The purpose of this assessment is for you to refine your thoughts by writing a basic story (or abstract) on a proposed project issue - otherwise, called problem framing. See Become a Better Problem Solver by Telling Better Stories. The story should be about 200 words highlighting a) an overarching question - a quest - that will lead to a solution, and b) a concise frame that tells a coherent story. Your quest should include:

 

• A hero - the main protagonist
   
• A treasure - the hero's aspiration
• A dragon - the chief obstacle

Integrated, these three elements define the problem, which takes the form, How may [the hero] get [the treasure], given [the dragon]? A real-life example of a project quest might look like this: How can we as an organization develop shared leadership practices to achieve project success, given our dispersed teams across time and geographical zones? Or, you can explain a project issue from a journal paper. What's more, it's important that you also coherently explain:

 

• Why your quest or the project issue is important to project management, supported by the literature
   
• Your approach to find a potential solution to your quest, supported by the literature
   
• Your key message

You'll need to support your story from a journal paper(s) correctly referenced (APA 7th edition) from one of the four project management journals listed below. Other journal papers can come from outside of the project management discipline as long as they are related to your proposed project issue andapproved by an instructor.

 

• International Journal of Project Management
• Project Management Journal
• International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
• Project Leadership and Society