Week 4 Bad Communication
| Bad News Email Grading Guide PM/582 Version 4 |
Bad News Email Grading Guide
PM/582 Version 4
Project Leadership
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Individual Assignment: Bad News Email Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to have practice with approaching various stakeholders at varying levels of authority with bad news about a project’s progress. You will address these stakeholders via email in a way that delivers the truth about the status of the project but in a professional and non-confrontational way. Learning this skill is imperative to success within the project management field.
| Content | Met | Partially Met | Not Met | Comments: |
| The student drafts an email to one of the stakeholders from the Communication Plan Matrix to deliver “bad” news. |
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| The student includes highlights of the project, as well as the areas of concern, and proposes solutions to the stakeholder for correcting the issues found. | ||||
| The student formats this as a professional email. | ||||
| The paper is approximately 700 words in length. | ||||
| | Total Available | Total Earned | ||
| #/2 |
| Writing Guidelines | Met | Partially Met | Not Met | Comments: |
| The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements. | ||||
| Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page. | ||||
| Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper. | ||||
| Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. | ||||
| Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation. | ||||
| Total Available | Total Earned | |||
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| #/1 |
| Assignment Total | # | 3 | #/3 | |
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