Operation and Process Strategies:

Project Report

The project report has to be and not to exceed 10-15 pages excluding the appendix section.

Students can select from a variety of projects to work on. Some of the examples of projects to do are as follow:

1. Select a topic from the suggested topics list in page (3) and relate it to project management.
2. A project from your own work area, with actual data and actual facts.
3. A project we know about and we can get related information from the internet or other sources; such as all the projects that took place after Katrina hurricane, or the projects related to Khalifa's tower in UAE or the project of installing the largest clock in Mecca, etc.
4. A hypothetical project that we can imagine, such as establishing a subway system in Amman, or installing a cable cars facilities in Jordan, etc.

You can also select a project that actually finished, failed to finish or currently taking place.

Regardless of what project you select, you need to support it with full data you have learned in the course; for example, if the project is actual project you need to list all the financials and relevant data used to make decisions throughout the project. If the project was imaginary, then you have to make up this data, but you can't just put any values. You have, instead, to go to references or experts in this matter. These references or experts are to be listed with full contact information in the project.

In any step of the project, if you are in doubt of anything, feel free to contact me.

The report must have the following components in this sequence:

Cover page (project title, student name, course number, course section number, academic term or date)

Table of contents (paper sections and page number where each section starts)

Multi-section narrative content

Introduction (or background, situation summary, etc.

Two or more sections representing analysis, conclusions, recommendations

Data, calculations, charts, and diagrams (either in the main part of the narrative or as an appendix or appendices)

Conclusion (one or two paragraph summary)

Bibliography (all works researched during case solution development

You will be scored on the amount of work used in the project, and paying attention to all pertinent details. The project should not lack the use of numerical decision model with, and a detailed Gantt chart, CPM or PERT to say the least.

Any extra cost breakdowns or relevant tools that were not taught in the class is a plus.

Your report should include all plans (schedule, risk plan, communication plan, budget, Time Plan, etc)

Your report font should be either Times New Roman or Arial.

Font size should be 12 for the text body and 14 for headlines.

Your line spacing should be 1.5

Suggested topics:

• What are Important Project Management Obstacles Technical, Human, and Legal?
• Globalization and Project Management.
• A Description of the Typical IT Network in Support of Project Management.
• Organizational size and project management.
• The State of the Art in Project Management Training - Who Does It and How is it done?
• Can outsourcing harm the project?
• E-business and the Project Management.
• Project team building and project selection in Jordan.
• Women in project management.
• Customer satisfaction in project management.