Assignment:
For this assignment, you will participate in a class discussion about developing the project management plan and project planning from the Week 2 Reading assignments. You are required to develop and post an initial response and then reply to two other classmates per the instructions below.
Initial Response Guidelines:
For your initial response write and post a summary of the article you located for the Week 2 Reading assignment on the topic of developing the project management plan and project planning. Contrast its content with the scope processes described in the PMBOK® guide (6th edition). Then discuss then the basic elements, purpose, and importance of the project planning process. Your initial submission should be approximately 550-650 words. Your summary should include APA 6.0 compliant in-text citations and references. (If you are new to APA style please see the APA style references located from Citation Styles Link under the eCourse Portal page.
(Please include the title and author of your article/case study in the Topic Title of your initial post. If your source is a video please include its URL (Internet address) )
IN WEEK 2 PICKED THE FOLLOWING TOPIC AND BELOW IS THE POST I POSTED IN DISCUSSION BOARD.
Progressive Elaboration
Essentially, progressive elaboration recognizes that a project is done upon a rough sketch or an outline plus each outline’s fine details. Both the rough outline and the finer details of the activity are essential for implementing the project. Understanding progressive elaboration enables a project manager and project executive team to initiate a project, monitor the project, and conclude the project. It also recognizes that any project is open to adjustment. Understanding the incremental nature of a project is essential for planning. The projects that observe progressive elaboration are generally successful in timelines, budget, scope, and quality expected. The main reason such projects are generally successful on time, within budget and quality is that the project charter enables some flexibility depending on each project’s logistics.
Typically, nearly all project plans tend to cover similar components with only slight variations or different labeling of components. Nonetheless, a project manager is expected to be ambitious, creative, and visionary as the project manager is expected to provide the overall direction of the project through planning and coordination. The build-up phase may hold varied aspects depending on the nature, the scope, and the magnitude of the project (Kerzner, 2013). The build-up phase is the bridge between the planning phase and the beginning of implementation. For instance, the core components of a project management plan, as described in most course reading assignment encompass, defining the scope a statement, defining critical success factors, deliverables, providing a work breakdown, laying down the structure, setting schedules, budgeting, highlighting quality control measures, incorporating human resources and a list of stakeholder.
However, some factors may make it challenging to measure progressive elaboration include project failure, fluctuations in scope or requirements, unreasonable deadlines, lack of business accountability, and project dependencies. Other than the development process itself, other factors have been established to improve the quality and the effectiveness of systems development. For example, improved governance is required in managing the developmental life cycle of a project. It helps enhance progressive elaboration by estimating time, evaluating costs, assigning roles, and outlining targets, thereby making it possible to measure productivity. Continually adjusting the resourcing strategies also helps attain the right kind of supplies needed for enhancing progressive elaboration. The entire process of enhancing progressive elaboration requires flexibility, broadness, reduced complexity, and a suitable environment.
References
Kerzner, H. (2013). Project Management (12th ed., p. 1296). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 6th Ed. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
