Jeni DiSalvo

350 Carver Hall

Iowa State University

 

disalvo@iastate.edu

 

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Project Planning

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to

  • Create a comprehensive plan for your Culture Report Project
  • Demonstrate your ability to create a visual depiction of your plan,
  • Demonstrate your ability to present your plan to a critical audience.

Tasks

Create a written document, using visuals to enhance readability and usability, as a plan for your Culture Report. Your document should include your project plan for the Culture Report including the steps described in the reading.  You can/should use the five steps as subheadings for your document.

You will be presenting this plan to a critical audience of your peers and instructors.  You can use Story Board format, Prezi format, or PowerPoint format.

Final products from this assignment are

  • A visual presentation that shows all steps of your project, and

  • A document delivered in Memo Format that uses text as well as visual elements to explain how your project will be completed.

Requirements

Your presentation must

  • Include participation and speaking from all group members,
  • Include all logical steps in your project plan,
  • Visual elements to enhance understanding.

Your written document must

  • Be delivered in Memo format with all details of Memo format represented,
  • Contain all of your project plan with logical steps and details included,
  • Visual elements to enhance readability and usability,
  • A complete plan with due dates and responsibilities detailed.

Evaluation

Your grade on this memo will be based on the following criteria:

 

Presentation

Content                                        50%

Technology                                  20%

Personal Presentation                   20%

Creativity and Finesse                   10%

 

Content 21-25 points 11-20 points 0-10 points
  Most or all of required information on steps for Project Planning covered effectively. Missing some of the required information on Steps for Project Planning or ineffectively covered. Missing most of the require information listed in "Tasks".
Technology 9-10 points 6-8 points 0-5 points
  Confidence and skill in using the selected format for presentation.  No technical difficulties. Some confidence and skill in using technology.  Appropriate "Plan B" when problems occurred. Lack of confidence and skill in using the selected format.
Personal Presentation 9-10 points 6-8 points 0-5 points
Good selection of clothing, confidence in the material, engaging style. Some problems with clothing or confidence.  Problems engaging the audience. Major problems with personal presentation.
Creativity & Finesse 4-5 points 2-3 points 0-1 point
  Demonstrates creativity and forethought.  Unique ideas or approach to engaging the audience while maintaining professional manner. Demonstrates some creativity and approach to engaging the audience. Demonstrates little or no creativity and obvious difficulty engaging the audience.

Out of a possible 50 points.

 

Document

Content                                        50%

Format                                         20%

Mechanics                                   20%

Creativity and Ingenuity                 10%

 

Content 21-25 points 11-20 points 0-10 points
  Most or all of required information on steps for Project Planning covered effectively. Missing some of the required information on Steps for Project Planning or ineffectively covered. Missing most of the require information listed in "Tasks".
Format 9-10 points 6-8 points 0-5 points
  Correct memo format with appropriate spacing and components. Missing one or more components of correct memo format. Missing or inappropriate display of memo format and/or components.
Mechanics 9-10 points 6-8 points 0-5 points
0-1 punctuation or grammar error per page. 2-3 punctuation or grammar error per page. 4 or more grammar errors per page.
Creativity & Prep. 4-5 points 2-3 points 0-1 point
Demonstrates creativity and forethought.  No typos or editing errors. Demonstrates some creativity and no editing errors. Demonstrates little or no creativity and/or no editing errors.

Out of a possible 50 points.

 

 
 

To sell your ideas to your peers, to your management, to your customers, you must, and I stress MUST, be able to communicate.  One of the reasons Sir Isaac Newton was famous in physics was because he could communicate.

~Danny S.

     

 

 

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