Category: Writing

Overview
This is the first of three assignments that, as a whole, will cover all aspects of the project life cycle relevant to your selected project. You will select your project to use throughout the remaining assessments allowing you to build on your project plan from beginning to end.
Scenario
You have been selected to be the Project Manager for a project of your choice. The project you decide to use must be one of a professional nature and must last for at least twelve months. In addition, the project should meet the key criteria of a project, such as:
Has a beginning and an end. (For example, the project begins on January 15 and ends at midnight on January 30).
Results in something being delivered to someone (ensuring your end-user agrees with expectations and you deliver those expectations).
Requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project (develop WBS with timelines and deliverables).
Requires resources (e.g., people, materials, training, or tutorials) to complete the work.
Note: You are prohibited from using projects that can be found on the Internet, including projects found in places like CourseHero. All project submissions are submitted to SafeAssign for review.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you define the scope of your chosen project. In your paper you must:
Provide a brief summary of your chosen project that includes a beginning and an end, results in something being delivered to someone requires a series of activities that must be done to complete the project and requires resources.
Describe at least three project goals or objectives. All goals or objectives should provide information on how you will confirm whether the goals or objectives can be met.
Describe the key customers and at least two stakeholders for your project. Remember, you are delivering the project to your customers; however, there are others (stakeholders) who have a vested interest in your project.
Describe at least three key milestones and three deliverables for your project and describe what makes them key.
Create a depiction of a high-level timeline that includes key tasks and deadlines.
Provide timelines for each milestone and identify potential roadblocks and mitigation efforts. Include rationale for the chosen timeline and potential roadblocks to meeting deadlines.
List each of the project’s key staffing and non-staffing resources needed and their estimated costs along with an estimate for the overall cost of the project. All estimates should reflect current market pricing.
Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Evaluate corporate strategy and the project life cycle phases to define the project and initiate a project
my topic. My community health education fair planning stands out. At this event, poor community members could receive life-saving screenings, learn about preventative care, and connect with local resources. To carry off this event, healthcare practitioners, community groups, and volunteers must collaborate.
The health fair’s planning and implementation yielded many benefits. First, I gave each team member tasks that played to their strengths to ensure everyone was on the same page. We used sponsorships and donations to fund venue rental, consumables, and promotional materials on a tight budget. Effective marketing and outreach activities attracted a varied audience to the event, encouraging community engagement and participation. As with any project, we came into issues. Since we overestimated job durations, we had to scurry at the last minute to meet deadlines. Second, communication and scheduling issues made it hard to coordinate with food and equipment vendors. Finally, even with careful planning, last-minute changes were needed due to weather issues on the event day.

Essay assignment grading rubric
The final essay has a focus on a subset (your choice!) of the information and ideas covered in the reading and discussions – the topic that interests you. Use the Reading Reflections you have already written as notes or a rough draft for components of the essay. First outlinewhat you want to cover (thesis, logical order of topics, conclusion), select the components that fit into that outline, find additional information source materials, organize the components into a narrative, and then revise the writing. In other words, do not just string together what you already wrote. Treat your reading reflections as potential ingredients that you might or might not use in the recipe of your essay. Examples of topics for your essay
climate change and biodiversity [marine, terrestrial, tropical, arctic, forests…]
climate change and sea level change, coastal communities
climate change and the food system / agriculture [global, subsitence, agribusiness, livestock…}
climate justice (this is broad, so narrow even further]
decarbonizing the energy system
pathways to sustainability
For each of these topics you can find one or more chapters from each of the 3 main books that focus on the topic. Don’t forget the lecture slides and their links as additional sources of information. We also watched videos specifically related to these topics and you can draw on those as a source.
This essay should be in the form of a semi-formal paper(not a scientific paper or literature review), such as a blog or web page, or even a lesson plan, meant to inform others about what you think are the most urgent lessons, key take-aways, and recommendations you have received and given in this class. It does not have to cover EVERY topic from the class, it should be selective based on your interests.
A sample structure would be: Paragraph 1) Introduction to topic and three themes (subtopics); Para 2-4) 1st theme (using three paragraphs to cover three aspects); Para 5-7) 2dn theme; Para 8-10 3rd theme; Para 11 Conclusion (summary). (This is just an example. You can use any structure that works. For example you might want less detail on your themes but multiple paragraphs for your ‘conclusion’ that includes take-aways and recommendations.)
What this assignment is not: it is not a research “term paper,” it is not just throwing together what you already wrote in Reading Reflections. What this assignment is: Selecting, refining, revising, organizing material from what you have already written, doing some more research, and weave in new material, and framing it in terms of a topic/themes.
Format: 1,800-2,200 words (~ 3-4 single spaced pages 12 pt font, 1 inch margins). Include your nameand a title at the top and your name in the filename. Use citations or footnotes for any information that is not drawn from the assigned readings.
Use (at least one) additional source(s) of information that did not come from the assigned readings – this could be a scientific article, book, video documentary or lecture, etc. (for example, the essays in AWCS that were not assigned; or the videos that you watched outside class. Also see the OTHER RESOURCES section of the syllabus and the Learning Resources google sheet. Or as