The purpose of your final assignment project is for you to apply knowledge, concepts, and techniques learned in this class to a real-life situation. You should draw from the course material—books, websites, handouts, and class discussions—for information.
The premise of this project is that you have been selected by upper management of your company to be the lead project manager of a critical project. As the project manager, you are responsible for creating a project management plan. This project management plan will be your final project. The outline and requirements are provided below.
In Session 1, you selected a topic from among the following three project options:
Large Systems Implementation or IT Data Center Consolidation Project
You will be responsible for managing the consolidation of two data centers or the implementation of a large new system or software tool (e.g. Knowledge Management, Financial Management, Marketing Management tools, etc.) at several locations across multiple departments impacting at least 2000 people.
New Application Development Project or New Product Project
You will be responsible for managing a project to implement a new enterprise software tool. Approximately 2000 people will use this implementation across all functional units in the organization.
Building of a New Fighter Jet (e.g. F35) Project
You will be responsible for managing a project to build a new fighter jet for the military across multiple military branches.
Final Paper Requirements (125 points)
The completed project should be 11- to 12-pages long. It is an iterative, updated compilation of the previous sessions (Sessions 1-4) and the inclusion of Session 5. It will summarize the work performed and conclusions made regarding the project. It will include any relevant material in the appendices (e.g. surveys, graphs, charts, etc.) as well as a complete reference page. You must follow current APA guidelines.
You may use the Project Management Plan Template provided or create your own.
The content of the paper should include these main sections and subtitled sections:
APA Title Page
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Project Introduction and Purpose
Project Management Plan
Business Case
Project Scope
Formal Project Charter
Organizational Chart
Organizational Culture and Project Structure
Detailed WBS Section of project management plan in Microsoft Project
Project Resource Plan
Project Cost Estimate
Risk Management Plan
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Contingency Plan
Risk Response Plan
Risk Log
Time Management Plan
Project Schedule
Contingencies for resources outside of your organization
Black Out Dates (holidays)
Sequence of Activities
Network Diagram
Include any resources
Gantt Chart
Project Communication Management Plan
Network of Stakeholders Diagram
Social Network Diagram
Change Management Plan
Change Control Process
Change Log
Human Resources Management Plan
RACI Chart
Virtual Teams and Locations diagram
Recognition and Rewards Plan
New Components for Session 5
Status Reporting
Develop a status report and include how and when the reporting will be done.
Project Issues Log
Create a project issues log using the provided template.
Quality Management (Assurance) Plan
Create a quality management assurance plan using the provided template. This is assurance plan is OPTIONAL.
Procurement Management Plan
This is procurement management plan is OPTIONAL.
Closing
Wrap-Up Closure Checklist and Summary Report
Evaluation of Performance and Management of Project
Lessons Learned Report—write what you learned from this class and include a retrospective on lessons learned and include recommendations on what you would change in the future.
Summary
References
Appendices
