MASY1-GC1250 – Project Management in the Information Age – Fall 2020 Team Simulation Project – Individual Project Management Plan

The Master Project Management Plan which will accompany your team’s Written Report will be composed of project management plans for different knowledge areas selected by members of your team. Each individual team member will be responsible for creating one plan. The plan submitted will be graded as an individual, rather than a team assignment. The basis for deciding which knowledge areas are selected and which team member writes which plan will be left to each team to determine. It will NOT be permissible for more than one team member to submit plans for the same knowledge area!

The individual project management plans should accurately reflect content included in previous phases of the team project, including the Written Report. Grades for the Written Report and the individual project management plans will reflect the degree of integration and agreement.

Your plan should include the information listed below:

• Introduction – Describe what the plan is and which project it is for.

• Goals – Describe the purpose of the plan

• Objectives – Describe how you will achieve the goals of the plan.

• Roles and Responsibilities – List the hypothetical roles which will be involved in creating and executing the plan (Just focus on the roles with respect to activities related to the knowledge area the plan is expected to cover here – nothing else.). The other usual rules apply: You may describe them as abstract roles or invent the names of people who will fill those roles. For each role, a list of the responsibilities attached to that role should also be provided.

• Deliverables – What, if any, materials and outputs will be created by this plan? List and describe them. Remember: you are considering this from the vantage point of being at the planning stage, NOT actually executing the project.

• For each planning process associated with the knowledge area covered by your plan (as described in class and PMBOK), describe how the process will be handled for the project. You should also list and describe the inputs, tools and techniques and outputs of the process.

Your plan should be written in a narrative format, providing ample description within each section. It is not sufficient to simply provide a series of bulleted lists of materials! There is no length constraint, but plans do not have to be long!

Notes:

• All plans should include a cover page listing the project name and plan name. It should also include the name of your team, the course name, and the date submitted.

• Plan submissions do NOT follow the same rules as individual written assignments for this course. Document content does NOT have to be double-spaced, nor does it have to be displayed in Times Roman 12-point font. This supersedes any directives to the contrary in the course syllabus.

• Students should strive to make their plans a professional-caliber document in terms of its language, formatting and presentation of information. You may consult the instructor if you have any questions or concerns about this.

• Students will find sample plans which were submitted in past course sections in the Sample Project Management Plans folder in the NYU Classes site Resources area. Some of these plans were based on an earlier edition of PMBOK! Yours must be aligned with PMBOK’s 6th edition!

Each student should upload his or her individual project management plan to the designated area in NYU Classes by 11:55 PM on Thursday, November 19th.