Reference no: EM133706813
Assignment: Operations Management- Project Management Plan
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
1) Review Chapters 9, 11, and 12 of the course textbook, Contemporary Project Management: Plan-Driven and Agile Approaches.
2) Read Are You Throwing Money in the Trash? Occupational Risks, Environmental Hazards and Operational Inefficiencies in Waste Management are a Triple Threat to your Bottom Line.
3) Read Exploring the Value of Risk Management for Projects: Improving Capability Through the Deployment of a Maturity Model.
4) Review the video, Project Management Professional (PMP): Introduction: Project Quality Management.
5) Review prior assignment, including instructor feedback, discussions, readings, and your research.
As the project manager for ILS's new logistics services in your selected country, you previously completed a project charter and elements of a project management plan (PMP). In this assignment for the project management portion of this course, you will develop a complete PMP using your work from the prior two weeks and new work from Week 3.
To complete the Project Management Plan, you may modify the previously submitted scope and schedule baselines and the project budget. Then, develop a plan for submission to the DLS and the country's business development manager, human resources manager, and project team.
In your Project Management Plan,
1) Revise your project scope. (Include the scope in this PMP.)
2) Adjust your project schedule. (Include the schedule in this PMP and include an appendix showing the detailed schedule in ProjectLibre and copied to a PDF file).
3) Update your project budget. (Include the project budget in this PMP and include an appendix showing the detailed budget in an appendix, whether in ProjectLibre or MS Excel.
4) Discuss your leadership approach for this project, bearing in mind the culture of the country the newly acquired logistics service is in.
5) Recommend an approach to allocate human resources to the project and any trade-offs with day-to-day operations.
6) Describe the solutions to improve operations, reduce waste and costs, ensure a safe work environment, and contribute to protecting the planet.
7) Create a risk management plan.
8) Describe your approach to ensure delivery of high-quality results.
9) Describe how you will manage change control going forward.
10) Summarize the PMP for senior leadership.
11) Include solutions that may appeal to Walmart.
For this class, the Project Management Plan project will apply toward your Folio account. Be sure to upload your management plan to Folio once you have completed it and share a link in your submission when you upload it to Waypoint to be graded. Learn more about Folio, our ePortfolio tool, by reviewing the Folio Quick Start Guide.