NR640 Week 5 Assignment: Project Plan Phase 2

Project Plan Phase 2: Week 5

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Gantt Chart

Guidelines and Scoring Rubric

Purpose

The process of project management has five phases, 1) design/initiation which you just completed, 2) finalizing your plan before implementation which you will do now, 3) implementation, 4) monitor and control and finally, 5) evaluation and lessons learned as well as knowledge transfer.

During phase 2 – finalizing the project plan, you will continue to create the tools and documents you will need when you implement your project as the project manager in phase 3.

Week 4: Deliverables and Critical Success Factors (CSFs)

Week 5: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Gantt Chart

These are the important aspects of the work breakdown structure (WBS) that you must consider.

Specific outputs/deliverables are related to each task.
Outputs/deliverables list is associated with performance criteria to facilitate quality monitoring. Metrics must be included if indicated
Tasks and subtasks have been broken down to their lowest levels the timeline for each should be 1 to 25 days.
Assign only one owner to the lowest level tasks to ensure accountability.
Re-review weekly and update the list; match each task to its corresponding deliverables and owner.

In this assignment, you will define and document the project’s tasks and project’s deliverables and their relationships to each. You will develop the work-breakdown structure (WBS) and project timelines using a Gantt chart.

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The WBS identifies the project’s tasks that need to be completed by priority and flows into, then facilitates project scheduling. This breakdown helps the project team identify all tasks needed to get the work done and the resources necessary to complete it. This framework allows you to assign tasks to individual team members, making them accountable for those tasks in the process. It is important that all tasks be identified and broken down, since project delays or even failure frequently result from forgotten or overlooked tasks rather than imprecise guesstimates.

The Gantt chart, named after Henry Gantt, clearly shows the start and completion dates for all major project activities and subtasks. The Gantt chart is straightforward, easy to understand, and simple to change. It provides a snapshot of the project, and one can immediately identify task durations and distinguish tasks dependent upon other tasks to be completed before they are started. Understanding of all dependencies is critical for the project manager who is ultimately responsible for time, budgets and resource allocation.

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5.

Total Points Possible: 100

Requirements

Complete the WBS and Gantt chart documents. Attach documents as appendices to a professionally written paper explaining what you are doing
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition.

Preparing the paper

All project tasks must be identified and broken down in your WBS. Attach documents as appendices to a professionally written paper explaining what you are doing
The Gantt chart must provide timelines for all major project tasks and subtasks following the Excel sample. Attach documents as appendices to a professionally written paper explaining what you are doing
Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly using the 6th Edition of the APA manual.

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing.

Category	Points	%	Description
All of the tasks are broken down into their lowest levels and follow the sample format for the WBS. Documents are attached as an appendix to professional paper	45	45	All of the tasks are broken down into their lowest levels and follow the sample format for the WBS. Documents is attached as an appendix to a professional paper
Gantt chart shows all major project tasks using Excel and following the sample. All tasks are labeled Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper	45	45	Gantt chart shows all major project tasks using Excel and following the sample. All tasks are labeled. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition. Professional paper follows guidelines for Writing a Professional Paper.	10	10	Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition. Professional paper follows guidelines for Writing a Professional Paper.
Total	100	100	A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.

Grading Rubric

Assignment Criteria

Exceptional

(100%)

Outstanding or highest level of performance

Exceeds

(88%)

Very good or high level of performance

Meets

(80%)

Competent or satisfactory level of performance

Needs Improvement

(38%)

Poor or failing level of performance

Developing

(0)

Unsatisfactory level of performance

Content

Possible Points = 90 Points

All of the tasks are broken down into their lowest levels and follow the sample format for the WBS. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

45 Points

40 Points

36 Points

17 Points

0 Points

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All of the tasks are broken down into their lowest levels and follow the sample format. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

Most of the tasks are broken down into their lowest levels and follow the sample format Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

Some of the tasks are broken down into their lowest levels or did not follow the sample format. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

Few of the tasks are broken down into their lowest levels

The sample format was not followed.

Gantt chart shows all major project tasks using Excel and following the sample. All tasks are labeled. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

45 Points

40 Points

36 Points

17 Points

0 Points

Gantt chart shows all major project tasks using Excel and following the sample. All tasks are labeled. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

Gantt chart shows most of the major project tasks using Excel and following the sample. All tasks are labeled. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

Gantt chart shows some of the major project tasks using Excel or does not follow the sample. Tasks are not labeled. Document is attached as an appendix to a professional paper

Gantt chart shows few of the major project tasks using Excel.

Gantt chart does not follow the sample.

Content Subtotal

_____of 90 points

Format

Possible Points = 10 Points

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition. Professional paper follows guidelines for Writing a Professional Paper.

10 Points

9 Points

8 Points

4 points

0 Points

No grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors Professional paper follows guidelines for Writing a Professional Paper.

1 total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA error Professional paper follows guidelines for Writing a Professional Paper.

2 total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors Professional paper does not follows guidelines for Writing a Professional Paper.

3 total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors. No Professional paper

4 or more total grammar, spelling, punctuation, reference, citation, or APA errors

Format Subtotal

_____of 10 points

Total Points

_____of 100 points