This guide is for MGMT 645 Week 2 Project Charter and Proposal, start to submission. A project charter with the business case, goals, success criteria, high-level risks, assumptions and limitations for a project you can complete in six weeks.
MGMT 645 is Quality Management, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MS in Management and Leadership. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as MGMT645; it is the same course.
| Course | MGMT 645 Quality Management |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow the assignment instructions |
| Sources | The PMBOK Guide and Rose |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | As instructed |
What MGMT 645 Week 2 Project Charter and Proposal asks for
You develop a project charter outlining the business case, project goals, success criteria, high-level risks, assumptions and limitations for a project that can be completed within 6 weeks, at work or in your personal life, including quality concepts from the beginning. It is due in Module/Week 2 with PMBOK chapter 4 and Rose chapter 3. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in MGMT 645
In the published schedule, Project Charter and Proposal is one of 8 graded written assignments in MGMT 645. It follows Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 and comes before Week 3 Project Management Plan.
How MGMT 645 Week 2 Project Charter and Proposal is graded
Liberty grades Project Charter and Proposal with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% 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 645 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: Module/Week 1 begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Friday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). Modules/weeks 2-8 begin Saturday at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The MGMT 645 Week 2 method, step by step
Start from the need
Assess the need first. The plan's goals and measures all depend on a clear statement of the gap.
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
Match each objective to a method and justify the match with evidence (The PMBOK Guide and Rose).
Plan the resources and timeline
Show the sequence and the resources. A realistic timeline makes the plan credible.
Plan the evaluation
Say how you will know the plan worked: the measure, the data source and the time point for each objective.
Format and length
Follow the required template or headings and check length (Not set in the guide; follow the assignment instructions) and APA.
Write success criteria that include quality measures (accuracy, customer satisfaction, defect rates), not only time and cost. Keep risks at a high level here; the full plan develops them.
A structure for MGMT 645 Week 2 Project Charter and Proposal
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,200 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Business case | Why the project is worth doing. | ~240 words |
| Goals and success criteria | Measurable, including quality. | ~360 words |
| Risks, assumptions and limitations | High level and realistic. | ~360 words |
| Quality concepts | Built in from the start. | ~240 words |
A topic angle that works
Choose a modest, real project, such as reorganizing a department's filing system, launching a small website or planning a community event, so the later plans can be specific.
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.
The project succeeds if the new volunteer scheduling spreadsheet is live by June 15, all 40 volunteers can view their shifts online, scheduling errors fall from about five per month to none in the first month, and at least 90% of volunteers rate the system easy to use in a short survey.
- Date.
- Scope.
- Quality measures.
Mistakes that cost points on MGMT 645 Week 2
- A project too large for six weeks.
- No quality criteria.
- Vague goals.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow the assignment instructions
- Sources: The PMBOK Guide and Rose
- 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
How long should the MGMT 645 project take?
It should be a project that can be completed within six weeks.
How many points is MGMT 645 Week 2 Project Charter and Proposal worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for MGMT 645, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is MGMT 645 Week 2 the same in every section of MGMT 645?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for MGMT 645. 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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