This Portfolio Project is worth 20% of your overall grade.
Completing this Assessment will help you to meet the following outcomes:
Course Outcome
• Evaluate the overall success of an executed project plan regarding on time, on task and on budget.
Program Outcome
• Recognize management and leadership skills.
Institutional Outcomes
• Information Literacy and Communication – Utilize current technology and resources to locate and evaluate information needed to accomplish a goal, and then communicate findings in visual, written and/or oral formats.
• Thinking Abilities – Employ strategies for reflection on learning and practice in order to adjust learning processes for continual improvement.
• Community and Career – Participate in social, academic, and professional communities for individual growth and to function as a citizen of a multicultural world.
Scenario
You are a student completing an internship with a local construction company, and they have expressed an interest in possibly hiring you after you graduate. In order to gauge your skillset so far, they have asked you to evaluate the One World Trade Center construction project to see how the project went in regards to being on time, on task, and on budget, and to submit a report of your findings and recommendations.
Directions
For this final Portfolio Project, you will evaluate the five project phases (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Control, and Closure) of this construction project. This Portfolio Project will allow you to develop synergistic assessments based on the provided videos, culminating in you sharing your findings/recommendations of each project phase. Additional topic research is highly encouraged using associated articles or videos, such as: One World Trade Center (approx. 60 minutes – opens in a new window).
Throughout this course, there will be discussions and studies on several theories related to Project Management. For this Portfolio Project, you will apply what you learn from the lectures, discussions, and outside resources. This Portfolio Project will be a great piece to highlight in your Course Exhibit file. Remember, evidence such as this in your BSC coursework portfolio is a great tool to demonstrate your knowledge and skills when speaking with potential employers.
Requirements and Formatting
Your Portfolio Project format must be as follows:
• APA formatting
• Title Page
• Times New Roman or Arial 12-point font
• 1-inch margins
• Page numbers in top right corner
Deadline
Deliverable items for the Portfolio Project will be required at different points during the course. Details for each submission are included below in the Deliverable Descriptions.
Deliverable Descriptions
Week 2: Initiating the Project
• Due by the end of Week 2 at 11:59pm, ET.
For this Week 2 section of the final Project Portfolio, you are to view and evaluate this video: One World Trade Center – Engineering an Icon (approx. 9-minutes long – opens in a new window). Additionally, your course lecture introduces all the information associated to Initiating a project, which is what you will focus on this week. A key step in any project, the Initiating process is used to develop a Project Team. Identifying the internal and external stakeholders involved aids with personnel interactions and project influences in determining the decision-making process.
As you view the video, use the chart below to identify the various key personnel that are involved with the Initiating phase of this project. You can add as many lines as you need to add additional members. Really think critically about who you see and what their role is.
Name Role/Company Identify their Project Team responsibility?
Example: John Smith Planner-Smith Co. Headed up the construction equipment dept.
[Enter 1st member] Lead [Enter their role here]
[Enter 2nd member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
[Enter 3rd member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
[Enter 4th member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
[Added member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
[Added member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
Week 3: Planning the Project
• Due by the end of Week 3 at 11:59pm, ET.
Building upon your Week #2 section, this week you are to evaluate this video: The Construction of One World Trade Center (approx. 2 minutes long – opens in a new window). Your course lecture provides detailed information associated to Planning a project, which is your focus this week.
The Planning process includes the Project Objective, and communicating certain functions such as the management plan, scope, WBS, schedule, budget, and risk assessments to the project team and other stakeholders. Remember, effective project integration ripples through the entire project. For this project, evaluate the video and answer the following prompts in a Word essay of at least 250 words:
– What strategic considerations were taken into account when this project was designed, and what purpose do they serve?
– What secondary aspects were also incorporated, and what is their significance?
Week 4: Executing the Project
• Due by the end of Week 4 at 11:59pm, ET.
Your lecture introduces all the elements associated to Executing/Implementing a project. Executing a project consists of the required processes and decisions needed to accomplish the work. This includes project updates, resource variances, and any other unplanned event. For this next component of the project portfolio, view and evaluate this video: World Trade Center Rising (approx. 7 minutes long – opens in a new window).
As you view this video, consider the Executing/Implementation strategies necessary to complete the project, and answer the following prompts in a Word essay of at least 250 words:
– Identify the process elements associated with each of these aspects of the project:
o Directing/managing
o Quality Assurance
o Team management
o Project communication
– Explain what factors were identified that could have had a direct effect on the project with regards to it being on time, on task, and on budget,
Week 5: Monitoring and Controlling the Project
• Due by the end of Week 5 at 11:59pm, ET.
For this week’s Portfolio Project section, view and evaluate this video: Engineering Downtown – World Trade Center Development (approx. 5 mins – opens in a new window). As you have read from the lecture and watched in the video, project Monitoring and Controlling is to identify and regulate the following:
1. Change control
2. Scope analysis
3. Monitor current progress/risks/quality
Based on what you viewed of this project, describe any special Monitoring and Controlling characteristics in place for controlling the scope, cost, or time factors in order to achieve the overall project objectives. This will be submitted as a Word essay of at least 250 words
Week 6: Closing the Project
• Due by the end of Week 6 at 11:59pm, ET.
For this final section of the project portfolio, view and assess this concluding video: 9/11 – 15 Years Later (approx. 9 mins – opens in a new window). This week’s lecture presents the process elements associated with Closing a project, and the deliverables tied to it. These include wrap-up, audits, and evaluations).
When considering the construction process as a whole, and answer the following prompts in a Word essay of at least 250 words:
• Identify what project closure process(es) were most likely used at the end of the overall project.
• Outline additional potential follow-on projects, and their importance to the original.
Week 7: Final Submission to ePortfolio
• Due by the end of Week 7 at 11:59pm, ET.
This week is the final submission of your Portfolio Project. Incorporate instructor feedback, make any additional corrections, and submit to your ePortfolio. Upload your Portfolio Project to the Program Outcome in your ePortfolio listed below. Use the following naming convention: BUSS230 – Portfolio Project:
• Recognize management and leadership skills.
For directions on how to upload your project to your ePortfolio, please see Student Resources in Blackboard on the navigation pane.
Week 7.5: Reflection
• Due by the end of Week 7.5 at 11:59pm, ET.
To close out this Portfolio Project, you will reflect on the project as a whole. This reflection will be delivered orally in the format of a PowerPoint with voiceover, with a total recording length of 2-3 minutes.
For this reflection, consider the entire One World Trade Center construction project and speak to the recommendations you have on how they could have improved the on time, on task, and/or on budget aspects of it.
Upload and submit your final reflection.
Reflection Grading Criteria
PowerPoint:
• Slides are well organized, and the font color, size, and style is easy to read.
• Slides are in bullet-point format and are not written in long paragraphs
• Bullet points highlight main points of the reflection questions
Oral Presentation:
• Student’s voice should be clear and easy to understand
• Student should vary his/her tone of voice and use pauses effectively to place emphasis on important points
• Student should provide additional insight to PowerPoint slides in his/her own words. Student should not read verbatim from the slides.
• Student should avoid non-words (“Um,” “Uh,” “You Know”) and practice using professional language
For specific grading information, please refer to the Portfolio Project Grading Rubric
BUSS230– Portfolio Project Grading Rubric
Criteria Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations Needs Improvement Did Not Meet Expectations Total
Quality of Information
50 points 50 – 46 points
Effectively addresses all topics outlined in the directions with great detail and critical thought. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. 45 – 43 points
Addresses all topics outlined in the directions with good detail but do not build beyond what research is evidenced in paper (no original thought). It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. 42 – 40 points
Addresses all topics outlined in the directions.
Supporting details are vague or factually inaccurate. 39 – 0 points
The topics are not all addressed. It is missing supporting details or examples.
Organization
30 points 30 – 26 points
Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs. Overall flow of paper is well thought out, paragraph transitions are smooth, and sentences are clear throughout the paper. 25 – 22 points
Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. Overall flow of paper is well thought out, paragraph transitions are smooth, and sentences are clear most of the time. 21 – 19 points
Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well constructed. There appears to be some flow, but paragraph transitions are not smooth and sentences are clear some of the time. 18 – 0 points
Information appears to be disorganized. Overall flow of paper is disorganized, and sentences are not clear.
Formatting & Mechanics
20 points
20 – 18 points
No major grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors. (0-2 minor errors). 17 – 15 points
No major errors, some problems with grammar, punctuation, and spelling (3-4 minor errors). 14 – 12 points
One major error with grammar, punctuation, and/or spelling.
(5 – 6 minor errors). 11 – 0 points
Too many errors; detract significantly. Unclear or awkward sentences.
Instructor
Comments: Total Points:
Portfolio Project Reflection Grading Rubric
Criteria Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations Needs Improvement Points
Articulation
60 Points 54-60 points
The student provides a thorough and deep examination of the strategies used to complete the Portfolio Project by addressing specific thinking strategies used and evaluating their effectiveness, thereby demonstrating a clear understanding of the importance of Thinking Abilities. Additionally, the student provides insightful discussion related to the achievement of Program and/or Institutional Outcomes. 42-53 points
The student discusses strategies used to complete the Portfolio Project by addressing specific thinking strategies used in creating the Portfolio Project. The student demonstrates an awareness of the importance of Thinking Abilities. The student addresses Program and/or Institutional Outcomes.
0-41 points
The student may not clearly address thinking strategies involved in the creation of the Portfolio Project, and the discussion related to the importance of reflection may be confused or unclear. The student does not address Program and/or Institutional Outcomes.
Delivery
40 Points 36-40 points
The student is easily understood, does not use words like, “um,” is professional in appearance, and engaging to watch. The presentation flows and the student transitions naturally between ideas. The student makes excellent use of different inflections, appears enthusiastic, speaks in different tones, and appears comfortable throughout the presentation. 28-35 points
The student is easily understood but may make use of words like “um.” The student attempts to use different inflections, changes tone occasionally, varies tone, and appears comfortable throughout the presentation. 0-27 points
The student makes excessive use of words like, “um.” The presentation may be stilted or jarring, and the speaker is monotone throughout. The student appears uncomfortable throughout the presentation.
Instructor Comments: Total Points:
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Bryant & Stratton College
BUSS230: Introduction to Project Management
Insert Instructor’s Name Here
Insert Date Here
Table of Contents
Initiating the Project…………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Planning the Project ……………………………………………………………………………3
Executing the Project …………………………………………………..………………………3
Monitoring and Controlling the Project 4
Closing the Project 4
References 5
Week 2: Creating the Team
Can you identify the various key personnel in the provided video that could make-up a portion of a Project Team associated to Initiating this project in at least a 100-word overview and by completing this Team Organizational Chart?
[Insert Response Here.]
Name Role/Company What was their Project Team responsibility?
[Enter 1st member] Lead [Enter their role here]
[Enter 2nd member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
[Enter 3rd member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
[Enter 4th member] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
[Added members] [Role/Company] [Enter their role here]
Week 3: Planning the Project
In your continuing evaluation of this project, what Planning design parameters inspired the scope in developing the WBS, Schedule, or Budget constraints in at least 200 words?
[Insert Response Here.]
Week 4: Executing the Project
Can you provide potential project Executing management process elements associated with directing/managing project work, Quality Assurance performance, team management practices, or project communications from the video in at least 200-words?
[Insert Response Here.]
Week 5: Monitoring and Controlling the Project
Based on your understanding of the information, can you describe any special Monitoring and Controlling characteristics on controlling the scope, cost, or time factors to achieve the overall project objectives in at least 200-words?
[Insert Response Here.]
Week 6: Closing the Project
Can you identify/describe what was the project closure process most likely used and outline any potential follow-on projects in at least 200-words?
[Insert Response Here.]
References
CBS Sunday Morning. [9/11: 15 years later]. (2016, Sep 11). 9/11: 15 years later. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9eBroSQ6ug
HISTORY. (2016, Aug 24). The Construction of One World Trade Center. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy_so02KBA0
Official HD Documentary. [One World Trade Center]. (2015, Apr 17). One World Trade Center. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9FnJCMtOYs.
The B1M. (2016, Sep 28). World Trade Center Rising. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Emo01ERnc
WSP. [Engineering One World Trade Center]. (2015, Oct 30). One World Trade Center: Engineering an Icon. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgw8-MbCNzU.
WSP. [Engineering Downtown the World Trade Center Development]. (2017, Feb 16). Engineering Downtown – World Trade Center Development. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqOkOnDqnps.