Sheet1695 grading rubric assignment 7 note all topics must be rel

1. Sheet1695 GRADING RUBRIC: Assignment 7Note: All topics
must be related to project management, and unrelated topics
will not be approved. All assignments in this course build upon
one another. Successive assignments may suffer if assignments
are late or if a student fails to perform each assignment
correctly. All assignments are integral to the final
deliverable.CRITERION LEARNING OUTCOMESMAX
POINTSYOUR POINTSFEEDBACKRESEARCH TOPIC
INFO LITERACY 0.2
Collect and retrieve the needed information• Research topic is
related to the field of project management
• Demonstrates use of appropriate keyword search and thorough
research
• Uses quality resources based on their authority, objectivity,
currency, accuracy, and/or relevancy
• Meets minimum number of sources (10)10INTRODUCTION
COMM 0.1
Consider Context and Purpose• Provides a context for the
research topic/ problem
• Includes a broad description of problem to be solved
• Describes the relevance of research/ how it benefits field of
PM
• Relevant research is referenced
• Definitions of critical terms included20PROBLEM
STATEMENT
CRIT THINKING 0.3
Solve Problems• Establishes real and relevant problem worth
studying (not already solved)
• Defines/restricts scope of the study
• Working/operational definitions used to define
concepts/variables
• Reflects open mind about the potential solution
• Explains/defines any sub-problems 20LITERATURE REVIEW
COMMUNICATION 0.4

2. Use Sources and Evidence• Clearly relates the proposed study to
the body of knowledge surrounding topic
• Organized in logical way (major themes, chronological, order
of importance)
• Adds clarity, focus and context to the research paper
• Shows what researcher learned and comprehended from
existing literature
• Meets minimum length (4-10 pages) and number of sources
(10)30WRITING MECHANICS
COMMUNICATION 0.5
Control Grammar and Mechanics• Uses language that
communicates meaning to readers with clarity
• Writing is reflective of graduate level work and substantially
error-free
• Reflects appropriate proofreading for grammar, spelling and
sentence structure10APA FORMAT
COMMUNICATION 0.3
Adhere to Conventions• All direct quotes, ideas, concepts, text
and data are accurately cited
• All sources cited in the text are listed in the references section
• Consistently uses provided guidance provided in template
• Consistently APA format that is substantially error-free (i.e.
title page, TOC, contents, body of paper, references, etc.)
10OTHER • Plagiarism, Lateness, Extra CreditTOTAL 1000
Refining Your Project Management Research Topic
Proposed Project Management Research Topic: Impacts of
project misalignment with business objectives on the overall
program performance
Instructions
List Keywords used in search

3. Number of Results
Search using your original Topic overall project performance
Peer-reviewed Journals
- 1,199,58
Full-Text Online
- 1,199,58
Add additional focused keywords based on the guidance for
narrowing or broadening
Overall Project performance and Business Objectives
Peer-reviewed Journals
- 169,267
Full-Text Online
- 90,092
Narrowed the search.
Add additional focused keywords based on the guidance for
narrowing or broadeningOverall project performance and clear
definition of business objectives
Peer-reviewed Journals
- 61,634
Full-Text Online
- 30,570
Narrowed the search further to help define the problem search.
Add additional focused keywords based on the guidance for
narrowing or broadening
Impacts of overall project performance and clear definition of
business objectives
Peer-reviewed Journals
- 22,263
Full-Text Online
- 12,507
Further added Impacts key word to identify the research topic
problem statement

4. Add additional focused keywords based on the guidance for
narrowing or broadeningAnalyzing the impact of project
misalignment with business objectives on the overall project
performance
Peer-reviewed Journals
- 940
Full-Text Online
- 462
Further added Impacts key word to identify the research topic
problem statement
1) Please list 3 insights that you have noted about your research
topic through this exercise.
a. The topic of research is how business objectives is critical
project performance. Some of the key areas are the
i. Identifying the consequences of project misalignment to
business objectives
ii. Quantifying Project performance (score card or KPI’s) to
outcomes that aligns with organization culture and strategy
iii. People skills and management directly impact project
performance and outcomes
2) Based on these preliminary searches, has the focus of your
research changed? In what way?
a. My preliminary searches around overall project performance
addressed the three areas of cost, schedule and quality impacts
and outcomes as key measure. Further refining the search
helped me to focus on the project performance and how critical
it tied to business strategy and culture. Identifying these will
provide better focus for project managers and agile coaches to
help organization delivery successful results. As organization
are moving towards agile delivery of business value to

5. customers this shit to measure the alignment and tracking
performance based on outcomes will help organization delivery
the right results. For example organization like Google and
Amazon that deliver product every two weeks that addresses
customer requirements.
3) Have you identified any gaps in the existing literature or
recommendations for future research? (These are often found in
the conclusion section of articles and research studies)
4) How does your proposed topic take a different/new approach
or add to the existing body of knowledge?
a. The proposed topic will provide an additional dimension or
area for project managers to evaluate the performance
challenges to support the dynamic changing customer needs and
help organization culture to evolve through training,
communication and championing to become and outcome-based
organization than documentation-based organization.
GRAD 695 Topic Refinement Assignment Nov 2017
2
Literature Review Assignment
GRAD 695 Project Management Research Topic: Impacts of
project misalignment with business objectives on the overall
program performance
1. Review the following guidance for Literature Reviews and
complete the information below using the template provided.
Texas A&M Writing Center Video 1: Get Lit: The Literature
Review (45 Min)

6. Texas A&M Writing Center Video 2: The Literature Review
(46 Min)
UNC Writing Center:Literature Reviews
2. Using your proposed project management topic as refined in
your Topic Refinement Assignment and a scholarly research
tool, i.e., Google Scholar, HU Library locate four literature
reviews for your proposed GRAD695 topic. Literature Reviews
usually contain the terms “Literature Review” in the title. If
you have limited success, try to modify the keywords that you
are using for the search or contact the library for assistance.
3. Provide the name of the literature review and hyperlink to the
literature below. If using the HU Library, look for the
“Permalink” icon to provide the permanent URL address.
4. Read all four literature reviews and, for each, provide a 1
paragraph discussion (250 words) on the specific research
problem the researcher(s) have addressed. In addition, identify
and discuss the approach to the research (for example, surveys,
case studies, interviews, etc.) Often this information is
contained in the Abstract Section.
5. List any gaps in the literature and/or future opportunities in
research for a specific field discussed in the literature review.
What suggestions did each set of researchers make for future
research in this topic/field? This information is often found in
the Conclusion Section.
6. Discuss how you plan to incorporate this research into your
695 research paper and address any of these identified gaps.

7. GRAD 695 Literature Review Assignment April 2018
1
Name of Literature Review 1:
Project Management: BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource
Link to Literature Review 1:
Business: The Ultimate Resource[footnoteRef:1] [1: Buttrick,
R. (2011). Project Management. In J. Law, Business: the
ultimate resource (3rd ed.). London, UK: A&C Black. Retrieved
from https://proxy-
harrisburg.klnpa.org/login?url=https://search.credoreference.co
m/content/entry/ultimatebusiness/project_management/0?institut
ionId=3314]
Summary of Literature Review 1 (250 words):
This paper is focused on how project management impacts
outcomes and program performance. The key focus areas
addressed are:
· Creating clear strategies to identify the right projects
· Creating /Nominating Sponsor and buy in from management
and leadership
· Creating outcome-based business plan to detail the project life
cycle
· Concentrate on the early stages of the project, when the
decisions taken have a far-reaching effect on the outcome and
determine the risky parts;
· Focus on the benefits you are aiming to realize.
· Continue to monitor progress and ensure it is focused on the
goals of the program.
All these will help in paving the right way to measure outcomes
for the projects.

8. Gaps in Literature/ Future Research Ideas:
The ideas that are missing in this part of the review document is
how people & teams will adapt and get ready for the program
initiative. This is very critical for any project’s success.
Application to your GRAD 695 research:
The few key areas that will help with the research paper are the
challenges identified in the reviewed paper since they will
determine the success and failures of the projects
Name of Literature Review 2:
Balanced Business Scorecard
Link to Literature Review 2:
Balance Business Scorecard[footnoteRef:2] [2: Balanced
business scorecard. (2010). In J. Martin, SAGE key concepts
series: key concepts in human resource management. London,
UK: Sage UK. Retrieved from https://proxy-
harrisburg.klnpa.org/login?url=https://search.credoreference.co
m/content/entry/sageukkchrm/balanced_business_scorecard/0?in
stitutionId=3314]
Summary of Literature Review 2 (250 words):
This review was focused on how to effectively create a way to
measure organization success when taking up various programs
or projects using scorecard & Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
across all paradigm the organization. Organization use score
cards to establish performance to organization strategy by
measuring quantifiable outcomes across the four areas
1. Financial performance
2. Customer knowledge
3. Internal business processes
4. Learning and growth
Some research used for creating this document indicates some
of the benefits for using score card are as below

9. · Helps organization to focus on key list of priority items to
meet high performance goals.
· Usually the KPI’s and score card will help to integrate all
departments within an organization as they create accountability
to each of them,
· Breaking down strategic measures to local unit levels so that
unit managers, operators, and employees can see what is
required at their level and how that will contribute to an
excellent performance overall. In practice this requires aligning
an organization strategy with the work that people do on a day-
to-day basis.
· Allowing relevant performance measurement that provides the
required impacts.
· Enables more open information flow across the organization.
· Provides simple steps to create the balance score cards
In addition, this review provided some insights into common
problems that occur when trying to create score cards which if
not addressed can provide inaccurate outcomes.
Gaps in Literature/ Future Research Ideas:
Key things that is missing is some strong case studies with
examples of score card along with when and where to use them.
Other ideas would be to give sample KPI’s categorized by the
types of initiatives to provide clearer understanding on how to
create them effectively
Application to your GRAD 695 research:
This part of the paper will help in addressing how to create the
right performance objectives across the organization for any
major initiatives to track progress and as required make course
correction and mitigate the risk of delays and missed outcomes.
Name of Literature Review 3:
Multidimensional Performance Measurement Using the
Balanced Scorecard
Link to Literature Review 3:
Multidimensional Performance Measurement Using the
Balanced Scorecard[footnoteRef:3] [3: Wisner, P. (2014).

10. Multidimensional performance measurement using the balanced
scorecard. In Qatar Financial Center, & Qatar Financial Center
(Eds.), QFinance: the ultimate resource (5th ed.). London, UK:
A&C Black. Retrieved from https://proxy-
harrisburg.klnpa.org/login?url=https://search.credoreference.co
m/content/entry/qfinance/multidimensional_performance_measu
rement_using_the_balanced_scorecard/0?institutionId=3314]
Summary of Literature Review 3 (250 words):
Gaps in Literature/ Future Research Ideas:
Application to your GRAD 695 research:
Name of Literature Review 4:
High Performance Working
Link to Literature Review 4:
High Performance Working
Summary of Literature Review 4 (250 words):
Over the last decade the definition for high performance
organization has been evolving that is currently looking at
integrating the People, Skills, Management, Technology,
Business Objectives, Wellness, and clear productivity
measurability. Organization that continue to create satisfied
employees will deliver increased productivity resulting in
sustainable outcomes for the company and customer loyalty. To
create such organization establishing best practices for HR that
addresses the following to enable HPW.
· Sustained market success (or the achievement of
organizational objectives).
· Innovation in quality and customer satisfaction (or product or
service differentiation).
· Customer and continuous improvement focus.
· Use of self-managed work teams.
· Viewing the workplace as a source of added value.

11. · Clear links between training and development and
organizational objectives.
· Support for organizational and individual learning.
Gaps in Literature/ Future Research Ideas:
More case studies that support this will help to better
understand how to include the employee productivity as part of
Project performance.
Application to your GRAD 695 research:
This will be included as one of the dimensions of the problem
around now to improve or what are the key factors that should
be measured or evaluated to support Project Performance.
Impacts of project misalignment with business
objectives/strategy on overall program performance
Impacts of project misalignment with business objectives on
overall program performance
Impacts of project misalignment with business objectives on
overall program performance
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Guidance Article(s)
HU APA Guide Major Paper Sections
Purdue OWL APA Major Paper Sections
Due?
ALL submissionsNOTE: This template has been created to
assist you with writing your academic research paper. Please
refer to the guidance provided and use APA formatting with all
submissions. It is expected that all submissions are thoroughly

12. proofread and meet standards for graduate level writing. Please
remove all guidance and directions upon submitting your
paper.Abstract
The abstract is written as a block paragraph (not indented) and
summarizes your project management research paper in asingle
paragraph (150 to 250 words). A reader often uses the abstract
to determine whether the research is applicable to the reader’s
needs before deciding to read the entire article. The abstract is
generally one of the last sections added. It is written upon
completion of the research paper. An abstract includes:
1. The topic/purpose of the research
2. The approach and/or method of the research
3. The results of the research
4. The brief conclusion based on the research
Keywords. Keywords are those terms located on the same page
as the abstract that could be used in a search engine or library
data base to locate your research paper. They should appear on
the same page as your abstract in block format (not indented)
with the word “keywords” listed in italics.
Guidance
HU APA Guide: Abstracts
Purdue OWL APA Abstracts
APA Style Blog Keywords
Due?
Final DraftFinal Submission
Table of Contents
Abstract2
Keywords2
Introduction4
Problem Statement and Justification5

13. Literature Review6
Proposed
Solution
Approach7
Conclusion9
References10
Guidance
Introduction (2 pages)
Problem Statement and Justification (2-3 pages)
Literature Review (8-10 pages)
Proposed