Project Milestone:

This activity will enable you to apply what you will learn during this course. You will complete a term project that requires you to define the scope of a project, project charter, project plan, budget, and project schedule. You will also undertake a risk analysis for this project. You should use the models in the textbook as examples to complete a detailed document for each assignment.

This term project is broken down into various parts that are due throughout the course. You will use all comments

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provided from the instructor as well as feedback and learning from the discussion board to complete a final integrated project plan, which includes the individual assignments. The final product is due in Module 7.

You may construct the elements of your project using Microsoft Word and Excel, or you may use Microsoft Project. You will be able to download the full version of Microsoft Project as part of the MSDN Academic Alliance (also known as Azure). You will receive an e-mail with details about this software

within the first two weeks of the course. It is also possible to complete the project for this course using the Microsoft Office suite or the Apache Open Office Suite. Students who desire to use Microsoft Project will find instructions within the course to assist them in learning this optional tool.

In Module 1, you selected your Project Topic. Referring to your submission and any comments for

improvement from your instructor, you will create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your project. To create a WBS, you must first succinctly define the project’s scope including deliverables and technical requirements. Create and include the elements below in the order listed, as these documents will be

important as you create a WBS.

From the project topic document you submitted and incorporating any suggestions for improvement from your instructor, craft a project scope for your project. Your text has examples in Chapter 4.

Include the following elements in the Scope Statement (this should be no more than two (2) pages: Name of your Project (from your Module 1 submission)

Dates of Project (in month, day, year or mm/dd/yyyy format)

Budget for project (use a $ to denote all monetary values in your project) Project objective (what your project will accomplish – briefly stated)

Deliverables (measurable outputs from your project that occur over the life of the project)

Milestones (significant events in your project) Technical Requirements (specific to your project)

Limits and Exclusions (this is standard in all projects and they include limits to the project scope such as “fitness for use” statements)

Review and agreement with customer (this is completed in a meeting and ends with all parties signing the document if they agree to its contents)

Using the elements of the Project Scope Statement, create a WBS. This can be a simple hierarchical diagram created using the shapes in Microsoft Word, the shapes in Microsoft Visio (free in

DreamSpark/MSDNAA), or using Microsoft Project. As this is a professional submission, free-hand drawings are not permitted.

Write a 1–2 page paper in Word format for your Project Scope Statement. Include a Work Breakdown

Structure (size will vary – this is a high-level document, but it is based on the size of the objects and the size of the font selected could vary) of no more than 1–3 pages. Combine both documents into a single document with the Scope Statement first and the Work Breakdown Structure immediately after it on a new page spanning as many pages as necessary. Use the American Psychological Association (APA) style (most current edition) for writing your assignment.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your

work, click “Submit Assignment” in the upper right corner. Click on “Browse,” browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to the Browse button.

Enter your comments, if any, in the Comments area. Click on “Submit Assignment.”

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the rubric displayed below. Please review this rubric prior to beginning your work. You can also access the rubric on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here module. The term project assignments make up 20% of the total course grade.

Criteria	Ratings									Pts
Description and Details	45 pts Exemplary	34 pts Satisfactory				26 pts Minimally			0 pts Unacceptable
of the WBS	Information about the project’s scope	Information about the project’s scope is				ResponsiveInformation about the			A WBS is submitted but
	is described in detail, including thename, dates,	generally described, including the name,dates, budget,				project’s scope isbriefly described, with important details			necessary sections arehardly
	budget, objectives,deliverables,	objectives,deliverables,				vague or missing.More information is			described, if atall.	45 pts
	milestones, technicalrequirements, limits	milestones, technical requirements, limitsand exclusions, and a				needed on the name, dates, budget,objectives,
	and exclusions, and a section withcustomer	section with customer acceptance.Information provided is				deliverables,milestones, technical requirements, limits
	acceptance.	relevant and importantin building the WBS,				and exclusions, and asection with customer
		though more details				acceptance.
Description	40 pts		a3re2npetesded to fill in gSapasti.sfactoryThe WBS is complete. The diagram is appropriate andconveys meaning. Only important and necessaryinformation isincluded, and is presented in an easy to follow and interpret way.	24 pts				0 pts
and Details	Exemplary			Minimally Responsive				Unacceptable
of the Proposed Project	The WBS is complete, (i.e., allsections are present)			The WBS has a generalstructure. However, the organization and clarity				The WBS isincomplete with major sections
	well organized,			are lacking, or some				missing. The
	concise, and clear.			sections are missing.				diagram is
	The diagram is			Only important and				confusing and
	appropriate and			necessary information is				overwhelming.		40 pts
	most effective at			included, but is
	conveying meaning.			presented in ways that
	Only important and			lack clarity.
	necessary			Reorganization of
	information is			information may make it
	included, and is			easier to follow and
	presented in an			interpret.
	interesting and
	creative way, that is
Writing Quality	e1a5spytsto follow and iEnxteermprpelta. ry	12 pts Satisfactory			6 pts Minimally		0 pts Unacceptable			15 pts
	The writing is well	There are few			Responsive		Frequent problems
	organized and	problems with			Numerous		with organization,
	clear; there are	organization, clarity or			mechanical errors		clarity and/or
	minimal problems	conventions that			are distracting; and		conventions make
	with spelling,	should have been			organization of		the paper hard to
	punctuation, and	fixed. Minor errors are			ideas are lacking,		read. This is little to

Criteria	Ratings				Pts
	grammar; dollar signs are used todenote monetary	found (i.e., dollar signs or the dataformat may not	but not enough to interfere withmeaning. The use	no use of dollar signs or the dateformat, where
	values and dates are formattedconsistently	always beconsistently used). These problems and	of dollar signs and date formats areinconsistently used	appropriate.
	throughout.	errors, however, are	throughout.
		not serious enough to distract the reader.		Total Points: 100