This document provides an overview of the CMGT/410 course at the University of Phoenix, which focuses on project management. It outlines the individual and team assignments given each week of the course, which involve developing various components of a project plan for organizing a company training session, including naming the project, identifying stakeholders, specifying objectives and outcomes, developing a work breakdown structure and Gantt chart, creating budgets and cost estimates, developing risk management and quality control strategies, and conducting a post-project review. The course content emphasizes key project management skills and tools like work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, cost estimation, risk management, and performance measurement.
Slides on MS Project covering the following
Project Scheduling
• Overview and Context
• Opening Microsoft Project and Customizing the User Interface
• Starting a New Project
• Working with Durations and the Time Scale
• Outlining a Project
• Linking Tasks
• Adding Lags to Links
• Working with Date Constraints
• Creating and managing Milestones
• Working with Project Tasks
• The Critical Path
• Filters
• Sorting and Grouping
• Customizing Fields
• Other View and Display Options
• Creating Reports
• Adding Graphics and Multimedia Objects to the Gantt Area
• Formatting for Printing
• Exporting Project Images and Data to Other Applications
• The Organizer
Resource Management
• The Resource Sheet
• Assigning Single Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Multiple Resources to Tasks
• Special Tools for Resource Assignment and Cost Estimating
• Managing Resource Workloads
• Resource Leveling
• Working with Calendars
Tracking Progress
• The Baseline
• Tracking Progress with the Percent of Completion Method
• Tracking Actual Hours with the Usage Views
• Earned Value Concepts
• Progress Lines and Updating Tools
• Issues and Problems Arising With Tracking
Multiple Projects
• Resource Pooling
• Consolidating Projects
• Links Among Projects in a Consolidation
Building a Credible Performance Measurement BaselineGlen Alleman
Establishing a credible Performance Measurement Baseline, with a risk adjusted Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule, starts with the WBS and connects Technical Measures of progress to Earned Value
Performance Report Grading Guide
PM/582 r4
2Individual Assignment: Performance ReportPurpose of Assignment
At the end of every project, a project manager needs to be able to pull together all of the reporting done throughout the project’s life cycle to create a cohesive report. This report is given to stakeholders, the project team, and even those outside of the project. This assignment focuses on the development of that performance report and includes metrics to illustrate whether or not the project was a success.
Resources Required
University of Phoenix Material: Performance Report TemplateGrading Guide
Content
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
The student creates a full performance report for the OLLO Case Study using the modified information from previous weeks.
The student indicates the stakeholders who would receive the report.
The student includes specific metrics on the performance report to demonstrate if the project was successful or not at the time of reporting.
The student includes an approximately 200- to 250-word explanation in each area of the template to help indicate what each of the metrics demonstrate, lessons learned, team functioning throughout the project, etc.
Total Available
Total Earned
10.5
#/10.5
Writing Guidelines
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation.
Total Available
Total Earned
4.5
#/4.5
Assignment Total
#
15
#/15
Additional comments:
Performance Report Template
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Performance Report
<Project Name>
Company Name
Street Address
City, State Zip Code
Date
Project Performance Report
Project Cost and Schedule Performance Report
Project:
Date: 05/01/20xx
WBS Element
Planned Value (PV)
Earned Value (EV)
Actual Cost (AC)
Cost Variance (CV)
1.0 Product Planning
$45,000
$43,500
$44,000
($500)
2.0 Product Design
$75,000
$73,000
$71,000
$2,000
3.0 Product Build
$90,000
$90,000
$91,000
($1,000)
4.0 Product Testing
$55,000
5.0 Product Implementation
$35,000
Totals:
$300,000
$206,500
$206,000
$500
1. Current Status of Risks and Issues –
2. Significant Achievements –
3. Challenges Identified -
4. Is this project successful or not? Why? -
5. Team Function (did they perform well or not together as a team and why?) –
6. Lessons Learned – (provide at least 2-3 examples)
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Work Breakdown Structure 1
Work Breakdown Structure
Maria Duplantier, Rinelle Pierce, Dorothea Terry
31 July 2017
PM/582
Professor Mark Block
Executive Summary Comment by Mark Block.
Course ProjectPart 1 – Building Your Project PlanYou and your CruzIbarra161
Course Project
Part 1 – Building Your Project Plan
You and your project team must develop a new project (product or service oriented) for your organization. Company Background
Tell the story (who, what, when, where, how) of the company or organization for which this project is being done.
· Who founded this company? Who are its leaders?
· What does this company make or do? What is its target market? What is its financial performance?
· When was the company founded? Where was/is it located?
· How does the company operate? How effective is the company in its industry? How are its competitors placed in the market?
If using a company website, be sure to cite the source!Current Process
What is the current process or existing scenario for accomplishing the company’s goals? In other words, how does the company conduct business? If, for example, it is a construction business building new homes, what would be the process that encompasses the company’s procedure from advertising through getting customers, doing the project and closing out the project deliverable. This current process might be something like:
1) Receive customer specifications
2) Design preliminary floor plan and elevation
3) Send preliminary documents to customer
4) Receive and execute customer changes
5) Create bid for customer contract
6) Run bid through technical and legal departments
7) Ship bid to customer
8) Follow up with customer
9) Negotiate details of bid acceptance
10) Build the negotiated architectural design
11) Oversee construction budget
12) Deliver agreed upon product to customer
13) Receive payment
14) Close out project using lessons learned approach
Your project must fit within the framework of the company’s business. In other words, if the company builds single family residences, your project would not be for an office building. It must be related to a specific type of single family home/townhouse. Project Overview
The project overview is a report on the project undertaking and a discussion of the general situation management finds itself in. This provides important context for the project management team to use in determining methods, approaches, and timeframes, as well as a scope.
For example, if building a new home, you should state whether it will have one or two stories, three or four bedrooms, and any other rooms that are to be included. There may be important details regarding the lot, area of town, and other issues such as landscaping. Be as detailed as possible, since this will assist the instructor in understanding and ultimately approving your project based on his/her belief that you have a viable project topic for a team of 3-4 persons. Objectives
Objectives describe concrete outcomes that a project will meet so as to be deemed a success. Goals need to be described as specifically as necessary-but no more specifically than that. The purpose is not to artificially constrain the project but to limit the project to as wide a range of acceptable outcomes as ...
Project Scope Statement
<Project Name>
<Student Name>
<Date>Introduction
Provide a one to two paragraph high level executive summary of the project, expanding on the summary provided in the project charter…Project Purpose and Justification
Provide a one to two paragraph summary of the purpose and justification of the project, expanding on the justification provided in the project charter…Scope Description
Describe all currently known characteristics of the project’s product or service. All details may not be known at the onset of the project and this may be progressively elaborated as the project moves forward. This section should contain descriptions of what is included in the product or service as well as the desired outcome of the project…High Level Requirements
Describe the currently known high-level capabilities of the solution to be met by successful completion of the project…Boundaries
Identify what should be included in the solution as well as what should not be included…Strategy
Describe the strategy/approach the project team will use in executing the project. Is this to be a “traditional” staged project, or will it require adaptive planning and control such as rolling wave or Agile Development? If traditional, what are the development/deployment stages? If rolling wave, how will you roll the wave? How will you manage change?Deliverables
Describe the currently known high-level products or outputs that solution is intended to provide…
Acceptance Criteria
Describe the measurable criteria which must be met for the solution to be considered complete and accepted by management…Constraints
Describe the limitations that the project faces due to funding, scheduling/time, technology, or resources…Assumptions
Describe the factors affecting the project that are believed to be true but that have not verified to be true…Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategy
Describe any currently known high level risks for the project and associated mitigation strategies…Cost Estimate
Provide an estimate of the funding which will be needed to successfully complete the project, utilizing the table below…
Expense
Estimated Budget
Expended to Date
Estimate to Complete
Variance
Labor
Internal
External
Software
Hardware
Other
Total
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2
Name:
Exam 1
Congratulations. You have just been hired as the new CEO for Handback Industries. You were excited until you started and within first the few days, the director of HR came into your office and indicated that the employees were threatening to strike and go to the media if things were not fixed immediately. Since you were successful in your Statistics course taken during the Summer of 2013, you decide that you will assist the HR Director with her analysis.
Problem 1 - The employees have indicated that 95% of employees in one of the departments are receiving higher salaries than any other department because their supervisor parties with them each weekend. Some employee ...
Slides on MS Project covering the following
Project Scheduling
• Overview and Context
• Opening Microsoft Project and Customizing the User Interface
• Starting a New Project
• Working with Durations and the Time Scale
• Outlining a Project
• Linking Tasks
• Adding Lags to Links
• Working with Date Constraints
• Creating and managing Milestones
• Working with Project Tasks
• The Critical Path
• Filters
• Sorting and Grouping
• Customizing Fields
• Other View and Display Options
• Creating Reports
• Adding Graphics and Multimedia Objects to the Gantt Area
• Formatting for Printing
• Exporting Project Images and Data to Other Applications
• The Organizer
Resource Management
• The Resource Sheet
• Assigning Single Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Multiple Resources to Tasks
• Special Tools for Resource Assignment and Cost Estimating
• Managing Resource Workloads
• Resource Leveling
• Working with Calendars
Tracking Progress
• The Baseline
• Tracking Progress with the Percent of Completion Method
• Tracking Actual Hours with the Usage Views
• Earned Value Concepts
• Progress Lines and Updating Tools
• Issues and Problems Arising With Tracking
Multiple Projects
• Resource Pooling
• Consolidating Projects
• Links Among Projects in a Consolidation
Building a Credible Performance Measurement BaselineGlen Alleman
Establishing a credible Performance Measurement Baseline, with a risk adjusted Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule, starts with the WBS and connects Technical Measures of progress to Earned Value
Performance Report Grading Guide
PM/582 r4
2Individual Assignment: Performance ReportPurpose of Assignment
At the end of every project, a project manager needs to be able to pull together all of the reporting done throughout the project’s life cycle to create a cohesive report. This report is given to stakeholders, the project team, and even those outside of the project. This assignment focuses on the development of that performance report and includes metrics to illustrate whether or not the project was a success.
Resources Required
University of Phoenix Material: Performance Report TemplateGrading Guide
Content
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
The student creates a full performance report for the OLLO Case Study using the modified information from previous weeks.
The student indicates the stakeholders who would receive the report.
The student includes specific metrics on the performance report to demonstrate if the project was successful or not at the time of reporting.
The student includes an approximately 200- to 250-word explanation in each area of the template to help indicate what each of the metrics demonstrate, lessons learned, team functioning throughout the project, etc.
Total Available
Total Earned
10.5
#/10.5
Writing Guidelines
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation.
Total Available
Total Earned
4.5
#/4.5
Assignment Total
#
15
#/15
Additional comments:
Performance Report Template
www.ProjectManagementDocs.com
Performance Report
<Project Name>
Company Name
Street Address
City, State Zip Code
Date
Project Performance Report
Project Cost and Schedule Performance Report
Project:
Date: 05/01/20xx
WBS Element
Planned Value (PV)
Earned Value (EV)
Actual Cost (AC)
Cost Variance (CV)
1.0 Product Planning
$45,000
$43,500
$44,000
($500)
2.0 Product Design
$75,000
$73,000
$71,000
$2,000
3.0 Product Build
$90,000
$90,000
$91,000
($1,000)
4.0 Product Testing
$55,000
5.0 Product Implementation
$35,000
Totals:
$300,000
$206,500
$206,000
$500
1. Current Status of Risks and Issues –
2. Significant Achievements –
3. Challenges Identified -
4. Is this project successful or not? Why? -
5. Team Function (did they perform well or not together as a team and why?) –
6. Lessons Learned – (provide at least 2-3 examples)
PAGE
1
Work Breakdown Structure 1
Work Breakdown Structure
Maria Duplantier, Rinelle Pierce, Dorothea Terry
31 July 2017
PM/582
Professor Mark Block
Executive Summary Comment by Mark Block.
Course ProjectPart 1 – Building Your Project PlanYou and your CruzIbarra161
Course Project
Part 1 – Building Your Project Plan
You and your project team must develop a new project (product or service oriented) for your organization. Company Background
Tell the story (who, what, when, where, how) of the company or organization for which this project is being done.
· Who founded this company? Who are its leaders?
· What does this company make or do? What is its target market? What is its financial performance?
· When was the company founded? Where was/is it located?
· How does the company operate? How effective is the company in its industry? How are its competitors placed in the market?
If using a company website, be sure to cite the source!Current Process
What is the current process or existing scenario for accomplishing the company’s goals? In other words, how does the company conduct business? If, for example, it is a construction business building new homes, what would be the process that encompasses the company’s procedure from advertising through getting customers, doing the project and closing out the project deliverable. This current process might be something like:
1) Receive customer specifications
2) Design preliminary floor plan and elevation
3) Send preliminary documents to customer
4) Receive and execute customer changes
5) Create bid for customer contract
6) Run bid through technical and legal departments
7) Ship bid to customer
8) Follow up with customer
9) Negotiate details of bid acceptance
10) Build the negotiated architectural design
11) Oversee construction budget
12) Deliver agreed upon product to customer
13) Receive payment
14) Close out project using lessons learned approach
Your project must fit within the framework of the company’s business. In other words, if the company builds single family residences, your project would not be for an office building. It must be related to a specific type of single family home/townhouse. Project Overview
The project overview is a report on the project undertaking and a discussion of the general situation management finds itself in. This provides important context for the project management team to use in determining methods, approaches, and timeframes, as well as a scope.
For example, if building a new home, you should state whether it will have one or two stories, three or four bedrooms, and any other rooms that are to be included. There may be important details regarding the lot, area of town, and other issues such as landscaping. Be as detailed as possible, since this will assist the instructor in understanding and ultimately approving your project based on his/her belief that you have a viable project topic for a team of 3-4 persons. Objectives
Objectives describe concrete outcomes that a project will meet so as to be deemed a success. Goals need to be described as specifically as necessary-but no more specifically than that. The purpose is not to artificially constrain the project but to limit the project to as wide a range of acceptable outcomes as ...
Project Scope Statement
<Project Name>
<Student Name>
<Date>Introduction
Provide a one to two paragraph high level executive summary of the project, expanding on the summary provided in the project charter…Project Purpose and Justification
Provide a one to two paragraph summary of the purpose and justification of the project, expanding on the justification provided in the project charter…Scope Description
Describe all currently known characteristics of the project’s product or service. All details may not be known at the onset of the project and this may be progressively elaborated as the project moves forward. This section should contain descriptions of what is included in the product or service as well as the desired outcome of the project…High Level Requirements
Describe the currently known high-level capabilities of the solution to be met by successful completion of the project…Boundaries
Identify what should be included in the solution as well as what should not be included…Strategy
Describe the strategy/approach the project team will use in executing the project. Is this to be a “traditional” staged project, or will it require adaptive planning and control such as rolling wave or Agile Development? If traditional, what are the development/deployment stages? If rolling wave, how will you roll the wave? How will you manage change?Deliverables
Describe the currently known high-level products or outputs that solution is intended to provide…
Acceptance Criteria
Describe the measurable criteria which must be met for the solution to be considered complete and accepted by management…Constraints
Describe the limitations that the project faces due to funding, scheduling/time, technology, or resources…Assumptions
Describe the factors affecting the project that are believed to be true but that have not verified to be true…Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategy
Describe any currently known high level risks for the project and associated mitigation strategies…Cost Estimate
Provide an estimate of the funding which will be needed to successfully complete the project, utilizing the table below…
Expense
Estimated Budget
Expended to Date
Estimate to Complete
Variance
Labor
Internal
External
Software
Hardware
Other
Total
PAGE
2
Name:
Exam 1
Congratulations. You have just been hired as the new CEO for Handback Industries. You were excited until you started and within first the few days, the director of HR came into your office and indicated that the employees were threatening to strike and go to the media if things were not fixed immediately. Since you were successful in your Statistics course taken during the Summer of 2013, you decide that you will assist the HR Director with her analysis.
Problem 1 - The employees have indicated that 95% of employees in one of the departments are receiving higher salaries than any other department because their supervisor parties with them each weekend. Some employee ...
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Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 7
Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
Your company is hoping to outsource some of its work constructing a new development of condominiums. What would you use as selection criteria to narrow down your list of potential sellers?
Give specific examples of risks on a project that are within the team’s control, partially within the team’s control, and outside the team’s control. Tell how you would deal with each.
Give two examples of why a project might be terminated early for cause and two examples of why a project might be terminated early for convenience.
The sponsor of a large multi-phased project you are managing suddenly decides to terminate the project early. How do you respond? How and when do you notify your team members?
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Chapter 13: Project Supply Chain Management.
This chapter deals with securing the services and materials that are needed to perform the project. After completing this chapter, each student should be able to perform the following:
Core Objectives:
Identify the role of supply chain management in project management and its importance for ensuring project success.
Describe how to plan, conduct, control, and close project procurements.
Behavioral Objectives:
Explain how to use the contemporary approach to project partnering and collaboration.
Technical Objectives:
Describe the various formats for supply contracts and when each type is appropriate.
Given a project situation, determine which activities, supplies, or service should be purchased, create bid documents for one of them, determine the criteria you would use to select a seller, and then determine and justify the type of contract to be used.
Chapter 14: Determining Project Progress and Results.
This chapter covers multiple ways in which project managers seek to ensure the project results they planned to make and promised to deliver. After completing this chapter, each student should be able to perform the following:
Core Objectives:
Develop and demonstrate use of a change control system.
Demonstrate how to monitor and control project risks with various resolution strategies.
Create and present a project progress report.
Behavioral Objectives:
Describe the importance of formal reporting and communications.
Demonstrate negotiating skills.
Manage conflicts during the project ex.
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CMGT/410 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Consider the following scenario:
You have been hired by a large company with branch offices around the country to assist with
rollout of a new companywide compliance system. While initially the focus was on
implementation of the technology, it was found that success will require at least 10 hours of
training for all managers across the country on both the use of the new platform as well as a host
of new compliance policies being introduced. Of the options discussed, it was generally agreed
than the training should be hands-on and conducted in person at a central location. This will
obviously require getting organizational buy in as not all managers are going to be willing to
commit to taking time out from their normal responsibilities just for some training. In addition,
such large scale centralized training has not been done before by this company; therefore, the
CEO wants feedback from participants to evaluate the effectiveness of any training sessions. As
a result, your manager has given you the responsibility to develop an outline for a proposed
project that would meet this upcoming need.
Submit a 2- to 3-page memo that does the following:
• Names the project
• Briefly describes the project
• Identifies potential stakeholders directly or indirectly involved
• Specifies the overall objective and any outcomes for this project
• Details how success will be evaluated
• Highlights what is needed to ascertain the measurable organizational value (MOV) of this
project.
You will need to make some assumptions (it is even encouraged) but the assumptions must be
documented.
Week 1 DQ1
Carton et al (2008) describe what they consider a “successful” enterprise
resource planning (ERP) implementation. What aspects of the project made it
“successful” in their definition? Would your organization describe this as
successful? Why or why not?
2. Week 1 DQ2
Based on the article by Anantatmula (2010), why is the project manager so
critical to the success of the project?
CMGT/410 Week 2 Individual Assignment
You have been tasked with the project of organizing a company offsite 2-day training session in
which people are brought in from different parts of the country.
This entails everything from preparation, accommodations, and facilities.
Submit a 2- to 3-page executive memo summarizing the project's objective, any scoping
boundaries used to define the project, and relevant facts about the tasks or resources.
Identify all related tasks and resources needed to complete this project.
Highlight or specify any measurable deliverables relating to your project.
Attach a task list with assigned resources from a Microsoft® Project file that supports what you
have outlined in your memo.
Week 2 DQ1
Analyze the techniques discussed in the Guldemond et al. article (2008), and
propose how you would apply them to your own skill set as a Project Manager.
Week 2 DQ2
In their 2009 article, Turner et al. describe the relatively low implementation rate
of Gantt chart, CPM diagrams, etc. in projects. Does your organization use these
tools? How does this data compare to the implementation of these tools in your
organization? Why?
CMGT/410 Week 3 Individual Assignment
The project for the company offsite 2-day training session has been given a preliminary go-
ahead. However a budget needs to be submitted for approval.
Write a 2- to 3-page memo explaining the financial implications of your project that does the
following:
Adds costs estimates to your resources (both labor and material) – Refer to websites like the
United States Department of Labor for estimates.
Adds estimates for all task duration and sequencing of tasks (including precedence relations)
3. Summarizes any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources, critical
task sequencing, and how duration estimates were arrived at
Highlights if there are any milestones for your project Include a Microsoft® Project Gantt chart,
as an attachment, showing the WBS of tasks (with dependencies) and task sequences, along with
any budget or cost reports to support your memo.
CMGT/410 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
This is the core of any project plan used to communicate what tasks are needed and the order of
sequence to be done to meet deadlines and deliverables.
At a minimum the section will contain the following:
Business requirements document (BRD) that provides additional details regarding the
expectations (such as user, system, and functional) that must be met for achieving goals of
the project
Work breakdown structure (WBS) showing discrete work tasks and grouped hierarchically
that helps to organize and define the total work scope of the project
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings
Week 3 DQ1
In Hurley’s 2009 article, what type of costs should project managers be tracking
to get an accurate total cost? Why is it critical to track these costs?
Week 3 DQ2
Why is cost and quality management so important to know how to successfully
apply in project management? What are the potential consequences of a project
manager not knowing these two valuable tools?
CMGT/410 Week 4 Individual Assignment
The company offsite 2-day training session project is about ready to enter the execution phase.
However, management has a history of being surprised with projects that finished over-budget,
did not adhere to the timeline, evinced waste of resources, or did not meet expectations.
Address your strategy for the following in a 2- to 3-page memo to gain their confidence in your
project management abilities:
Analyze and report unplanned changes
Evaluate project quality
Procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues
4. How you plan to communicate whether the project is meeting any stated performance and
quality objectives
CMGT/410 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
The allocation and cost of resources need to be carefully monitored if a project is to be delivered
on-time and on-budget.
At a minimum this section will contain the following:
Allocation of resources to project tasks (both labor and material)
Cost estimates for project resources
Gantt diagram showing duration estimates for all tasks and their sequencing (including
precedence relations) and highlighting any critical path(s) arising from task dependencies
ultimately determining the minimal duration of a project
In addition summarize any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources,
critical task sequencing, or how duration estimates were arrived at, and any financial
implications (for example, budget or cost reports of the project as well)
Develop a baseline for your project plan so that all future variances are captured.
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Just need highlighted part completed, attached is team project information to use to complete
section
Week 4 DQ1
In his 2008 article, Moore talks about contract project professionals. What does
he believe is the role that contract project professionals play? Why/how are
those roles important in managing a company’s human resources?
Week 4 DQ2
Based on the article by Swinarksi et al (2010), how would you go about making
sure that team members have the required skill sets for the specific project?
WEEK 5
CMGT/410 Week 5 Individual Assignment
Project Postmortem
5. Now that the company offsite 2-day training session project is over, conduct a postmortem
review.
Submit a 1- to 2-page memo that does the following:
Details the benefits and drawbacks of a postmortem review
Lists who should partake in this meeting,
Indicates what you hope to discover at the conclusion
CMGT/410 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Revise and submit all sections of your Learning Team project along with the Week Five section
below.
It is essential for establishing confidence that a project will be executed effectively and with
minimal waste. A plan for performance measurement requires identifying which critical element
should be measured, how they are measured, and when they are measured to communicate if the
project is on track.
At a minimum the section will contain the following:
Measurable objectives identified as milestones on the Gantt chart
Risk mitigation strategy for analyzing and reporting unplanned changes as well what
procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues
Description of project reporting regarding the on-going evaluation and status of project
efforts to stakeholder and participants on the project team
Method for determining whether the project has met its objectives and how the project is
terminated
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of the entire Learning Team
Project, as completed in Weeks Two, Three, Four, and Five.
Week 5 DQ1
Based on the article by Kutsch, why is it important to conduct a project risk
management process? What are some of the downfalls to not conducting one?
Week 5 DQ2
6. In your own words, how would you explain project risk management? What are
some real-life examples where project risk management would be imperative?
Give details for each example.