Microsoft PowerPoint..read the instructions

milestone 1

1. Follow the instructions for Milestone #1 (page 3). This exercise will give you a feel for writing a project charter and a communication plan for your business unit and stakeholders.

Using Microsoft PowerPoint, create slides that cover the following:

1. Brief Organization’s info.

1. Dept info.

1. Description of the project (What the project is about?).

1. Reason for Project selection (need for project?).

1. Selected System Info (benefits to the dept).

1. Success Criteria.

1. Business unit reporting person.

1. Project Manager in Charge.

1. Talk about the concerns or the risk factors (if any?).

1. Deliverables.

 

 

 

milestone 2

1. Download the Project Management: Case Study document to see information on developing a network diagram for your case study project.

1. Follow the instructions for Milestone #2 (page 4).

1. Develop a network diagram of the work breakdown structure for your project. Keep it simple and at high level. 

Note: No need to break the network diagram to low level with minute details (look at Figure 4.1 of your textbook for ideas). You can use MS Word, Visio, or any other tools to create it.

 

 

milestone 3

 

0. Download the Project Management: Case Study document

0. Follow the instructions for Milestone #3 (page 4)

  Please save 3 backup copies of your project in 3 separate areas.

  One you will continue to work on the class project and second we’ll work on what if scenarios and constrains.

  Third is for if you can’t fix a problem on your MS Project you have a fresh copy to go back to.

 

milestone 4

 

1. Download the Project Management: Case Study document

1. Follow the instructions for Milestone #4 (page 9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

milestone 5

 

Instructions:

Let’s say your project is successfully complete and are ready to sign off and hand over the project to the business unit. For this milestone, you need to complete following:

A. Look at the project Plan, based on the dates the project may not be complete but please mark all the task that have been complete up until today’s date. Please refer to the tutorial on how to track progress. B. Add one or two slides in your PowerPoint presentation about your experience in managing the project, types of problems you encountered (resource over allocation, devices arrived late, etc.) and how you resolved these constrains to stay on schedule? Share anything you learned by managing this project. Basically I am looking for a closing statement.

Final Deliverables: Here are the lists of things you need to Hand over to the business unit (Instructor)

1. Completed PowerPoint (submit to Module 2: Case Study Project Milestone#1 Dropbox).

1. Project Plan with Milestones marked as complete up until today’s date (submit to Module 7: Case Study Project Milestone#5 Dropbox).