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Late Assignments                                                                                                             

Late assignments receive a 5% deduction for each day they are late if assignments are not posted by 11:59 p.m. M.S.T. on the day they are due. Late assignments will be accepted until the last day of class. Technological issues are not considered valid grounds for late assignment submission. In the event of a University of Phoenix server outage, students should submit assignments through email to the instructor and post to the individual forum when systems are restored. Unless an Incomplete grade has been granted, learner assignments submitted after the last day of class will not be accepted.

Learning Teams                                                                                                                

University of Phoenix students are expected to work effectively in diverse groups and teams to achieve tasks. They must collaborate and function well in team settings as both leaders and followers. They should respect human diversity and behave in a tolerant manner toward colleagues and peers. If you experience difficulties working with your team, you are expected to resolve them within the team if possible. However, please feel free to contact me for guidance if you have concerns in this area. Because Learning Team projects are outcome-based, all members of your Learning Team will generally earn the same grade for Learning Team projects. However, I reserve the right to report different grades for different Learning Team members if I see a substantial imbalance in individual contribution. Learning Teams should provide a brief summary of any communication held outside the forum. Therefore, if you hold conference calls, work in a real-time chat room, or get together outside the OLS (Online Learning System) environment in another way, please post a log, transcript, or summary in the Learning Team forum. Further, do not use any of these supplementary communication tools unless everyone on your Learning Team agrees to the method and to the schedule. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Several of the assignments in this class will be completed in Learning Teams of three to five students. I will set up these teams by the end of Week 1. If you have any requests for teammates, please let me know by Thursday of the first week via your Individual Forum.

Learning Team Charter

s are required. Please see the instructions in the weekly sections for more information. All Learning Team assignments must be submitted to one of the team member’s individual forums.

It is expected that you will actively participate with your learning team and contribute to the team discussions by a) contributing original work that is accepted and used by the team with proof of originality b) participating in the project from assignment organizing through meaningful final review of the team project for submission, and c) ensuring to your team that your contributions are your original work and properly quoted, cited, and referenced.

Technical Support                                                                                                            

Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 1-877-832-4867, or use the

e-mail support form

. Answers to the most common issues are found in the Knowledge Base by clicking Help, found at the top of every student Web site.

Feedback                                                                                                                           

Each week, I will provide grades or scores and comments on assignments within 6 days of when they were submitted. I will send feedback to your Individual forum. After I send feedback each week, I will post a notification in the Main forum.

Grading Formula                                                                                                               

Course Description                                                                                                           

See eCampus.

Course Topics & Objectives                                                                                            

See eCampus.

Course Materials                                                                                                               

See eCampus.

Software Requirements

In accordance with the University of Phoenix catalog and program enrollment agreement, students must agree to a minimum standard for Technology Recommendations and Competencies, which includes access to and competency in Microsoft® Project. For the purposes of project planning in any of the university’s undergraduate project management courses, our faculty have been instructed to utilize Microsoft® Project as the software of choice for teaching course objectives. In addition, the university has secured a student rate for purchase of a full version of Microsoft® Project. For further details click the Library tab and select Software Offers at the top of the course page on the University of Phoenix student Web site.

Furthermore, the university recognizes that Microsoft® Project is one of many options for project planning software. Other software is acceptable to use, as long as students meet the course requirements. Regardless of the project planning software that you have selected, please make every effort to acquire and familiarize yourself with it prior to Week One of your project management course. Also, realize that faculty utilizes valuable instructional time to focus on teaching project management, not project management software. A link to the Microsoft® Office Online Help and How-to for Microsoft® Project is on the University of Phoenix student Web site. Click on Web Links, select Software Tutorials, and Microsoft® Project Assistance.

Point Values for Course Assignments                                                                           

ASSIGNMENTS

Due

Points

Individual (70%)

Project Management Paper

W1

Achieving Project Goals Simulation

W2

10

Project Management Organizational Structures Paper

W3

10

Team Creation Paper

W4

Final Exam

W5

15

Discussion Questions

10
Participation

All

10

Learning Team (30%)

Project Proposal Paper

and Presentation

W2

5

Project Planning – Technical Paper

W3

5

W4

5

Project Implementation, Control, and Termination Paper

W5

15

Total

100

Week One

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Read the materials listed on for Week One.

2. Individual Assignment: Project Management Paper

· Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that addresses the following questions:

· What is a project?

· What are the basic phases of the project lifecycle and their purposes?

· Why is it important for organizations to use project management to accomplish tasks?

· Format your paper according to APA standards.

3. Read the following items, available at

http://mycampus.phoenix.edu

:

a. “Learning Team Handbook.”

b. “Guide to Charter.”

c. “Learning Team Charter.”

Weekly Reminders

Discussion Questions

Discussion question responses will not count towards the class participation requirement.

Participation

All Week: Remember to participate in the class discussions 4 out of 7 days during the week. Only posts in the Main classroom forum will count towards your class participation score.

Due

Individual

Individual

Individual

Week Two

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Read the materials listed on for Week Two.

2.  

3. Individual Assignment: Achieving Project Goals Simulation

· Resource: Achieving Project Goals simulation.

a.  

· Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following items from the simulation:

b.  

1. How did completing this simulation change your perspective of project management? Provide examples in your response.

2. What advantages and limitations of project management are identified in the simulation?

3. How do you anticipate bottlenecks when planning for a project?

4. If you are required to crunch the project, which factor would you compromise on, risk or time? Explain your answer.

5. List four key points from the reading assignments that are emphasized in the simulation.

6. Format your paper according to APA standards.

4. Learning Team Instructions: Overview of Final Project

· Develop your 5,250- to 7,000-word Final Project plan over the next four weeks. Each week, you update and add the next phase to the project plan.

The following are the deliverables for this project:

· Week Two Deliverable: Project Proposal Paper and Presentation

· Week Three Deliverable: Project Planning – Technical Paper

· Week Four Deliverable: Project Planning – Human Capital Paper

· Week Five Deliverable: Project Implementation, Control, and Termination Paper

5. Learning Team Assignment: Project Proposal Paper

· Select a project as the basis for your final project. The project may be one that applies to your work or your personal life. Keep in mind, this project is used to explore the concepts of project management.

a.  

· Gain faculty approval of your selected project prior to beginning your assignment. Project characteristics which work best include the following:

b.  

· A project that is of interest to the Learning Team

· A project which requires multiple resources

· A project that is large enough in scope to apply the project management principles, yet limited enough in scope to be manageable for you within the next four weeks

· Examples of projects which have worked well are building a garage or planning a wedding.

· Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word project proposal. In your proposal, include the following items:

c.  

· Background and statement of need: Briefly describe the organization that is in need of the project. Discuss the expected benefits that are motivating the organization to commission this project.

1)  

· Project stakeholders: Start by identifying the project customer. This person approves resources for the project and holds your team accountable for results. Identify additional stakeholders of the project and determine how they are affected by the project.

2)  

· Project goals in terms of triple constraint: These are the measures which are used at the end of the project to judge the overall success or failure of the project.

3)  

· Time: Identify the completion date of the project.

4)  

· Budget: List out the expenses and any other resource constraints for the project.

5)  

· Project performance: List the desired outputs from the project. Specify the performance criteria for the project.

6)  

· Project scope: A Statement of Work (SOW) must be developed to define what is and what is not included in the project.

7)  

· Summary: Your proposal summary must be presented to the project customer and demonstrate that the benefits from successful completion of the project justify the proposed costs.

8)  

· Format your paper according to APA standards.

9)  

6. Prepare and Submit the Learning Team Charter.

Weekly Reminders

Discussion Questions
Discussion question responses will not count towards the class participation requirement.
Participation
All Week: Remember to participate in the class discussions 4 out of 7 days during the week. Only posts in the Main classroom forum will count towards your class participation score.

Summary of Week 2 Deliverables

Assignment

Individual or Learning Team

Location

Due

Individual

Individual

Monday, Day 7

Monday, Day 7

Learning Team

Monday, Day 7

Individual

Main

Saturday, Day 5

Participation

Individual

Main

4/7 days

Week Three

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Read the materials listed on for Week Three.

Individual Assignment: Project Management Organizational Structures Paper

· Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you compare and contrast the three primary project management organizational structures: functional, matrix, and pure project. In your paper, discuss the situation in which each structure would be the best method to manage a project team. Provide rationale for decisions.

 
· Format your paper according to APA standards.
 

Learning Team Assignment: Project Planning – Technical Paper

· Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that adds to the project begun last week. Check to ensure the project’s triple constrains are still valid. Address the following items in your paper:

· Phase I – Update SOW

a.  

· Using the SOW from last week, review and update it based on course material acquired during the last week. Include in the update the SMART requirements for the project.

1)  

· Identify the specific tasks required to complete each item listed on the SOW. Identify the resources required to accomplish each task.

· Phase II – Project Schedule and Budget Update

b.  

· Arrange the tasks into a schedule that takes into consideration the required dependencies between tasks. Computerized project management software is required.

1)  

· Present the schedule in either PERT or Gantt chart format. Identify the critical path through the network.

2)  

· Review the network results and compare to the project’s triple constraint. Specifically compare the following:

3)  

· Timing

· Budget

· Project specifications (scope and SMART)

Weekly Reminders

Discussion Questions
Discussion question responses will not count towards the class participation requirement.
Participation
All Week: Remember to participate in the class discussions 4 out of 7 days during the week. Only posts in the Main classroom forum will count towards your class participation score.

Summary of Week 3 Deliverables

Assignment

Individual or Learning Team

Location

Due

Individual

Individual

Monday, Day 7

Learning Team

Individual of a team member

Monday, Day 7

Discussion Question Responses

Individual

Individual

Saturday, Day 5

Participation

Individual

Main

4/7 days

Week Four

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Read the materials listed on for Week Four.

2. Individual Assignment: Team Creation Paper

· Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you explain team development techniques. In your paper, include the following items:

· Identify how project team members are selected.

· Identify team-building strategies.

· Identify potential areas of conflict within a diverse project team.

· Identify techniques for reducing the probability of dysfunctional conflict.

· Identify conflict resolution techniques used when conflict arises.

a.  
· Format your paper according to APA standards.
 

3. Learning Team Assignment: Project Planning – Human Capital Paper

· Resource: Week One Project

· Use the same project you selected in Week One to prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you demonstrate how you use communication to maintain effective team work at the following key points in a project:

· Communication Management: Explain how the project manager communicates performance evaluation results to both the management and the customer.

· Team selection: Identify the project organization structure selected and why it was selected. Explain how approval for this organization structure is obtained.

· Project revisions: Projects must be revised to eliminate any resource conflicts over allocations. Generate a task responsibility matrix, and resource availability matrix to identify resource conflicts. Next, update your project plan with necessary revisions. Your paper must identify how the resource conflicts are identified, what method is used to eliminate these conflicts, and how these project revisions are communicated both internally to your team and externally to the organization as a whole.

· Performance monitoring: Discuss how team members report activities. Explain how the team’s performance is reported to the project stakeholders.

· In your paper, include the following:

a.  

· Risk management items

· Project status information

· Cost and schedule variance analysis

· Formulating cost, schedule, and performance alternatives

· Forecasting budget and schedule completion

· Methods of corrective action taken

· Managing expectations

1)  
· Format your paper according to APA standards.

Weekly Reminders

Discussion Questions
Discussion question responses will not count towards the class participation requirement.
Participation
All Week: Remember to participate in the class discussions 4 out of 7 days during the week. Only posts in the Main classroom forum will count towards your class participation score.

Summary of Week 4 Deliverables

Assignment

Individual or Learning Team

Location

Due

Individual

Individual

Monday, Day 7

Learning Team

Individual of a team member

Monday, Day 7

Discussion Question Responses

Individual

Individual

Saturday, Day 5

Participation

Individual

Main

4/7 days

Week Five

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Read the materials listed on for Week Five.

2. Review the objectives from Week Four, and discuss additional insights and questions that may have arisen.

3. Individual Assignment: Performance Measurement Paper

· Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you compare and contrast at least three performance measurements. Discuss the importance of performance measurement within a project.

 
· Format your paper according to APA standards.

4. Individual Assignment: Final Exam

· Prepare to take a final exam before end of Day 7.

5. Learning Team Assignment: Project Implementation, Control, and Termination Paper and Presentation

· Resource: Week One Project.

· Use the same project selected in Week One and any information previously gathered. Prepare a 5,250- to 7,000-word cumulative paper in which you update each component of your previous papers include the following:

a.  

· Project Proposal Paper

· Project Planning – Technical Paper

· Project Planning – Human Capital Paper

1)  

· Compile your paper and address the following additional components:

b.  

· Overall evaluation of the project: In particular, how did you do against the triple constraints?

1)  

· Timing

· Budget

· Project Specifications

a)  

· Steps taken to return the human resources to the organization: For projects that had people assigned full time, what are their new full time assignments?

2)  

· Input for future projects:

3)  

· What went right with the project that must be repeated with the next project?

· What went wrong that must be corrected with the next project?

· Format your paper according to APA standards.
a)  

Weekly Reminders

Discussion Questions
Discussion question responses will not count towards the class participation requirement.
Participation
All Week: Remember to participate in the class discussions 4 out of 7 days during the week. Only posts in the Main classroom forum will count towards your class participation score.

Summary of Week 5 Deliverables

Assignment

Individual or Learning Team

Location

Due

Learning Team

Individual of a team member

Monday, Day 7

Individual

Individual

Monday, Day 7

Discussion Question Responses

Individual

Individual

Saturday, Day 5

Participation

Individual

Main

4/7 days