APPLICATION$$Managing Your Own Project

Objective

Now that you have some experience using project management tools and coming up with task lists, it is time for you to tackle your own project.

Directions

Choose a complex project or a program in which you are involved at school or work, or in a community organization to which you belong. If you cannot think of any such projects, think about a complex project you would like to undertake, such as organizing a fund$$raising event for a nonprofit organization that you think does good work.

Write a proposal designed to convince other people to support your project. Start with a brief description of the project and what you consider to be the most challenging aspects of its planning. Then, using the planning tools presented in this competency $($SOW$,$ WBS$,$ PERT$/$CPM$,$ or Gantt charts$),$ create a detailed project plan.