Assignment title: Management


Project Management Plan Value: 25% Due date: 18-Jan- 2017 Return date: 09-Feb- 2017 Submission method options Alternative submission method Task This assignment follows from the case study used in Assessment 2. For the same case study, complete the following tasks by creating the following: 1. Scope management plan( including Requirements, In scope-out scope items, Deliverables and scope verification process) to direct your efforts. (10 marks) 2. WBS first using either the free-form or the org chart format. (20 marks) 3. Gantt chart-Take the WBS you have already developed. Define all of the activities that will be necessary to create each deliverable in your WBS. Create a schedule for your project. First create the schedule by hand using Post-it ®  Notes, and then put the information into MS Project. Take screenshots of the schedule to be pasted ni your word document that you are submitting. Be sure to include all of the summary rows (including the first row for the project title) and any key milestones. Make sure the critical path is easy to see.- 10 marks 4. Create a time-phased budget for your example project using bottom-up estimating. To the extent your sponsor will supply rates for workers, use those. Approximate rates for ones you cannot get. Ask your sponsor how they treat indirect costs. Be sure to include direct labour costs for you and your team mates and add 20% for fringe. State all assumptions and constraints you have used when creating your budget. State how confident you are in your estimates and what would make you more confident. Give examples of known knowns and known unknowns on your project. Tell how you have budgeted for both of them plus how you have budgeted for unknown unknowns. (15 marks) 5. Create a risk register ( 4 risks- 3 negative and 1 positive risk)for your example project. (20 marks) Rationale This assessment task covers topics 1 to 9 and has been designed to ensure that you are engaging with the subject content on a regular basis. More specifically it seeks to assess your ability to: o demonstrate how a practicing project manager actually applies project management skills, o methods, techniques and tools ; o use an industry standard project management software tool (Microsoft Project); o apply project management skills, methods, techniques and tools to a real world problem typical of a project manager; Marking criteria   STANDARDS Criteria FL PS CR DI HD Task 1 Scope Mgt Plan- Requirements, Scope details(5 marks) unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete Defined Requirements but ambiguous / incomplete. Clear description of requirements and in scope items defined. Defined description of Requirements and in-scope items and out-of- scope items. Clear description of Requirements and in-scope items and out-of- scope items relevant to the case study Task 1 Scope Mgt Plan- Deliverables and Scope verification (5 marks) unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete Defined deliverables but ambiguous / incomplete. Clear description of deliverables and scope verification defined. Clear description of deliverables and scope verification Clear description of project scope, including named deliverables. Scope verification/ acceptance is also defined relevant to the case study. Task 2-Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)- 20 unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete WBS is mentioned with some breakdown of Project Scope. WBS is structured, having detailed coverage for WBS is well structured, having logical and complete coverage WBS is structured, having logical and complete coverage for Project Execution and integrated marks Project scope / Phase of project. for Project Execution into Project Schedule and Resource Matrix. Task 2-Gantt Chart ( 10 marks) unclear attempt that is ambiguous / incomplete Gantt chart shows- some activities included, schedule created, summary rows shown, few /none milestones shown Gantt chart shows- some activities included, schedule created, summary rows