I require it to be 1500 words +/- 10%, I selected 1650 as this was the closest option. Prefer paper to be written on an American Company. There will be a second assignment later based on this one, so choose a topic that can be elaborated on. The requirement for this second assignment is at the bottom Format: 1,500-word written report plus 10% Purpose Defining a project is a critical and important step in the project management process as it sets the foundation for the project planning. The purpose of this assessment is to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your advanced understanding of the principles and techniques which are applied to defining a new project. Your task is to define a new project. This could be a potential new project that you or your organisation have in mind. Alternatively, you could relate this to a past project or a project in progress. However, in this case, you need to assume that you have been provided the opportunity to re-define the project towards better project performance and propose it as a new project. Requirements The required word count for this report is 1500 words (plus 10%). o In terms of structure, presentation and style: o You are not required to follow the AIBs standard report format. Instead, you need to develop a project definition document which includes the following components: ? Project title ? Contextual information (write about the projects context and explain why this project is required, who are the key stakeholders and what are their expectations of the projects purpose) ? Project scope definition (define the projects scope including the project purpose, description, objectives, deliverables, milestones schedule, success criteria, key assumptions and the limits of the scope) ? Project priorities (establish and justify the projects priorities) ? Work breakdown structure (abstract level) ? The projects organisation structure (provide your suggestion for the right project management structure within the context of your study) o Use the AIB-preferred Microsoft Word settings (see AIB Style Guide) o Use author-date style referencing (which includes in-text citations and a reference list), see AIB Style Guide. o You are required to use at least six academic references for this report. o Your references should be from credible sources such as books, industry-related journals, and academic journal articles. Ideally, relevant academic journal artic o should be used for academic discussion TEXT BOOK Larson, E & Gray, C 2018, Project management: the managerial process, 7th edn, McGraw-Hill, New York (ISBN: 9781259666094 or 9781259924583). The 6th edition (ISBN: 9780078096594 or 9780077498528) is also suitable. Australian students can also source the 1st edition by Larson, E, Gray, C, Honig, B, Baccarini, D and Dantin, U (ISBN 9781743071809 or 9781760421458 or 9781760421465). Note: To provide page referencing in the topics, we will refer to those editions as 7th edition, 6th edition and Australian 1st edition ********Second assignment requirement at later date- ****** Phase 2 -Written report In phase 2, you are required to develop a project management plan for the project which you have defined in your interim assessment and write a report. The report must include the following components: Contextual information about the project (provide a brief description of the project that you have defined in your interim assessment. This includes the project title, project purpose and objectives, project priorities and the selected scope for this assessment). Project management plan and analysis Create a detailed Work Breakdown Structure Discuss the preferred estimation approach Develop a network plan and identify the critical path Develop and analyse the project schedule (time and resources) Design a risk management plan (reflect on your learning from your forum collaboration in Phase 1, identify the major risks for your project and develop a risk response plan). Recommendations for successful implementation of the project plan. Briefly discuss the causes for the projects success or failure and then provide recommendations for reinforcing/avoiding the causes for project success/failure. You are required to use any two of the following concepts to support your recommendations: Project communication Managing project teams Performance monitoring Project governance Ethical project management The required word length for the final report is 2500 words (plus 10%). In terms of structure, presentation and style, you are required to use: AIB standard report format AIB preferred Microsoft Word settings Author-date style referencing (which includes in-text citations plus a reference list). These requirements are detailed in the AIB Style Guide. Reference lists for AIB assignments normally contain the following number of relevant references from different sources: 612 (for MBA assignments). All references must be from credible sources such as books, industry related journals, and recent academic articles. Your grade will be adversely affected if your assignment contains no/poor citations and/or reference list and if your assignment word length is beyond the allowed tolerance level (see Assessment Policy available on AIB website). Note: It is recommended to develop the project plan for the project that you have defined in your interim assessment. However, you can still consider a different project for your final assessment. You can use the content from your interim assessment to write the contextual information of the project for the final report. However, you need to update the context based on the feedback that you received for the interim assessment. Also, to avoid plagiarism, you need to cite your interim assessment.
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