Retail Store Major Project Proposal (Benchmark Assignment)

Requirements

Possible

Actual

1) Includes project title, identifies project manager, and describes the problem or opportunity for improvement.

15

2) Includes description of project goals.

15

3) Quantifies the savings or benefits expected from completing this project, calculates costs (hours, materials, methods, equipment, etc.), and estimates timeframe for completion.

25

4) Identifies the resources necessary to complete the project.

20

5) Identifies the major risks associated with undertaking the project and explains how likely it is for risks to occur and how the project could be impacted by such risks.

25

6) Project is prepared according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.

5

7) There is sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The writer is careful to use paragraph and transition construction to guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. Individually and collectively, paragraphs are coherent and cohesive.

5

8) Writer is clearly in control of standard, written American English. Includes correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Similarity Index is less than or equal to 15%. *Instructor discretion advisable.

5

9) Includes correct sentence construction, word choice, etc. The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choices in unique and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.

5

TOTAL

120