The Martian $(2015)-$ An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Note that while the movies may not be $100\%$ accurate$/$realistic regarding the details and possibilities, please use them as factual for our learning purposes.

Grading for each of the five knowledge areas

$1.$ Describe what the characters did to demonstrate the project management concepts $($be specific$).$ Use headers to separate the five knowledge areas. $(4$ marks each$)$

$2.$ Critically evaluate how they performed in those areas. What worked $$ what could have gone better? $(4$ marks each$)$

$3.$ Finally, provide an overall summary that evaluates their entire project plan in its totality. $(8$ marks$)$

Choose $5$ of the Project Management knowledge areas below and relate them to the grading criteria above as it pertains to your selected movie. Be sure to check out the rubric attached.

$1.$ ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE $-$ what was the project structure from a project management perspective? Identify the functional areas of this project and the contributions that needed to be made. Identify people, groups or organizations that could impact or be impacted by the project. Analyze stakeholder expectations and their impact on the project.

$2.$ DEFINING THE PROJECT $($SCOPE$)$ define the project using a Project Scope Checklist. Include limitations and items excluded from the project. Discuss the various stages of the project from a project management perspective.

$3.$ WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE $$ identify all tasks that need to be completed for the project to be successful and discuss the timing, sequencing and dependency of each.

$4.$ RESOURCES MANAGEMENT $($TIME AND MATERIALS$)$ where and how were materials procured? Identify restraints on materials. What was the time available to complete this project and identify events that affected timing.

$5.$ TASK RESPONSIBILITY MATRIX $$ for all major tasks, identify who was responsible for their completion, who was responsible for supporting. Identify also any conflicts and how they were addressed.

$6.$ COMMUNICATION PLAN $$ identify who needed to know what information, with what frequency and what method of communication was used. Identify ant challenges in the communication plan.

$7.$ MANAGING EFFECTIVE PROJECT TEAMS $$ there is a clear hierarchy in the movies, but the projects required more than just a series of orders. Describe the techniques used to build an effective project team and discuss $($good or bad$)$ how successful they were.

$8.$ PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT $$ what is the definition of success for this project? As it progressed through its various tasks and stages, how was performance measured. How did the project team deal with setbacks?

$9.$ RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN $$ an integral part of any project since things almost never go as planned. What risks were involved in this project? What was the likelihood of them occurring? What were the potential impacts? What was the plan for handling each risk?

$10.$ PROJECT CLOSURE $$ characterize the type of project closure and determine if there was customer acceptance. Evaluate team and individual performances. What resources were released. In the final evaluation of the project $$ was it a success or not? Can the learnings be transferred to future projects?