PJM440 MOD3 Portfolio MIle Stone 4 Page Essay APA Format

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Portfolio Milestone (100 Points)

Important! Read First

Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do
not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title
of your submission.

Option #1: Quality Management and Small Cell Infrastructure Design

Go to Module 8 and read the expectations for Option 1, then return here for your Module 3 Milestone effort.

In Module 3, you are asked as a first step, to familiarize yourself
with the Small Cell Infrastructure Design Guidelines. Note that two
contract firms were instrumental in the development of the guidelines:
Clanton & Associates, Inc. and Jacobs Engineering Group. After your
review of the guidelines, you are asked to provide your input to the
following:

  • Are the current Small Cell Infrastructure Design Guidelines (SCIDG)
    ones that promote high quality? If yes, how? If no, why not and what
    should change to promote quality? Support your position with specific
    references to the SCIDG or current scholarly documentation.
  • What do you interpret to be meant by “quality” from the perspective
    of the public works personnel, communications companies deploying small
    cell infrastructure, the contract companies involved, and the public
    both now and in the future? What support do you have for your position
    with specific references to the SCIDG or current scholarly
    documentation?
  • What are the drivers for change, and the barriers to change from the
    perspective of the public works personnel and the public? Are there
    competing drivers for change that may impact quality from the public’s
    perspective? Support your position with specific references to the SCIDG
    or current scholarly documentation.

Submission:

  • Write a paper addressing the Module 3 Milestone questions for the
    case of The Department of Public Works, Engineering Division for the
    City and County of regarding the Small Cell Infrastructure Design
    Guidelines and quality management. Your paper should be 3-4 pages in
    length, not including the required title and references pages and any
    appendix if required. For more information see “How do I do an Appendix in APA style?” (Links to an external site.)
  • Support the Milestone paper with a minimum of three current
    (published in the most recent five years) scholarly sources from the
    CSU-Global Library. This is in addition to any course textbooks, lecture
    material you decide to use, or the case itself. Of course, you may
    always exceed the minimum number of sources.
  • Format the paper according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
  • Be clear, concise, and focused.

Option #2: Total quality management and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Federal Retirements

Go to Module 8 and read the expectations for Option 2, then return here for your Module 3 Milestone effort.

In Module 3, you are asked as a first step, to familiarize yourself
with the Government Accounting Office (GAO), Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) May of 2019, publication of the Federal Retirement: OPM
Actions Needed to Improve Application Processing Times. After your
review of the guidelines, you are asked to provide your input to the
following:

  • Is the current Federal Retirement: OPM Actions Needed to Improve
    Application Processing Times document one that promotes high quality? If
    yes, how? If no, why not and what should change to promote quality?
    Support your position with specific references to the GAO report or
    current scholarly documentation.
  • What do you interpret to be meant by “quality” from the perspective
    of the GAO OPM, retirees, Congressional leaders, and the public both now
    and in the future? What support do you have for your position with
    specific references to the GAO report or current scholarly
    documentation?
  • What are the drivers for change, and the barriers to change from the
    perspective of the GAO OPM, retirees, Congressional leaders, and the
    public? Are there competing drivers for change that may impact quality
    from the public’s perspective? Support your position with specific
    references to the GAO report or current scholarly documentation.

Submission:

  • Write a paper addressing the Module 3 Milestone questions for the
    case of federal employee retirement situation and quality management.
    Your paper should be 3-4 pages in length, not including the required
    title and references pages and any appendix if required. For more
    information see “How do I do an Appendix in APA style?” (Links to an external site.)
  • Support the Milestone paper with a minimum of three current
    (published in the most recent five years) scholarly sources from the
    CSU-Global Library. This is in addition to any course textbooks, lecture
    material you decide to use, the GAO report or the case itself. Of
    course, you may always exceed the minimum number of sources.
  • Format the paper according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
  • Be clear, concise, and focused.

Rubric

PJM440 Mod 3 PM

PJM440 Mod 3 PM

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Requirements

30.0
to >24.0 pts
Meets Expectation

Includes all of the required components, as specified in the assignment.

24.0
to >18.0 pts
Approaches Expectation

Includes most of the required components, as specified in the assignment.

18.0
to >12.0 pts
Below Expectation

Includes some of the required components, as specified in the assignment.

12.0
to >0 pts
Limited Evidence

Includes few of the required components, as specified in the assignment.

30.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Content

30.0
to >24.0 pts
Meets Expectation

Demonstrates strong or adequate knowledge of the materials; correctly represents knowledge from the readings and sources.

24.0
to >18.0 pts
Approaches Expectation

Some significant but not major errors or omissions in demonstration of knowledge.

18.0
to >12.0 pts
Below Expectation

Major errors or omissions in demonstration of knowledge.

12.0
to >0 pts
Limited Evidence

Fails to demonstrate knowledge of the materials.

30.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Critical Analysis

20.0
to >16.0 pts
Meets Expectation

Provides a strong critical analysis and interpretation of the information given.

16.0
to >12.0 pts
Approaches Expectation

Some significant but not major errors or omissions in analysis and interpretation.

12.0
to >8.0 pts
Below Expectation

Major errors or omissions in analysis and interpretation.

8.0
to >0 pts
Limited Evidence

Fails to provide critical analysis and interpretation of the information given.

20.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Demonstrates college-level proficiency in organization, grammar and style.

10.0
to >8.0 pts
Meets Expectation

Project
is clearly organized, well written, and in proper format as outlined in
the assignment. Strong sentence and paragraph structure; few errors in
grammar and spelling.

8.0
to >6.0 pts
Approaches Expectation

Project
is fairly well organized and written, and is in proper format as
outlined in the assignment. Reasonably good sentence and paragraph
structure; significant number of errors in grammar and spelling.

6.0
to >4.0 pts
Below Expectation

Project
is poorly organized; does not follow proper paper format. Inconsistent
to inadequate sentence and paragraph development; numerous errors in
grammar and spelling.

4.0
to >0 pts
Limited Evidence

Project
is not organized or well written, and is not in proper paper format.
Poor quality work; unacceptable in terms of grammar and spelling.

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Demonstrates proper use of APA style

10.0
to >8.0 pts
Meets Expectation

Project
contains proper APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to
Writing and APA, with no more than one significant error.

8.0
to >6.0 pts
Approaches Expectation

Few
errors in APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing
and APA, with no more than two to three significant errors.

6.0
to >4.0 pts
Below Expectation

Significant
errors in APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing
and APA, with four to five significant errors.

4.0
to >0 pts
Limited Evidence

Numerous errors in APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA, with more than five significant errors.

10.0 pts

Total Points:
100.0