Assignment 4: Project Presentation

Due Week 10 and worth 300 points

In order to complete this assignment, you will consolidate the
previous three (3) writing assignments into a PowerPoint Presentation.

Your project is now in its closing stage. You are ready to present a
final report to your major stakeholders, and deliver the project to the
client/customer.

Develop a closing process PowerPoint presentation. Your PowerPoint
presentation must have speaker notes and these speaker notes must be
written as if you were presenting this project to your stakeholders. A template is
provided for your use. You can modify the template based on your
professor’s instructions. Do not omit any information from the template
because the information aligns with the rubric.

PowerPoint Resources

• Review the videos in the lynda.com playlist “Creating a Presentation in PowerPoint 2013”, located at http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/3a6dbf0365fc469580e3a974705a8f8d?org=strayer.edu, for tips on getting started using PowerPoint.
• Review the “Death by PowerPoint” presentation, located at http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint, for tips on effectively creating engaging presentations.

Prepare a twelve to fifteen (12-15) slide presentation in which you:

1. Identify the project objectives, and conclude how the project team has met each of the identified objectives.
2. Discuss how having a project charter contributed to the success of your project.
3. Identify the stakeholders, and describe how stakeholders’ analysis has assisted in a smooth management of the project.
4. Analyze the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) created, along with the explanation for each task.
5. Present the project plan / network created, and make sure that critical path is properly depicted.
6. Describe the techniques of reducing project duration, and describe if any such techniques are used for your project.
7. Describe the project communication plan used for the project.
8. Describe the main assumptions and exclusions (taken from scope
   statement), dependencies, or any other major issues of the project.
   Explain how they have been handled.
9. Distinguish the scope, time, and cost constraints.
10. Compile a list of six (6) best practices arising from this project’s lessons learned.
11. Recommend methods to avoid similar obstacles in future projects.
12. Compose a list of next steps with the assumption that there is a need to create another phase for this project.
13. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Use the PowerPoint presentation template that
       can be found in the online course shell. Your professor will inform you
       if the template can be modified. If you need more than the maximum
       allotted number of slides for your presentation, contact your professor
       for the approval.
    2. Include a Title Slide which contains the title of the assignment,
       the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
       date. The Reference Slide must follow APA format. A minimum of three (3)
       references are required. The Title Slide and Reference Slide are not
       included in the required page length.
    3. Create Speaker Notes to accompany each slide that emphasize and
       embellish the key points to the stakeholders. Please be clear and
       thorough as if you are actually presenting.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate and assess the best practices used when outsourcing project work.
• Develop a process for measuring the progress of a project, providing
  oversight, coordinating project closure, and determining project
  effectiveness.
• Develop a project network to implement the project plan, manage projects effectively, and complete required resource allocation.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in project management.
• Write clearly and concisely about project management using proper writing mechanics.