Project Management – the Managerial Process
Assignment #2: Ducks Unlimited Keystone Conference: Initial Planning
Name: David T. Browne
Instructor: Dr. Penny Wilkins
Bus 517: Project Management – The Managerial Process
Date: January 29th, 2011
Describe the elements of scope for the project
In discussing the elements of scope for the project, we can look at the scope checklist which gives us the ingredients of the scope definition. These elements in the checklist are as follows: project objective, deliverables, milestones, technical requirements, limits and exclusions, and reviews with customers (if applicable). The Ducks Unlimited Keystone Conference project has information given through the statement of this case study as follows:
As a project manager for Ducks Unlimited, you have just been tasked with planning the upcoming Keystone Conference where the organization’s long-term strategy for the next ten years will be fleshed-out. You will have two chapter representatives from every state in the U.S. attending a national conference in Charlottesville, N.C. twenty-one months from now. In the meantime, you will need to organize ten separate teams to work on individual projects of their choosing that will be presented during the conference. These teams will be working virtually (no travel) until the actual conference. Your overall budget for this project is 1.2 million dollars.
We can determine a few things off-the-bat. One, what the project is: to plan/organize the Keystone Conference a gathering in Charlottesville, NC of chapter representatives coming from all over the US. Two, when will the project end? Keystone Conference will be held twenty-one months from the now (date of instructions). This means the project begins as of the date the instructions were given and the delivery date or end date is twenty-one months away. Three, what is the total cost of the project? The overall project should not exceed $1.2 million. And four, what is involved as part of the project from start
Name: David T. Browne
Instructor: Dr. Penny Wilkins
Bus 517: Project Management – The Managerial Process
Date: January 29th, 2011
Describe the elements of scope for the project
In discussing the elements of scope for the project, we can look at the scope checklist which gives us the ingredients of the scope definition. These elements in the checklist are as follows: project objective, deliverables, milestones, technical requirements, limits and exclusions, and reviews with customers (if applicable). The Ducks Unlimited Keystone Conference project has information given through the statement of this case study as follows:
As a project manager for Ducks Unlimited, you have just been tasked with planning the upcoming Keystone Conference where the organization’s long-term strategy for the next ten years will be fleshed-out. You will have two chapter representatives from every state in the U.S. attending a national conference in Charlottesville, N.C. twenty-one months from now. In the meantime, you will need to organize ten separate teams to work on individual projects of their choosing that will be presented during the conference. These teams will be working virtually (no travel) until the actual conference. Your overall budget for this project is 1.2 million dollars.
We can determine a few things off-the-bat. One, what the project is: to plan/organize the Keystone Conference a gathering in Charlottesville, NC of chapter representatives coming from all over the US. Two, when will the project end? Keystone Conference will be held twenty-one months from the now (date of instructions). This means the project begins as of the date the instructions were given and the delivery date or end date is twenty-one months away. Three, what is the total cost of the project? The overall project should not exceed $1.2 million. And four, what is involved as part of the project from start
Bibliography: Ducks Umlimited 's International Conservation Plan. (2004, June). Retrieved January 29, 2011, from Ducks.org: http://www.ducks.org/media/Conservation/Conservation%20Plan/_documents/a_ICP2004%20final%208.05.pdf Planet, W Salexandrou, M. (2011). Projective Objective Definition. Retrieved January 29th, 2011, from MarioSalexandrou.com - Web Strategist & Project Manager: http://www.mariosalexandrou.com/definition/project-objective.asp Appendix: