Considering this project topic, IMPROVING THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF QUEBEC'S WATER SECTOR

Submission requirements

Submit a Powerpoint presentation of about 15 - 20 slides plus a title slide.

Module 3 Propose Draft Project

• No matter what you have been told in other courses, here you are NOT presenting to entertain; you are presenting to inform!
• Each slide must be sufficiently descriptive,
  • Please use bullet points for text.
  • Provide captions for any pictures, images or graphs.
• In addition, submit a MS Project file with WBS and schedule including 30 - 35 Major Activities as appropriate.
  • You may group the Activities into (say) half a dozen groups; the groups may be defined with Nouns.
  • The Activities must be defined with VERBS. No 'ing words' or nouns, please.

General guidance

• This report constitutes the project's preliminary business case.Provide preliminary information about your project, including research completed so far.
• You need to know enough about the technical requirements to have a conversation with the 'experts'.
• You are expected to 'speak the language of Finance' in order to justify your project.
• Your presentation MUST include suitable references which the instructor can independently verify. Cite them on each slide, please.
• The presentation must stand-alone. Details must be similar to the MS Project File details.

Detailed Requirements - Powerpoint presentation

One or more slides for each of the following items, minimum 13 slides

• Executive Summary: Summarize the entire presentation on one page (or two). The categories in the Business Model Canvas (Module 3) could be an Executive Summary.
• Project Changes: as provided by instructor (or live client) in previous feedback and meetings
• Company description: the organization completing the project
• Industry description: industry in which the organization operates
• Project Objectives
  • Innovation: What is the product,
  • service
  • technology or process to be created and delivered?
  • Marketing: How will the outcome of the project meet market needs, and how will the project be communicated?
• Expected Benefits upon and after project completion
  • Economic value
  • Social benefit
  • Environmental accountability
• Preliminary project cash flows, to the extent they are available so far
• Preliminary stakeholder register
  • Primary stakeholders in your project
  • Their potential needs
  • What you require from them
• Required resources for the project
  • People: including how many, and
  • what roles they perform (include approval roles)
  • Property, plant & equipment: all physical requirements
  • Time
  • Funding
• Preliminary description of any technology to be purchased, built or applied
  • Buildings,
  • structures,
  • equipment,
  • machinery,
  • software & hardware, etc.
• Work Breakdown Structure and Schedule
  • This can be shown as a Table with the WBS summary tasks from your MS Project file
  • Use verbs to describe your summary tasks, please