Prior to beginning work on this final presentation, read Chapter 14: Project Closure from your course textbook and Chapter 4.7: Close Project or Phase from the book, PMBOK Guide.
Focus of the Executive Summary:
Use the project that you have been working with to date in this course to create a presentation to close out the project. You may find the Writing Center’s resource Writing an Executive SummaryLinks to an external site. useful as you prepare for this presentation.
In your presentation,
Describe your project.
Present the cost and schedule performance measurement baseline of your project.
Provide a status report at some timeframe before the substantive change from Week 4.
Describe the change control process, decisions, and changes to your project determined from the substantive change from Week 4.
Present an example of earned value management (EVM) in your project.
Use the notes section to transcribe what would be said when presenting each slide.
Submit to Waypoint and your Folio:
This assignment will be submitted as an assignment to Waypoint, but it is recommended that you add it to your Folio. A Folio is a purposeful digital collection of artifacts created by students that includes their course-related work and professional achievements, such as papers, certificates, presentations, posters, photographs, videos, and so on.
Be sure to view the following resources to get you started in your Folio:
Setup and Using FolioLinks to an external site.
Folio Best Practices GuideLinks to an external site.
The Executive Summary final presentation
Must be seven to 10 double-spaced slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing How to Make a PowerPoint PresentationLinks to an external site..
Must include a separate title slide with the following:
Title of presentation in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
