Project Procurement Process Paper
Based on either your personal project experience or your research, select a project.
In 5-7 page research paper formatted in APA style:
- Describe your project,
- Apply the PMBOK's 3 processes of project procurement to your project, and
- Analyze the positive and negative aspects of project procurement as applied to your project.
Remember, this is a research project so outside research via the UMUC Library or other scholarly sources (i.e., not PMP review materials) is required.
Each individual paper must be uploaded to the applicable Assignment Folder on or before the due date indicated in the Classroom to avoid a late individual assignment penalty of five (5) points.
Levels of performance will be assessed as excellent, very good, good, fair, or failure. For informational purposes, the following descriptions of the levels include attributes considered when assessing performance. Note, however, that any unresolved instance of plagiarism is grounds for an automatic "0" score for that paper.
- Research includes at least three relevant reference sources from the UMUC Library or other outside sources. Three relevant sources from the course materials are also cited.
- Student links the individual assignment to content described in the course materials.
- The individual assignment provides evidence that the student has read and considered a substantial number of sources in writing the individual paper.
- Ideas are expressed in a clear and coherent manner using good grammar, proper APA style, and appropriate citations.
- Student makes use of appropriate and relevant charts, tables, or diagrams to reinforce the student's research or ideas, but such graphics do not dominate the individual assignment.
- The length of the paper does not deviate from the required page length or word count range of the individual assignment. APA-style requirements for formatting the structure of the individual assignment, such as a cover page, abstract, and references are not calculated as a part of the length of the individual assignment.
- The individual assignment is formatted according to APA-style-including cover, citations, references, etc. with a few minor deviations.