Week 4 (saturday)
Week 4 Assignment
Chapter. 4 Defining the Project
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify key elements of a project scope statement and understand why a complete scope statement is crucial to project success
2. Understand why it is important to establish project priorities in terms of cost, time, and performance
3. Demonstrate the importance of a work breakdown structure (WBS) to the management of projects and how it serves as a data base for planning and control
4. Demonstrate how the organization breakdown structure (OBS) establishes accountability to organizational units
5. Describe a process breakdown structure (PBS) and when to use it
6. Create responsibility matrices for small projects
7. Create a communication plan for a project
Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 4
Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
1. You are in charge of organizing a dinner-dance concert for a local charity. You have reserved a hall that will seat 30 couples and have hired a jazz combo.
. Develop a scope statement for this project that contains examples of all the elements. Assume that the event will occur in 4 weeks and provide your best guess estimate of the dates for milestones.
[Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion].
[Your initial post should be at least450+ wordsand in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]
Activity 4
Activity 4
Read theCase”The Home Improvement Project”at the end ofChapter 4and respond to the following questions:
Lukas Nelson and his wife Anne and their three daughters had been living in their house for over five years when they decided it was time to make some modest improvements. One area they both agreed needed an upgrade was the bath tub. Their current house had one standard shower bathtub combination. Lukas was 6 feet four, and could barely squeeze into it. In fact, he had taken only one bath since they moved in. He and Anne both missed soaking in the older, deep bath tubs they enjoyed when they lived back East.
(Rest of case not shown due to length.)
1. What factors and forces contributed to scope creep in this case?
2. Is this an example of good or bad scope creep? Explain.
3. How could scope creep been better managed by the Nelsons?
