Assignment

You are now ready to determine the project life cycle for your project portfolio management (PPM) software tool implementation. Using your knowledge of the project management life cycle, prepare a PowerPoint presentation for your project manager colleagues and your manager. The presentation will cover the project life cycle for the PPM software tool implementation and the major activities within each life cycle element.

The PowerPoint presentation should contain 10-13 slides, which includes a title slide and at least 1 reference slide. The task content of the project life cycle for your project will be comprised of at least 7 slides. These content slides should contain at least 150 words of speaker notes per slide.

Use your course materials, textbook, and Web resources to determine the project life cycle elements and the major activities for a software implementation project. For each project life cycle element, list at least 2 primary tasks related to the PPM implementation project. The presentation should be formatted according to the following:

• Slide 1: Title slide

o This contains your topic title, your name, and the course.

• Slide 2: Introduction slide

o Remember that you are the project manager and are presenting this information to other project managers and your manager. Acknowledge the audience, and mention the purpose of the presentation.

o This slide should contain at least 150 words of speaker notes.

• Slides 3-9 (or more): Content slides

o Discuss the project management life cycle with your PPM software implementation project.
o Each life cycle element should have at least 2 major activities or tasks of the software implementation project.
o The slides should contain at least 150 words of speaker notes.

• Final slide(s): Reference slide(s)

o List your references according to the APA style.