ASSESSMENT - Project Proposal

Instructions: You are required to complete and submit assignment work in groups of 3-5 students.

This is the first of three formal assessments: The Project Proposal, which consists of a Project Charter.

Guidelines:

The Project Charter should explain the background of the organisation where this project will be carried out, the objectives of the project and the importance of this project to the organisation.

The Charter includes a Business Case, Milestone schedule, as well as any major or anticipated Risks with this project if known at this stage.

The project must be of commercial consequence which demands a Return on -Investment (R01) analysis, and could be from one of the following categories depending on the type of business a student is involved in:

an organisational project that a student is involved in as the organisation's mainline of business to manage projects for your organisation or on behalf of others

an activity that a student is convinced would benefit from being handled as a project

an activity in which a student was involved in the past that was not carried out as a project, but one which you believe would have been managed better as a project. If you use this option you should describe how you would execute this activity now using the knowledge gained through this unit.

The Project should NOT be:

- a we ding event project developing an App
- the implementation of a change management initiative
- a Not-for-Profit event
- the establishment of a restaurant
- a farewell event

The maximum word length for this assignment is 2,000 words, excluding words used in any charts, templates, forms or diagrams that you have used to apply the knowlwdge areas.