Project Management Terms and Concepts

Points: 100
Overview:
This week’s assignment requires you to apply some of the theories you have learned so
far and apply them to a real-world scenario. Successful completion of this activity needs
to demonstrate that you can go beyond defining project management-related terms and
map them to a given concept. You will research a project of your choice and identify
some of the terms and concepts in that project.
Instructions:
• Research an article or a report describing a project that interests you.
• Provide an overview of the project.
• Explain various components of the project, including:
• What qualifies your chosen project as a “project”
• Project objective(s)
• Project manager’s role
• Project sponsor’s role
• Project scope
• Project risk/uncertainty
• Project outcome(s)
• Lessons learned
Requirements:
• Submit a Word document in APA format.
• It should be no more than 4 pages excluding the title and reference pages.
• Reference your article including the URL and at least two other sources.
Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write
and again after you write.
BUS530 – Project Managment
Project Management Terms and Concepts
Evaluation Rubric for Project Management Terms and Concepts Assignment
Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs
Improvement
Deficient
20 points 0 – 11 points
Project
Overview
Project overview
summarizes the
project details.
n/a n/a Project overview
is missing or does
not provide an
adequate
summary.
40 points 32 – 39 points 24 – 31 points 0 – 23 points
Project
Components
All required
components
addressed in full
detail.
All required
components
addressed;
missing some
detail(s).
Most required
components
addressed.
Some or no
requirement
components
addressed.
10 points 0 points
Length No more than 4
pages.
n/a n/a More than 4
pages.
10 points 0 – 5 points
Reference
Materials
At least 3
references
including the
project article with
URL.
n/a n/a Less than 3
references or the
project article is
missing or the
URL for the
project article is
missing.
20 points 16 – 19 points 12 – 15 points 0 – 11 points
Clear and
Professional
Writing and
APA Format
Writing and
format are clear,
professional, APA
compliant and
error free.
Few errors that
do not impede
professional
presentation.
Significant errors
that do not impede
professional
presentation.
Errors impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.