You have been selected to be the project manager (for a project of your choice). The project you choose here will be used again in Assignment 4 (Week 6) and you may be asked to reference this project in subsequent weekly discussions. The project that you decide to use should meet the key criteria of a project, such as (a) having a beginning and an end; (b) results in something being delivered to someone; (c) requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project; and (d) requires resources (e.g, people, materials) to complete the work. The project can be one of a personal or professional nature.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you define the scope of your chosen project. In your paper you must:
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric:
| Points: 150 | Assignment 2: Project Proposal | ||||
| Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 60% F |
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
| 1. Provide a brief summary of your chosen project.
Weight: 12% |
Did not submit or incompletelyprovided a brief summary of your chosen project. | Insufficiently provided a brief summary of your chosen project. | Partially provided a brief summary of your chosen project. | Satisfactorily provided a brief summary of your chosen project. | Thoroughly provided a brief summary of your chosen project. |
| 2. Describe at least three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives.
Weight: 13% |
Did not submit or incompletelydescribed at least three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives. | Insufficiently described at least three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives. | Partially described at least three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives. | Satisfactorily described at least three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives. | Thoroughly described at least three (3) project goals and three (3) project objectives. |
| 3. Identify the key customer(s) and at least two (2) stakeholders for your project.
Weight: 13% |
Did not submit or incompletelyidentified the key customer(s) and at least two (2) stakeholders. | Insufficiently identified the key customers and at least two (2) stakeholders. | Partially identified the key customers and at least two (2) stakeholders. | Satisfactorily identified the key customers and at least two (2) stakeholders. | Thoroughly identified the key customers and at least two (2) stakeholders. |
| 4. Describe at least three (3) key milestones and /or deliverables for your project.
Weight: 13% |
Did not submit or incompletelydescribed at least three (3) key milestones and /or deliverables for your project. | Insufficiently described at least three (3) key milestones and /or deliverables for your project. | Partially described at least three (3) key milestones and /or deliverables for your project. | Satisfactorily described at least three (3) key milestones and /or deliverables for your project. | Thoroughly described at least three (3) key milestones and /or deliverables for your project. |
| 5. Describe a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines.
Weight: 13% |
Did not submit or incompletelydescribed a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines. | Insufficiently described a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines. | Partially described a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines. | Satisfactorily described a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines. | Thoroughly described a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines. |
| 6. Estimate the project’s overall cost and any key staffing and non-staffing resources needed.
Weight: 13% |
Did not submit or incompletelyestimated the project’s overall cost and any key staffing and non-staffing resources needed. |
Insufficiently estimated the project’s overall cost and any key staffing and non-staffing resources needed. | Partially estimated the project’s overall cost and any key staffing and non-staffing resources needed. | Satisfactorily estimated the project’s overall cost and any key staffing and non-staffing resources needed. | Thoroughly estimated the project’s overall cost and any key staffing and non-staffing resources needed. |
| 7. Examine your project’s greatest challenge and provide a recommendation for addressing the challenge in question.
Weight: 13% |
Did not submit or incompletelyexamined your project’s greatest challenge and did not submit or incompletely provided a recommendation for addressing the challenge in question. | Insufficiently examined your project’s greatest challenge and insufficiently provided a recommendation for addressing the challenge in question. | Partially examined your project’s greatest challenge and partially provided a recommendation for addressing the challenge in question. | Satisfactorily examined your project’s greatest challenge and satisfactorily provided a recommendation for addressing the challenge in question. | Thoroughly examined your project’s greatest challenge and thoroughly provided a recommendation for addressing the challenge in question. |
| 8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting.
Weight: 10% |
More than 8 errors present | 7-8 errors present | 5-6 errors present | 3-4 errors present | 0-2 errors present |
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SafeAssign is a new plagiarism detection tool used by Strayer University faculty to check submitted assignments for plagiarism. When students upload an assignment to the Blackboard course shell the assignments submitted will automatically be submitted to SafeAssign to check for plagiarism. Once submitted, you will be given a percentage of the paper (in a Safe Assign Originality Report) that matches other sources. That percentage must be 25% or below to have an acceptable submission. (That would mean that 25% or less of the paper was copied/pasted from another site.) Any parts of your paper that have been directly quoted (part of that 25%) must be properly cited and referenced in APA format.
