Du Keystone Conference

Assignment 2: Project Scope

Due Week 4 (August 5, 2012) and worth 150 points

This assignment builds on Assignment 1 to provide the necessary scope for your project. A project scope includes many variables, the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that must be defined prior to the start of the project to ensure that all of the details are planned. In the form of an Excel spreadsheet, Word table, project-specific software, etc., prepare a checklist document that identifies the critical steps in planning the project scope and complete the checklist in accordance with your project. Provide an explanation for how the project scope checklist should be used to thoroughly document the project.

Create a 3-4 page project scope checklist in which you:

1. Define the scope of the project in terms of the following:

a. Outcomes, objectives, and deliverables

b. Key functionality required within the new system

c. Primary stakeholders

2. Assess the current situation and future situation that will be most impacted by the project.

3. Prepare a quantifiable project statement.

4. Document three (3) assumptions associated with the project.

5. Explain the uses for the project checklist and how it should be applied to this and future projects.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

* Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA format.

* Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

* Develop a project plan including the critical elements of project scope, priorities, WBS, and communication plan.

* Analyze considerations and implications for international projects.

* Formulate a WBS using principles of project scheduling and budgeting, and develop cost and time estimates and allocate resources.

* Use technology and information resources to research issues in project management.

* Write clearly and concisely about project management using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 150 Assignment 2: Project Scope

Criteria Unacceptable

Below 70% F Fair

70-79% C Proficient

80-89% B Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Define the scope of the project in terms of the following:

a. - Outcomes, objectives, and deliverables

b. -