Summative Assessment: Project Management Email

Read the

Customer Support Inc. Case Study

. This case study will be used throughout this course.

You are the designated project manager. You have been assigned a project to implement access to the HR department software. It was suggested to you that the HR director thinks this project should be completed using the Agile methodology. Based on the type of work to be done, this project is best suited for a waterfall project methodology.

For this assignment, you will write an email to the HR director regarding the project methodology you plan to use, the team roles you need to put together for the project, and a task list for the project.

Write a 175- to 350-word email to the HR director who needs the project done in which you:

• Compare waterfall and Agile project management methodologies.
• Explain why waterfall is the right methodology for this project. The HR director mentioned wanting to use Agile methodology for this project, but you know waterfall is the right choice.
• Identify 3 to 4 other roles you need on your project team to complete the Customer Support Inc. project, such as project sponsor, business analyst, scrum master, or program manager. Explain how each team member will contribute to this project. Be specific to the project you are working on, not just generic job roles.

Create 20 tasks for this project. You can use the provided

Microsoft Excel task spreadsheet

or another software application of your choice to create the task list. Include at least the following for each task: 

• Task name
• Estimated time to complete the task in hours
• Prerequisite tasks blocking completion
• Identify which team member is responsible for the task (The responsible party should be one of the team members you identified earlier.)
• Additional notes