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Required outline
This outline must be followed and every section must be titled. Additional subsections are allowed. The body begins with the Executive Summary (page 1); the title page and table of contents are not numbered.
- I.Executive Summary
One- to three-page description of the project.
- II.Initiating
State the problem and the project scope — purpose, rationale and expected benefits.
- III.Planning and Organizing
Project goals; human-resource plan (roles, skills, responsibilities); schedule (2-4 milestones + timeline); quality-management plan; risk-management plan; proposed budget (monetary + in-kind).
- IV.Execution
Describe and document how the project plan was implemented.
- V.Monitoring and Controlling
How you monitored schedule, budget and quality; the issues you hit and how you handled them.
- VI.Closing the Project
Evaluate key metrics; lessons learned for each PM process; recommendations for future projects.
- VII.Bibliography
Required. List every source of information used in the entry. Each section, including this one, must be titled.
- VIII.Appendixoptional
Optional. Exhibits that support the entry but are not important enough for the body (sample surveys, letters, background data). If included, its pages are numbered too.
Penalty Point Checklist
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Must be signed by all participants and the chapter advisor and placed in front of the written entry. Only physical or digital signatures count — typed names in a font are not accepted. Do not number this page.
The body is limited to 20 pages, plus the title page and table of contents. The appendix counts toward the 20.
All pages are numbered in sequence starting with the executive summary and ending with the final appendix page. Do not use separate/blank pages between sections or as section title pages.
The entry follows the outline in the Written Entry Guidelines for the event. Each section must be titled. Additional subsections are permitted.
Must be typed and use 8½ × 11-inch pages. Handwritten corrections, notes, charts and graphs are penalized.