MS Project Familiarization

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Prior to completing the assignment, be sure to review the selected MS Project tutorial videos located in Week 2 of the Blackboard online course.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you summarize your thoughts on Microsoft Project:

  1. Give your opinion on how easy or difficult MS Project seems to be from a user experience standpoint.
  2. Suggest at least two (2) challenges you foresee in using MS Project in this course.
  3. Describe why it is important to use a tool like MS Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.
  4. Assignment 1: MS Project Familiarization
    Criteria
    		 UnacceptableBelow 60% F
    		 Meets Minimum Expectations
    60-69% D
    		 Fair70-79% C
    		 Proficient80-89% B
    		 Exemplary90-100% A
    1. Give your opinion on how easy or difficult MS Project seems to befrom a user experience standpoint.
    Weight: 30%
    		 Did not submit or incompletely gave your opinion on how easy or difficult MS Project seems to be from a user experience standpoint.
    		 Insufficiently gave your opinion on how easy or difficult MS Project seems to be from a user experience standpoint.
    		 Partially gave your opinion on how easy or difficult MS Project seems to be from a user experience standpoint.
    		 Satisfactorily gave your opinion on how easy or difficult MS Project seems to be from a user experience standpoint.
    		 Thoroughly gave your opinion on how easy or difficult MS Project seems to be from a user experience standpoint.
    2. Suggest at least two (2) challenges you foresee in using MS Project in this course.
    Weight: 30%
    		 Did not submit or incompletelysuggested at least two (2) challenges you foresee in using MS Project in this course.
    		 Insufficientlysuggested at least two (2) challenges you foresee in using MS Project in this course.
    		 Partiallysuggested at least two (2) challenges you foresee in using MS Project in this course.
    		 Satisfactorilysuggested at least two (2) challenges you foresee in using MS Project in this course.
    		 Thoroughlysuggested at least two (2) challenges you foresee in using MS Project in this course.
    3. Describe why it is important to use a tool like MS Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.
    Weight: 30%
    		 Did not submit or incompletelydescribed why it is important to use a tool like MS Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.
    		 Insufficiently described why it is important to use a tool like MS Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.
    		 Partially described why it is important to use a tool like MS Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.
    		 Satisfactorily described why it is important to use a tool like MS Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.
    		 Thoroughly described why it is important to use a tool like MS Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.
    4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
    Weight: 10%
    		 More than 8 errors present
    		 7-8 errors present
    		 5-6 errors present
    		 3-4 errors present
    		 0-2 errors present