This Portfolio Project involves the creation of a project in which you will prepare for your college graduation day and party for an expected 50 guests. You have a budget of $5,000 to complete this project. In order for the project to be considered a success, you must complete all parts of the project, including invitations reaching the right people, attendees having a good time, and not going over budget. Some details like this will be provided to you, while you will exercise your creativity to supply a few other details, such as what to purchase (i.e. cap and gown, special party invitation paper, etc.).

You will need to use resources to complete this project and will have a deadline to get everything done. Review the project schedule shown in Appendix A of the Portfolio Project Template. In the supplied template, provide the following.

The answers to each prompt should be 100 words or more.

Create a brief project overview (i.e. describe the details of the Portfolio Project, including scope).

Describe the objectives for completing this project.

Appendix A: Project Schedule

Activity		Responsibility	Duration Estimate	Earliest		Latest		Total Slack
				Start	Finish	Start	Finish
1	Identify Guest List for Graduation and Party	Goldie Me Ebony	3	0	3	-8	-5	-8
2	Design Invitations	Me	10	3	13	-5	5	-8
3	Test Invitations with Family and Friends	Me	20	13	33	5	25	-8
4	Review Comments & Finalize Invitations	Me	5	33	38	25	30	-8
5	Prepare Mailing Labels	Grandmother	2	38	40	38	40	0
6	Print Invitations	Me	10	38	48	30	40	-8
7	Mail Invitations and Get Responses	Grandmother	65	48	113	40	105	-8
8	Create List of Needed Purchases	Ebone/goldie	12	38	50	88	100	50
9	Identify Restaurant and Band for Party	Goldie	2	38	40	98	100	60
10	Schedule Dates to Make Purchases	Goldie	5	50	55	100	105	50
11	Arrange Transport for Ceremony and Party	Ebone	7	113	120	105	112	-8
12	Enter all Data into Excel	Ebone	8	120	128	112	120	-8
13	Prepare Report	Person 3	10	128	138	120	130	-8