Week 4 - Interactive Assignment No unread replies.No replies. Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 4 (Friday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Project Status Reporting Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Weekly Lecture and Chapter 8 of your text. It is now four months into your 12-month training project, and you need to provide a status report to your stakeholders and your management team. Using the Project Status Report Template , create a status report of your training project. From your WBS and Gantt chart, include the milestones you’ve accomplished, the milestones that are upcoming, and any issues that impact the project (e.g. scope creep issues or other execution problems), as well as their statuses. You will prepare a slide presentation of your Project Status Report to be created in Microsoft (MS) PowerPoint. Create a five-slide PowerPoint presentation. Your slides must include the following information: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Name of the project, the reporting period, and the overall project status. Specific elements that affect the overall status. The milestones accomplished for the reporting period and any explanations. The milestones planned for the next reporting period and any pertinent details. A screen capture of the Gantt chart for the current period. Be sure to include speaker’s notes for each slide. They can be used as your script when you give the presentation. Narrate your PowerPoint slides using any presentation software like Screencast-o-matic or Jing to create a video and upload it to YouTube. Attach the link to your video presentation, your PowerPoint slides, and your Project Status Report to your initial post. You are encouraged to post your presentation and required replies early during the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion. Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ status reports and presentations, and respond to at least two of your peers. You are encouraged to post your required replies early during the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion. Assume you are one of the stakeholders to which the status report presentation is being made. Provide feedback on the clarity of the information presented in the report and the video presentation. Identify at least one element that your peer could include, change, or discuss further in the presentation to improve the clarity of the status report for project sponsors and/or stakeholders. Explain why you are recommending the improvements. Your responses should be at least 200 words. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. on Day 7, and respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post. Cool Widgets Project Status Report Project: [Enter a project name that identifies the project to Cool Widget Employees] Project Manager: [Enter your name] Date: [Project change rapidly. Project documents need to be dated] Overall Status: [Enter COLOR] Scope Statement: [Enter project scope statement. Make sure you scope statement stands on its own and is clear]. Status Color Code Legend Green: On Track: Project is on schedule Amber: High Risk: At risk, with a high risk of going off track Yellow: At Risk: Milestones missed but date intact Red: Off Track: Date will be missed if action not taken PROJECT INFORMATION STATUS The project is [COLOR] the week of [Beg. DATE] – [End DATE], due to the following elements, events, or issues: Green: [Add text explanation for the status element] Issues: Amber: [Issue No. 1] Green: [Add text explanation for the status element] Yellow: [Add text explanation for the status element] Red: [Issue No. 2] Yellow [Issue No. 3] Milestones accomplished the week of [Start DATE] – [End DATE]: Green: [Milestone 1] Milestones planned for next week: Amber: [Milestone 4] Green: [Milestone 2] Green: [Milestone 3] Yellow: [Milestone 5] Amber: [Milestone 6] Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) [Insert the MS Project WBS you created in this week’s Practice Lab. The Snipping Tool allows you to choose exactly what you need from the screen. This is a great first step in creating a professional looking report] WBS Dictionary [Insert WBS Dictionary here] COOL WIDGETS, INC. 1 COOL WIDGETS, INC. 2 Running Head: WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT 1 Week 1 Assignment- WSM Lab Results and my Career Objectives The decision made does not align with my career objectives, but there are some things that I would have changed. First, commuting from MA to NY might not be a long journey, but on a daily basis, it is some distance. In this case, I will have to reduce the weighted average assigned to the trainer’s form location because I am willing to move to any state for a better experience. Additionally, I would like to meet a firm with a higher experience with materials which will increase my exposure, thus I will increase the weight given to the experience with material consideration. In order to enhance growth and development, I will need a trainer who is available, so I will also have to increase the weight given to trainer availability. Additionally, the client reference is not very important to my career objectives, so I will reduce its weight. In order to accomplish my career goal, the first most important goal is to have a trainer who is available. This is because better training is enhanced through guidance. If a trainer is hardly available, regardless of how close the training location is or how much resources the training firm has, I will hardly obtain the desired career growth and development. The second most important thing is the experience the firm has with the resources. It is important to be in a firm that has experience with my career growth and development resources so they will be training me from their experience, which will add value to my theoretical perspectives. WSMs are very important in decision making because it considers all the relevant requirements. Additionally, it does not give equal considerations. More weight is given to those elements that matter most. In the selection of projects, organizations will need it because it can prioritize on the most relevant projects, for instance, it can assist a firm in giving more funds or attention to profitable projects at the expense of the less profitable projects. It can also consider the value of the customer, for instance, it can require the firm to serve loyal customers first. It will also consider the project time, forcing the firm to only pick projects it can complete within the required timeline. Each element of consideration is weighted depending on its importance. Reference Schwalbe, K. (2017). An introduction to project management, sixth edition: With a brief guide to Microsoft Project 2016. Retrieved from https://redshelf.com/ WSM LAB RESULTS AND MY CAREER OBJECTIVES 2 ID Task Name Duration Start 1 Microsoft Office Training 243 days Sat 3/02/19 2 Training Goals 30 days Sat 3/02/19 3 Develop Outline 30 days Sat 3/02/19 4 Training Materials 56 days Sat 3/02/19 5 Write Outline 12 days Fri 4/12/19 6 Gather Training Materials 15 days Fri 4/12/19 7 Assemble Handouts 11 days Fri 5/03/19 8 Training Plan 240 days Sat 3/02/19 9 Identify and Schedule Venues 15 days Mon 5/20/19 10 Collaborative with Faciities Personnel 25 days Onsite and MonOffsite 6/10/19 11 Reserve Training Equipment 10 days Mon 7/15/19 12 Send Digital Materials and Collect15 Manuals days Mon 7/29/19 13 Select External Trainer for NY Branch 50 days Mon 7/29/19 14 Engage Cateters 15 days Mon 10/07/19 15 Travel Schedule 185 days Sat 3/02/19 16 Select Travel Dates 6 days Mon 10/28/19 17 Book Transportation and Accommodation 8 days Tue 11/05/19 18 Training Delivery 241 days Sat 3/02/19 19 Notify Learners 15 days Fri 11/15/19 20 Establish and Test Training Equipment 12 days Fri 12/06/19 21 Deliver Training 14 days Tue 12/24/19 22 Survey Learners 15 days Mon 1/13/20 Finish Tue 2/04/20 Thu 4/11/19 Thu 4/11/19 Fri 5/17/19 Mon 4/29/19 Thu 5/02/19 Fri 5/17/19 Fri 1/31/20 Fri 6/07/19 Fri 7/12/19 Fri 7/26/19 Fri 8/16/19 Fri 10/04/19 Fri 10/25/19 Thu 11/14/19 Mon 11/04/19 Thu 11/14/19 Fri 1/31/20 Thu 12/05/19 Mon 12/23/19 Fri 1/10/20 Fri 1/31/20 Predecessors 3 3 6 7 9 10 11 11 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 Resource Names Erica Sandra Aaron Alesha Erica Aaron Palo Alesha Erica Aaron Sandra Aaron Erica Erica External External ID Resource name Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 Erica Sandra Aaron Alesha Palo External Work Work Work Work Work Work Material label Initials E S A A P E Group Max.Units 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Std.Rate Ovt.Rate Cost/Use Accrue At Base Calendar £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00/hr £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Prorated Prorated Prorated Prorated Prorated Prorated Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Standard Code Uid 3 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 21 22 23 24 Task name Resource name Work Develop Outline Erica 240 hrs Write Outline Sandra 96 hrs Gather Training Materials Aaron 120 hrs Assemble Handouts Alesha 88 hrs Identify and Schedule Venues Erica 120 hrs Collaborative with Faciities Aaron Personnel Onsite and 200 Offsite hrs Reserve Training Equipment Palo 80 hrs Send Digital Materials and Alesha Collect Manuals 120 hrs Select External Trainer for Erica NY Branch 400 hrs Engage Cateters Aaron 120 hrs Select Travel Dates Sandra 48 hrs Book Transportation andAaron Accommodation 64 hrs Notify Learners Erica 120 hrs Establish and Test Training EricaEquipment 96 hrs Deliver Training External 112 hrs Survey Learners External 120 hrs Duration 30 days 12 days 15 days 11 days 15 days 25 days 10 days 15 days 50 days 15 days 6 days 8 days 15 days 12 days 14 days 15 days Redo Paste Copy Oudent inden Spil LINK Unlink Insert Delete Select All In Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors RO Task Mode Half 2, 2019 1, 2019 F Half 1, 2020 D F Half 2, 2020 A А А o A 1 1 2 3 Erica 4 5 3 S 6 Sat 3/2/19 Tue 2/4/20 Sat Thu 4/11/19 Sat 3/2/19 Thu 4/11/19 Sat Fri 5/17/19 Fri 4/12/19 Mon 4/29/19 Fri 4/12/19 Thu 5/2/19 Fri 5/3/19 Fri 5/17/19 Sat Fri 1/31/20 Mon Fri 6/7/19 Mon Fri 7/12/19 6/10/19 5:00 PM 3 A Sandra Aaron Alesha 7 6 A 8 9 7 E Erica 10 9 A Microsoft Office Training 243 days Training Goals 30 days Develop Outline 30 days Training Materials 56 days Write Outline 12 days Gather Training 15 days Assemble Handouts 11 days Training Plan 240 days Identify and 15 days Collaborative with 25 days Faciities Personnel Reserve Training 10 days Send Digital Materials 15 days and Collect Manuals Select External Trainer 50 days for NY Branch Engage Cateters 15 days Travel Schedule 185 days Select Travel Dates 6 days Book Transportation 8 days and Accommodation Aaron 11 10 P Mon Mon 7/29/19 12 Fri 7/26/19 Fri 8/16/19 5:00 PM Palo Alesha 11 A 13 11 E Erica Mon 7/29/19 Fri 10/4/19 5:00 PM 14 13 A Aaron 15 16 Mon Fri 10/25/19 Sat Thu 11/14/19 Mon Mon 11/4/19 Tue 11/5/19 Thu 11/14/19 8:00 AM 5:00 PM 14 S 11 Sandra 17 16 A Aaron
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