Week 10 Assignment – Comprehensive Project Plan and Executive Presentation
Week 10 Assignment – Comprehensive Project Plan and Executive Presentation
Overview
This is the fifth and final course project deliverable in the series of five sequential assignments in this course. You are continuing on in your role as the CTO of a hypothetical e-commerce start-up company of your design.
Throughout the course, you have been working on delivering an information technology project plan in anticipation of the company relocating to a new facility.
• In the first course project deliverable, you created a project plan inception document and supporting Gantt chart.
• In the second course project deliverable, you developed the business requirements to be incorporated into the information systems design you are creating. You also updated your original supporting Gantt chart based on major and minor tasks identified in the business requirements document.
• In the third course project deliverable, you created an infrastructure design that considered the key elements of software, hardware, security, and business process flow for your e-commerce startup company. Once again you updated the supporting Gantt chart based on the major and minor tasks identified in the infrastructure design document.
• In the fourth course project deliverable you developed the system implementation document. This document spelled out the EFI technical aspects of your e-commerce company’s information systems infrastructure. Again you updated the supporting Gantt chart to reflect the major and minor tasks identified in the system implementation document.
You are now in the final stage of the project plan development. You will leverage all previous deliverables and integrate them into one document that will serve as the project’s statement of work.
Your goal is for the start-up company’s executive team and the venture capital group to approve and fund your project. The detailed project plan is necessary to accomplish the monumental implementation task. The executive team and investors, however, are only interested in an executive summary in the form of a 10–15-slide PowerPoint presentation. As a result, you are required to create a compelling PowerPoint presentation, supported by the detail in your project plan, which convinces the executive group that your solution is optimal.
This assignment consists of three parts:
Part 1: Comprehensive Project Plan
You will create an 8–10-page final comprehensive project plan. This document will distill down the most salient points from each of the four previous course deliverables into one integrated, cohesive comprehensive project plan that persuades investors of the recommended approach.
Critical Note: Do NOT simply combine the previous four assignments into one 30–50-page document. Instead, your task is to:
• Review each of the four previous assignments.
• Select the most critical information from each that investors need to know to make an informed investment decision.
• Summarize the information you selected.
• Ensure that the selected information flows from one section to the next in a cohesive and compelling fashion.
Part 2: Executive Presentation
You will create a 10–15-slide compelling executive presentation that convinces the start-up company’s executive team and potential investors to invest in the company. Your recommended solution is the one that can grow this $5 million dollar e-commerce start-up company into a $30 million dollar company within the next two years.
Part 3: Updated Final Gantt Chart
You will use Microsoft Project to update the supporting project Gantt chart begun in your first course project deliverable.
• You are not creating a new Gantt chart, only updating the one you created in the previous assignment to produce the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project.
Note:
• You are to create or assume all necessary assumptions to successfully complete this assignment.
• You must submit all three parts as separate files to the assignment area. Label each file name according to the appropriate part.
Instructions
Part 1: Comprehensive Project Plan
You are to write a comprehensive 8–10-page comprehensive, final project plan in which you:
1. Describe the project’s goals, objectives, scope, and control measures.
2. Relate the value of the proposed solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford the e-commerce company.
3. Provide a rough estimate of the entire project’s cost, including hardware, software, and labor.
• The work you did to create the bill of materials in the fourth course project deliverable will help you with this.
4. Use three sources to support your writing.
• Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate.
• Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
• Access the library or review library guides for help with research, writing, and citation.
Part 2: Executive Presentation
You are to create a 10–15-slide executive PowerPoint presentation to persuade potential investors to invest in your e-commerce start-up company. In your presentation you are to:
5. Illustrate the concepts from your 8–10-page comprehensive project plan in an executive presentation.
6. Create bulleted speaking notes to the executive board in the Notes section of your PowerPoint presentation.
Note:
• Create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
• Consider including images, graphics, charts, tables, etc. in your presentation to increase audience engagement.
Part 3: Updated Gantt Chart
Use Microsoft Project to update the previous Gantt chart to produce the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project.
Formatting
Note the following:
Comprehensive Project Plan
• The preferred method is for this portion of your assignment to be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Include a cover page containing the assignment title, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Include a source list page. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The source list page is not included in the required page length.
Executive Presentation
• Use a readable size font (24 points or above) on your slides. For your slide notes, the preferred method is to use Times New Roman font (size 12), single-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Include a title slide containing the assignment title, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required number of slides.
• Include a source list slide. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The source list slide is not included in the required number of slides.
Rubric Requirements:
Describe the project’s goals, objectives, scope, and control measures.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
Did not describe the project’s goals, objectives, scope, and control measures.
Points:
13 (6.50%)
Described the project’s goals, objectives, scope, or control measures but not all four, the project description left out details critical to the investment decision, and/or contained more than five incorrect or unrealistic data points.
Points:
15 (7.50%)
Described the project’s goals, objectives, scope and control measures, but some details helpful to the investment decision were left out and/or contained 3–5 incorrect or unrealistic data points.
Points:
17 (8.50%)
Described the project’s goals, objectives, scope, and control measures, but some minor details helpful to the investment decision were left out and/or contained 1–2 incorrect or unrealistic data points.
Points:
20 (10.00%)
Described the project’s goals, objectives, scope, and control measures.
Relate the value of the proposed solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford the e-commerce company.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
Did not relate the value of the proposed solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford the e-commerce company.
Points:
26 (13.00%)
Attempted to relate the value of the proposed solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford the e-commerce company, but did not articulate critical components of the value proposition, failed to demonstrate the relationship of the value proposition to critical aspects of the company’s competitive advantage, and/or contained more than five incorrect or unrealistic data points.
Points:
30 (15.00%)
Related the value of the proposed solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford the e-commerce company, but did not articulate some components of the value proposition, did not demonstrate the relationship of the value proposition to some aspects of the company’s competitive advantage, and/or contained 3–5 incorrect or unrealistic data points.
Points:
34 (17.00%)
Related the value of the proposed solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford the e-commerce company, but did not articulate minor components of the value proposition, and/or contained 1–2 incorrect or unrealistic data points.
Points:
40 (20.00%)
Related the value of the proposed solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford the e-commerce company.
Provide a rough estimate of the entire project’s cost, including hardware, software, and labor.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
Did not provide a rough estimate of the entire project’s cost, including hardware, software and labor.
Points:
19.5 (9.75%)
Provided a rough estimate of the project’s hardware, software, or labor costs, but not all three, did not include critical project costs, and/or contained more than five incorrect or unrealistic costs.
Points:
22.5 (11.25%)
Provided a rough estimate of the entire project’s cost, including hardware, software, and labor, but left out some project costs and/or contained 3–5 incorrect or unrealistic costs.
Points:
25.5 (12.75%)
Provided a rough estimate of the entire project’s cost, including hardware, software, and labor, but left out minor project costs and/or contained 1–2 incorrect or unrealistic costs.
Points:
30 (15.00%)
Provided a rough estimate of the entire project’s cost, including hardware, software, and labor.
Illustrate the concepts from your 8–10-page comprehensive project plan in an executive presentation.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
Did not illustrate the concepts from your 8–10-page comprehensive project plan in an executive presentation.
Points:
13 (6.50%)
Attempted to illustrate the concepts from your 8–10-page comprehensive project plan in an executive presentation, but did not identify and summarize the most salient information investors need to know to make an informed investment decision, left out critical information investors need to know to make an informed investment decision, and/or contained more than five inaccurate or unrealistic data points.
Points:
15 (7.50%)
Illustrated the concepts from your 8–10-page comprehensive project plan in an executive presentation, but did not identify and summarize some information useful to investors to make an informed investment decision, left out some information useful to investors to make an informed investment decision, and/or contained 3–5 incorrect or unrealistic data points.
Points:
17 (8.50%)
Illustrated the concepts from your 8–10-page comprehensive project plan in an executive presentation, but left out minor details helpful to investors to make an informed investment decision and/or contained 1–2 inaccurate or unrealistic data points.
Points:
20 (10.00%)
Illustrated the concepts from your 8–10-page comprehensive project plan in an executive presentation.
Create bulleted speaking notes to the executive board in the Notes section of your PowerPoint presentation.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
Did not create bulleted speaking notes to the executive board in the Notes section of your PowerPoint presentation.
Points:
13 (6.50%)
Attempted to create bulleted speaking notes to the executive board in the Notes section of your PowerPoint presentation, but failed to identify and summarize the most critical supporting information necessary for an informed investment decision, left out critical supporting information necessary for an informed investment decision, and/or contained more than five inaccurate or unrealistic data points.
Points:
15 (7.50%)
Created bulleted speaking notes to the executive board in the Notes section of your PowerPoint presentation, but did not identify and summarize some supporting information useful to making an informed investment decision, but left out some supporting information useful to making an informed investment decision and/or contained 3–5 inaccurate or unrealistic data points.
Points:
17 (8.50%)
Created bulleted speaking notes to the executive board in the Notes section of your PowerPoint presentation, but left out minor supporting information helpful to making an informed investment decision and/or contained 1–2 inaccurate or unrealistic data points.
Points:
20 (10.00%)
Created bulleted speaking notes to the executive board in the Notes section of your PowerPoint presentation.
Use Microsoft Project to update the previous Gantt chart to produce the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
Did not use Microsoft Project to update the previous Gantt chart to provide the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project.
Points:
26 (13.00%)
Attempted to use Microsoft Project to update the previous Gantt chart to provide the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project, but more than five major and minor tasks, subtasks, resources, or time related to the project were missing.
Points:
30 (15.00%)
Used Microsoft Project to update the previous Gantt chart to provide the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project, but 3–5 major and minor tasks, subtasks, resources, or time related to the project were missing.
Points:
34 (17.00%)
Used Microsoft Project to update the previous Gantt chart to provide the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project, but 1–2 minor tasks, subtasks, resources, or time related to the project were missing.
Points:
40 (20.00%)
Used Microsoft Project to update the previous Gantt chart to produce the final project Gantt chart to include all major and minor tasks necessary to execute the project.
Use three sources to support your writing.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
No references provided.
Points:
6.5 (3.25%)
Does not meet the required number of references; all references are poor quality choices.
Points:
7.5 (3.75%)
Meets the required number of references; some references are poor quality choices.
Points:
8.5 (4.25%)
Meets the number of required references; most references are high quality choices.
Points:
10 (5.00%)
Meets or exceeds the number of required references; all references are high quality choices.
Clarity, organization, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements.
Points:
0 (0.00%)
Serious and persistent errors in clarity, organization, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements (more than eight errors).
Points:
13 (6.50%)
Persistent errors in clarity, organization, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements (7–8 errors).
Points:
15 (7.50%)
Partially free of errors in clarity, organization, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements (5–6 errors).
Points:
17 (8.50%)
Mostly free of errors in clarity, organization, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements (3–4 errors).
Points:
20 (10.00%)
Error-free or almost error-free in terms of clarity, organization, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements (0–2 errors).
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