Your sister is getting married and has a project for you. The project is to organize the
Question:
Your sister is getting married and has a project for you. The project is to organize the wedding party to be held on Dec 2. The project includes a three-day drive from Guelph to Orlando, Florida, where the party will be held. There are normally major accidents along the route. Her father has allocated a budget of $150000 for the party and will pay the bills up to this amount. The groom wants to use the occasion for fundraising and wants facilities for this purpose.
The proposal should include:
Project Description (1 mark)
- Background, and your vision of the wedding.
Project Scope Management (10 marks)
- Use template.
Project WBS & Schedule (10 marks)
- WBS.
- Assumptions used to develop estimates.
- Dependency matrix.
- Network diagram with Project start date, Project end date, resources allocated.
- Qualitative statement about the schedule (e.g. identify the critical path).
Project Budget Summary (2 marks)
- Total project budget (should be based on cost estimate of activities on WBS).
Risk management plan (10 marks)
- Use template.
Stakeholder management and communication plan (10 marks)
- Use template.
- Progress report template
Names, signatures, and dates for approval
References (if any)
Appendices (if any)
When developing the proposal, consider the following questions and answer them in an appendix. Please provide a short explanation for each question (1 mark each).
- To whom do you report?
- Will you be accountable for how much money will be raised?
- What should be in place for this project to be successful?
- Your sister had not required ice-cream for guests. A few weeks into the project, she asks you to include ice-cream for guests in the scope. Should you accept this?
- A few weeks into the project, your sister changes her mind about the music band for the party. You have already contracted a band for the music. What do you do?
- Your sister had not required ice-cream for guests. You find some budget and use it to order ice-cream for guests. This is an example of:
- Should your sister require regular progress reports?
Income Tax Fundamentals 2013
ISBN: 9781285586618
31st Edition
Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill