Reference no: EM133682223
Project Constraint Management
Assessment: Presentation of project plan and status to a sponsor for a project case
This assessment requires students to work individually on the chosen project case status, prepare PP slides that include information about the project case plan and status and present (orally) their project case along with the submission of supporting documents.
Assessment Detail
This assessment is designed to assess technical skills in communicating project status effectively to different stakeholders. Students are expected to work individually on a small new case project under $1million and to come up with some creative and innovative ideas. Students are expected to provide a unique project scenario.
Students are required to prepare supporting documents, power point presentation slides that includes adequate information about the project case and present their report (verbal presentation) regarding the project status.
While the main marked assessment requires power point slides and verbal presentation, students should demonstrate a clear understanding, and high-level project management skills. Details of the supporting documents are as follows:
- Project Scope Statement
- WBS structure (minimum of three levels)
- Work packages
- WBS dictionary (minimum 3 detailed)
- Graphical and outline format of WBS
- Control (cost) accounts
- Scope Validation and control
- Scope change control
- Project network
- Gantt Chart
- Critical path(s)
- Estimated Activity Costs
- PERT analysis
- The probability of finishing the project 10% earlier than the original CPM duration
- Time- phased budget
- Development of an Earned Value Cost/Schedule System
- Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
- Forecasting (ETC, EAC)
- CV, SV, CPI, SPI, BAC
The date of presentation shall be conveyed to the students in Week 10, and it is mandatory that the students are available during their designated presentation time slots.