Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

INTEGRATED PROJECT

Building Your Project Plan

EXERCISE 1—DEVELOPING THE PROJECT NARRATIVE AND GOALS

You have been assigned to a project team to develop a new product or service for your organization. Your challenge is to first decide on the type of product or service you wish to develop. The project choices can be flexible, consisting of options as diverse as construction, new product development, IT implementation, and so forth.

Develop a project scope write-up on the project you have selected. Your team is expected to create a project history, complete with an overview of the project, an identifiable goal or goals (including project targets), the general project management approach to be undertaken, and significant project constraints or potential ...