- Review the Learning Resources and Course Announcement.
- Choose a case study to use for the rest of the Discussions and Assignments in this course. This should be the case study you used in this week’s Discussion.
- To complete this Assignment, refer to the Stroh (2019) “Developing a Project Plan” chapter.
- As this is an example of professional writing, your work should be clear, concise, free from grammatical errors, and professional in tone.
By Day 7
Outline a project plan that has the following headings prepared in a Word document. Follow APA style guidelines. (Note: You only need to have these headings in the document at this point. You will draft some of the sections as noted below, and others will remain blank this week.)
- Establish the business case for the project.
- Identify overall outcomes and deliverables.
- Define project stages and primary activities.
- Define roles and responsibilities.
- Establish timeframes.
- Define expenses.
- Determine project leadership and governance.
- Define key stakeholders.
- Identify potential roadblocks.
Draft the following sections in your project plan outline:
- Establish the business case for the project.
- Identify overall outcomes and deliverables.
- Include a list of deliverables (reports, types of data needed, tables)
- Define project stages and primary activities.
- Assume that interviews will be needed to collect new data. Describe the sample of participants you think are relevant to the project.
- Define roles and responsibilities.
- Establish timeframes.
- Stroh, L. K. (2019). Developing a project plan. In The basic principles of effective consulting (2nd ed., pp. 59–64). Routledge.
- Kao, I.-C. (2018). Study on the relationship between project management and organizational efficacy in nonprofit organizations.Links to an external site. MATEC Web of Conferences , 169 (01021). https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecco...
- Anderson, K., & Lannon, J. (2018). Project management performance assessment in the non-profit sector.Links to an external site. Project Management Research and Practice , 5 , 1–20. https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/P...
- Njogu, C. N., Namusonge, G. S., & Oluoch, O. (2018). Influence of project planning on the performance of community based HIV projects in Kiambu, Kenya.Links to an external site. Journal of Developing Country Studies , 3 (1), 77–95. https://www.iprjb.org/journals/index.php/JDCS/arti...
Rubric
Outline of project plan includes all nine required headings: Outline has all nine required headings.
Draft the following sections in your project plan outline:... Establish the business case for the project.... Identify overall outcomes and deliverables.... Define project stages and primary activities. Assume that interviews will be needed to collect new data.... Describe the sample of participants you think are relevant to the project.... Define roles and responsibilities.... Establish timeframes: All required sections are drafted. The drafted sections provide a good start of representing accurate material and observations.
Scholarly Writing and APA Style: The paper is exceptionally clear and coherent. Student writes with exemplary grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation to convey a scholarly message. The paper displays exemplary scholarly voice, organization, and focus.... Citations are included appropriately in correct APA Style, and a reference list is provided in correct APA Style. Headings and paper formatting reflect exemplary APA.... Tone and presentation of ideas are bias-free and objective.