Assignment
This is a team assignment. Based on the scenario below, the team submits the Project Scope and the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), including a description of the project, and a brief discussion on why the product is relevant to the target audience of Japan.
SCENARIO
You are a project manager for an international project that will produce a product (you can pick your own product) that will be used primarily in Japan. Your team is based in the United States, but the team is dispersed globally. The majority of the team (50%) is based in the United States, while the remainder of the team is in the following countries: South Africa (10%), Bangladesh (10%), Japan (10%), and Mongolia (20%). Your team has 90 calendar days to develop, test, and deploy the application. Management for the team is in the United States, but specific expertise in product development is located in Bangladesh, and the marketing expert is located in South Africa. Your target audience for the product is a country/culture of your choice. Your team members in Mongolia provide quality assurance and product design expertise. Your team details are listed in Assignment 2.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Develop a project scope to determine and document the project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and schedule. Use a format of your own choice.
2. Develop a project WBS using MS Project or Project Libre with the following minimum features:
3. Fewer than 25 items.
o Project duration: 40 days (work days are M - F only). Your WBS should reflect work in hours.
o Resources: include all team members as resources. You can use external resources as well.
o Apply an hourly rate (cost) to all resources.
4. Develop a budget based on the fully loaded and resourced WBS.
5. In one or two paragraphs, describe why the project is relevant to your target audience.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.