MGT 650 Project Management-Course Mini-Project

MGT 650 Project Management-Course Mini-Project

MGT 650 Project Management-Course Mini-Project

Overview

In business, managers may be expected to oversee projects in addition to their managerial responsibilities. In that case, the project manager will have to lead a team of employees to complete the project. This class project has two deliverables at week 3 and week 6. For this class, you will select a project of your choice. It can be any kind of business project (some ideas are: installing a new information technology for a small business, a construction project, a superfund site clean-up, a city building a new park, planning a major event such as the Olympics, a merger of two businesses, or rebuilding the infrastructure of an airport). Over the course you will need to break down the project into manageable segments, figure out how to lead a diverse project team, and plan the project using effective tools so that the project will be completed on schedule and within budget. During the course, you will have several milestone touchpoints.

Deliverable 1: Course Mini-Project

For this assignment, you will be creating the Scope Management Plan, Work Breakdown Structure and a Project Scope Statement. You will also be creating a Risk Register. You may use a company that you are familiar with or where you work now. If you have any problems coming up with a project to work on, please contact your instructor to discuss possible projects for this class work.

Create the following documents for your example project:

1. Brief explanation of the project and the work environment
2. Scope management plan
3. Project scope statement
4. Risk register (Wysocki (2014) calls this a Risk Driver Worksheet)
5. Work Breakdown Structure (Explain the method used to create the WBS for this project in your paper)

1. Please create a 1-2-page risk register for your example project. Categorize and compare each risk, list potential impact, and list strategies for potential responses. (A sample template is attached but you may create your own).

Be sure that you include a discussion of scope creep and scope change processes. You also need to include the roles and responsibilities of the team members.

Deliverable 2: Final Class Project

For this class project, you will be creating the Project Management Plan. You may use a company that you are familiar with or where you work now. If you have any problems coming up with a project to work on, please contact your instructor to discuss possible projects for this class work.

Develop a project plan for your example project. Your Project Plan should include the following components. You are to review and correct any issues using feedback from the instructor in earlier units. These documents should be compiled into one project document.

• Project Overview
• Project Mission Statement
• Project Scope Statement (completed as part of the mini-project)
• Project Schedule
• Work Breakdown Structure (completed as part of the mini-project)
• Risk Management (the risk register completed in the mini-project is part of this)
• Project Communication
• Project Closure

You may find some additional resources at the following websites:

http://www.projectengineer.net/project-management-documents/

https://www.projectmanagement.com/

http://www.projectminds.com/usefulwebsite.html

http://www.pmi.org

MGT 650 Project Management-Course Mini-Project