InstructionsFor Milestone Three, you will consider your chosen project for the course and assess project control techniques, analyze the communication plan, and make recommendations regarding resource

QSO 645 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The purpos e of this assessment is to further your understanding of the directive approach for analyzing your chosen project. You will review the quality standards and critique the communication and resource plans with clarity that offers further assistance for effective review. You are expected to gather information from both the course and outside resources to assist in preparation for your thorough assessment of all knowledge areas at the end of th e course. Once complete, this milestone will become a component of the final projec t. Prompt: Assess project control techniques, analyze the communication plan, and make recommendations regarding resource management. Specifically , the following critical elements must be addressed: VII. In thi s section, you will assess the project control techniques utilized during the project, specifically: A. Determine the quality auditing tools and techniques executed during control. B. Recommend specific reporting metrics from which the project could have benefited, considering how elements of Earned Value Management were used to help control the project. VIII. In this section, you will break down the communication plan used during the project, including its elements (e .g., frequency of meetings, types of meetings, and tools used), specifically: A. Critique the communication tactics chosen for the project. B. Propose communication strategies that would have been more appropriate for the project, providing reasoning for your proposal. IX. Reso urce Management A. Describe the resource conflict within the project and how it was handled. B. Recommend best practices in resource management that could have been used in this project, including those related to staffing needs and ways to avoid resource conflict. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be a 4 - to 5 -page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12 -point Times New Roman font, one -inch margins, and at least three sources cited in AP A format. Critical Elements Proficient (100% ) Needs Improvement (75% ) Not Evident (0% ) Value Project Control Techniques: Quality Auditing Determines the quality auditing tools and techniques executed during control Determines the quality auditing tools and techniques executed during control, but determination is incomplete or contains inaccuracies Does not determ ine the quality auditing tools and techniques executed during control 15 Project Control Techniques: Reporting Metrics Recommends specific reporting metrics from which the project could have benefited, considering how elements of Earned Value Management were used to help control the project Recommends reporting metrics from which the project could have benefited, but re commendations are inappropriate, lack specificity, or do not consider how Earned Value Management was used, or submission contain inaccura cies Does not recommend reporting metrics from which the project could have benefited 15 Communication Plan: Critique Critiques the communication tactics chosen for the project Critiques the communication tactics chosen for the project , but critique is inappropriate or cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not critique the communication tactics chosen for the project 15 Communication Plan: Strategies Proposes communication strategies that would have been more appropriate for the project, providing reaso ning for proposal Proposes alternate communication strategies for the project, but the proposal is inappropriate, without reason, or contains inaccuracies Does not propose alternate communication strategies for the project 15 Resource Management: Resourc e Conflict Describes the resource conflict within the project and how it was handled Describes the resource conflict within the project, but description is cursory, does not address how conflict was han dled, or contains inaccuracies Does not describe the resource conflict and how it was handled 15 Resource Management: Best Practices Recommends best practices in resource management that could have been used in this project, including those related to staffing needs and ways to avoid resource conflict Recom mends best practices in resource management that could have been used in this project, but recommendations are inappropriate, ignore issues of staffing or resource conflict, or contain inaccuracies Does not recommend best practices in resource management t hat could have been used in this project 15 Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or org anization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 10 Total 100%