Background:
You are a project manager assigned to work with a faculty member at a College. A business case has been approved for the addition of a new "Project Risks and Failures" class in the MBA program. You will be working with the department chair (sponsor), the faculty member who will write the content, and the Division of Online Learning (DOL) who will get the course ready to put in the online system Canvas.
Other functional areas of the organization should be considered as stakeholders as well. For example, consider who will benefit by this new course? Who needs to help students enroll in the course? Who will support the technological needs?
Complete the following project charter:
Project Title: Development of New Online Course Project Start Date: June 1, 2020 Projected Finish Date: September 1, 2020 Project Sponsor: College Department of Management Chair, Robert Clark Project Manager Project Stakeholder(s): Opportunity/Need/Problem Statement The College Department of Management wishes to develop a new course "MGT Project Risks and Failures" to add to its online curricula. It would add value... Project Objectives A management faculty member will work collaboratively with the Division of Online Learning (DOL) to fully develop "MGT Project Risks and Failures" as a ten-week, 40-hour course, following the current quality standards and processes/procedures of the academic department and the DOL. The course will ...... Success Criteria The project will be deemed successful when ...... . Further, all materials must be delivered to the Division of Online Learning The final product must Preliminary Project Scope In Scope 1. Professorial lecture content, assessments and ...... 2. Collaborative effort on the part of. Out of Scope 1. Development of any course materials intended to be delivered for any other courses at Walsh. 2. Development of any course materials for any e-learning platform other than Moodle. 3. Purchase of any new technology, or hiring of any additional resources, to complete the project Assumptions Constraints The DOL will need a minimum 2-week lead time for each of the ten weekly content modules. The faculty member will be freed of any obligations that would constrain his/her ability to deliver material on time and at an acceptable level of quality. Risks High-Level Timeline (Deliverables and milestones) 6/01/2020: First week's materials delivered to Division of Online Learning (DOL). 8/03/2020 Final week's materials (week 10) delivered to DOL. . 8/20/2020 Division of Online Learning completes development of all course materials . 9/01/2020 "MGT Project Risks and Failures" is available for registration purposes for fall 2020. Estimated Budget In addition to existing salary costs for the faculty member and DOL employee(s) Signatures Project Manager: Date: Project Sponsor(s): Date: Project Title: Development of New Online Course Project Start Date: June 1, 2020 Projected Finish Date: September 1, 2020 Project Sponsor: College Department of Management Chair, Robert Clark Project Manager Project Stakeholder(s): Opportunity/Need/Problem Statement The College Department of Management wishes to develop a new course "MGT Project Risks and Failures" to add to its online curricula. It would add value... Project Objectives A management faculty member will work collaboratively with the Division of Online Learning (DOL) to fully develop "MGT Project Risks and Failures" as a ten-week, 40-hour course, following the current quality standards and processes/procedures of the academic department and the DOL. The course will ...... Success Criteria The project will be deemed successful when ...... . Further, all materials must be delivered to the Division of Online Learning The final product must Preliminary Project Scope In Scope 1. Professorial lecture content, assessments and ...... 2. Collaborative effort on the part of. Out of Scope 1. Development of any course materials intended to be delivered for any other courses at Walsh. 2. Development of any course materials for any e-learning platform other than Moodle. 3. Purchase of any new technology, or hiring of any additional resources, to complete the project Assumptions Constraints The DOL will need a minimum 2-week lead time for each of the ten weekly content modules. The faculty member will be freed of any obligations that would constrain his/her ability to deliver material on time and at an acceptable level of quality. Risks High-Level Timeline (Deliverables and milestones) 6/01/2020: First week's materials delivered to Division of Online Learning (DOL). 8/03/2020 Final week's materials (week 10) delivered to DOL. . 8/20/2020 Division of Online Learning completes development of all course materials . 9/01/2020 "MGT Project Risks and Failures" is available for registration purposes for fall 2020. Estimated Budget In addition to existing salary costs for the faculty member and DOL employee(s) Signatures Project Manager: Date: Project Sponsor(s): Date
