HMGT 102 Consulting Project

Project Title: Goes Here

Presented to: Rebecca Wu

From: Abby Liu

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Table of Contents 2

1. Project Scope 3

1. Business Case

1. Milestone Schedule

1. Risks, Assumptions, and Constraints

1. Resources

1. Stakeholders

1. Lessons Learned

1. Charter Signatures

1. References

Appendices

Project Scope

In the most basic of terms a project scope identifies the project itself along with timelines, specific parameters, key players, or exclusions (what you aren’t doing). Its intent is to prevent scope creep, or expansion of a project beyond that for which it is intended. This helps to ensure that a project stays on time, on budget, and on task with the resources allocated to it (Kloppenborg, Anantatmula, & Wells, 2015, pp.87-88).

Your Project Scope Goes Here:

Business Case (Delete theory upon submitting keeping the title)

A business case is a proposition put to a decision maker, or makers that presents the rationalization of why the organisation must do a project. Resources are finite, so a good business case builds upon the scope of a project and ties it into the organisations strategic objectives, laying out in clear terms why this project should take place, and why they should support it. In other words, it explains what the return on investment is for the project, either financially or qualitatively (Kloppenborg, Anantatmula, & Wells, 2015, p.88).

Your business case goes here:

Milestone Schedule and Deliverables (Delete theory upon submitting keeping the title)

1. A Milestone Schedule may be viewed as a high level visual tracking of key progress points in relation to the overall project plan. It is verifiable, with each deliverable containing criteria by which the each point is judged in regards to predetermined quality, rules or evaluations. Each point serves as a checkpoint on the journey to project completion, and is a check as to its quality and progress to date. The employer should be included at critical touch points in the schedule in order to ensure that what you are doing is what they had hoped for (Kloppenborg, Anantatmula, & Wells, 2015, p.88-89).

Milestone Schedule and Deliverables (Fill this in)

Milestone

Completion Date

Acceptance Criteria

Stakeholder Judge

Major Risks, Assumptions and Constraint (Delete theory , keep the title)

Risk may be identified as:”an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives” (PMBOK Guide 2017, p.720). In contrast an assumption is merely a supposition made, that lacks proof or evidence but that is based perhaps on past experience or a best guess given prevailing circumstances. In a nutshell, we need to be aware of what could happen, if we are going to make plans to eliminate or mitigate the impact if one or all of these unforeseen events or conditions occur. Identifying elements that are most likely to occur, and to keep an eye on these, is a positive risk response. This might also present opportunities for cost savings or unanticipated refinements to the project qualitatively (Kloppenborg, Anantatmula, & Wells, 2015, p.89). An example of a major project risk (which you cannot now use as one of your own risks) might be your employer changing their mind and cancelling the project. To mitigate this risk, you would ensure that the employer is aware of your progress, and that you ask if what you are doing is what they had hoped for at this point.

Major Risks Assumptions and Constraints

Identify risks here and what you will do if they present themselves:

Project (Potential) Risks

Risk Mitigation

Adapted from Kloppenborg, Anantatmula & Wells (2015, pp. 96-97) for this assignment.

Resources Estimate (Delete theory upon submitting keeping the title)

Resources requirements are essentially a listing of what we need to get a job done or deliver a service (PMBOK Guide 2017, p.720). Resource estimates allow for an employer to consider whether the input, or investment in a project, is worth the output, or value that is derived from this investment. It is recognized that a resource or budget estimate is just that, a rough or approximate calculation of the staffing, time required, equipment or finances needed in order to carry out a project. Submission of a plan indicates thought has been put into what is required to achieve the desired results (Kloppenborg, Anantatmula, & Wells, 2015, p.89).

Resources Estimate (Fill this in below)

Finances

Details

Labour

Adapted from Kloppenborg, Anantatmula & Wells (2015, p. 97) for this assignment.

Stakeholders (Delete theory upon submitting keeping the title)

Stakeholders are individuals, either internal or external to the organization, who have, or feel that they have, a foot in the game. They have a particular interest in seeing it go forward or not, or may be impacted positively or negatively by the results (Kloppenborg, Anantatmula, & Wells, 2015, p.89). Being aware of key stakeholders and listing them on a stakeholder register, along with their relative influence (PMBOK 2017, p.723), allows for strategic stakeholder engagement that may be significant to the successful outcome of the project

Stakeholder Register Who are your stakeholders? (Fill in below)

Stakeholder

Internal/External

Interest in Project

Priority

Adapted from Kloppenborg, Anantatmula & Wells (2015, p. 97) for this assignment.

Lessons Learned (Delete theory upon submitting keeping the title)

Lessons learned are essentially storehouses of past knowledge that may be used to reduce risk and improve the chances of future success (PMBOK Guide 2017, p.709). Including them indicates to a sponsor that research has been done and due diligence is being undertaken in order to ensure that knowledge (Barney 1991) is developed, nurtured, and passed on.

Lessons Learned (write yours below)

Charter Signatures (Sign and have employer sign here)

The following signatories, through the signing of this charter agree to be bound by the

principles and guidelines set herein (Kloppenborg, Anantatmula, & Wells,. 2015, p.99).

Student

Department / Organization

Signature

Date

Sponsor Manager

Department / Organization

Signature