Project Management Terms and Concepts

BUS530 Project Management

Unit 2 Assignment

Project Management Terms and Concepts

Overview:

This week’s assignment requires you to apply some of the theories you have learned so far and apply them to a real-world scenario. Successful completion of this activity needs to demonstrate that you can go beyond defining project management-related terms and map them to a given concept. You will research a project of your choice and identify some of the terms and concepts in that project.

Instructions:

•             Research an article or a report describing a project that interests you.

•             Provide an overview of the project.

•             Explain various components of the project, including:

•             What qualifies your chosen project as a “project”

•             Project objective(s)

•             Project manager’s role

•             Project sponsor’s role

•             Project team member’s role

•             Project scope

•             Project risk/uncertainty

•             Project outcome(s)

•             Lessons learned

Requirements:

•             Submit a Word document in APA format.

•             It should be no more than 4 pages excluding the title and reference pages.

•             Reference your article including the URL and at least two other sources.

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.