This Course Project will provide you with practical experience in applying the skills, tools, and methodologies contained in the coursework for PROJ592. You will be generating a detailed project plan, including a project scope statement, work breakdown structure, schedule, cost estimates, and corrective action plans. In Part 1 (CP-1), you will select a project that requires sufficient detail to demonstrate your understanding of course concepts and provide a scope statement and WBS for this project. In Part 2 (CP-2), you will be provided other details for a new project.

In Part 3 (CP-3), you will create corrective actions plans for a project. For this part you will utilize project information and data provided to youto create a new project schedule, which will represent your project at a specific point during implementation

Instructions and Guidelines

assume you have been appointed project manager of a new project for your organization. Your first assignment is to create a scope statement and WBS for this project.

For this part of the Course Project, you select a project of your choosing. This selected project will be used in Project Part 1 and Project Part 2. I suggest you verify with your instructor the suitability of your selected project by the end of Week 1.

Select a project of personal interest. For example, select a project where you can identify realistic cost and scheduling concerns.

Examples:

• Opening a small retail storefront or a franchise
• Building a house or small commercial building
• Flipping a house with major improvements
• A new product development
• An IT implementation project

When selecting your project, keep in mind the goal of CP-1 is to create a scope statement and WBS. In Project Part 2, you will need to create a budget and schedule for this project. Choose something relatively straightforward.

Do NOT pick a home purchase, a remodel, a wedding, or a reunion, as they really don’t satisfy the project criteria.

When developing the WBS and in part 2 when developing the cost and schedule there are rules:

• All resources required to do the project will get paid an appropriate wage
• There will be a minimum of 5 people on the project team with additional people required to get the work done
• The project timeline will be a minimum of 6 months
• The project budget will be a minimum of $100,000.

The CP-1 Project Proposal will be structured with the following sections.

• Cover page including assignment, project title, course, and student contact information
• Executive summarythat summarizes the content from the entire document with quantifiable highlights, such as overall cost, duration, and so on
• Project scope statement describing the project as defined in Chapter 5 of PMBOK
• WBS with three levels, proper grouping, indenting, and coding for 25 to 40+ line items