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PROJ5001 Project Management - Southern Cross University

Assessment 1 - Project proposal

Overview
The project charter is a key document for the initiating phase of a project. It "formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project management with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities" (PMI cited in Kloppenborg 2018, p. 63). As project managers, one of our first tasks may be to develop a project charter. This assessment seeks to build your understanding of the elements of a project charter and practice applying them to a case study. An output of this assessment is a project charter that may be used as a model for future projects that you are involved with.

Learning outcome 1: Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles of project management as prescribed in the global standard (PMBOK® Guide).
Learning outcome 2: Select and initiate a project, taking into account organisational goals, structure, culture, stakeholders, and competition for resources.
Learning outcome 3: Critically analyse, interpret and apply the project management knowledge areas to the various phases of any project, as appropriate, and demonstrate an understanding of the activities and interrelationships critical to the successful completion of each phase of a project.
Learning outcome 4: Appraise the acquiring, induction, assessing, developing, decision-making, and conflict resolution issues of a project team.

Assessment task
You are asked to describe the purpose of each element of the project charter, discuss the theory behind each element, and to develop a project charter based on the case study provided. You are asked to draw primarily from the theory contained in the textbook (Kloppenborg 2018) and the PMBoK (6th edition).

Assessment structure

TASK 1 - Theory of a project charter
Describe the purpose of each element of the project charter and discuss the theory behind each element of the charter. Using appropriately cited paraphrasing, you are expected to include and draw on the textbook description for each of the following sections:
• Scope overview
• Business case
• Background
• Milestone schedule with acceptance criteria
• Risks, assumptions and constraints
• Resource estimates
• Stakeholder list
• Team operating principles
• Lessons learned
• Signatures and commitment

TASK 2 Project charter

A project charter based on the case study provided. The project charter should:
• include all of elements in Sections 3-4 to 3-5, pages 65-79 of Kloppenborg 2018;
• be formatted as per the example on pages 94-96 of Kloppenborg 2018; and
• use relevant Exhibits from Kloppenborg 2018 as the models for the tables.

TASK 3 References

A list of references in Harvard style.

Case study - New playground for the community

1,500 words approx

Assessment 2 - Project Report

Overview
The planning process group seeks to "establish the project scope, refine objectives, and define plans and actions to attain objectives" (PMBOK cited in Kloppenborg 2018, p. 10). This assessment seeks to build your understanding of some of the key work processes, deliverables and tools within the planning process group and practice applying them to a case study. An output of this assessment will be a project management plan that may serve as a model for other projects that you are involved with.

Learning outcome 1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles of project management as prescribed in the global standard (PMBOK® Guide)
Learning outcome 2. Critically analyse, interpret and apply the project management knowledge areas to the various phases of any project, as appropriate, and demonstrate an understanding of the activities and interrelationships critical to the successful completion of each phase of a project.
Learning outcome 3. Create an integrated project plan for a real project, including schedule, human resources, budget, risks, and quality, and prepare appropriate Project Management documentation of the plan

Assessment details
You are asked to describe the purpose of work processes, deliverables and tools within the project planning process group and discuss the theory behind each. You will then apply these using the case study provided to develop a project management plan. You are asked to draw primarily from the theory contained in the textbook (Kloppenborg 2018) and the PMBoK (6th edition).

TASK 1 Theory of project planning

Describe the purpose of each of the following components of project planning. Using appropriately cited paraphrasing, you are expected to include and draw on the textbook description for each of the following sections:
1.1. WBS
RACI chart
Schedule - Gantt
Schedule 2 - AoN
Resource overloads
Budget
Risk Management
Change Management
Stakeholder Management
Project closure
TASK 2 Project management plan

A project management plan based on the case study provided. The project management plan should:
• include all of elements noted 1.1-1.10
• use relevant Exhibits from Kloppenborg 2018 as the models for the tables, tools and outputs.

TASK 3 References

A list of references in Harvard style.
3,000 approx.

Assessment 3 - Oral presentation

Overview
Professional communication and presentation skills are central to employability in the business sector. This assessment builds these skills while asking you to demonstrate an understanding of one of the key PMBOK process groups.

Learning outcome 1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles of project management as prescribed in the global standard (PMBOK® Guide).
Learning outcome 3. Critically analyse, interpret and apply the project management knowledge areas to the various phases of any project, as appropriate, and demonstrate an understanding of the activities and interrelationships critical to the successful completion of each phase of a project.
Learning outcome 5. Calculate project progress by comparing actual to planned performance and create improvement plans as needed.
Learning outcome 6. Appraise the acquiring, induction, assessing, developing, decision-making, and conflict resolution issues of a project team.

Assessment details
You will record an oral presentation that discusses and analyses one of the following process groups:
• Executing OR
• Monitoring and controlling OR
• Closing

Presentation structure
Your presentation should be between 8-10 minutes in length. Please follow the below structure for your presentation.

8-10 minutes max.

Attachment:- Project Management.rar