The next step is to create a Course Project Report for senior leadership, because they want to understand your efforts, especially as it relates to the organization’s overall strategy. When completing each of the following sections, assume you have completed the project and project deliverable. The deliverable is worth 100 points.
The main focus of the report is to incorporate the project assignments you completed into a comprehensive document. In addition to the sections that discuss work you completed in previous weeks, there are additional sections that require your reflection and project management expertise.
Section I: Executive Overview (one half to three quarters of a page)
Describe the project, including the intended project deliverables.
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Discuss how your project meets needs of the organization and how the project is aligned to the business’ strategic objectives.
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Use your project charter to help you explain your position.
Section II: Project Management Discipline Alignment (No more than one page)
Explain how your project work aligns with modern project management disciplines. Focus on how all project work is integrated to understand the overall impact of a project.
Section III: Effects of Sociocultural Factors (No more than one page)
Identify and define sociocultural factors in your project. Describe the benefits and challenges working with individuals from different backgrounds (educational level, language, nationality, religion, ethnicity, culture, ethics, etc.).
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Include how the sociocultural factors you identified might dictate your ethical and social responsiveness actions as it relates to the effectiveness of your project.
Section IV: Leadership and Professional Conduct (No more than two pages)
Research and describe a leadership style you would use in your project. Include how you motivate team members to deliver a competitive advantage with the completed project.
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Make sure you take into account the organizational structure and the RAM/RACI efforts you conducted to help you determine the best approach.
In addition to the leadership you have learned throughout your project efforts and studies in this course, there is a need for professional accountability by the project manager.
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Describe specifically the professional conduct and accountability necessary for your project to be successful.
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Make sure you focus on the role of the project manager, the project team, and stakeholders.
Section V: Conclusion (No more than three quarters to one page)
Conclude your report by discussing the lessons learned for the project.
· Identify the top three lessons learned as it relates to your project.
· Include any strengths identified and areas for improvement for future projects similar to your project.
· Make sure you explain what you would do differently in the next project and what you would continue to do.
· Lastly explain how the project you developed is in alignment with organizational strategy specifically addressing how your use of advanced, integrated, and applied understanding of project management created and delivered value.
Course Project Report Instructions
· The Course Project Report should follow APA guidelines for the body of your paper and references.
· Include a title page in APA format that contains the following required information.
· Name of your project
· Student name
· Course name (i.e., PROJ586 Project Management Systems)
· Instructor name
· Due date
· Table of Contents
· Each of the sections
· References
· Appendix
· Report Content (each of the five sections)
· Section I: Executive Overview
· Section II: Project Management Discipline Alignment
· Section III: Effects of Sociocultural Factors
· Section IV: Leadership and Professional Conduct
· Section V: Conclusion
· References
· Appendix
(Make sure you add a title for each item. You already created each item, so it is just a matter of labeling them and making sure the information is in the Table of Contents under the Appendix section.)
· Project Charter
· Scope Statement
· WBS (cut and paste in document if necessary)
· Project Schedule (cut and paste content; using an image might be less complicated)
· Communications Management Plan
· RAM or RACI matrix (use whichever tool you created for the Week 2 Assignment)
