Journal (PM)

QSO 640 Module Ten Journal Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Activities in this course are designed to actively involve you in various project management scenarios and help you apply the concepts covered in the course to real-world situations. They provide practice in the following:

 Differentiating common organizational structures and how they affect project processes and activities

 Describing methods for conflict resolution

 Prioritizing projects

 Communicating/distributing project information to team members and stakeholders

 Evaluating whether a team is working effectively Prompt: Select a research one of the following project management software.

 Primavera

 MS Project

 Smartsheet

 WorkZone You will compare and contrast your experiences with Microsoft Office products (or similar products, such as OpenOffice) to the project management software you chose to research. The following critical elements must be addressed: Compare and contrast Office software and project management software. Guidelines for Submission: Your 2- to 3-paragraph journal entry should include any sources cited in APA format. Review this tutorial for information on creating a Blackboard journal entry. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Project Management

Software Meets “Proficient” criteria and illustrates with examples

Compares and contrasts Office software with project management software

Compares and contrasts Office software with project management software, but is incomplete and/or has inaccurate information

Does not compare and contrast Office software with project management software

90

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

10

organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

that prevent understanding of ideas

Total 100%