project management

This assignment is worth 40 points toward your final grade.  For this assignment, you must prepare a Project Schedule for the Term Paper project described below. It is due at the end of Week Five.

Requirements

• Create a Project Schedule for the Term Paper Project using MS Project (or similar tool)

Instructions

Your project schedule must include a WBS with deliverables and work packets numbered accordingly

Make up realistic durations for each task. Make assumptions as needed.  

Establish predecessors and successors for tasks as appropriate

Create a GANTT chart for this project using MS Project (or similar tool)

Capture an image of your task list + GANTT Chart, save the image as a document OR just submit the .mpp file

Submit your document to the instructor via Canvas (.mpp, , , .gif)

Scenario

• Assume that you are part of a team of four students.
• The four of you must prepare a research paper and present your research paper to the rest of the class.  (The topic of the paper is irrelevant for this lab exercise…)  
• Your instructor requires you to use the library and online web sites to research the topic.  
• You must also use the EBSCO online research database (for which you do NOT yet have an account.) 
• Your research must include at least 2 books, 2 periodical articles, and 4 different websites.
• Your paper must be 5-7 pages of content, and must  include a cover page and full citation in a bibliography.
• The paper will be turned in on hard copy in a nice folio or report cover
• In addition to turning in your research paper, the four of you are required to create a slide presentation summarizing your research.
• You will present your present your research to the rest of the class in the classroom on the last night of class.  Your presentation should take 5 – 10 minutes.  Bring your powerpoint slides to class on a flash drive.

Preliminary WBS

Here is a preliminary list of tasks.  These are in alphabetical order.  You must arrange them into chronological order and define predecessors/successors and durations.  Feel free to add tasks as needed.  

• Add Footnotes to Paper
• Assemble the Final Document for submission
• Assign roles & tasks to four students on the team
• Buy a Report Cover
• Buy Note Cards
• Check out Books
• Correct Spelling Errors in Draft
• Create a Bibliography
• Create an Outline of the paper
• Get a Logon ID for the research web site
• Give the presentation 
• Go to the library
• Locate and Retrieve Books
• Look up books by Subject
• Organize Note Cards by Topic
• Prepare the Final Copy
• Prepare the Powerpoint Slides
• Print the Final Copy
• Print the Rough Draft
• Read books and articles
• Record catalog numbers
• Rehearse the presentation
• Run Spell check 
• Search the World Wide Web 
• Take notes on note cards
• Turn the Report In
• Write the Rough Draft