Wk 5 - Apply: Contingency Plan and Executive Presentation

Assignment Content

1. Project plans outline the intended course of events; however, things don’t always happen as intended. Organizations need to consider risks and develop a contingency plan. This plan is typically presented to management. 
   
   Add the following 2 columns to the project plan table you created in Wk 4 – Apply: Project Plan: 
   
   1. Potential Risk Factors 
   2. Contingency Plans 
   3. Based on your prior research, determine potential risk factors for not meeting each of the project objectives. Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risks. Add the potential risks and contingency plan to your Wk 4 – Apply: Project Plan. 
      
      Use Microsoft PowerPoint® , Prezi® , or another software to create a 12- to 14-slide executive presentation—with appropriate images and diagrams—that summarizes the following information: 
      
   • The organization’s information presented in Wk 1 
   • SWOT analysis and market trend research 
   • Project objectives 
   • How success will be measured
   • The value this project will bring to the organization
   • Project metrics 
   • Timelines  
   • Responsible parties 
   • Potential risk factors 
   • Contingency plans 
   • Include detailed speaker notes within the presentation. Convert the speaker notes to a Microsoft Word document and add it to the citations slide.  
     
     Cite all sources according to APA guidelines. 
     
     You will submit 2 different deliverables:  
     
   1. Updated project plan with potential risk factors and a contingency plan  
   2. Executive presentation with detailed speaker notes as a Word document within the presentation