PROJ 592 Week 7 Course Project

PROJ 592 Week 7 Course Project

For CP-2, we will leave CP-1 behind and start fresh. CP-2 is a financial analysis of a new Indoor theme park project. You will utilize the provided project information/data to create a new project schedule which will represent your project at a specific point during implementation. You will load the information/data into Microsoft Project where the data will serve as the basis for project monitoring and control and Earned Value Analysis. The output of the analysis, combined with a control plan, will be used to support the continuation of your project.

The CP-2 Project Performance Report will be structured with the following sections:

• Cover Page including assignment, project title, course, and student contact information.
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary which “summarizes” the content from the entire document with quantifiable highlights such as overall project cost and schedule performance, estimate to completion, and makes the pitch to project stakeholders to continue the project.
• Schedule 1 a schedule displayed on a MSP Gantt chart schedule (required) which incorporates the provided project data, established baseline, and proper review date representing the anticipated 50% completion date . A Gantt chart is a graphical representation of the schedule and NOT a table of dates. .
• Performance Analysis utilizes Earned Value data to analyze the project cost and schedule performance.
• Estimate at Completion includes a forward-looking estimate of the project completion date and the final project costs.
• Control Plan which provides a corrective action plan to bring the project back in line with your project baseline.
• Revised Estimate at Completion which includes the corrective actions from the control plan along with the resulting cost impact and schedule impact.
• Schedule 2 including revised MSP Gantt chart schedule (required) which reflects the impact of your corrective actionsThis should meet the requirements of the original project plan.

NOTE: Each section should include the detail as described above, along with a proper discussion about the included data as well as the project manager’s analysis/interpretation of the information You will use your Microsoft Project data in the report but will not be graded on the Microsoft Project file. .

Background data for the CP-2 project can be found in Doc Sharing under the Course Project category. This file also contains detailed instructions and help. 

Submission Requirements

• CP-2 must be submitted as a single document in MS Word. Information or details created with other tools like Excel or MS Project such as tables, charts, or graphs must be incorporated into the MS Word submittal as an inserted object, such as a JPEG. (For help with MS Project, see the Video Tutorial link below.) Failure to follow this requirement will result in the return of the proposal for re-formatting to the requested MS Word format.
• You may insert objects into the body of your paper to support your discussion if they are half a page or less. Larger items should be included in an appendix with appropriate references to this information. You should not use imbedded links to files in the body of the report and they are not recommended for the appendix. If they are used and do not open they will considered not there.
• CP-2 must include a cover page and Table of Contents.
• As a guide, the body of CP-2 should be between five and ten pages in length (i.e., not including cover page, appendix, etc.).
• Submit the Word document to the Week 7: Course Project, Part 2 Dropbox.