Overview

This assignment is worth 40 points toward your final grade. For this assignment, you must prepare a Project Schedule for the Term Paper project described below. It is due at the end of Week Five.

Requirements

Create a Project Schedule for the Term Paper Project using MS Project (or similar tool)

Instructions

Your project schedule must include a WBS with deliverables and work packets numbered accordingly

Make up realistic durations for each task. Make assumptions as needed.

Establish predecessors and successors for tasks as appropriate

Create a GANTT chart for this project using MS Project (or similar tool)

Capture an image of your task list + GANTT Chart, save the image as a document OR just submit the .mpp file

Submit your document to the instructor via Canvas (.mpp, .jpg, .pdf, .gif)

Scenario

Assume that you are part of a team of four students.

The four of you must prepare a research paper and present your research paper to the rest of the class. (The topic of the paper is irrelevant for this lab exercise...)

Your instructor requires you to use the library and online web sites to research the topic.

You must also use the EBSCO online research database (for which you do NOT yet have an account.)

Your research must include at least 2 books, 2 periodical articles, and 4 different websites.

Your paper must be 5-7 pages of content, and must include a cover page and full citation in a bibliography.

The paper will be turned in on hard copy in a nice folio or report cover

In addition to turning in your research paper, the four of you are required to create a slide presentation summarizing your research.

You will present your present your research to the rest of the class in the classroom on the last night of class. Your presentation should take 5 - 10 minutes. Bring your powerpoint slides to class on a flash drive.

Preliminary WBS

Here is a preliminary list of tasks. These are in alphabetical order. You must arrange them into chronological order and define predecessors/successors and durations. Feel free to add tasks as needed.

Add Footnotes to Paper

Assemble the Final Document for submission

Assign roles & tasks to four students on the team

Buy a Report Cover

Buy Note Cards

Check out Books

Correct Spelling Errors in Draft

Create a Bibliography

Create an Outline of the paper

Get a Logon ID for the research web site

Give the presentation

Go to the library

Locate and Retrieve Books

Look up books by Subject

Organize Note Cards by Topic

Prepare the Final Copy

Prepare the Powerpoint Slides

Print the Final Copy

Print the Rough Draft

Read books and articles

Record catalog numbers

Rehearse the presentation

Run Spell check

Search the World Wide Web

Take notes on note cards

Turn the Report In

Write the Rough Draft

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