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Business Jun 12, 2021

This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin®.

Instructions

Instructions:

This week, you are required to write an article on Project Management. Your article should give a short history of Project management, define a project and discuss Project Lifecycle.

Your essay should address the following areas covered this week;

· Abstract paragraph

· Introduction to Project Management - what is a project

· Difference between Projects and Operations Management

· Benefits of Project Management

· Project Lifecycle

· Phases of a Project

· Conclusion

· References

Your essay will be a minimum of four (4) pages. Additionally, you must cite as per APA 6th Edition rules for references, the article used as the basis for the summary. Your essay must have an APA cover page. Academic writing normally includes more than 1 citation with the related reference.

Submission Instructions:

· For all papers submitted to this class, APA (7th edition) format is required.

· The use of subheadings and table of contents is encouraged as this helps to organize your paper.

· You must submit this paper to TurnItIn! for a review. This is an APUS requirement. The goal is to attain an overall score <= 11%. If it is higher than that, review the report, then consider some rewriting. Rewrites must also be submitted to TurnItIn!

CATEGORY	Exemplary (4)	Accomplished (3)	Developing (2)	Beginning (1)	Multiplier	Total	Comments
Introduction	The introduction clearly states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper.	The introduction clearly states the main topic but only partially previews the structure of the paper.	The introduction states the main topic, but does not preview the structure of the paper.	There is no clear introduction of the main topic or structure of the paper.	X 2.5	10
Paragraph Construction	All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.	Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.	Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well.	Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.	X 2.5	10
Sequencing	Details are placed in a logical order and correspond to the structure presented in the introduction.	Details are sometimes logically placed, but do not correspond to the structure presented in the introduction.	Some details are not in a logical or expected order, and this distracts the reader.	Many details are not in a logical or expected order. There is little sense that the writing is organized.	X 2.5	10
Transitions	A variety of thoughtful transitions are used. They clearly show how ideas are connected.	Transitions clearly show how ideas are connected, but there is little variety.	Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.	The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.	X 2.5	10
Supportive Research	Supporting research studies and/or reports are research-based and accurately reported.	Supporting research studies and/or reports are not accurately reported.	Research studies and/or reports do not support the discussion.	Research studies and/or reports are limited and/or inaccurately reported.	X 2.5	10
Quality of Information	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.	Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.	X 2.5	10
Conclusion/ Recommendations	The conclusion effectively summarizes the discussion and provides at least two recommendations for further research.	The conclusion summarizes the paper but provides only one recommendation for further research.	The conclusion partially summarizes the discussion, but provides no recommendations.	The conclusion is poorly constructed.	X 2.5	10
Sources Citations References	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in APA.	One source is not documented in APA format.	Two sources are not documented in APA format.	More than two sources are not documented in APA format.	X 2.5	10
Mechanics	No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	More than one grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	X 2.5	10
Timeliness	All late submissions have a 10 point (10%) deduction.					10
Total		100