CPMGT/305

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPSTONE

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CPMGT 305 Week 1 Fund Raising Project Selection

Resources: Fund Raising Project Selection case in Ch. 2 of Project Management: The Managerial Process

Complete the “Assignment” section after reading the Fund Raising Project Selection case in Ch. 2 of Project Management: The Managerial Process.

Complete the paper discussing the project rankings in 350 words.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CPMGT 305 Week 1 Project Management, Ch. 4: Exercise 1

Resources:

• 4 of Project Management: The Managerial Process
• Project Management, Ch.4 -Exercise 1 Grading Guide

Read #1 under Exercises on page 123 in Ch. 4 of Project Management: The Managerial Process.

Respond to questions 1.a and 1.b in 175 words each.

Justify your responses.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CPMGT 305 Week 1 Request for Proposal Summary

Resource: Request for Proposal (RFP) in Ch. 2 Appendix 2.1 of Project Management: The Managerial Process

Write a 350-word summary of the RFP process after reading about it in Ch. 2 of Project Management: The Managerial Process.

Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.

CPMGT 305 Week 2 Post Graduation Adventure

Resource: Post Graduation Adventure Case in Ch. 5 of Project Management: The Managerial Process

Read the Post Graduation Adventure case on page 154 in Ch. 5 of Project Management: The Managerial Process.

Complete a response for each of the 3 subsequent questions in 175 words each.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CPMGT 305 Week 2 Team Project Plan Overview and Preliminary Project Plan (2019 New)

Resources:

• Preliminary Project Charter Worksheet
• Project Plan Overview
• Project Plan Overview and Preliminary Project Plan Grading Guide

Part 1: Preliminary Project Charter Worksheet

Identify a potential project from your organization or from a community group for which you would like to complete a project plan.

Complete the project worksheet in 350 words.

Part 2: Preliminary Project Plan

Put yourself in the role of a customer, client, or project selection board.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper composed of the following sections:

• Project Selection Criterion: Describe the project and the criteria used in the selection process.
• Overview: The objective of this section is to provide an overview of the scope and nature of the project to help enable the team to select one project to work on for the rest of the course.
• Preliminary project schedule: The objective of this section is to show a preliminary summary project schedule with the project tasks including the primary deliverables and the activities associated with them.
• Preliminary budgetary plan: The objective of the budget section is to capture cost estimates, which include resources, capital expenses, materials, and miscellaneous. The cost analysis must consider the following elements (at a minimum): labor, subcontractors, rental or purchase of equipment or facilities, travel, telecommunications, supplies and materials, and documentation. The output for this step is called project funding requirements.
• Use Microsoft®Word for your overview.
• Utilize Microsoft®Project for your Project Plan.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. The paper can use tables to communicate various sections. The tables can be within the main body of the paper even though APA guidelines normally require them in the appendix.

Submit both your Preliminary Project Charter Worksheet and Preliminary Project Plan.

CPMGT 305 Week 3 Signature Assignment: Project Implementation Plan: Part 1 (2019 New)

Resources: Project management: The managerial process (6th ed.), the final project charter, and final project plan.

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word Project Implementation Plan for the project selected by the Learning Team in Week 2 which will also be used for the final implementation plan for the Project Selection Paper Assignment. Part 1 of the plan must include the following sections:

• Human Resources Plan: This plan should include roles and responsibilities, a project organization chart, and a staffing management plan. Your plan should:
• Analyze the roles and responsibilities in the following areas: Role, Authority, Responsibility, and Competency which are needed to complete a project.
• Include a project organization chart that displayed project team members and their reporting relationships.
• Provide a staffing management plan that included how human resource management requirements will be met by including when and how project team members will be acquired and how long they will be needed.
• Quality Management Plan:This plan should include the quality management plan for implementing the organization’s quality policy and the quality metrics. Your plan should:
• Examine how the organization’s quality policies will be implemented.
• Explain how the project management team plans to meet the quality requirements set for the project.
• Procurement Plan:This plan should identify the types of external resources that must be secured, the process for selecting and managing these external resources, and the metrics to evaluate the external resources. Your plan should:
• Describe how a project team will acquire goods and services from outside the performing organization.
• Evaluate how the procurement processes will be managed from developing procurement documents through contract closure.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Tables may be used to format and organize the implementation plan. They can be included within the plan rather than at the end as normally required by APA guidelines.

CPMGT 305 Week 3 Final Project Management Plan (2019 New)

Resources:

• Project Charter and Preliminary Project Plan, both of which were created by the Learning Team in Week 2
• Final Project Management Plan Grading Guide

Prepare a final Project Plan by reviewing and revising the preliminary project plan for the Learning Team’s selected project.

Use the requirements defined for the Preliminary Project Plan completed in Week 2.

Summarize the milestones and tasks that must be accomplished to achieve the project goals. Include a discussion of the critical path.

Use Microsoft® Project to develop a high-level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) detailing tasks, dependencies, resources, and the critical path.

Include the Microsoft® Project Gantt chart, the network diagram, and a resource list as an attachment to the Project Plan. Also, include a copy of the budget, which may be done in either Microsoft® Excel® or Microsoft® Project.

Include the Microsoft® Project Gantt chart, the network diagram, and a resource list as an attachment to the Project Plan. Also, include a copy of the budget, which may be done in either Microsoft® Excel® or Microsoft® Project.

Format your Project Plan using Microsoft® Project.

CPMGT 305 Week 4 Project Implementation Plan: Part 2 (2019 New)

Resources:

• Project Implementation Plan: Part 1 (Human Resources Management Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, and Procurement Plan) from Week 3 and Project management: The managerial process (6th ed.).
• Project Implementation Plan: Part 2 Grading Guide

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word Project Implementation Plan for the organization using the Project Charter selected by the Learning Team in Week 2, which will also be used for the final project due in Week 5. The Project Implementation Plan must include the following sections:

• Project Communications Plan:This plan should include the communications plan for project implementation. Your plan should:
• Describe the communication models and methods that will be employed, and include a Data Flow Diagram.
• Examine how the project inputs and outputs will be communicated, including performance reports and updates.
• Describe the tools and techniques that will be used for the project, including information management systems and assets.
• Risk Analysis Plan:This plan should include risk analysis and contingency planning for the project. Your plan should:
• Assess qualitative risk analysis inputs and outputs, including scope baseline, risk register, and environmental factors.
• Evaluate risk analysis tools and techniques, and include sources of risk, a risk probability and impact assessment, and risk data quality and urgency assessments.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Tables may be used to format and organize the implementation plan. They can be included within the plan rather than at the end as normally required by APA guidelines.

CPMGT 305 Week 4 Team – Small Construction Project Earned Value Case Study

Resource: Small Construction Project Earned Value Case Study.

Small Construction Project Earned Value Case Study Grading Guide

Read the Small Construction Project Earned Value Case Study.

Complete a response for each of the subsequent questions by calculating the appropriate earned value component. Responses should total approximately 350 words.

CPMGT 305 Week 5 Project Management – Exercise 3

Resources: 

Ch. 14 of Project Management: The Managerial Process

Project Management-Exercise 3 Grading Guide

Read #3 under Exercises on page 531 in Ch. 14 of Project Management: The Managerial Process.

Write a 350- to 525-word summary of the interview with a response to the following questions:

• What kind of closure procedures are used to complete a project?
• Are lessons learned used?

CPMGT 305 Week 5 Team – Project Plan and Project Execution Plan Presentation (2019 New)

Resources: Project Charter created in Week 2, Final Project Management Plan developed in Week 3, and Project Implementation Plan Parts 1 and 2 completed in Week 3 and 4

Develop a 10- to 12-slide presentation for final senior management review.

Include the following four main sections in your presentation:

• Section One– Project Scope and Benefits: Describe the scope of the projects, its objectives, and the specific measurable impact it will have on the business or organizational results. This section is an overview of the project that briefly reviews the Project Management Plan including the schedule and budget.
• Section Two– Project Implementation Plan: Include the final Project Implementation Plan, which must include a Human Resource Plan, Procurement Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Communications Plan, and risk analysis that includes how you might mitigate the identified risks.
• Section Three– Project Closure Process: Include the recommended project closure process as defined in section 4.6, titled Close Project or Phase, in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Remember to consider how you will do recognitions and rewards and how the team will identify its learning for future projects.
• Section Four– The Sales Pitch: Provide a sales pitch to sell the project to the customer, project committee, or project council. It should clearly define the project focus, identify its benefits, and detail the impact it will make on the business. Remember to focus on what senior leaders would value as a stakeholder.

Submit your assignment.

Note: This assignment in the capstone course is the culmination of the learnings from the entire Project Management Certificate program.