Each unit in this course contains assignments that deal with a project of your choice. For this assignment, you will choose your project topic. Give careful consideration to your choice of topic since you will use this same project for each of the units going forward. You will start to build your project in this first unit.
Prepare a one page report in which you respond to the following points and questions. You do not need a cover page. If you do use any resources, cite your resources in APA style. Your instructor may ask you to present your report in class.
Identify and describe your project.
Why are you selecting this topic?
How will this project relate to your professional career path?
Project Plan Creation:
Include the following components in an MS Word document, to serve as the starting point for your project plan. Include a cover page for your project and then headings that represent the below sections.
Project Overview
Purpose and Objectives. Provide a few sentences introducing and providing the purpose of the project. Include what is the problem we are solving (if applicable), why are we pursing the project, and what challenges or constraints may the project have.
Project Deliverables. List major items or features to be delivered (offer at least 5).
Project Risks
In a few sentences, what types of risks do you feel could offer challenges to be able to successful complete the project? Note we will dig further in how to identify risks in a future module, but for this section, just choose ones that you feel, without knowing much about risks, could pose issues to the project.
Project Schedule
In general terms, write a few sentences regarding the timeline you feel this project can be completed in. Do you feel the timeline can be accomplished (note if not – then this should be a project risk).
Project Budget
In a few sentences, what type of budget (estimate) would you associate to the project and how did you determine this value? No need to get specific, as we will cover that in a future module.
Communication Management
In a couple of sentences, what method and how often would you communicate to your project team (example: weekly status emails and bi-weekly status meetings).
Tracking and Status Updates
In a couple of sentences, how will you know if the project is successful?