Subject: Business / Management
QSO 345 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The final project for this course is a project management plan report. You will create several components of a project management plan, synthesizing
the skills learned in the course and required for the CAPM® into a well-organized deliverable. You will demonstrate your knowledge of CAPM®, specifically the
ten knowledge areas and five process groups critical for an understanding of PMI®. A grasp of project management language, structures, and processes will help
you succeed as either a member or leader of a project. This course is designed around the skills and abilities required for CAPM® certification and applicable to
careers in project management. Gaining the CAPM® certification can make you more marketable to potential employers.
Prompt: Your next step in the development of your overall project management plan covers the concepts of identifying activities and determining the project’s
critical path. In this milestone, you will complete your project time management plan. A time management template has been provided for your use.
You will find all the details you need to complete this milestone in your scenario document. Remember that you must work with the same scenario throughout
the course.
For complete project details, review the Project Scenario One: Technical Redesign document or the Project Scenario Two: Procure a New Software Vendor
document.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
VI. Project Time Management Plan: Your project time management plan should completely and accurately represent the necessary components from the
template, including:
A. The schedule management approach
B. An activit
y list
C. A network diagram
D. Project sequencing and the critical path for your project Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: The content for Milestone Four must be submitted using the provided template. All sources must be cited in APA style.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information,
review these instructions. Critical Elements
Schedule
Management
Approach Proficient (100%)
Completely and accurately identifies the
schedule management approach Needs Improvement (75%)
Identifies the schedule management approach,
but it is incomplete or inaccurate Not Evident (0%)
Does not identify the schedule
management approach Value
23 Activity List Includes a complete and accurate activity
list Includes an activity list, but it is incomplete or
inaccurate Does not include an activity list 23 Network Diagram Includes a complete and accurate network Includes a network diagram, but it is incomplete Does not include a network diagram
diagram
or inaccurate 23 Project Sequencing
Critical Path
Articulation of
Response Completely and accurately identifies the
project sequencing and critical path
Submission has no major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization 23 Identifies the project sequencing and critical
path, but they are incomplete or inaccurate
Submission has major errors related to citations,
grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that
negatively impact readability and articulation of
main ideas Does not identify the project
sequencing and critical path
Submission has critical errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization that prevent
understanding of ideas
Total 8 100%