QSO 435 Homeworks

QSO 435 Module Two Short Presentation Guidelines and Rubric

In Module Two, you learned about Agile practices for an adaptive approach. For this activity, you will submit a five-slide Power Point presentation that includes a narrative of the speaker notes within the PowerPoint presentation. Your supervisor, the senior manager for the PMO, is excited by the success stories being reported about the use of Agile. Your supervisor wants to present Agile practices at the next monthly operations program management review (PMR). The VP of Operations and the directors of the various divisions within Operations are the target audience for this presentation. As the newest person on the staff, you are asked to create a short slide presentation to be presented by your supervisor at the next weekly staff meeting. In your presentation, you will:

• Keep your presentation format to five slides composed in bullet point format. • Describe characteristics of Agile. • Make distinctions between Agile and waterfall project management. • Include speaker notes within each slide that elaborate on the corresponding topic for presentation purposes.

Guidelines for Submission: Your assignment must be submitted as a five-slide PowerPoint presentation including bullet points and speaker notes and at least three sources cited in APA (6th edition) format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Presentation Format Five slides, all in bullet point format Fewer than five slides and/or not in

bullet point format Fewer than five slides and not in bullet point format

15

Characteristics of Agile Thoroughly describes the project characteristics of Agile

Explains the characteristics of Agile, but misses some key details

Does not explain the characteristics of Agile

25

Distinctions Between Agile and Waterfall

Includes clear and thorough distinctions between Agile and waterfall project management

Makes distinctions between Agile and waterfall project management, but is not as clear and/or as thorough as possible

Does not make distinctions between the two approaches

25

Speaker Notes Speaker notes within each slide elaborate on the corresponding topic by providing additional context and details

Speaker notes are included within each slide but do not elaborate on the corresponding topic by providing additional context and details

Speaker notes are not included 25

Writing Mechanics Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has several errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Earned Total 100%