This summative assessment has two parts. Part 1 is to be completed in Week 4,

 
This summative assessment has two parts. Part 1 is to be completed in Week 4, and Part 2 is to be completed in Week 5. You will submit both Part 1 and Part 2 of the assessment in Week 5.
Read the following scenario and address the steps that follow.
As an employee of a medium-sized company, you have worked on projects run by department heads with no formal project management training or education. Imagine you recently completed your first project management course. You have identified a process improvement project that, upon completion, will improve customer retention and help grow the business into a new market. As this is a process improvement project, there are many unknown factors, and the company possesses most of the expertise to complete this project. It is your goal to present this idea to your boss. Prior to doing so, you want to be prepared.
Use this scenario to address the following in 525 to 700 words. 
Assess which development approach or life cycle best fits this project.
Evaluate the 2 key documents in the initiating phase that you will develop. These documents can help you present this idea to your boss. You can apply what you learned in class to prepare many of the key documents to be considered in the initiating and planning phase. By doing this, you hope to answer your boss’s questions and concerns to help her decide to support and fund this project.
Summarize 4 key deliverables that you would develop or deliver in the planning phase.
Summarize 4 key deliverables in the executing phase that you would develop or deliver.
 
Read the following scenario and address the steps that follow.
You are a business analyst for a project that is currently in the execution phase. It is an engineering project that has specific statements of work calling for parts, specifications, and acceptable tolerance levels, along with price, delivery, and other contracted terms. This project has a budget and schedule that is baselined and has a management reserve of 5%.
Use this scenario to address the following in 525 to 700 words
Evaluate the 4 key areas you will focus your efforts on when analyzing and monitoring the scope of the project.
Identify 3 monitoring activities or processes you would engage in to ensure product quality, cost, schedule, and risk run according to plan.
Identify 3 controlling activities or processes you would engage in to ensure product quality, cost, schedule, and risk run according to plan.
Identify 4 primary questions you will help answer in the closing phase.
Identify 4 activities you might engage in or documents you may help deliver in the closing phase.
Explain project termination for this engineering project. It will be integrated into the company’s existing product line manufacturing system once completed.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Combine Part 1 and Part 2.
Submit your assignment.