1. On Campus Internship Work Plan Creation
Working with a sponsor company to utilize the project definition and deliverables of an On Campus Internship to develop a work plan

2. Have You Created the Engagement Letter?
Have you completed the discussion with the company sponsor about the decisions they will make or the actions they will take following your project?
Have you crystalized the project description?
Have you created an initial draft of the engagement letter?
Has it been reviewed by your Mentor?
Have you uploaded it on “My Projects” for review and sent me an letting me know if was uploaded?
Have you sent the engagement letter to the company sponsor?

3. What is a Work Plan
A listing of the tasks necessary to meet the project description and deliverables in a critical path approach.
It is the road map to a successful project
What kind of document represent a work plan
Task List associated with each deliverable
Action Register
Gant Chart

4. Developing a Work Plan
What does the sponsor already have to support the deliverables?
What budget/resources are available to support the team developing the deliverables?
What information is required to develop deliverables to make the sponsor’s decision?
What level of certainty in the information is required?
What critical assumptions can be made without further validation?
Therefore what analysis tools will be required?

5. Developing a Work Plan cont.
What data is required to perform the required analysis?
Where will you get the data and what is already available from the sponsor?
What data can be found from secondary sources?
What primary data collection is required?
What is your work plan to get primary and secondary data?
What is your timeline to gather data, perform analysis, develop conclusions & recommendations and communicate the deliverables?
Who will be responsible for each required activity?
When will each activity be completed?

6. Task List associated with each deliverable
Deliverables A B C D
Analysis plan for Deliverable A 1 2 3
Data plan for Analysis Plan A
Analysis plan for Deliverable B
Data plan for Analysis Plan B

7. Action Register Action Register Team Organization Responsible Person
Support people
Start Date
End Date
Current Status
Completed Date
Assign roles
Establish meeting times
Establish reporting times
Project Organization
Project Orientation meeting
Preliminary deliverables defined
Preliminary work plan
Initial Engagement Letter
Kickoff meeting with sponsor
Schedule mid term & final presentation
Finalize engagement letter
Turn in signed engagement letter
Work Plan
Data gather plans #1
Data gather plans #2
Data gather plans #3
Analysis Plans #1
Analysis Plans #2
Analysis Plans #3
Mid Term Report
Develop report update
Prepare presentation
Deliver presentation
Technical Report
Define sections of the report
Assign authors to each section
Key conclusions and recommendations

8. Gant Chart

9. Develop Your Work Plan
Deliverables Manager works with team to identify key deliverables
Project manager works with the team to develop the work plan:
Task List
Action Register
Gant Chart
Utilize Project Planning Software as needed
Excel – forms available in Tools and Templates at “My Projects”
@Task online program
Harvard Project or Microsoft Project
Other systems as the team chooses
Upload Work Plan document at “My Projects”