Assignment Details:
You are assigned an organization as per your term assignment. Your project is to research and analyze that organization and provide your findings.
In this assignment, you must submit the Project Plan, Project Status Report to the stakeholders and Project update to the managers.
Format : Arial, font 12, single spaced
Use the standard cover page and checklist with update
Ensure to mention the group id and all the members of the group who worked in this assignment.
Weightage :
Project Plan: 5%
Project Status Report for Stakeholders: 15%
Project Update for Managers: 17%
Due date: This is a group assignment and must be uploaded by ONE member from the group in Moodle by 23:59 hrs on Nov 6th, 2021.
NOTE:
THIS IS THE PLAN, STATUS AND UPDATE OF YOUR PROJECT OF RESEARCHING AND ANALYSING THE ORGANIZATION ASSIGNED AND NOT THE STATUS OR UPDATE OF WHAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS DOING. YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE UPDATE OF HOW FAR YOU HAVE DONE THIS WORK OF RESEARCHING AND ANALYSING.
Project Plan must contain the following: (1 to 2 pages, can use the excel table or any other planning tool)
Project Goal and Scope
Schedule
Task breakdown
Roles and responsibilities of team members
Budget (in terms of time or money)
Milestones and measure of success (metrics)
Communication Plan and Strategy
Risks and mitigations and contingencies
Exit criteria
Project Status Report for Stakeholders should contain the details of the following: (1 to 2 pages)
Schedule status (indicate if any schedule variance)
Budget status (indicate if any cost variance)
Schedule and budget projections for the remainder of the project
Scope control
Stakeholder communication (have the committed reports been shared already?)
Quality control
Resources (what are the resources you need? Do you have the resources you need or is some resource not available?)
Risks
Procurements (any external materials purchased? Where are you sourcing your data from for research and analysis?)
Project Update for Managers should contain the details as below: (1 to 2 pages, can use GANTT chart or excel for visual representation like graphs)
Executive Summary (Current status, what’s coming up next immediately, any issues you are facing)
Progress against milestones (indicate in percentage how close or far you are from a certain due date or milestone. Can use GANTT chart or graphs to indicate the same.)
Key issues (any issues you are currently facing)
Proposed actions or steps to resolve for the key issues
Notes: any questions you need to ask the managers or clarification you want to highlight to the managers
