Develop preliminary Statement of Work, Funding, Feasibility, and Key Stakeholder

The MGMT600 course objective is listed followed by the mapped course(s)/objective(s) based on the above table.

MGMT600—TCO A

Concisely, and effectively, present a complete description of a business in the form of a written business plan and effectively present the business plan orally to prospective investors or lenders.

Given the basic functions of the CFO and the functions of management, demonstrate an understanding of how the CFO’s functions integrate with the executive management of the firm.

Identifying the organizational, business and competitive context, that serves as the foundation of the company’s mission, vision and objectives that form the foundation of the HR Planning strategy and tactics.

MGMT600—TCO B

Integrate the key points that will attract the attention of an investor or lender as appropriate: evidence of customer acceptance, appreciation of lenders' or investors' needs, evidence of focus, proprietary position into a cohesive business plan.

ACCT600—TCO G

Given data relating to a company’s operations (which your firm is acquiring), identify, examine, analyze and report to your company’s executive management team the potential risks faced by your firm (as the purchaser) and the best potential integration/mitigation strategies for the risk exposure.

MIS600—TCO A

Project Initiation—Given a business situation, prepare and present a written and oral statement outlining the strategic vision and tactical scope of a significant information systems project. Create a high-level project charter, problem statement, project plan and deliverable outline.

MIS600—TCO H

Project Plan Generation and Delivery - Given a significant technical project; prepare a written and oral final report for executive management. Identify goals, critical success factors, risk-management, deliverables, alternatives and resources.

NETW600—TCO A

Given a business situation, prepare and present a written and oral plan to implement a telecommunications solution.

NETW600—TCO F

Given a completed project, prepare a written and oral final report.

PA600—TCO A

Prepare a complete written plan (the P-Plan) to propose a new government, nonprofit, or public health program to an audience of donors, grantors, lenders, or governmental committees. [NOTE: This overall P-Plan will encompass organization, operations, financial, human resources, information system, and communications components covered in separate TCOs.]

PA600—TCO B

Present a complete oral plan to accommodate a new government, nonprofit or public health program for an audience of donors, grantors, lenders, or governmental committees.

PA600—TCO C

Integrate in a summary document the key program points that will attract potential donors, grantors, lenders, or government committee acceptance, showing evidence of focus with relation to mission and objectives.

PROJ600—TCO C

Given the project charter, stakeholders and defined requirements, prepare the project scope statement to include the statement of work and deliverables and the project communications plan.

MGMT600—TCO C

Interpret the several components of the business plan in relation to each other and the business as a whole and within the industry.

ACCT600—TCO B

Given a company’s financial information, analyze and interpret its financial condition and operational performance, and present a due diligence report to internal management.

ACCT600—TCO D

Given the firm’s strategic plan and capital structure, evaluate the mix of debt and equity financing needs of the firm and determine the cost of debt and equity financing.

ACCT600—TCO E

Given data relating to the operations of a firm, analyze and discuss the financial accounting system from both external and internal viewpoints, review financial and other reporting schedules for relevance, completeness and timeliness.

ACCT600—TCO G

Given data relating to a company’s operations (which your firm is acquiring), identify, examine, analyze and report to your company’s executive management team the potential risks faced by your firm (as the purchaser) and the best potential integration/mitigation strategies for the risk exposure.

MGMT600—TCO D

Prepare an executive summary in a form generally accepted by the financial community.

NOTE: TCOs from other capstone courses do not map directly to MGMT600 TCO D.

MGMT600—TCO E

Prepare a company/management plan in a form generally accepted by the financial community.

HRM600—TCO C

Given an organization’s corporate or divisional business strategy, identify appropriate HR metrics and demonstrate how the metrics support the overall business strategy and the strategic plans of other functional areas and show cross-functional support within the HR department.

HRM600—TCO E

Given the need to develop a competitive total rewards strategy, create a strategic total rewards compensation package that supports the organization’s overall business strategy.

HRM600—TCO H

Given the need to increase the organization’s ability to achieve its strategic goals, demonstrate the strategic business value of an investment in the following: HRIS (Human Resources Information Systems), and shared services and global outsourcing.

MIS600—TCO B

Identifying and Evaluating Alternatives—Given a technical problem with alternative solutions and competing business goals; gather information necessary to evaluate the alternatives and make justifiable project recommendations.

MIS600—TCO D

Legacy System and e-Commerce Strategies—Given a variety of technical requirements and environments, develop a system architecture that integrates the legacy systems and the new technology. The specific issues concerning e-commerce, security, high-volume transaction processing, distributed databases and technology compatibility are discussed.

MIS600—TCO E

System Development and Implementation—Given a system design, model the deliverables and outline methodologies, appropriate to create and install a major system. Several application development tools, operating systems, network topologies, database systems and methodologies are explored.

PROJ600—TCO A

Given a proposed business need which requires a project, identify key stakeholders, define the project funding and feasibility, and prepare the project charter for management that is suitable for making initial decisions concerning bid and proposal preparation.

PROJ600—TCO B

Given the proposed project, the draft project charter, and list of key stakeholders, identify project requirements, information and associated processes, and develop the stakeholders' roles and their requirements, including all assumptions and constraints.

MGMT600—TCO F

Prepare a marketing/sales plan in a form generally accepted by the financial community.

PA600—TCO D

Develop a program communications marketing and/or public relations plan in a form generally accepted by the targeted government, nonprofit, or public health community.  

MGMT600—TCO G

Prepare an operations plan in a form generally accepted by the financial community.

HRM600—TCO D

Given the need for staffing levels to implement evolving organizational strategy, demonstrate how to set staffing levels consistent with a changing organizational model, defining the work that must be done, acquiring and orienting the necessary human capital for ideal bench strength. 

HRM600—TCO F

Given the importance of having a competent workforce, develop a training and learning strategy that will deliver learning in all of its forms to enhance the professionalism and skills of the employees.

HRM600—TCO G

Given the need to improve organizational productivity through increasing employee performance, develop a performance management program that focuses on linking the organization’s strategic objective with the individual effort outlining the benefits of improved performance, the consequences for lack of performance as well as the employee and managerial training that will be needed for implementation.

MIS600—TCO C

Completing the Analysis and Design Phases—Given a technical problem and a set of project missions, strategies, goals and objectives, identify and outline the system analysis and design deliverables. Show how these deliverables describe "what to do", "how to do it" and how they support the subsequent project deliverables. System prototyping, rapid application development (RAD) and joint requirement development (JRD) strategies will be explored.

MIS600—TCO F

Project Planning and Tracking—Given a project in progress, select and apply the appropriate project planning and tracking tools to monitor and report progress to internal and external client groups.

MIS600—TCO G

Addressing Scope Changes and Risk—Given a change in resources, scope, time or specifications for a project in progress; develop and present a revised technical solution and its supporting project plan.

NETW600—TCO B

Given a technical problem with incomplete information, gather information or develop assumptions that will complete the data necessary to implement a telecommunications solution.

NETW600—TCO C

Given a project in progress, select and apply the appropriate project planning and tracking tools to monitor and report progress to internal and external client groups.

NETW600—TCO D

Given changes in scope and specifications for a project in progress, develop and present a revised technical solution.

NETW600—TCO E

Given a set of unexpected events that affect resources or customer requirements for a project in progress, develop and implement recovery plans with revised cost and time estimates.

PA600—TCO E

Establish a program operations plan in the form generally accepted by the targeted government, nonprofit, or public health community.

PA600—TCO G

Demonstrate that the program staffing levels will be sufficient to accomplish the work that must be done in accomplishing the program objectives and that issues involved with acquiring, positioning, and training of appropriate human capital have been considered.

PA600—TCO H

Create a framework for a management information system (MIS) that will provide relevant, accurate, and timely information about operations and results to appropriate stakeholders.

PROJ600—TCO D

Given the approved project scope create a work breakdown structure, define the resource requirements, and prepare the project budget and schedule.

PROJ600—TCO E

Given the approved project scope, the budget, WBS and requirements, create the Change Management Plan and prepare a Risk Management Plan to include risk responses and contingencies where appropriate.

PROJ600—TCO F

Given that the project is underway and project changes arise because of unexpected threats, changes in project scope, and/or unexpected events, develop an updated project plan with revised cost estimates, schedules and work approaches along with an impact analysis for management review.

PROJ600—TCO G

Given a project that is underway, prepare a project status report, including budget and schedule, using project management best practices such as earned value management. Develop estimates for completion and corrective action plans, where required, to successfully complete the project. Present these to management, stakeholders and investors in an oral presentation accompanied by a written report.

MGMT600—TCO H

Prepare complete financial projections for a business venture.

PA600—TCO F

MGMT600—TCO I

Construct a capital structure and target capital sources appropriate to the business.

ACCT600—TCO C

Given the analysis and interpretation of a proposed acquisition company’s financial condition and operational performance performed in TCO B, prepare a written due diligence report to be presented to external stakeholders.

ACCT600—TCO D

Given the firm’s strategic plan and capital structure, evaluate the mix of debt and equity financing needs of the firm and determine the cost of debt and equity financing.

ACCT600—TCO F

Given the long-term objectives of a firm, develop a plan for growth through acquisitions, mergers, or other strategic measures, including financing and tax strategies and calculate the Intrinsic Value, Market Value, Book Value and Capitalized Value of proposed acquisition target.

MGMT600—TCO J

Realistically value the firm using one or more appropriate methods.

ACCT600—TCO F

Given the long-term objectives of a firm, develop a plan for growth through acquisitions, mergers, or other strategic measures, including financing and tax strategies and calculate the Intrinsic Value, Market Value, Book Value and Capitalized Value of proposed acquisition target.

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