Assignment Content

1. Project plans outline the intended course of events; however, things don’t always happen as intended. Organizations need to consider risks and develop a contingency plan. This plan is typically presented to management.

   Add the following 2 columns to the project plan table you created in Wk 4 – Apply: Project Plan:

   1. Potential Risk Factors
   2. Contingency Plans
   3. Based on your prior research, determine potential risk factors for not meeting each of the project objectives. Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risks. Add the potential risks and contingency plan to your Wk 4 – Apply: Project Plan.

      Use Microsoft PowerPoint® to create a 12- to 14-slide executive presentation—with appropriate images and diagrams—that summarizes the following information:

   • The organization’s information presented in Wk 1
   • SWOT analysis and market trend research
   • Project objectives
   • How success will be measured (Quantifiable Objectives)
   • The value this project will bring to the organization
   • Project metrics
   • Timelines
   • Responsible parties
   • Potential risk factors
   • Contingency plans
   • Include detailed speaker notes within the presentation.

     Cite all sources according to APA guidelines.

     You will submit 2 different deliverables:

   1. Updated project plan with potential risk factors and a contingency plan
   2. Executive presentation with detailed speaker notes within the presentation