Course Project Part 1—Due Week 1 (graded, 60 points)

Assignment

Tasks

Deliverable(s)

Points

Project Proposal

1. Select a project topic that contains sufficient details to demonstrate your understanding of the course concepts.

Here are some ideas for project topics.

• Making a blockbuster big budget movie
• Planning a destination family reunion for 150 people
• Starting a socially conscious charitable foundation
• Designing a planned community
• Planning a trip around the world
• Planning a presidential campaign
• Starting a new magazine
• Your own choice of topic for a project

2. Create the Project Proposal with the information requested.  The Project Proposal Sample document is available in the Project Resources and Naming Conventions section of the Course Project Overview page.

Project Proposal (Word doc)

20 points

Preliminary Task Report and Resource Report

1. Select the Project Management Institute Process Template from the MS Project application available at the Student Software Store or in the Citrix Virtual Lab—both applications are accessible from the Course Resources page in the Introduction and Resources module.

2. Download Microsoft Project from the Student Software Store.

3. To populate the WBS Schedule page, enter data from your Project Proposal. (Remove any content that is not your project.)

4. Print the reports by navigating to: [REPORT>Dashboards>Project Overview] and save using the proper naming conventions as PDF.

Project Overview and Work Overview Reports (PDF MS Project file)

20 points

Stakeholder Communication

1. Draft an e-mail message as a Word document addressed to the project team. Your message should provide a high-level overview of key elements of your selected project topic: objectives, cost, duration, success measurements, and so forth. It will accompany the two reports: Project Overview and Work Overview Reports.

E-mail message (Word doc)

20 points