Scenario

The Project Manager for GDS is ready to prepare documentation for the closing phase of the project. You are chosen to assist the project manager with preparation of documents and reports for this phase. You are responsible for creating an Executive Summary to present to GDS Senior Management and identifying reports that will be most useful to the project team and stakeholders across the project lifecycle, including closing reports, tools and techniques to remediate slippage within the project schedule.

Instructions

Using aWord document,analyze the various project reports provided inMS Project Softwaredeemed most useful to useacross the project lifecycle. Creeate anExecutive Summary with high-level details of the project to present to GDS Senior Management.

• Provide a brief explanation of why each report is important to the performance of the project.
• UsingMicrosoft Project, create theSlippage Reportby selecting the "In Progress" tab under "Reports." Explain three strategies that could help get the project back on track.
• Creaate anExecutive Summaryto present to GDS Senior Management.

Your Executive Summary should be 2-3 paages in length, written withprofessional language, and use proper spelling/grammar.

** Please do the Slippage Report in Microsoft Excel**

Professor said: ( So I with the expectation would be that you are looking in EBSCO or Google Scholar at examples of project schedules and entering that information entering that slippage and detailing out that slippage utilizing Microsoft Excel.)