PROJ587 Advanced Program course project

Course Project Title: Portfolio Management Plan

The Course Project in this class is a Team Assignment

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.

Project Deliverables

Your Portfolio Management Plan should include the following content:

·         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/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/portfolio implementation

·         Resource Utilization Plan: Analyze and plan resource utilization to achieve maximum /optimal capacity utilization

Schedule and Grading Rubric

Week 4: Draft is due in class week 4 (45 points)

Week 7: Final Portfolio Management Plan (250 points)

Week 7/8: Presentation (100 points)

Grading Rubric for Draft

Grading Rubrics for Paper

Grading Rubrics for Presentation

Paper Guidelines

·         Papers must 10 to 15 pages in length (this would be roughly 1 page per area included in the report), 10 point font, double-spaced, include a cover page, table of contents, introduction, body of the report, 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 6 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. APA Format

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

·         Papers are due during Week 7 of this course.

·         Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the weekly Q&A Discussion topic.

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

Best Practices

The following are the best practices in preparing this paper.

• Cover Page – Include who you prepared the paper for, who prepared, and date.
• Table of Contents – List the main ideas and section of your paper and the pages in which they are located. The illustrations should be included separately.
• Introduction – Use a header on your paper. This will indicate you are introducing your paper.

  The purpose of an introduction or opening:

1. Introduce the subject and why the subject is important.
2. Preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be covered.
3. Establish a tone of the document.

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

• Body of Your Report – Use a header titled with the name of your project. Example: “The Development of Hotel X – A World Class Resort”. Then proceed to break out the main ideas. State the main ideas, state major points in each idea, provide evidence. Break out each main idea you will use in the body of your paper. Show some type of division like separate sections that are labeled; separate group of paragraphs; or headers. You would 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 major support points from the body of your report. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the tourism industry.
• Work Cited – Use the citation format as specified in the Syllabus. 

Additional hints on preparing the best possible project.

1. Apply a three step process of writing… Plan, Write, and Complete.
2. Prepare an outline of your research paper before you go forward.
3. Complete a first draft and then go back to edit, evaluate, and make any changes required.
4. Use visual communication to further clarify and support the written part of your report. You could use example graphs, diagrams, photographs, flowcharts, maps, drawings, animation, video clips, pictograms, tables, and Gantt charts.