Before completing this assignment, be sure you have completed the material for Modules One and Two in uCertify, as this will help you recognize the content and functions of the RACI and WBS charts.
In this assignment, you will begin your work with the course case scenario involving the student degree progress project. You will begin by examining three key project documents: the project charter, the RACI chart, and the WBS chart. The project charter is in the Student Degree Progress Project Charter document, while the RACI and WBS charts are included in the Project Management Documents Excel workbook. This workbook has multiple tabs.
Using this information, you will address the questions and critical elements in the Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric document. You will compose a brief project description that summarizes the student degree progress project, including its purposes, objectives, and how and where to find further information about it. This is the type of communication project that team members typically provide for stakeholders.
Your work on this milestone will help you prepare to compose sections of Part I of your final project, which introduces the student degree progress project and discusses roles and responsibilities within the project team.
To complete this assignment, review the Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric document.
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IT 328 Final Project Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
Introduction, Stakeholders, and Roles
Overview: In Milestone One, you will begin your progress toward successful completion of your final project, the risk analysis and mitigation memo. It is
important to note that this milestone addresses Section I, Parts A and B of your final project. For purposes of this activity, these items have been further broken
down in the milestone activity than they will be in the final version of your project. This is meant to help guide you through all the aspects of this point in your
learning experience.
You will start by reviewing the project scenario and some key documents that contain information about the student degree progress project that are provided
for you in the Project Management Documents Excel workbook. Your work on this milestone will help you successfully develop several elements of Section I of
the final project, including discussion of the purpose of the student degree progress project, its objectives, the location of information about the project, and the
roles and responsibilities of project team members.
Prompt: As you go through these documents, think of yourself as a member of this team. In the following activity, you will use those documents to make key
connections. While the project charter is in its own Word document, the Student Degree Progress Project Charter, the RACI and WBS charts are included in the
Excel workbook that you will use to complete this assignment. Go through each labeled tab to access each key piece of information. You will continue to refer
back to these documents throughout your work on the milestones leading to your final submission. You may reference the elements in this document to support
your answers, using text and screenshots as needed.
Your submission for Milestone One should address the following critical elements:
I. Introduction to the Project: Keep this area as concise as possible (1 to 2 paragraphs) while ensuring you fully accomplish the following:
Explain the purpose of the student degree progress project.
Describe the end objectives or project outcomes.
Explain where this information is documented in the artifacts you are using and provide an attachment of the specific documentation you used
to obtain this information. Remember, your email memo will want to refer your reader very specifically to key areas in the attachments you
provide so that your leadership team can dig into it as needed.
II. Key Stakeholders and Roles: In this area, you will describe all of the project roles in a detailed paragraph. These descriptions of each team member’s
role are important and are often used for stakeholder audiences. For instance, this information may be used when the project work structure is
presented to department management for comment and approval. You may organize this area as you wish; as a rule of thumb, you will likely need a
complete paragraph to fully address the following for each role:
List the team members identified in the project documentation and their project roles accurately.
Describe the relevant function or general behavior of each role specific to this project.
Explain the significance of each role specific to the phases of the project that the role is involved in.
List the assigned tasks for each role.Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One must be submitted to Blackboard as a Word document. Your submission should be clear, coherent, concise, and free
of errors.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information,
review these instructions.
Critical Element Attempted With Minimal or No Functional
Issues (100%)
Attempted With Significant Functional Issues
(75%) Not Evident in Submission (0%) Value
Introduction:
Purpose
Clearly and concisely explains the purpose of
the project with minimal or no issues
Explains the purpose of the project, but
explanation may be inaccurate, unclear, or too
long for the occasion
Does not explain the purpose of the project 12.86
Introduction: End
Objectives
Clearly and concisely explains the end
objectives or project outcomes with minimal
or no issues
Explains the end objectives or project
outcomes, but explanation may be inaccurate,
unclear, or too long for the occasion
Does not explain the end objectives or project
outcomes
12.86
Introduction:
Documentation
Clearly and specifically explains where
information is documented
Explains where information is documented but
explanation may be inaccurate, unclear,
lacking in specificity, or not supported by the
artifacts in the attachment
Does not explain where information is
documented
12.86
Stakeholders/Roles:
Members
Lists the team members and their project roles
with minimal or no issues related to accuracy
Lists the team members and their project roles
but with significant issues related to accuracy
Does not list the team members and their
project roles
12.86
Stakeholders/Roles:
Relevant Function of
the Role
Describes the relevant function or general
behavior of each role with minimal or no
issues related to accuracy
Describes the relevant function or general
behavior of each role but with significant
issues related to accuracy
Does not describe the relevant function or
general behavior of each role
12.86
Stakeholders/Roles:
Significance
Explains the significance of the role specific to
the phases of the project that the role is
involved in with minimal or no issues related
to accuracy
Explains the significance of the role specific to
the phases of the project that the role is
involved in but with significant issues related
to accuracy
Does not explain the significance of each role
specific to the phases of the project that the
role is involved in
12.86
Stakeholders/Roles:
Assigned Tasks
Lists the assigned tasks for each role with
minimal or no issues related to accuracy
Lists the assigned tasks for each role but with
significant issues related to accuracy
Does not list the assigned tasks for each role 12.86
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors related to
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors related to
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that
negatively impact readability and articulation
of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that
prevent understanding of ideas
9.98
Total 100%