This case study is a fictitious project situation and any resemblance or similarity to actual events, dates, places or names is purely coincidental. It was submitted for publication and is copyright to A. Lathif Masood© 2005

Introduction | Explanatory Glossary | Friday - December 16, 2005
Monday - December 19, 2005 | Tuesday - December 20, 2005 | Wednesday - December 21, 2005
Friday - December 23, 2005 | Assignments | Sample Charter Template

Assignments

Marking scheme:
Total 20 points for all four assignments
Contents: 16 points, as shown below. Format and general presentation: 4 points

Assignment #1: Organization

Develop an organization chart and a communication/responsibility chart showing the relationships between the parties. [3 points]

Assignment #2: Current Situation

Write a report that includes the following:

  1. A comprehensive list of all problems you have encountered so far in this project. Do not be tempted to over-generalize and list a few generic issues. Be as detailed as possible in identifying the problems. This will help you with other sections in this assignment. [4 points]
     
  2. A paragraph indicating your next steps. These are not steps taken at fixing the problems: you do not know all the answers yet. These are tasks you will take to discover the answers. [1 point]

Assignment #3: Fact Finding Session

Write a report on how you would use your leadership skills to conduct this meeting with Alfred and his team, to gather as much information as you can on what went wrong, what they have in mind. Remember that you cannot appear to be the savior, as you do not know if you can save this project. Nor can you be judgmental. [3 points]

Assignment #4: Project Charter

Write a project charter for project "Save Miner".

You do not know yet what can save this project. The purpose of "Save Miner" is to find out what is going wrong with Project Miner. [5 points]

Note: Find and include the headings shown in a good charter template.

Friday - December 23, 2005  Friday - December 23, 2005

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