Project Procurement Mgmt.

Week 8 Assignment 4

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Assignment 4: Best Practices from SCM, Procurement, and Procurement Systems (125 points)

Write a three to four (3–4) page paper in which you discuss the single best practice from SCM, procurement, and procurement systems (one from each) and explain how the three can work together.

The format of the paper is to be as follows:

This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills.

The assignment will be graded using the following rubric:

Outcomes Assessed Analyze the project supply chain management process. Analyze the procurement and management process for a project. Use technology and information resources to research issues in project procurement management.

Grading Rubric for Assignment 4 — Best Practices from SCM, Procurement, and Procurement Systems

Criteria Unacceptable Developing Competent

1. Discuss the single best practice from SCM, procurement and procurement systems (one from each) and explain how the three can work together.

(80%)

Did not complete the assignment or did not discuss the single best practice from SCM, procurement and procurement systems (one from each) and explain how the three can work together; omitted key information and/or included irrelevant information. Completed with less than 60% accuracy, thoroughness, and logic.

Partially discussed the single best practice from SCM, procurement and procurement systems (one from each) and explained how the three can work together; omitted some key information. Completed with 60-79% accuracy, thoroughness, and logic.

Sufficiently discussed the single best practice from SCM, procurement and procurement systems (one from each) and explained how the three can work together; omitted some key information. Completed with 80-89% accuracy, thoroughness, and logic.

2. Clarity Did not complete the assignment, or Explanations generally Explanations generally clear

(10%) explanations are unclear and not organized. (Major issues)

unclear and not well organized. (Many issues)

and/or organized. (Minor issues)

3. Writing – Grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation.

(10%)

Did not complete the assignment or had 8 or more different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation. (Major issues)

Had 6–7 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation. (Many issues)

Had 4–5 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, or punctuation. (Minor issues)