Create a project management plan (PMP) baseline
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In this assignment, you will create a project management plan (PMP) baseline, which includes a scope (including a WBS), a project schedule, and a project budget. This assignment will be divided into four major elements, along with their individual elements.
For your assignment,
Develop the scope document in MS Word. The scope document should:
Create a scope description consistent with the authority granted in the project charter.
List the project deliverables that will enable resolution of the current problems in the current logistics operation.
Outline the acceptance criteria for each deliverable.
Establish the project’s limitations or boundaries.
Summarize the change control process that will be used during the project.
Create an indented WBS for five to 10 intermediate tasks using ProjectLibre.
Include within each intermediate task two to three sub tasks. Review the ProjectLibre DemoLinks to an external site. video for additional help using ProjectLibre.Note: Save your WBS in ProjectLibre.
Develop a project schedule using the WBS you have already created as the starting point. This should be completed using ProjectLibre. The project will start February of Year 0, and should finish in December.Note: Save your project schedule, including the Gantt chart, in ProjectLibre.
The project schedule should:
Start on February 1st and complete before December 31st of the year you are taking this class. That will be Year 0.
Identify the precursor activities as necessary.
Sequence the activities.
Indicate a single start and end date for each task.
Create a project budget. You may create the budget in ProjectLibre or in MS Excel.
If you choose MS Excel:
Copy your work in ProjectLibre to MS Excel:
Put the cursor in the upper-left box to darken all the columns, use “CTRL C” to copy the ProjectLibre content, and then paste into MS Excel.
Add another column for budget. Assign a budget to each task. You have full discretion to develop the budget subject to the following guidelines:
The total budget may not exceed $100,000.
Each task must be assigned a budget.
If you choose ProjectLibre:
You have full discretion to develop the budget subject to the following guidelines:
The total budget may not exceed $100,000.
Each task must be assigned a budget.
You may submit the project schedule and the resource breakdown structure separately if you choose.
Note: Save all your ProjectLibre work in a PDF. You may also save the project WBS and schedule from ProjectLibre in a PDF file, and save the budget in MS Excel. Save the project schedule and budget in ProjectLibre and MS Excel, as you will use this information for your Week 3 assignment.
For Week 2, submit the scope MS Word document to Waypoint. Additionally, submit the WBS, project schedule, and budget from ProjectLibre in a PDF, or the WBS and Project Schedule from ProjectLibre in a PDF, and the budget in a MS Excel document to Waypoint.
The Project Management Plan Baselines paper
Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references and appendixes). Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper (this should be titled, Project Management Plan – Scope).
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
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