Assignment 1 - Project Proposal/Charter
Learning Outcomes
1: Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles of project management as prescribed in the global standard (PMBOK Guide)
2: Select and initiate a project taking into account organisational goals, structure, culture, stakeholders, and competition for resources
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.
6: Appraise the acquiring, induction, developing, decision making, and conflict resolution issues of a project team
ASSESSMENT TASK - Project Proposal
Instructions:
As a group develop a project proposal for a project to be undertaken in the real world
Guidelines:
The Project Proposal – sometimes called the Project Charter - should explain:
the background of the organisation where this project will be carried out,
the objectives of the project and
the importance of this project to the organisation.
The Proposal must include:
a Business Case,
Milestone schedule, as well as
any major or anticipated Risks with this project if known at this stage.
The project must be of commercial consequence which demands a Return on Investment (ROI) analysis, and could be from one of the following categories depending on the type of business a student is involved in:
an organisational project that a student is involved in as the organisation’s mainline of business – to manage projects for student's organisation or on behalf of others
an activity that a student is convinced would benefit from being handled as a project.
an activity in which a student was involved in the past that was not carried out as a project, but one which a student believes would have been managed better as a project. If a student uses this option s/he should describe how s/he would execute this activity now using the knowledge gained through this unit.
The Project must NOT be:
a wedding event project developing an App
the implementation of a change management initiative
a Not-for-Profit event
the establishment of a restaurant
a farewell event
Word Count
The maximum word length for this assignment is 2,000 words (Please include word count at the end), excluding words used in any charts, templates, forms or diagrams that you have used to apply the knowledge areas.
Assignment Format
1. Title page
2. Letter to Sponsor
3. Table of Contents
4. Introduction (use an Appendix for background if necessary)
5. Project Charter using appropriate headings (see Marking criteria)
6. Reference List (APA referencing style. is required - a minimum of 10 scholar references)
7. The appendix will only include a background of the organisation for your unit assessor. All forms, charts, tables, and diagrams should be included under the relevant sections of the assignment. The Appendix is NOT graded.
Notes:
1. The project must be undertaken in New Zealand and use New Zealand currency.
2. As this is a piece of academic work, students are required to describe the purpose of each section of the Charter in the paraphrased text, appropriately referenced to the prescribed textbook, the PMBOK, and/or readings. Failure to do so will result in a reduction of marks for each marking criteria where this is not performed.
3. To achieve a passing grade, all assessment tasks must be submitted and an overall mark of 50% or more must be obtained from the combined three formal assessments.
4. A penalty of 10% of the total marks that can be awarded for the assessment will be deducted automatically for each day an assignment is late without an approved extension.
5. Assessments submitted later than five calendar days after the due date without an approved extension will be regarded as ‘Did Not Complete’ (DNC) and receive zero for that assessment.
6. APA referencing style. should be used to show the source of all information which is obtained in a source, e.g. newspapers, web pages, academic journals, articles, any book or textbook as well as any other internet source.