Brilliant Answers (The topic I chose for the final project analysis is the 2014 FIFA World Cup)

QSO 645 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The purpose of Milestone Two is to help you prepare for the final project by allowing you to review specific elements of your chosen project. You will describe, assess, and evaluate planning, budget, and risk measures taken in the project, and you will consider areas that were handled well and specific areas where improvements could have been made. You are expected to gather information from both the course and outside resources to assist in preparation for your thorough assessment of all knowledge areas at the end of the course. Once complete, this milestone will become a component of the final project. Prompt: Examine the planning measures that were used in the project, assess the budget of the project, and identify major project risks and corresponding control tactics. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

IV. Planning measures A. Describe how the schedule was executed and managed, including specific planning measures that were utilized during the project. B. Assess any discrepancies in the timeline, and explain how the project manager could have handled or avoided them.

V. Budget

A. Assess the budget of the project, including a description of efficiencies and inefficiencies in how the budget was managed. B. Explain possible contingency allotments and limitations. C. Recommend any adjustments to the budget that were necessary, providing reasoning.

VI. Risks and control tactics

A. Evaluate the risk response planning executed based on the major project risks and control tactics, and explain the missed and exploited opportunities in the project.

B. Summarize qualitative and quantitative measurements of major project risks.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Planning Measures: Schedule

Describes how the schedule was executed and managed, including specific planning measures that were utilized during the project

Describes how the schedule was executed and managed, but description is lacking detail or contains inaccuracies

Does not describe how the schedule was executed and managed

12

Planning Measures: Discrepancies

Assesses any discrepancies in the timeline, and explains how the project manager could have handled or avoided them

Assesses any discrepancies in the timeline, but assessment is cursory, lacks explanation of how they could have been handled or avoided, or contains inaccuracies

Does not assess discrepancies in the timeline

12

Budget: Efficiencies and Inefficiencies

Assesses the budget of the project, including a description of efficiencies and inefficiencies in how the budget was managed

Assesses the budget of the project, including a description of efficiencies and inefficiencies in how the budget was managed, but assessment is cursory, or description is incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not assess the budget of the project, including a description of efficiencies and inefficiencies in how the budget was managed

15

Budget: Allotments and Limitations

Explains possible contingency allotments and limitations

Explains contingency allotments and limitations, but explanation is inappropriate or cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not explain contingency allotments and limitations

12

Budget: Adjustments Recommends any adjustments to the budget that were necessary, providing reasoning

Recommends adjustments to the budget, but recommendations are unnecessary or inappropriate, incomplete, without reason, or contain inaccuracies

Does not recommend adjustments to the budget

15

Risk and Control Tactics: Risk Response

Planning

Evaluates the risk response planning executed based on the major project risks and control tactics, and explains the missed and exploited opportunities in the project

Evaluates the risk response planning executed, and explains the missed and exploited opportunities in the project, but evaluation is cursory, not based on project risks or control tactics, illogical, or contains inaccuracies

Does not evaluate the risk response planning executed and does not explain the missed and exploited opportunities in the project

12

Risk and Control Tactics: Measurements

Summarizes qualitative and quantitative measurements of major project risks

Summarizes qualitative and quantitative measurements of major project risks, but summary is incomplete or lacking detail or contains inaccuracies

Does not summarize qualitative and quantitative measurements of major project risks

15

Articulation of Response

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

Submission has major 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

7

Total 100%