Apply: Signature Assignment: Organize a Project

Assignment Content

1. This assignment is intended to help you use leadership skills to gather project members from cross-functional departments and skill sets and lead them in the fulfillment and implementation of a mock project.
   
   Discover the various responsibilities of a project manager by organizing a project. See Chapter 19, sections 19.9 and Cases. 
   
   Apply project management tools and a PM outline type of your choice to structure and plan the project by defining, planning, and controlling. The project will be a continuation of how to improve the process you chose in Weeks 1 and 2.
   
   Create a 10-slide PowerPoint (supported by Excel and Word as needed) presentation, with detailed speaker notes, that includes the following:
   
   • Project description
   • Project Management Charts (Critical Path, Gant Chart, etc.)
   • Improved Process Flow Chart from Week 1
   • Meeting cadence/rhythm and timing
   • Metrics to measure the project’s success
   • Financial and budgetary considerations
   • Description of the project reporting structure
   • Cite references to support your assignment.
     
     Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.