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BUS 517: project managementProject Proposal: Initiating and PlanningOverviewThis is the first of three assignments that, as a whole, will cover all aspects of the project life cycle relevant to your selected project. You will select your project to use throughout the remaining assessments allowing you to build on your project plan from beginning to end.ScenarioYou have been selected to be the Project Manager for a project of your choice. The project you decide to use must be one of a professional nature and must last for at least twelve months. In addition, the project should meet the key criteria of a project, such as:	Has a beginning and an end. (For example, the project begins January 15 and ends at midnight on January 30).	Results in something being delivered to someone (ensuring your end-user agrees with expectations and you deliver those expectations).	Requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project (develop WBS with timelines and deliverables).	Requires resources (e.g., people, materials, training, or tutorials) to complete the workNote: You are prohibited from using projects that can be found on the Internet, including projects found in places like Course Hero. All project submissions are submitted to Safe Assign for review.InstructionsWrite a 2–3 page paper (not counting cover or reference pages) in which you define the scope of your chosen project. In your paper you must:	Provide a brief summary of your chosen project that includes a beginning and an end, results in something being delivered to someone, requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project, and requires resources.	Describe at least three project goals or objectives. All goals or objectives should provide information on how you will confirm whether the goals or objectives can be met.	Describe the key customers and at least two stakeholders for your project. Remember, you are delivering the project to your customers; however, there are others (stakeholders) who have a vested interest in your project.	Describe at least three key milestones and three deliverables for your project and describe what makes them key.	Create a depiction of a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines.	Provide timelines for each milestone and identify potential roadblocks and mitigation efforts. Include rationale for the chosen timeline and potential roadblocks to meeting deadlines.	List each of the project’s key staffing and non-staffing resources needed and their estimated costs along with an estimate for the overall cost of the project. All estimates should reflect current market pricing.	Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.	The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:	Evaluate corporate strategy and the project life cycle phases to define the project and initiate a project plan

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Project Initiating & Planning                                                                      2
Provide a brief summary of your chosen project that includes a beginning and an end, results in something being delivered to someone, requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project, and requires resources.
Summary: 
A project as per the Project Management Institute  (PMI, n.d.) consists of five phases
namely: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Performance and Closing. Project planning
is an important phase whereby the objectives of the project are translated into project
deliverables. The latter can be further broken down into activities which will be
quantified and logically scheduled. A programme of works is a useful output from
the project planning phase for the execution phase. A programme of works (PoW) (Journal, n.d.)is a project management tool which considers primarily, the time aspect of a project. It ensures that the scope of works have been properly understood and that the works can be executed within an allotted time. The PoW is also useful in establishing a work plan as well as for monitoring project progress. As part of this assignment, a Programme of works needs to be developed for a particular project. In the construction industry, roles are clearly defined and normally, the project description and its objectives fall under the responsibility of the Client or his appointed Consultant thereof. The Contractor is responsible for developing and
revising a Programme of works based on his resources, anticipated method of construction and ultimately the pricing strategy. For the purposes of this assignment detailed design will not be undertaken and the project described will be based from experience in similar (Journal, n.d.)projects. The role of the Contractor will be undertaken. Furthermore, the Programme of Works developed will be limited to the execution of the Works only. The methodology adopted is shown in Table 1.
	No.
	Deliverable
	Description
	Project phase
	1
	Project name
	Project definition and
focused area of work.
	Project Initiation
	2
	Project
description
	Describing the project
physical setting and
providing relevant data so
as to enable determination
of resources and duration
of activities. This will
include a site layout to aid
description.
	Project Initiation
	3
	Scope of works
	Detailed description of
works to be undertaken for
execution of project in a
stepwise and logical
manner.
	Project planning
	4
	WBS (Activities
and duration)
	Breakdown of each above
stepwise methodology into
its basic activities
components and
estimation of resources
and duration for each task
identified.
	Project planning
	5
	Programme of
works
	Determining the
interrelationship between
activities and linking above
activities to form the
programme of works in MS
Project.
	Project planning
Describe at least three project goals or objectives. All goals or objectives should provide information on how you will confirm whether the goals or objectives can be met.
Goals & Objective:

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