Pdf Busn 420 Final Final Project

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Pdf Busn 420 Final Final Project

Week 7: Final Project

Attached Files:

  • File BUSN 420 Final Project Instructions.pdf
  • File Technology Plug-In T11 Creating Gantt Charts.pdf
  • File BUSN 420 Final Project Grading Rubric.xlsx

Please see this file: Final Project Instructions

for details about your final project. You will be graded according to this rubric: Final Project Grading Rubric

SOLVE A PROBLEM USING A GANTT CHART

Now that you have learned about Gantt charts, it is time to see how valuable they can be when managing a project—any project. Understanding every task (scope), each project member (resource), and required time frames (time) is the most important piece of managing a project. If you can understand these three components (scope, resource, time) and how they impact each other, you can manage most projects.

You are ready to test your project management skills. Select a project of your choice and create a Gantt chart to manage the project using Microsoft Excel. The project can be anything including reorganizing your dorm room, cleaning your car, or even making coffee. It is important that your Gantt chart include all of the following:

1. All tasks associated with completing the project. (Must have at least 15 tasks.)

2. All resources involved in completing the project.

3. All time frames required to complete the project.

Once you have completed your Gantt chart, share it with your family/friends and actually execute the project plan (if timeframe allows). Then answer the following questions:

■ What happened when you discussed/followed the plan?

■ Did everyone understand each task from your description well enough to perform it?

■ Was the amount of time you allowed for each task appropriate?

■ If you could rewrite the plan what would you change and why?

■ How can Gantt charts help you when you begin running real business or ministry projects?

■ What ethical issues might surface when putting processes into a Gantt chart where specific resources are assigned tasks in tight timeframes that are dependent on previous steps? How should a Christian Worldview inform these ethical dilemmas?

Please be brief and keep you responses to these questions to around 400-600 words. As you analyze the above questions, please consult and include at least one peer-reviewed scholarly journal reference to support your conclusions.

The following rubric will be used to grade your submissions: