Project Management Team Deliverable 1

Topic:

The three project potential selections are home addition, garage conversions to an apartment, and a flash mob projects.

Work with the project team to identify and discuss three (3) potential projects.  Discuss which of the available projects are suitable based on the team’s composition.

Review the following article on SMART Projects. 

Haughey, D. (2016). Smart goals. Retrieved from https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/smart-goals.php 

Draft:

Project managers are responsible for every aspect of a project, from its start date until project completion. A project is something that is intended to have short shelf life and is an activity of manufacturing something that is useful and different in nature (Management Study Guide, 2021 para. 1). This paper will describe and detail the reason for selection of the groups top project, predicated on the project’s anticipated goals, benefits, and key success criteria. The group selected the home addition as their top project. This paper will also describe the three potential projects the team discussed, analyzed, and selected. 

The three project potential selections are home addition, garage conversions to an apartment, and a flash mob projects.

Potential Projects

Project Selection

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SMART Goals
~ By Duncan Haughey

Once you have planned your project,
turn your attention to developing
several goals that will enable you to be
successful. Goals should be SMART –
specific, measurable, agreed upon,
realistic and time-based.

A goal might be to hold a weekly project meeting with the
key members of your team or to organise and run a
continuous test programme throughout the project.

The acronym SMART has several slightly different
variations, which can be used to provide a more
comprehensive definition of goal setting:

S – specific, significant, stretching

M – measurable, meaningful, motivational

A – agreed upon, attainable, achievable, acceptable, action-
oriented

R – realistic, relevant, reasonable, rewarding, results-oriented

T – time-based, time-bound, timely, tangible, trackable

This broader definition will help you to be successful in both your business and personal life.

When you next run a project take a moment to consider whether your goals are SMART goals.

To quote renowned American philosopher and writer Elbert Hubbard:

Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have
never organised their energies around a goal.

— Elbert Hubbard

SMART Goals
Specific

Well defined

Clear to anyone that has a basic knowledge of the project

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Measurable
Know if the goal is obtainable and how far away completion is

Find out when you have achieved your goal

Agreed Upon
Agreement with all the stakeholders what the goals should be

Realistic
Within the availability of resources, knowledge and time

Time-Based
Enough time to achieve the goal

Not too much time, which can affect project performance

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