Project Planning. The Sylvia and Sylvia book provides case studies in the appendix. The first case study is about a drug court. A synopsis of the case can be found at p.205-206. The assignment asks you to "develop a PERT or Project Calendar to account for the various elements defined in the drug court program. Be sure that you adequately sequence events and activities where appropriate and that you account for all the elements" (p.206). 2. Create an 10-month project calendar based on the drug court case study. There are two major initiatives for this project, this should be 1-2 slides max. If you want to put one initiative on 1 slide and the 2nd on another that is okay. The first is developing and implementing the drug court program. Use relevant material you've read for the class and apply concepts from the readings to this planning exercise. think about how you would design a strong program. Start with planning and move to implementation. What elements should be included / need to be created based on what you've learned so far and the information provided in the case study? This should be more detailed than the examples in the text. The second major initiative is thinking through the elements of a program evaluation (the evaluation does not have to be completed by end of project timeline). What are the major tasks related to accomplishing this initiative? Here too rely on course materials. The last task in the calendar should be a report to the Board of Supervisors a month before the elections (you do not need to detail out steps to creating the report, just list this as the final task in the timeline). You are welcome but not required to use outside sources as needed. Here are three key events to include in timeline: Form the task force (month 1), Drug court is operational (i.e. takes first participants, month 8), Report to the Board of Supervisors (month 10). 3. Tools. There is a free project calendar template/add-on for Power Point that you can download here: https://www.officetimeline.com/ It allows you to create a project calendar in Power Point. People have used excel for years to create project calendars and you may do that as well. As with most of our work, you may use the tool of your choice to accomplish the task. Importantly though, please see point # 4 below before you go too far with the tool of your ? choice. Some students may have experience using GANTT planning charts and you may use that if you wish. 4. Audio narration. Once you have created the project calendar use the audio function in power point to record a brief walk-through of your project calendar. Take on the role of the clerk who is serving as the coorindator role (this is in the case description) and you are in a meeting with the Judge where you layout the project calendar. If you use a tool other than power point, my first suggestion is to insert your calendar into power point and use the audio function. If you use a different tool, you can use Voocaroo to create an audio file. While a meeting would have back/forth and questions, let's say the Judge has asked you to present the calendar in its entirety first and then she will ask questions or for more information. Make sure you cover each element of the calendar and explain why the task/component is necessary