This assignment is intended to help you use leadership skills to gather project members from cross-functional departments and skill sets and lead them in the fulfillment and implementation of a mock project.

Discover the various responsibilities of a project manager by organizing a project. See Chapter 19, sections 19.9 and Cases. 

Apply project management tools and a PM outline type of your choice to structure and plan the project by defining, planning, and controlling. The project will be a be one that requires a clear end state deliverable (scope), start date and end date (schedule), and budget (cost).

Create a 10- to 12-slide (title and reference slides are not included in the slide count) PowerPoint presentation (supported by Excel and Word as needed), with detailed speaker notes (45 – 265 words per slide), that includes the following:

• Project description
• Project Management Charts (Critical Path, WBS, Gant Chart, Budget, Structure, etc.)
• Meeting cadence/rhythm and timing
• Metrics to measure the project’s success (Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
• Financial (Gross cost) and budgetary considerations (labor, materials, equipment, overhead, contingency, etc.)
• Description of the project reporting structure (functional or matrix).

Cite 4 peer-reviewed references to support your assignment.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.