Project Overview: Outdoor Recreation Unlimited hosts a major sales event at the end of each summer, featuring live music, discounted outdoor clothing and gear displays, food vendors, and various outdoor activities. As the project manager for this year’s event, your task is to efficiently plan and execute the event within a three-month timeframe. You will be leading a team of five interns to ensure the success of the event while demonstrating your project management skills.
Project Scope and Objectives:
- Goal: Execute a successful end-of-summer sales event for Outdoor Recreation Unlimited.
- Scope: Event planning, coordination, and execution.
- Objectives: Maximize retail sales, provide an enjoyable experience for attendees, and showcase the company’s brand.
Executive Summary: (5) Concise Overview of the project
Cost Estimates: (6) Includes cost estimates for the project. While there is an unlimited budget, ensure costs do not surpass $30,000, based on past years’ expenditures.
Milestones and Timeline: (7) Identify major milestones for the project and develop a timeline outlining key tasks and deadlines leading up to the event.
Quality Assurance and Risk Management (6) Implement measures to ensure the quality of the event and develop a brief risk management plan to identify and mitigate potential challenges along the way.
Team Management: (7) Outline strategies for managing and leading the team of five interns. Define roles and responsibilities to ensure a collaborative and efficient work environment.
Project Status Reporting: (7) Establish a reporting mechanism for regularly updating stakeholders on the project’s status, be sure to include key metrics, accomplishments, and challenges.
Project Success Measurement: (7) Define criteria for measuring the success of the project. Consider factors such as sales figures, attendee satisfaction, and overall event execution. Include your event evaluation criteria.
Conclusion and Wrap-up: (5) This is a wrap up of your overall project plan, and why this will be a success.
Your assignment will be evaluated based on the thoroughness of your cost estimates, the realism of your milestones and timeline, the effectiveness of your quality assurance and risk management strategies, the clarity of your team management plan, the comprehensiveness of your project status reporting, and the appropriateness of your project success measurement criteria. It should be organized by including an APA formatted title page and reference page and using subject headings. Up to 10 points may be deducted from your grade if the overall organization of the assignment is not up to MBA standards