Overview
Your instructor will assign one of the following projects to your learning team to complete over the duration of the semester.
- LEARNING TEAM 1 - Community Garden Development Project - A neighborhood association wants to convert an unused lot into a thriving community garden. The garden will provide shared plots, a composting area, and an outdoor classroom space for local schools. Your team has been hired to lead this project.
- LEARNING TEAM 2 - Employee Wellness Program Launch - A mid-sized company wants to improve employee engagement and health by rolling out a wellness program. This includes fitness challenges, nutrition seminars, and a mental health awareness campaign. Your team has been hired to lead this project.
- LEARNING TEAM 3 - Local Library Revamp & Reading Space Creation - A town library plans to modernize a section into a flexible reading and collaboration hub, including new furniture, technology upgrades, and community art displays. Your team has been hired to lead this project.
- LEARNING TEAM 4 - New Restaurant Concept Launch (Pop-Up Café) - A team of entrepreneurs wants to test a new restaurant idea by opening a short-term pop-up café focused on healthy, affordable meals for young professionals. Your team has been hired to lead this project.
- LEARNING TEAM 5 - Campus Sustainability Initiative (Zero-Waste Event) - A university sustainability office plans to host a “Zero-Waste Week” event, including workshops, student competitions, and campus-wide recycling improvements. Your team has been hired to lead this project.
Read the following articles:
Larson, R. & Larson, E. (2011). Creating bulletproof business casesLinks to an external site.. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2011—North America, Dallas, TX. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
HBR Editors. (2016). Your project needs a charter. Here’s what that means (Links to an external site.). Harvard Business Review.
With your learning team:
Write the Project Charter applying PMBOK 7th Edition concepts. This is an important document needed to give authority to you, the Project Manager, to move forward with planning and use of organizational resources in this endeavor.
Select a Project Charter format to use from your organization. Compare the format to the elements of a Project Charter outlined in PMBOK 7th Edition (Seeing PMBOK Reading Assignment) as well as in the Module 2 slides.
Note. If you cannot locate a format to use from your organization, search for a format online or develop one of your own based on the elements outlined in PMBOK 7th Edition (Seeing PMBOK Reading Assignment) as well as in the Module 2 slides, or refer to the Library Research Guide for further assistance: https://library.harrisburgu.edu/PMGT_540Links to an external site.
Refer to the rubric provided. Each of the sections of the Charter will be evaluated for completeness and quality (i.e., realistic content) as it relates to your project.
Consider how you might approach getting your organization to revise their Project Charter format to ensure it meets PMBOK minimum best practices.
Include a title page with the date, your team member's names (that participated in the assignment) and the assignment name.
Use File Naming Convention: Year Month Day_Learning Team #_Assignment Name
Refer to the assignment rubric. The assignment will be graded using the rubric.
Cite all sources used with APA 7th Edition.