Project 3: Lifehacking an Organization

Due: 5/4

In teams, examine how an organization handles strategic, tactical, and operational levels of work. Provide recommendations for improving the organization at these levels through flexible systems.

Project 3 is a group project. In this project, your group of 3-4 people will do the following:

• Select a participant who has been contacted by one of your members in Project 1-2.
• Examine that participant's organization for disruptions or problems.
• Based on the investigation, write a recommendation report.
• Also, write and deliver a presentation in which you make the case for the recommendations.

During the Project 3 presentations, you will present to the class; the class will play the role of your audience and ask appropriate questions during the Q&A.

The written Project 3 should be approximately 10 double-spaced pages.

Managing Your Group Project

Since Project 3 is a group project, I expect your group to use a project management system callled Basecamp. You will add me as one of your members.

For more on project management, see the DIIA tutorial.

In addition, your group should use Google Docs to write and share drafts.

Project 3 has group and individual components:

Group

• Written recommendation report
• Group presentation, including PowerPoint (or other presentation software) slides

Individual

• Individual participation in presentation
• Assessment of group division of labor, emailed to me
• Participation in project management system

Writing Your Group Project

The group project is a recommendation report and will follow the same outline as Project 2.