DU Keystone Conference: Project Wrap-Up and Best Practices



DU Keystone Conference: Project Wrap-Up and Best Practices

Introduction

Ducks Unlimited (DU) is a non-for profit organization with a commitment towards the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife and people. On 10th February 2014, management is planning a keystone conference in Charlottesville, North Carolina to flesh-out DU's long-term strategy for the next ten years. The scope and priorities of the project, WBS (Preliminary Work Breakdown Structure) and recommended communication plan is documented in this paper.

Discussion and Analysis

The project is actually a temporary endeavour that is undertaken for creating a unique product or services and it must necessarily have a beginning and end. Thus, for the project to be successful, it is necessary for understanding the project outcome and how it is supposed to be achieved and gauged relating with two parameters, firstly the project should be delivered on time and second it remains within the budget. It is necessary to utilize the project management best practices, techniques and tools for implementing in an effective manner (Whitley, 2006).

The scope of the Project and its Elements

A project scope checklist is completed to make sure all the elements which make up a complete project scope are included.

The first element in the checklist of a conference project scope is the definition of project objective which will address the basic questions like “when, what, how, and why” and acquire the pertinent information. Keystone conference project objective is planning the national conference, making sure all the resources and tasks are quantified and are not exceeding the allocated budget of $1.2 million (Whitley, 2006).

Leadership strategy

In my view, the leadership that needs to be adopted for such project is needs to passionate and visionary. Visionary Leadership explains how to develop the qualities needed to be recognized by your team leader and any type of organization or group of people, helping others to express their full potential and leading by example.

Leadership is the ability to manage a complex and diverse set of skills that can always be improved, learned, depth. Developing these skills means being able to inspire the other people and involves them to motivate.

Leadership is the ability to influence and guide one or more persons. True leadership is not tied to a security which gives the control or power, rather the result of an influence that is earned over time and by example. Leadership implies respect, experience, emotional strength, people skills, discipline, insight, sense of timing.

What distinguishes the leaders is improves their skills. Trust is the foundation of leadership to build a trusted leader must demonstrate competence, passion, determination; must first of all, his example (behaviors, attitudes, ions), that the others do, must keep the promises and commitments (Themistocleous, 2000).

How to allocate the project

A project is a work: set of activities performed by subject specialists different for making a book. To satisfy customer requirements:

the work must strictly comply with its description (to meet the needs

functional expressed in accordance with the rules of art);

the work must ...