This guide is for MGMT 625 Week 4 Project Management Plan, start to submission. An 8 to 10-page project management plan for a construction, IT, higher education, city government or health care project.
MGMT 625 is Project Planning & Scheduling, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MS in Project Management. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as MGMT625; it is the same course.
| Course | MGMT 625 Project Planning & Scheduling |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 4 |
| Points | 200 points |
| Length | 8 to 10 pages, not counting the cover page and table of contents |
| Sources | The PMBOK Guide and Wilson |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Microsoft Word with a cover page and table of contents |
What MGMT 625 Week 4 Project Management Plan asks for
Using Microsoft Word, you create a project management plan for a construction, IT, higher education, city government or health care project. It includes a project description; project scope, cost and objectives; team roles and responsibilities; key stakeholders; assumptions and constraints; a communication management plan; a risk management plan; and a change management plan. It is 8 to 10 pages, with a cover page and table of contents not counted. It is due in Module/Week 4 with Wilson chapters 4 and 5. Worth 200 points, the largest assignment in the course.
Where it fits in MGMT 625
In the published schedule, Project Management Plan is one of 7 graded written assignments in MGMT 625. It follows Week 3 Discussion Board Forum 2 and comes before Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 3.
How MGMT 625 Week 4 Project Management Plan is graded
Liberty grades Project Management Plan with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 200 points in the published guide. That is about 20% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in MGMT 625 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The MGMT 625 Week 4 method, step by step
Start from the need
Define the need the Project Management Plan answers: who it is for, what gap exists, and how you know. A plan without an assessed need has nothing to measure against.
Write measurable objectives
Turn the need into objectives that can be measured: who, what, how much, by when. Vague goals make the evaluation section impossible to write.
Choose methods that fit the objectives
Select the strategies, content or interventions that fit each objective, and say why they fit, citing evidence (The PMBOK Guide and Wilson).
Plan the resources and timeline
List what the plan needs (people, time, materials, cost) and the order of steps. Graders look for plans that could be carried out.
Plan the evaluation
Tie each objective to a measure and a time point. Evaluation is where most plans are thinnest.
Format and length
Use the template or headings the guide gives and stay within 8 to 10 pages, not counting the cover page and table of contents, in current APA.
Use the required elements as headings in order. Make objectives measurable (scope, budget, date), give each stakeholder an interest and influence, and make the change plan specify who approves changes and how.
A structure for MGMT 625 Week 4 Project Management Plan
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,600 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Description, scope, cost and objectives | Clear and measurable. | ~350 words |
| Roles and stakeholders | Responsibilities and interests. | ~260 words |
| Assumptions and constraints | Stated explicitly. | ~160 words |
| Communication, risk and change plans | The three subsidiary plans. | ~640 words |
| Format | Word, cover page, table of contents. | ~190 words |
A topic angle that works
Choose a realistic project in one of the five permitted sectors and write every section specifically for it, since the work breakdown structure in Week 6 must follow from this plan's scope.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Any change to scope, schedule or budget is submitted on a change request form to the project manager, who assesses its impact within three business days. Changes under $10,000 with no schedule impact are approved by the project manager; larger changes go to the change control board, made up of the sponsor, the facilities director and the finance lead, which meets weekly.
- A process.
- Thresholds.
- Decision makers.
Mistakes that cost points on MGMT 625 Week 4
- A sector outside the five allowed.
- Missing subsidiary plans.
- Unmeasurable objectives.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 8 to 10 pages, not counting the cover page and table of contents
- Sources: The PMBOK Guide and Wilson
- Each objective is measurable and has an evaluation measure
- Required template or headings used
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Which projects can MGMT 625 students plan?
A construction, IT, higher education, city government or health care project.
How many points is MGMT 625 Week 4 Project Management Plan worth?
200 points in Liberty's published course guide for MGMT 625, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 20% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is MGMT 625 Week 4 the same in every section of MGMT 625?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for MGMT 625. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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