Devry PROJ587 Course Project Latest 2019 September

PROJ587 Advanced Program Management

Course Project

Introduction

Your
professor will determine whether the Course Project is an individual or team
assignment. If the project is completed as a team, your professor will assign
teams promptly. (Watch for an announcement.)

Objective

The project
for this course is a portfolio management plan for a company of your choice.
You may use your own employer or a public company you can research to provide
necessary details. To get started, you need to know the company’s strategic
plan and strategic capacity plan.

Course
Project Deliverables

There are
four deliverables for the Course Project.

Week 2:
Course Project Outline due (ungraded, but required)

Week 4:
Course Project Rough Draft due

Week 7:
Course Project Final Portfolio Management Plan due

Week 8:
Course Project Presentation due

The final
portfolio management plan should include the content below.

Organization’s
strategic plan

Organization’s
strategic capacity plan

Portfolio
management process

Project
selection criteria

Program
management plan

Plan to
identify and resolve possible areas and sources of conflict related to cost,
schedule, or quality.

Change
management plan: Develop a plan to manage organizational and cultural change
and conflict that may occur due to project, program, and portfolio
implementation; and to control changes within your portfolio, program, and
projects.

Resource
utilization plan: Analyze and plan resource utilization to achieve maximum or
optimal capacity utilization.

Guidelines
for the Final Portfolio Management Plan

Papers must
be 10 to 15 pages in length (this would be roughly one page per area included
in the report), double-spaced, and in 10-point font. They must include a cover
page, table of contents, introduction, report body, summary or conclusion, and
works cited.

Even though
this is not a scientific-type writing assignment and is mostly creative in
nature, references are still very important. At least six authoritative outside
references are required (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable).
These should be listed on the last page, titled Works Cited.

Appropriate
citations are required (in APA format).

All DeVry
University policies are in effect, including the plagiarism policy.

Any
questions about this paper may be discussed in the weekly Course Q & A
Forum discussion topic.

This paper
is worth 250 total points, plus 45 points for the rough draft, and will be
graded on the quality of the research topic, quality of paper information, use
of citations, grammar, and sentence structure (see grading rubrics).

Best
Practices

Below are
best practices in preparing this portfolio management plan.

Cover page:
Include who you prepared the paper for, who prepared it, and the date.

Table of
contents: List the main ideas and sections of the paper and the pages where
they are located. Illustrations should be included separately.

Introduction:
Use a header on your paper. This will indicate that you are introducing the
paper.

The purpose
of an introduction or opening is to

introduce
the subject and why the subject is important;

preview the
main ideas and the order in which they will be covered; and

establish
the tone of the document.

Include in
the introduction a reason for the audience to read the paper. Also, include an
overview of what you will cover and the importance of the material. (This
should include or introduce the questions you are asked to answer in each
assignment.)

Body of the
report: Use a header with the name of the project. An example is, “The
Development of Hotel X: A World-Class Resort.” Proceed to break out the
main ideas. State the main ideas and the major points of each idea, and provide
evidence. Show some type of division, such as separate, labeled sections;
separate groups of paragraphs; or headers. Include the information you found
during your research and investigation.

Summary and
conclusion: Summarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the
material in fewer words than the original. An effective summary identifies the
main ideas and the major support points from the body of the report; minor
details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect
the subject.

Work cited:
Use the citation format specified in the Syllabus.

Additional
hints on preparing the best possible project are below.

Apply a
three step process to writing: Plan, write, and complete.

Prepare an
outline of the research paper before going forward.

Complete a
first draft and then go back to edit, evaluate, and make any changes required.

Use visual
communication to further clarify and support the written part of the report.
Examples include graphs, diagrams, photographs, flowcharts, maps, drawings,
animation, video clips, pictograms, tables, and Gantt charts.