BUS 633 WEEK 1 ASSIGMENT

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

• Read Chapters 3 and 5 of the course textbook, Contemporary Project Management.
• Carefully review the document, Project Management Case Study—Logistics Service Improvement Project.
• Watch Michael Porter: Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems (Links to an external site.).

Using the project management case study, develop a project charter (use headings) of three to four pages (no more than four pages). In addition to the course textbook, research two additional resources. In your charter,

• Summarize the project’s scope and limitations.
• Propose a business case for the project.
  • Address how the project will enable the corporate strategy.
  • Address how the project will apply corporate social responsibility (CSR) values.
  • Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) for the project business case. (Use Microsoft Excel to derive the NPV assuming the data below—submit an Excel spreadsheet as an appendix:
    • Purchase price of $400,000.
    • One-time project costs total of $100,000 spent in Year 0.
    • Net benefits after taxes of $150,000 per year for five years.
    • Salvage value for Year 6 and beyond of $400,000.)
  • Summarize your results of NPV in the paper and refer to the Appendix.
• Develop a milestone schedule that includes five to seven elements
  • Use the case study to derive the milestones. If the case is lacking, feel free to include a solution or milestone that you think Walmart would value.
• Predict the risks, threats, and opportunities of the project.
• Outline resources needed for the project.
• Develop your plan to form a high-performing project team.
• Identify five important groups of stakeholders.

The Project Charter Development paper

• Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.).
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

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