Assignment 4: Communication and Risk

Due Week 8 and worth 75 points

In this assignment you are to submit the PowerPoint Presentation for the term paper. This is the first part of your term paper submission. Part A is a persuasive PowerPoint presentation of up to 15 slides that you will present to the Executive Committee of Fiction Corporation. Use the Notes Section of PowerPoint to give a brief overview of each slide.

The PowerPoint presentation must include the following:

1. Introduction: project name, a brief description of the project, and deliverables of the project.
2. Project organization: organizational charts and project responsibilities.
3. Management and technical approaches: management objectives, Project controls, Project staffing, Technical processes.
4. Work to perform: major work packages and deliverables.
5. Project schedule: summary schedule.
6. Project budget: summary budget.
7. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Note: You will be graded on the quality of your slides, the logic/organization of the slides, your language skills, and your writing skills.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the knowledge and processes areas of project management in accordance to the Project Management Institute Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide.
• Evaluate the different cost management factors in an IT project management context.
• Identify how project management improves the success of information technology projects.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in IT project management.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in IT project management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.