Each team will do the following:

1. Plan how your team will do all of the work required for the team project.  Present your plan as part of the first status report (week 4 in class). Each presentation will take about 5 minutes, normally given by the selected project leader/manager. Document and track progress as the course progresses.  For the first status report, prepare the following, give me a hard copy before your presentation, and have the data available for each member of your team
   • a 1/2 - 1 page status report
   • a charter and preliminary scope statement for your project

   • a draft schedule (in Word or Excel for now is fine). Include columns that list each major task, estimated start and end dates for each task, who has the main responsibility for each task, and your estimate of the number of hours it will take to complete each task. You may also include risk categories.

    

2.  Prepare a final  presentation (about 15-20 minutes for the presentation, given by everyone in the group), including a one-page status report, a detailed Gantt chart created using Microsoft Project or any other tool, a detailed scope statement, updates to other planning documents (as needed), and a comparison and brief discussion of planned and actual information to date, including the number of hours each member worked on the project and when tasks were actually started and completed. Focus on showing your progress in creating the products of your project as well. Please give me a hard copy before your presentation .

4.      Prepare a final project notebook due by the last day of class, each team will hand in one project notebook that includes the following:

·        Cover page and detailed table of contents.  List the project name, and team members.  Be sure to number all pages.  You may include tabs or dividers between major sections of the notebook, too.  Try to just staple the final report or use a small binder, and make it look professional.

·        A double or single-spaced 4-5-page project report and a final presentation.  This report should briefly describe the whole project.  Answer questions like the following: What did your team worked on?  Was the project a success or not, explain?  Include some type of quote or evaluation from your project sponsor or friends. What project management tools/documents did you use, and did they help?  What went right on the project?  What went wrong?  What did your team learn by working on this project?  How did you select the project manager? Did he/she do a good job at leading your team?  Did you work well as a team? How closely did you follow your plan?  Discuss this information in your final project presentation (about 15 minutes).

·        Project management documentation, as described above. Include a print out of your team’s charter (the plan), Gantt chart, status reports, project report, final presentation, Meeting minutes/ individual logs – Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc.

·        Product documentation, as applicable. For example, if your project studied a real project in a company, include that some of the project documents.

Part of the grade for the team project will be based on the presentations and part will be based on the project notebook (one notebook per team, due the last day of class).  Team project managers will earn a small amount of extra credit (2-3 points) for successfully leading their project teams.