What is the role of a project sponsor? Who decides all the tasks that need to be completed for a given project? How does an organization choose one project over another? BUS 530 Unit1

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 pm EST of Unit 1

Points: 100

Overview:

Every profession around the world contains its own jargon and lingo and project

management is no different. This assignment is designed to gauge your current

understanding of project management terms and concepts.

Instructions:

In this week’s assignment, answer the following questions. It is crucial that you answer

these questions without using any external material. Simply rely on your experience,

point-of-view, and current understanding of project management to answer these

questions. You will be evaluated on your efforts to answer these questions compared to

the validity of your answers.

1. What is the role of a project sponsor?

2. Who decides all the tasks that need to be completed for a given project?

3. How does an organization choose one project over another?

4. How is the budget finalized for a given project?

5. What happens if someone wants to add one extra feature in the project deliverable half-way through the project?

6. Can a construction project manager run a healthcare-related project successfully? How?

7. Half-way through the project execution, you learned that a project is running behind the schedule. As a project manager what would you do?

8. Longer the project duration, the higher the chances of risk. What provisions would you include in your risk management plan?

9. Upon project completion, you learned that client is not happy with the final deliverables. What can you do now?

10. When should a project be marked as complete?

BUS530 – Project Management

Project Management Concepts – Pre-Assessment

Requirements:

 Submit a Word document.

 Each answer should be between 4 to 6 lines, double-spaced, Times New

Roman.

 APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works, title, and reference

pages.

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

and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Project Management Concepts– Pre-assessment

Assignment

Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs

Improvement Deficient

Content

50 points 40 – 49 points 30 – 39 points 0 – 29 points

Answers demonstrate a high degree of critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and explain course concept questions. Insightful and relevant connections made through explanations and examples.

Answers demonstrate some degree of critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and/or explain course concept questions. Connections made through explanations, and/or examples.

Answers demonstrate limited critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and/or explain course concept questions. Minimal connections made through explanations and/or examples.

Answers lack critical thinking and do not explain course concept questions. Superficial connections are made with key course concepts.

25 points 20 – 24 points 15 – 19 points 0 – 14 points

Writing Quality

Well written and clearly organized using standard English, characterized by elements of a strong writing style and basically free from grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling errors.

Above-average writing style and logically organized using standard English with minor errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling.

Average and/or casual writing style that is sometimes unclear and/or with some errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling.

Poor writing style lacking in standard English, clarity, language used, and/or frequent errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling. Needs work.

10 points 8 – 9 points 6 – 7 points 0 – 5 points

Answer Length

All ten questions are between 4 and 6 sentences in length.

Eight or nine questions are between 4 and 6 sentences in length.

Six or seven questions are between 4 and 6 sentences in length.

Less than 6 of the ten questions are between 4 and 6 sentences in length.

15 points 12 – 14 points 9 – 11 points 0 – 8 points

APA Format

APA format is present in all the answers and is error-free.

APA format is present in all or a majority of the answers; there are 1 or 2 errors in format.

APA format is present in some of the answers and/or there are more than four errors in format.

APA format is not present, is limited in the answers, and there are more than 10 errors in format.