Reference no: EM133572299
Fundamentals of Project Management
1. Briefly describe the "definition" of your project:
• Purpose/Background - Provide a brief description of what this project is about and how it originated.
Why was this project undertaken?
( What were its goals?
• Scope -
What work was and was not done on the project?
When and where did it take place?
• Success criteria -
What would have to happen for this project to be considered a "success"? Or was this never stipulated?
• Constraints - Describe the 6 six constraints (time, cost, scope, resources, quality, risk) on this project and how they impacted and affected each other.
• Risks
What were the risks in this project?
How were they incorporated into the project plan?
How did they affect the project when it was executed?
2) Discuss the project manager and project team:
• Who was the project manager?
• Discuss their education and work experience background, if known.
• Describe how they did. or did not, possess the skills, qualities and / or characteristics that we learned in class that typically constitute an effective project manager.
• Define the project team structure (governance) for this project.
• Who made up the project team.
• Define the project team's ground rules (how the team operated) and explain why these ground rules were important for this project.
3) Stakeholders:
• Who were the stakeholders in this project and what were their respective roles in the project?
• Use of a Power Interest Grid to analyze stakeholder roles.
4) Process Groups (Life Cycle Stages)
• Briefly describe what happened in the FIVE PMI Process Groups (Life Cycle Stages) in this project and the approximate time frame of each phase.
5) Ethical Issues:
• Discuss two ethical issues that may have arisen during the life cycle of this project. If you cannot find documented evidence of an ethical issue, use your imagination, and analyze what might have come up. How were they (or how could they have been) handled by the project manager.
6) Outcome:
• Was this project considered to be "successful"? How/why?
• Incorporating the concepts learned in this course, describe the reasons for the success/failure of this project.
Your assignment must be well presented and free from grammar, spelling, and syntax errors. IMPORTANT:
• Make sure that you clearly cite the source(s) for all of the information that you have used for this assignment.
• If you are directly quoting from a source, you must reference the source and indicate the quote.
• Everything (except direct quotes which you have clearly referenced) must be written in your own words.
Choose a project that is of interest to you. Maybe it is in your field of study (Business Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Insurance, Financial Services, etc.). Maybe it is in an area that is near and dear to your heart for another reason. The project that you choose must be one that:
• you have heard about and for which there is sufficient reputable online or paper-based research material available... OR
• you or someone that you know has personally been involved in. If it is a project that you were personally involved in, you should be familiar with all the information that you need to do this assignment. If it is a project that someone else you know was involved in, make sure you have access to that person for interviews which will be cited and sourced in the assignment.