Description
Assignment Instructions
Search the following terms for your project type: “Check Lists,” “Project Guides,” and “Characteristics of a successful project.” Using information obtained from your research and from extending the scenario in an imaginative direction to add detail, you will develop your project task list as you work on the project.
Your research this week should be focused on identifying specific technical areas and tasks related to your project that you may not have previously identified as being important. These tasks should involve new and / or extended learning in the subject area of your project type.
Update your WBS / Schedule to include Project Task Tracking (Use and extend your pre-existing WBS / Schedule) following the instructions below.
See below for some detail on the meaning and information contained within these documents.
In any project, execution, control and monitoring is accomplished using the WBS / Schedule. In many cases they may be separate documents, but for your purposes they have been combined into one document. The PM will periodically (daily / weekly) review the task completion progression with the responsible parties and update the WBS / Schedule as required.
You will have already completed a detailed WBS / Schedule. Now you will look to add more detail to it based on what you are actually doing. When the assignment is complete, you will really have a single document WBS / Schedule / Task Tracking document. The updated document will show the tasks that have already been completed and may include new tasks that were not in your original WBS. Did you miss detail in your original task breakdown? If so, now is the time to add those tasks. If a task is already complete, indicate the date the task was completed.
Your updated and more detailed WBS / Schedule / Project Task Tracking will include the new tasks, completed tasks, and tasks that should have been completed and provide an indication of the status. For new tasks just added use a purple font color.
These statuses should be used: complete / in process % / not started / at issue. Include data (add these columns to the spreadsheet), status, date completed, planned start date, actual start date, reason description for tasks that are behind schedule or at issue. Highlight problem issues with red font color and green font color for successful and 100 % complete tasks. You will need to modify the spreadsheet to include status and completion dates as well as explanatory text area.
Create a Project Execution Review – Email (as a word document)
You will send an email to all project stakeholders. The purpose of the email is to provide a brief summary of project task completion. Using a word document as a proxy for the email, provide an explanatory text introduction as to the purpose of the email, stage of the project and overview of project completion. Also highlight known problems and successes / progress.
Attach your updated and more detailed WBS / Schedule / Task Tracking document (zip both for drop box submission).
Assignment Requirements
The project documents are shown to and referenced at the highest level of the organization. In order for your project to be successful, these documents will need to be formatted in a business professional manner. They will be complete, consistent, clear, and concise.
