BMIS 460 Plan and PowerPoint Instructions Logistics Throughout this course, you will be working on a Group Project. The Instructor will put you into specific groups, and then each group will select a team leader. After the team leader is chosen, he/she must develop a plan for organizing the team and must assign individual members' responsibilities and activities. Each group will develop and submit a Project Plan and PowerPoint presentation for establishing a Project Management Office within an organization. The team will be consultants to Galaxy Industries and develop a Project Management Office (PMO) for this company. The Project Plan must address all PMI process groups and knowledge areas. · Project Plan: The plan should address all plan components, sub-plans, and knowledge areas. Specifically, the project plan should incorporate references to all of the plan components (Project Charter, Work Breakdown Structure), sub-plans and knowledge areas (Cost Management Plan, Quality Management Plan, Human Resource Management Plan, and Communications Management Plan). The length of the project plan will vary according to the length of your supporting documents. Refer to the provided Project Plan template and modify it to meet the needs of your group and use it as a resource to show you the appearance of a typical Project Plan. · PowerPoint: The PowerPoint presentation should support the Project Plan. It is recommended that you provide 2 PowerPoint slides per topic addressed in your Project Plan. There are 6 plans and components, and the project plan itself that you are describing, along with a title slide and a reference slide. With this in mind, your presentation should be at least 16 slides. Introduction Galaxy Industries, a traditionally organized company, has asked your consulting firm, Project Management Consultants (PMC) to define and implement a Project Management Office (PMO) within the company. The sponsor for the project is the CEO, John Smith. The CIO is Joe Brown, and the COO is Sue White. Mr. Smith wants Galaxy to assist him in developing the Project Charter and Mr. Brown will be working with Galaxy to develop the Project Plan (and sub-plans). Mrs. White has requested that the plan include the development of a Project Management Intranet Site so that internal staff will be well informed as related to project progress, problems/risks, and issues. Galaxy Industries Environment Galaxy is a small company that sells home accessories such as lamps, pictures, end tables, rugs. They purchase many of their products from manufacturers in the US, England, France, Italy, and China. They sell to gift shops in the US and have an Internet site that sells to worldwide customers. Their Internet sales are now exceeding their US sales. The company is in a solid financial condition, with sales expected to rise 25% within the next year (because of the success of their on-line sales). Because of their revenue and sales growth, they have hired new staff ...