HRM 517 – Planning Consideration for the HR Project

Required Resources

Kloppenborg, T. (2019). Contemporary Project Management. (4th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Microsoft Project 2013. Available free for Strayer University students through iCampus. Details on how to download the software are available in the online course shell in the Additional Resources section of the Student Center.

Supplemental Resources

Project Management Institute (2014). Talent Management: Powering Strategic Initiatives in the PMO. Retrieved from http://www.pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/series/talent-management/powering-strategic-initiatives-pmo

Project 2013 Quick Start Guide: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Project-2013-Quick-Start-Guide-1C7A29F9-C0A1-486D-B945-C48CB0091DDB

Society for Human Resource Management (2017). Cultivate a High-Energy Workforce. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/employee-relations/Pages/Cultivate-a-High-Energy-Workforce.aspx

Society for Human Resource Management (2017). 9 HR Tech Trends for 2017. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/0217/pages/9-hr-tech-trends-for-2017.aspx

Society for Human Resource Management (2016). Viewpoint: Teamwork Is a Two-Way Street. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/behavioral-competencies/relationship-management/pages/teamwork-is-a-two-way-street-real-world-relationship-management.aspx

Tangco, R. (n.d.). Project Charter: How Important Is It? Retrieved August 2011, from

https://www.theicpm.com/blog/item/3621-project-charter–how-important-is-it

The Project Management Institute: http://www.pmi.org/

The Society for Human Resource Management: https://www.shrm.org


Assignment 3: Planning Considerations for the HR Project

Worth 145 points

At this point, you’ve organized your HR project team and you are familiar with the importance of leading and managing the project and team. It is now time to plan your project, which happens to be a large and critical part of project management. Project planning tends to be collaborative and integrative in that many factors, such as scope, resourcing, budgeting, and risk need to be considered.

Write a six (6) page paper in which you:

  • Define and discuss scope and scheduling as they each relate to project management and provide a “Statement of Importance” to your project team so they know the relevance of each task.
  • Review the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing listed in the textbook at Section 9.1. and select any four (4) of the skills you consider more critical. Be sure to explain why.
  • Explain to the management team and your project team how you have determined the budget associated with project costs. How are costs aggregated? How would you explain determining cash flow for separate activities? Be specific with your responses.
  • Discuss at least three (3) ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.
  • Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least five (5) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment.

Your assignment must:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Identify the scope of projects and the structure of the accompanying work.
  • Plan the project schedule and resources.
  • Estimate project costs and associated risks associated with each cost.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing human resource projects.
  • Write clearly and concisely about managing human resource projects using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 145

Assignment 3: Planning Considerations for the HR Project

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Define and discuss scope and scheduling as they each relate to project management and provide a “Statement of Importance” to your project team so they know the relevance of each task.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely defined and discussed scope and scheduling as they each relate to project management and provided a “Statement of Importance” to your project team so they know the relevance of each task.

Partially defined and discussed scope and scheduling as they each relate to project management and provided a “Statement of Importance” to your project team so they know the relevance of each task.

Satisfactorily defined and discussed scope and scheduling as they each relate to project management and provided a “Statement of Importance” to your project team so they know the relevance of each task.

Thoroughly defined and discussed scope and scheduling as they each relate to project management and provided a “Statement of Importance” to your project team so they know the relevance of each task.

2. Review the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing listed in the textbook at Section 9.1. and select any four (4) of the skills you consider more critical. Be sure to explain why.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely reviewed the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing listed in the textbook at Section 9.1. and selected any four (4) of the skills considered more critical and explained why.

Partially reviewed the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing listed in the textbook at Section 9.1. and selected any four (4) of the skills considered more critical and explained why.

Satisfactorily reviewed the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing listed in the textbook at Section 9.1. and selected any four (4) of the skills considered more critical and explained why.

Thoroughly reviewed the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing listed in the textbook at Section 9.1. and selected any four (4) of the skills considered more critical and explained why.

3. Explain to the management team and your project team how you have determined the budget associated with project costs. How are costs aggregated? How would you explain determining cash flow for separate activities? Be specific with your responses.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely explained to the management team and project team how you have determined the budget associated with project costs and how costs are aggregated and did not explain determining cash flow for separate activities.

Partially explained to the management team and project team how you have determined the budget associated with project costs and how costs are aggregated and partially explained determining cash flow for separate activities.

Satisfactorily explained to the management team and project team how you have determined the budget associated with project costs and how costs are aggregated and satisfactorily explained determining cash flow for separate activities.

Thoroughly explained to the management team and project team how you have determined the budget associated with project costs and how costs are aggregated and thoroughly explained determining cash flow for separate activities.

4. Discuss at least three (3) ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely discussed at least three (3) ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.

Partially discussed at least three (3) ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.

Satisfactorily discussed at least three (3) ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.

Thoroughly discussed at least three (3) ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.

5. Five (5) References

Weight: 10%

No references provided.

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Clarity and writing mechanics

Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present