lp project management

Part 1

Touchstone 2: Case Study Project – Monthly Adoption Event at Dough Paws: Planning

Overview

What You Will Learn: In this touchstone, you will apply everything youve learned about creating the project charter, the scope management plan, and the work breakdown structure (WBS). It is essential during the planning phase of the project lifecycle that all tasks and subtasks are identified.

Why It Matters: This assignment will help you tie together various project planning documents that youve learned throughout the course.

What You Will Hand In: You will download the template and complete it with your own content and then upload it in the original MS Word (.doc or .docx) format.

Keys to Success:

• Develop and submit original work.
• Review the course content youve learned in the class.
• Follow grading criteria that align with the rows in the rubric.

Helpful Links:

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The Scenario

Dough Paw is a retail store that sells high-quality baked goods for pets. The owner, Keshia Griffin, started this business after having worked in the corporate world as an accountant for 10 years. The main reason for starting this business was that the owner found the quality of pet treats purchased at most retail stores to be low, which negatively impacted her dogs allergies. Because of this, she created a dog bakery that focuses on fresh, human-grade ingredients and avoids using common allergens, such as flour.

Currently, Keshia has a rotating schedule of a variety of baked goods for dogs. Some of them include things like bagel bites, which come in a 6-oz package, and other goods such as dog cookies, which come in a variety of shapes and are colorfully decorated. At any given time in the bakery, Keshia has approximately 1012 fresh items available. In addition to this, she also sells a variety of high-quality packaged treats, dog leashes, dog collars, and high-quality dog toys.

When Keshia first opened this business, she was located in a small but very busy strip mall, which featured a large retail store. It was Keshias hope that by locating next to a large retail store, shed have walk-in traffic, which turned out to be true! Shes now hired four additional part-time people to work in the store.

Recently, Keshia decided she wanted to work with a local animal rescue, called Homes for Paws, to host an adoption event on the first Saturday of every month.

Here are some additional details Keshia and Homes for Paws worked on for the event.

• The event will run between 10 AM and 2 PM.
• The event will have at least 8 dogs available for adoption.
• The event will require the following resources:

• 8 dog crates of varying sizes to give the dogs breaks
• 4-6 large sandwich board signs to place around the shopping complex
• 8 small tables
• Information about each dog available for adoption on printed sheets
• Balloons for attention
• Information posted on the Dough Paws website every month
• Social media posts about the event on Homes for Paws and Dough Paws accounts

Because Keshia is interested in focusing on sales and driving traffic to her shop with the event, and because Homes for Paws wants to focus on adoptions, Keshia has hired you to manage the project every month.

Your first step was to create the project charter, which you created, and Keshia signed. Once the project charter was signed, you developed a scope management plan for Dough Paws and Homes for Paws. Since you had the information you needed, youve created a WBS for this project.

All three of your documents are linked below.

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Instructions

Step 1: Read the Scenario (above)

Step 2: Review the Project Planning Documentation
Open or download the following project planning documents; you will need these to answer the questions in the PM Touchstone 2 Template.

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Project Dough Paw Planning Documentation

Step 3: Download the Project Template (This file contains the questions.)

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Download the

Step 4: Review Helpful Tutorials
The following course tutorials are recommended for review before beginning the template. They contain key information relevant to the content youll be adding. Select the + icon to expand this listing.

Step 5: Complete the Questions in the Project Template
While understanding the project scenario and using the charter, scope management plan, and WBS, answer each question in the PM Touchstone 2 Template. Make sure to add enough detail to satisfy the rubric below.

This project is your chance to bring the Dough Paws event to life through great planning! As you build your documents, imagine how your plan will help Keshia and the rescue team make each adoption day run smoothly. Youre not just practicing skillsyoure preparing to lead real-world projects that make a difference.

Step 6: Review and Submit Your Work
Review your work carefully and check the rubric to make sure you meet all the requirements. Submit the completed template as a Microsoft Word (.docx or .doc) file. Please only submit work entered directly into the template.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to include your name and the date at the top of the template. Submissions without these details will not be graded.

part 2

Touchstone 4: Case Study Project – Monthly Adoption Event at Dough Paws: Risk, Communication, and Change Control

Overview

What You Will Learn: In this touchstone, you will apply what youve learned about the execution and monitoring & controlling phases by working with the risk register, communication management plan, and change control log for the monthly adoption event at Dough Paws. Youll practice identifying and analyzing risks, planning stakeholder communications, and managing scope changes using a formal change control process.

Why It Matters: In real projects, plans rarely go exactly as expectedrisks occur, stakeholders need timely updates, and changes to scope are common. This assignment helps you practice using risk, communication, and change control tools so you can keep a project on track, protect its objectives, and respond confidently when issues or changes arise.

What You Will Hand In: You will download the template and complete it with your own content and then upload it in the original MS Word (.doc or .docx) format.

Keys to Success:

• Develop and submit original work.
• Review the course content youve learned in the class.
• Follow grading criteria that align with the rows in the rubric.

Helpful Links:

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The Scenario

As you may recall from the last touchstone, Dough Paws is a retail store that sells high-quality baked goods for pets. The owner, Keshia Griffin, started this business after having worked in the corporate world as an accountant for 10 years. The main reason for starting this business was that the owner found the quality of pet treats purchased at most retail stores to be low, which negatively impacted her dogs allergies. Because of this, she created a dog bakery that focuses on fresh, human-grade ingredients and avoids using common allergens, such as flour.

Currently, Keshia has a rotating schedule of a variety of baked goods for dogs. Some of them include things like bagel bites, which come in a 6-oz package, and other goods such as dog cookies, which come in a variety of shapes and are colorfully decorated. At any given time in the bakery, Keshia has approximately 1012 fresh items available. In addition to this, she also sells a variety of high-quality packaged treats, dog leashes, dog collars, and high-quality dog toys.

When Keshia first opened this business, she was located in a small but very busy strip mall, which featured a large retail store. It was Keshias hope that by locating next to a large retail store, shed have walk-in traffic, which turned out to be true! Shes now hired four additional part-time people to work in the store.

Recently, Keshia decided she wanted to work with a local animal rescue, called Homes for Paws, to host an adoption event on the first Saturday of every month.

Here are some additional details Keshia and Homes for Paws worked on for the event.

• The event will run between 10 AM and 2 PM.
• The event will have at least 8 dogs available for adoption.
• The event will require the following resources:

• 8 dog crates of varying sizes to give the dogs breaks
• 4-6 large sandwich board signs to place around the shopping complex
• 8 small tables
• Information about each dog available for adoption on printed sheets
• Balloons for attention
• Information posted on the Dough Paws website every month
• Social media posts about the event on Homes for Paws and Dough Paws accounts

Because Keshia is interested in focusing on sales and driving traffic to her shop with the event, and because Homes for Paws wants to focus on adoptions, Keshia has hired you to manage the project every month.

In earlier project planning, you completed the project charter, scope management plan, and work breakdown structure (WBS) for this project. Based on that planning, you also created a risk register to identify and assess potential issues and a communication management plan to outline how and when you will update each stakeholder. With those documents in place, the project was ready to move into execution, and the monthly adoption events are now underway.

Your current task

During the project, Keshia and the Homes for Paws event coordinator noticed that they have a surplus of foster dogs, so they want to change the event to allow up to 12 dogs for adoption rather than the 8 that were in the original scope statement. In addition, they decided that the last Saturday of the month, rather than the first Saturday, might be more ideal.

As the project manager, you documented these two requests using a change request form and then logged them in the change control log.

To complete this touchstone, youll refer to the documents you created and answer questions about risks, communication, and change management for the monthly adoption event at Dough Paws.

All three of your documents are linked below.

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Instructions

Step 1: Read the Scenario (above)

Step 2: Review the Project Risk, Communication, and Change Control Documentation
Open or download the following project documents; you will need these to answer the questions in the PM Touchstone 4 Template.

download

Project Dough Paw Project Risk, Communication, and Change Control Documentation

Step 3: Download the Project Template (This file contains the questions.)

download

Download the .

Step 4: Review Helpful Tutorials
The following course tutorials are recommended for review before beginning the template. They contain key information relevant to the content youll be adding. Select the + icon to expand this listing.

Step 5: Complete the Questions in the Project Template
While understanding the project scenario and using the risk register, communication management plan, and change control log, answer each question in the PM Touchstone 4 Template. Make sure to add enough detail to satisfy the rubric below.

As you respond, imagine youre the actual project manager standing in the middle of a busy adoption event, using these tools to make decisions in real time. Your answers should show how you would think through a situation using the risk register, communication plan, and change control lognot just where to find information in them. Try to connect your explanations back to core project management ideas from the course, such as managing scope, communicating with the right stakeholders, and choosing appropriate risk responses. This is your chance to demonstrate how all the pieces youve learned fit together into a clear, confident approach to managing the monthly adoption event at Dough Paws.

Step 6: Review and Submit Your Work
Review your work carefully and check the rubric to make sure you meet all the requirements. Submit the completed template as a Microsoft Word (.docx or .doc) file. Please only submit work entered directly into the template.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to include your name and the date at the top of the template. Submissions without these details will not be graded.

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