Project Management Plan Baselines

Overview

• Read Chapters 7, 8, and 10 of the course textbook, Contemporary Project Management: Plan-Driven and Agile Approaches.
• Download ProjectLibre to your computer:
  • Open the SourceForge webpage with the https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/ software download.
  • Select the Download button under the heading, ProjectLibre - Project Management.
  • Follow the three steps to download ProjectLibre to your computer.
    • Note: Sometimes you may need to provide information such as your email address. You can ignore or close these pop-ups. You do not need to register to use ProjectLibre.
    • Review the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwR4JCBaIU video.
    • In this assignment, you will create a project management plan (PMP) baseline, which includes a scope and a WBS, a project schedule, and a project budget. This assignment has four major elements, along with their individual elements. For your assignment,
      • Develop the scope document in MS Word. The scope document should:
        • Create a scope description consistent with the authority granted in the project charter.
        • List the project deliverables that will enable resolution of the current problems in the current logistics operation.
        • Outline the acceptance criteria for each deliverable.
        • Establish the project’s limitations or boundaries.
        • Summarize the change control process that will be used during the project.
      • Create an indented WBS for five to ten intermediate tasks using ProjectLibre.
        • Include within each intermediate task two to three sub tasks. Review the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwR4JCBaIU video for additional help with using ProjectLibre.
      o Note: Save your WBS in ProjectLibre.
      • Develop a project schedule using the WBS you already created as the starting point. You should complete this using ProjectLibre. The project will start February of Year 0 and should finish in December.
      o Note: Save your project schedule, including the Gantt chart, in ProjectLibre. The project schedule should:
      • Start on February 1st and complete before December 31st of the year you are taking this class. That will be Year 0.
        oIdentify the precursor activities, as necessary.
      • Sequence the activities.
      • Indicate a single start and end date for each task.
      • Create a project budget in MS Excel.
      • If you choose MS Excel:
        • Copy your work from ProjectLibre to MS Excel:
        • Put the cursor in the upper-left box to darken all the columns, use “CTRL C” to copy the ProjectLibre content, and then paste into MS Excel.
        • Add another column for budget. Assign a budget to each task. You have full discretion to develop the budget, subject to the following guidelines:
          • The total budget may not exceed $100,000.
          • Each task must be assigned a budget.
      • You may submit the project schedule and the resource breakdown structure separately if you choose.
        • • Note: Save all your ProjectLibre work in a PDF. You may also save the project WBS and schedule from ProjectLibre in a PDF file and save the budget in MS Excel. Save the project schedule and budget in ProjectLibre and MS Excel, as you will use this information for your Week 3 assignment.
      For Week 2, submit the scope MS Word document for grading. Additionally, submit the WBS, project schedule, and budget from ProjectLibre in a PDF or the WBS and Project Schedule from ProjectLibre in a PDF and the budget in a MS Excel document. The Project Management Plan Baselines paper · must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA
      • must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
        • title of paper in bold font
          • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
        • student’s name
        • name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
        • course name and number
        • instructor’s name
        • due date
      • must utilize academic voice.
      · must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph
      • Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
      · must use at least one credible or industry source in addition to the course text. · must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA