Your Final Rating You have completed Scenario E TOTAL SCORE ==l 519 /900 You released a Level 4 product on Week 11, with a total cost of $87,340 YOUR SCORE BREAKDOWN Project scope rating You completed the Level 4 product, meeting the target set by management. FOR ACHIEVING N MANAGEMENT GOALs 500 /300 FOR EXCEEDING MANAGEMENT GOALS 0/0 Project schedule rating You completed the product in week 11, which was earlier than the management target of week 12. Your target date for completion was very consistent throughout the project. FOR ACHIEVING s MANAGEMENT GOALS 122 /125 FOR EXCEEDING MANAGEMENT GOALS 6 /75 E= Project resources rating You finished with a total cost of $87,340, which was above the management target of $40,000. FOR ACHIEVING MANAGEMENT GOALS 0 /200 FOR EXCEEDING MANAGEMENT GOALS 0 100 Team process rating Your team had a typical level of stress. Your team had good morale during the project. FOR ACHIEVING __ MANAGEMENT GOALS 88 /100 Dashboard for Week 11 12 200 of 200 Level 4 YOUR TARGET YOUR TARGET WEEK TOTAL TASKS DELIVERABLE OF COMPLETION COMPLETED Time Spent on Activities TARGET GOAL: 200 tasks TASKS REMAINING: O tasks o Level 1 e Level 2 e Level 3 e Level 4 @ Your current target @ Management target 16 TASKS COMPLETED THIS WEEK Team Mood Cumulative Cost Schedule I OVER BUDGET AHEAD OF SCHEDULE O w ; = 8 3 o Q = WEEKS WEEKS = MANAGEMENT TARGET = MANAGEMENT TARGET Due Date: Beginning of class, week 14 please see the course outline for rules regarding the submission of late assignments. Assignment Objectives Students will demonstrate an understanding of the following: 1) How to manage the complexities of managing projects through rapid experimentation, with an emphasis on project planning. 2) How project characteristics, including deadlines, overtime, outsourcing, and team skill levels affect project targets such as scope, resources, and schedule. 3) The effects of unrealistic project targets and the key challenge of making tradeoffs that are sensitive to the overall business context. 4) The importance of scope compliance while navigating project uncertainty. 5) Changes to the workforce and effects on the project outcomes. Value: 20 marks 20% of final grade Question Answers 16 marks see below for additional question value details. Spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. 2 marks Proper APA formatting 2 marks Instructions You will receive a Course Link by email and/or LMS. Follow the link to login to your Harvard Business Review account. If you do not have an account, students will complete a brief registration to create an account. Coursepack: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/1129075 Once enrolled, the coursepack will be visible in the student account. All students MUST complete the simulation by the beginning of class in week 4. The coursepack will be unavailable after that time. Outcomes and discussions are based on all student decisions and therefore, extensions are not permitted. Review the Student User Screens, review the User Manuals screen. Watch the videos within the Student User Screens. Review the Pdf in the 'Prepare - How to play' Student User Screen. In the simulation, students play the role of the project manager. Complete the simulation (approximately 45 minutes) and answer the questions provided below. Please see LMS for additional information about the marking scheme and rubric. This assignment must be in proper APA format on a Word document. Answers must be written in full sentences with proper sentence structure and follow proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation rules. Please visit The Write Place for assistance. Please note that Turnitin will be used on all written submissions. This is an individual assignment. use the proper number as indicated in the questions below). In proper APA research paper format, answer the following: 1. What was frustrating and/or difficult in these scenarios? 2 marks Comment on a minimum of three items. How was managing this project different than the first scenario (A from Assignment #1)7? What project management tools and techniques did you use and how were they helpful? 6 marks Comment on a minimum of four tools and techniques. Use a minimum of one peer-reviewed resource to support your comments for each of the four tools and technigues. When you had to make tough trade-offs, what project management strategies did you use to deal with them? 3 marks Describe a minimum of three strategies and use peer-reviewed resources to support your answers. Did you complete your projects successfully? Describe the use of project management strategies, and tools and techniques, that you used (or should have used) to be successful. 4 marks Using a minimum of two peer-reviewed resources. What did you learn most about project management from this experience? 1 mark