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Shelly Cashman Word 2019 Module 2: SAM APA Project 1b Agile Project Management Creating a short research paper GETTING STARTED Open the file SAM_WD19_APA_2b_FirstLastName_1

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Shelly Cashman Word 2019 Module 2: SAM APA Project 1b

Agile Project Management

Creating a short research paper

• GETTING STARTED

• Open the file SAM_WD19_APA_2b_FirstLastName_1.docx, available for download from the SAM website.
• Save the file as SAM_WD19_APA_2b_FirstLastName_2.docx by changing the “1” to a “2”.
  • If you do not see the .docx file extension in the Save As dialog box, do not type it. The program will add the file extension for you automatically.
• With the file SAM_WD19_APA_2b_FirstLastName_2.docx still open, ensure that your first and last name is displayed in the footer.
  • If the footer does not display your name, delete the file and download a new copy from the SAM website.

• PROJECT STEPS

1. You are writing a research paper for your Business Management class on Agile Project Management. You must write the paper in the APA style and include suggestions from your instructor, Ray Haman.
   
   Start by changing the Citations & Bibliography Style of the document to APA
2. To conform to APA guidelines, modify the Normal style as follows:
   1. Change the Normal style font to Times New Roman.
   2. Change the Normal style font size to 12 point.
   3. Change the Normal style line spacing to double with no blank space after paragraphs.
3. Apply the modified Normal style to the first four paragraphs in the document from "Sophia Romano" to "12 October 2021", and to the title paragraph "Agile Project Management".
4. Center the four paragraphs on the title page.
5. Center the title paragraph.
6. Insert headers to follow APA specifications as follows:
   1. Insert a Blank (Three Columns) header.
   2. Select the Different First Page option to remove the current header from the first page.
   3. Add a header back to the first page by inserting a Blank (Three Columns) header.
   4. In the first page header, delete the center content control.
   5. Type Running head: AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT as the left content control text, and then press the DELETE key twice to remove the middle TAB character.
   6. Select the right content control, and then add a Plain Number page number from the Current Position gallery.
   7. In the header starting on the second page, delete the center content control.
   8. Type AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT as the left content control text, and then press the DELETE key twice to remove the middle TAB character.
   1. Select the right content control, and then add a Plain Number page number from the Current Position gallery.
   10. Close Header & Footer Tools.
7. Create a First Line indent of 0.5" for the body paragraphs beginning with "One of the most-discussed topics…" and ending with "…achieving those goals."
8. Respond to the comment from your instructor, Ray Haman, in the second body paragraph as follows:
   1. Read the comment, and then delete it.
   2. Before the period in the sentence "Software developers originally…problems and defects.", insert a citation to a new source using the information shown in Table 1. (Hint: The Check the Show All Bibliography box should be checked in order to see all fields.).

 

Type of Source	Web site
Author	Ross, Ted
Name of Web Page	Agile Projects
Year	2021
Month	April
Day	3
Year Accessed	2021
Month Accessed	October
Day Accessed	4
Medium	Website

 

9. Insert a citation to the existing Khouri source before the period at the end of the next sentence, "Other industries now…insurance, and healthcare."
10. In the first sentence in the fourth body paragraph ("Ideal attributes of…curious, and team-oriented."), use the Thesaurus to replace the word "attributes" with a more common synonym that starts with the letter "c".
11. In the fifth body paragraph ("Whether they use…during each sprint."), find the Sadler citation, and then edit the source to add Nutshell to the name of the webpage so that the complete name is "Scrum Projects in a Nutshell".
12. In the same paragraph, before the period at the end of the sentence, "The team builds the features during each sprint.", insert a citation to a new source using the information shown in Table 2. (Hint: The Check the Show All Bibliography box should be checked in order to see all fields.).

 

Type of Source	Article in a Periodical
Author	Wilson, Emma
Title	Sprinting to Excellence
Periodical Title	Corporate Week
Year	2020
Month	May
Day	9
Pages	30
Medium	Print

 

13. In the sixth paragraph ("The next step…to achieve the goals."), edit the Khouri citation to add 12 as the page number.
14. To provide additional information at the end of the seventh paragraph, move the insertion point immediately after the period in the sentence "Some teams hold the meetings standing up to keep discussions brief." and insert a footnote with the following text:
    The meetings are called the daily scrum.
15. Modify the Footnote Text style by changing its font size to 12 point, the line spacing to double, and the indentation to a 0.5" First line indent.
16. In the main body of the document, find all instances of the text "mission" and replace it with project to use the correct term for this paper. (Hint: You should make three replacements.)
17. On Page 5, read the remaining comment from Ray Haman, and then reply to it with the following text:
    Thank you!
18. Modify the "References" paragraph as follows to match the APA style:
    1. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the "References" paragraph, and then insert a manual page break.
    2. Center the "References" paragraph on the new page.
19. Move the insertion point to the left-aligned blank paragraph at the end of the document, and then use the Insert Bibliography command to insert a list of sources without a built-in heading.
20. In the bibliography, the month accessed is missing from the Snyder source. Find the Snyder source in the body of the document and edit it to provide October as the month.
21. Update the bibliography field so that the References list reflects the edit you made to the Snyder source.
22. Check the Spelling & Grammar in the document to identify and correct any spelling errors. (Hint: Ignore names and grammar suggestions.)

Your document should look like the Final Figure on the following pages. Save your changes, close the document, and then exit Word. Follow the directions on the SAM website to submit your completed project.