QSO 355 Final Project Part I Guidelines and Rubric Overview The final project for this course is divided into two parts. The first part is the creation of an Initial Schedule and Budget Report.
Project managers play an important role in helping to complete successful projects. Often, they are responsible for tasks such as defining the project goal(s), identifying the tasks necessary to achieve the goal, evaluating project resources, and determining budgets and schedules. Project managers must then keep projects on time, on budget, and within scope; they also must problem solve when this does not happen.
This course focuses on resource estimating and scheduling. In the first part of this project, you will analyze the case study that is located in the Harvard Business Review area of the course. This case study includes a scenario along with a work breakdown structure and other pertinent project requirements. You will write a report assessing the company’s resources and then develop a high-level budget and schedule for the project discussed in the case study.
Note: The case studies for this project regularly reference the use of MS Project. While MS Project is a software tool that is often used for project management, the focus of this course is to understand the process, not this particular tool. As such, you will not be using MS Project to complete the milestones and your final project. Suggested templates needed to complete the critical elements of the final project are listed in the Project Management Plan Template.
Final Project Part I is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Four. The final Initial Schedule and Budget Report will be submitted in Module Six.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Assess resource estimating and scheduling requirements for their impact on the scope, schedule, and budget of projects Determine appropriate resource allocation solutions for projects by assessing the resources for their availability and alignment with project tasks and sub-tasks Recommend strategies to minimize the project risk by analyzing scheduling constraints and project requirements Develop project schedules that illustrate resource estimating and agile scheduling implementation for supporting and improving sustainable operations
