Stakeholder & HR Plan for Engineering Case Study.

Stakeholder and Human Resource Planning for an Engineering Case Study

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To apply stakeholder and human resource planning and management concepts and techniques to an actual project.

Students will work in groups of 5-6 to develop a stakeholder analysis, stakeholder register, stakeholder engagement plan, project team organizational structure with roles and responsibilities, and human resource management plan.
This report is worth 25% of the final course grade.Â

Group project report instructions are as follows:

1.Select an applied project being worked on by one of your team members. Engineering case study.Â

2.Describe the project environment.

3.Identify key stakeholders on the applied project and conduct a stakeholder analysis using the stakeholder analysis model of your choice.

4.Build a stakeholder register complete with the following information:

a.Stakeholder name
b.Position in the organization
c.Department
d.Role in the project
e.Key expectations
f.Potential level of influence (high, medium or low)
g.Influence type (supporter, resister or neutral)
h.Classification (internal or external)
i.Notes (provide any comments or concerns you have regarding the stakeholder)

5.Create an organizational chart of the project team. Determine if the organizational structure is functional, matrix or projectized and explain.

6.Describe each project team memberâ€™s role and responsibilities, and key skills.

7.Perform a stakeholder engagement analysis and identify stakeholder engagement strategy for each stakeholder.

8.Identify seven (7) key human resource, communication or stakeholder challenges that either did occur, could occur or could have occurred on this project, with any of the stakeholders (including the project team), the environment, the organization structure, the method of staffing the project or other.Â

1. Accommodating schedule.

2. Time management. Meeting arrangements. Lack of advance notice.

3. During the meeting, we agree and disagree. After the meeting, we moved on.

4. brainstorm share task but not equal. Task allocation.

5. No HR SME. All students.

6. Â had difficulty scoping the project properly based on the short period.

7. Lack of planning.

8. Lack of communication among ourselves.

9. unrealistic (ridiculous) deadlines.Â

For each of the key challenges you identify, describe strategies and plans that would prevent or correct the situation. Be specific. Describe tools and techniques you would apply and what the desired outcome would be.

The report will be graded as per the following rubric:

scale	0-4.9 â€“ unsatisfactory/ needs improvement	5-7 - satisfactory	7.1-8.5 â€“ good/very good	8.6-10 - exemplary
Comprehensive Deliverables	Missing components requested in the instructions. Information is inconsistent.	Includes most components requested in the instructions. Some inconsistency in information.	Includes all components requested in the instructions. Information is consistent between report sections and deliverables.	In addition to meeting the requirements for a â€œGood/Very Good,â€ the deliverables provide further explanation and/or context demonstrating a thorough and deep understanding of the applied project/field placement, its stakeholders and project team environment.
Application of Course Material	Concepts, tools and techniques taught in the course are not applied in the development of the project deliverables.	Concepts, tools and techniques taught in the course are somewhat applied in the development of the project deliverables.	Concepts, tools and techniques taught in the course are applied accurately and effectively in the development of the project deliverables.	In addition to meeting the requirements for a â€œGood/Very Good,â€ it is evident that research beyond the courseâ€™s textbooks was conducted and used in preparation of the project deliverables.
Scale	0-2.5 â€“ Unsatisfactory/ needs improvement	2.6-3.5 - satisfactory	3.6-4.3 â€“ good/very good	4.4-5 - exemplary
Clarity, Coherence, and Professional Presentation	Sentence structure, word choice, lack of transitions and/or sequencing of ideas make reading and understanding difficult. Inconsistent formatting. Document is unorganized.	Sentence structure and/or word choice sometimes interfere with clarity. Needs to improve sequencing of ideas within paragraphs and transitions between paragraphs to make the writing easy to follow. Mostly consistent formatting. Document is somewhat organized. Â	Sentences are structured and words are chosen to communicate ideas clearly. Sequencing of ideas within paragraphs and transitions between paragraphs make the writerâ€™s points easy to follow. Consistent formatting. Well-formatted report. Document is organized.	In addition to meeting the requirements for a â€œGood/Very Good,â€ writing flows smoothly from one idea to another. The writer has taken pains to assist the reader in following the logic of the ideas expressed. Thorough and well-formatted report that is organized and legible. Complete with comprehensive table of contents and title page.