Unit 6 [GM594: Project Risk, Quality, and Procurement Monitoring and Controlling.

Unit 6 [GM594: Project Risk, Quality, and Procurement Monitoring and Controlling. Unit 6 Assignment: Your parent organization has decided to outsource a major part of your project work. Your procurement and HR departments are conducting the vendor selection process and have come back to you for your recommendation as to the contract type. Your choices are: ? Cost plus fixed fee ? Cost plus incentive fee ? Fixed price plus incentive Taking what you have learned about procurement and contract types, write a memo to the director of human resources and the director of procurement identifying your recommended type of contracting to be used for 25 project team positions to be outsourced. You can pick from among the skill sets that will be outsourced: I recommended that you keep it to one skill set. Justify your recommendation with verifiable referenced analysis and synthesize your analysis into your concluding recommendation. Then, evaluate your recommendation against researched analogous decisions that are not part of your analysis. Be sure to follow APA format and structure with your paper. The paper will be graded against the following criteria: ? Knowledge of the information presented (ability to state information) ? Comprehension of the procurement processes (how well you understand what you are presenting) ? Application of the recommendation (how well you examine the use of your recommendation) ? Analysis of your recommendation (how well you compare and contrast the alternatives with your recommendation) ? Synthesis of your analysis (how well you draw your conclusion(s) from your analysis resulting in your recommendation) ? Evaluation of your supported conclusion(s) justifying your recommendation against additional examples or references not previously used in your analysis ? Correct use of APA format and structure Ensure that your documents address the criteria of the rubric and follow the stated requirements. Make sure that you save a copy of each of the tools that you submit. To submit your Unit 6 Assignment, go to the Dropbox, click on Unit 6: Assignment and follow the instructions. Unit 6 [GM594: Project Risk, Quality, and Procurement Monitoring and Controlling] Directions for Submitting Your Assignment Save your Assignment as Username-GM594 Assignment-Unit#.doc. (Example: TAllen- GM594 Assignment-Unit 6.doc). Submit your file by selecting the Unit 6: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 6. Make sure that you save a copy of each of the tools you submit. Unit 6 Assignment Grading Rubric GM594 Unit 6 Assignment: Contract Type Decision Memo Content (25 pts.) Points Possible Points earned Knowledge of the information presented (ability to state information). 4 Comprehension of the procurement processes (how well you understand what you are presenting). 4 Application of the recommendation (how well the student examines the use of his/her recommendation). 4 Analysis of recommendation (how well the student compares and contrasts the alternatives with recommendation. 5 Synthesis of the analysis (how well the student draws conclusion(s) from his/her analysis resulting in his/her recommendation). 4 Evaluation of supported conclusion(s) justifying recommendation against additional examples or references not previously used in analysis. 4 Analysis (15 pts.) Response exhibits strong higher-order critical thinking and analysis (e.g., evaluation). Paper shows original thought. 5 Analysis includes proper classifications, explanations, comparisons and inferences. 5 Critical thinking includes appropriate judgments, conclusions and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information. 5 Writing (10 pts.) Grammatical skills are strong with typically less than one error per page. Correct use of APA when assigned. 3 Unit 6 [GM594: Project Risk, Quality, and Procurement Monitoring and Controlling] Appropriate to the assignment, fresh (interesting to read), accurate, (no far-fetched, unsupported comments), precise (say what you mean), and concise (not wordy). 4 Project is in 12-point font. Narrative sections are double-spaced with a double space between. Project is free of serious errors; grammar, punctuation, and spelling help to clarify the meaning by following accepted conventions. 3 Total 50