Project Mgmt for PMP Week 3 Assignment

QSO 645 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: For your final project in this course, you will conduct a full postproject analysis on the completed project that you selected from the provided list in your Module One journal activity. Now that you have received feedback on that assignment, it is time to begin setting up your final project. In this milestone, you will have the opportunity to summarize the key details of the project, discuss the initial vision and scope, and assess the impact of the different levels and roles of various stakeholders.

For Milestone One, you will discuss the project details, which should familiarize you with the key points. You will also review the scope and stakeholders, which will better prepare you for subsequent material. 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: Summarize the key details of the project, discuss the initial vision and scope, and assess the impact of the different levels and roles of various stakeholders.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Summarize the key project details. Be sure to include the appropriate project methodology/methods and practices. II. Determine what was in-scope and out-of-scope for the project, including the success criteria for the project as expected by the sponsor.

III. Stakeholders A. Discuss how the progress of the project impacted key stakeholders and the roles they played in the project. Be sure to include the stakeholders’

registry and category in your discussion. B. Recommend solutions and their expected outcomes to staffing issues. Include the stakeholder collaboration and engagement plan in your

solutions and outcomes.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be a 3- to 4-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.

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

Project Details Summarizes the key project details, including the appropriate project methodology and practices

Summarizes the project details, but summary lacks specificity, misses key details, or contains inaccuracies

Does not summarize key project details 25

Scope Determines what was in-scope and out-of- scope for the project, including the success criteria for the project as expected by the sponsor

Determines what was in-scope and out-of- scope for the project, but determination is missing elements of scope, lacks success criteria, or contains inaccuracies

Does not determine what was in-scope and out-of-scope for the project

25

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

Stakeholders: Progress

Discusses how the progress of the project impacted key stakeholders and the roles they play in the project

Discusses how the progress of the project impacted key stakeholders and the roles they play in the project, but discussion is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not discuss how the progress of the project impacted key stakeholders and the roles they play in the project

20

Stakeholders: Staffing Issues

Recommends solutions and their expected outcomes to staffing issues

Recommends solutions and their expected outcomes to staffing issues, but recommendations are inappropriate or do not address outcomes

Does not recommend solutions to staffing issues

20

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

10

Total 100%