Assessment 2: Compare and contrast two project papers

The purpose of this assignment is for you to analytically consider two project papers on project management (two from one of the four project management journals, or one from one of the four project management journals and another from a journal of your discipline). Ideally, this should come from Assessment 1. You will contrast and compare the main themes, arguments, theoretical foundations (if specified), theoretical claims or empirical findings, and conclusions in these papers from a project management fundamentals perspective related to themes in this course. Your paper should, as a minimum, clearly discuss:

• Identify central problem(s) or issue(s) in the two readings
• Provide a concise discussion of how the authors in the two documents consider the problem(s) or issue(s) in similar or different ways
• Consider if the problem(s) or issue(s) appear to require further research or consideration; if so, in what ways, if not, why not
• Discuss why the similarities or differences are relevant to course themes, perspectives, and/or issues

Please followAPA 7th style conventionsfor your paper and for your references/citations. Your essay-based paper should be approximately 1000-1500 words in length, excluding references and appendixes. As a guide, you're expected to reference about 10-20 relevant, primary sources of information including peer reviewed, to support your arguments; seeUnderstanding what information you need.

When conducting your contrasting and comparing of the papers, you'll be expected to establishstructural alignment, read chapter 11:Analogical Reasoning by Gentner & Maravilla.

It's also recommended that you review Monash University'sLearn HQwebsiteand readToulmin's model of argumentationin the Handbook of Argumentation Theory.