This assessment is designed to assess technical skills in communicating project status effectively to different stakeholders. Students are expected to work individually on a small new case project under $$1$million and to come up with some creative and innovative ideas. Students are expected to provide a unique project scenario.

Students are required to prepare supporting documents, power point presentation slides that includes adequate information about the project case and present their report $($verbal presentation$)$ regarding the project status.

While the main marked assessment requires power point slides and verbal presentation, students should demonstrate a clear understanding, and high$-$level project management skills. Students need to submit supporting documents and presentation file prior to the submission date in Assessment $3$ Canvas submission space. Details of the supporting documents are as follows:

Project Scope Statement

WBS structure $($minimum of three levels$)$

Work packages

WBS dictionary $($minimum $3$ detailed$)$

Graphical and outline format of WBS

Control $($cost$)$ accounts

Scope Validation and control

Scope change control

Project network

Gantt Chart

Critical path$($s$)$

Estimated Activity Costs

PERT analysis

The probability of finishing the project $10\%$ earlier than the original CPM duration

Time$-$ phased budget

Development of an Earned Value Cost$/$Schedule System

Earned Value Analysis $($EVA$)$

Forecasting $($ETC$,$ EAC$)$

CV$,$ SV$,$ CPI, SPI, BAC