Portfolio Project Option #2 utilizes a project scheduling software application to develop a project schedule for a construction project. This week’s assignment builds on the two Portfolio Milestones in Weeks 4 and 6. This week you will write a Discussion and Conclusion by doing the following:
- Submit the improved version of the as-planned (baseline) schedule (you improve the as-planned schedule based on the feedback received from your instructor on previous portfolio milestone submissions), and in half a page, describe the as-planned schedule and describe the project’s critical path to explain how you arrived at the projected completion date.
- Then provide a .pdf version of an updated schedule about the midway point of the schedule. This updated schedule should show that your project is behind schedule. Your updated schedule must show that a minimum of three critical and five near- and/or non-critical activities are behind schedule. (Highlight these activities or make some notes on the schedule to identify these activities.) To update your schedule, you need to assign actual start/finish dates or activity percent completes to completed or in-progress activities. It is up to you to decide how far the project has progressed.
- Provide a minimum of a page to discuss what could be done differently to prevent delays from occurring and explain how the schedule can help find the best strategies to complete the project as soon as practically feasible.
- In identifying delay-preventing strategies, consider discussing strategies that focus on effective planning and scheduling techniques, evaluating productivity, project monitoring and controlling, and effective financial management.
Submission requirements:
- References: Incorporate your textbook plus at least three of the recommended readings for the course. In addition to those four sources, include another three references not used as readings in this course. These outside references must be peer-reviewed and current scholarly articles published in the last five years. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find your sources. This means there is a minimum of seven sources required.
- Be sure to visit the Library’s Project Management Resource Guide.
- Incorporate any constructive feedback provided by your instructor in Weeks 4 and 6.
- Format your entire paper according to the CSU Global Writing Center.
- Properly organize your writing and include an introduction, headings/subheadings for the body of your work, discussion recommendations, and a conclusion.