Construction projects such as buildings, roads, or mobile towers.
Manufacturing projects such as setting up new production capabilities.
IT projects such as upgrading hardware or software, or installing an office network with access controls.
Organizational projects such as implementing a quality management program or continuous process improvement program.
Once you have selected a topic, you need to inform your instructor about your choice before you start working on the proposal.
The following items will help you identify a project with a sufficient scope to use throughout this course. Assuming you are the project manager:
Describe the topic of your project briefly, along with the goals or deliverables of the project.
Explain why the project is being undertaken, what it intends to achieve, and the human and physical resources at your disposal to complete the project.
The project needs a timeframe of at least six months to allow for suitable material to complete the project. Please specify all dates in complete format using month, day, year or month/day/year format.
Your project should include at least four team members in addition to you acting as project manager.
Your project will need a budget. Even if all members assigned to the project are salaried employees, there is a cost associated with their work and that needs to be specified. All amounts should be in US dollars.
The instructor's approval is required for you to proceed with the remaining assignments related to the project.
In preparing your project proposal, you should:
Create a Project Proposal Form similar to the form in the Larson and Gray text displayed in Figure 2-5A. (Note: Your form may be a Word document with the topics noted in the form. It may be a plain document without floor or bubbles or check boxes.) Consult the form to ensure that all areas are addressed in your submission.
Please use dollar signs ($) to denote monetary values and format all dates in Month, Day, Year or mm/dd/yyyy format for ease of understanding.
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