Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Read Chapters 7, 8, and 10 of the course textbook, Contemporary Project Management: Plan-Driven and Agile Approaches.
Download ProjectLibre to your computer:
Open the webpage, ProjectLibreLinks to an external site..
Select the Download button under the heading, ProjectLibre.
Follow the three steps to download ProjectLibre to your computer.
Note: Sometimes you may need to provide information such as your email address. You can ignore or close these pop-ups. You do not need to register to use ProjectLibre.
Review the ProjectLibre: How to Introduction Demo (Project Management Software)Links to an external site. video.
In this assignment, you will create a project management plan (PMP) baseline, which includes a scope and a WBS, a project schedule, and a project budget. This assignment has four major elements, along with their individual elements.
For your assignment,
Develop the scope document in MS Word. The scope document should:
Create a scope description consistent with the authority granted in the project charter.
List the project deliverables that will enable resolution of the current problems in the current logistics operation.
Outline the acceptance criteria for each deliverable.
Establish the project’s limitations or boundaries.
Summarize the change control process that will be used during the project.
Create an indented WBS for five to ten intermediate tasks using ProjectLibre.
Include within each intermediate task two to three sub tasks. Review the ProjectLibre: How to Introduction Demo (Project Management Software)Links to an external site. video for additional help with using ProjectLibre.
Note: Save your WBS in ProjectLibre.
Develop a project schedule using the WBS you already created as the starting point. You should complete this using ProjectLibre. The project will start February of Year 0 and should finish in December.
Note: Save your project schedule, including the Gantt chart, in ProjectLibre.
The project schedule should:
Start on February 1st and complete before December 31st of the year you are taking this class. That will be Year 0.
oIdentify the precursor activities, as necessary.
Sequence the activities.
Indicate a single start and end date for each task.
Create a project budget. You may create the budget in ProjectLibre or in MS Excel.
If you choose MS Excel:
Copy your work from ProjectLibre to MS Excel:
Put the cursor in the upper-left box to darken all the columns, use “CTRL C” to copy the ProjectLibre content, and then paste into MS Excel.
Add another column for budget. Assign a budget to each task. You have full discretion to develop the budget, subject to the following guidelines:
The total budget may not exceed $100,000.
Each task must be assigned a budget.
If you choose ProjectLibre:
You have full discretion to develop the budget, subject to the following guidelines:
The total budget may not exceed $100,000.
Each task must be assigned a budget.
You may submit the project schedule and the resource breakdown structure separately if you choose.
Note: Save all your ProjectLibre work in a PDF. You may also save the project WBS and schedule from ProjectLibre in a PDF file and save the budget in MS Excel. Save the project schedule and budget in ProjectLibre and MS Excel, as you will use this information for your Week 3 assignment.
For Week 2, submit the scope MS Word document to Waypoint. Additionally, submit the WBS, project schedule, and budget from ProjectLibre in a PDF or the WBS and Project Schedule from ProjectLibre in a PDF and the budget in a MS Excel document to Waypoint.
The Project Management Plan Baselines paper
must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource. Visit the Microsoft Excel Help: HomeLinks to an external site. page.
must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date
must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
must use at least one credible or industry source in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. Review the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
