all responses you provide (including numbers, tasks and other facts) are supported by information from the journal or provide appropriate assumptions where necessary. This journal including all other sources should be correctly referenced.

4. Use effective in-text citation to help the reader know exactly where you are picking your facts from. APA requires the use of page numbers primarily for direct quotes. However, just for this sake of this assignment, since I need to know exactly where you are picking the facts from, please use page numbers as often as you need to. If I cannot connect your rationale with the pages, I may not give the maximum points for that section.  

5. You have been put in teams so you can bounce ideas off each other – no one person knows it all. This is a good opportunity to access your respective strengths and weaknesses and work together as a team.

6. If there are any questions or clarifications needed, the PM may contact me. All the best!