Address how the project will apply corporate social responsibility (CSR) values.

Address how the project will apply corporate social responsibility (CSR) values.

Read Chapters 3 and 5 of the course textbook, Contemporary Project Management.
Carefully review the document, Project Management Case Study—Logistics Service Improvement Project  download.
Watch Michael Porter: Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems (Links to an external site.).
Using the project management case study, develop a project charter (use headings) of three to four pages (no more than four pages). In addition to the course textbook, research two additional resources. In your charter,

Summarize the project’s scope and limitations.
Propose a business case for the project.
Address how the project will enable the corporate strategy.
Address how the project will apply corporate social responsibility (CSR) values.
Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) for the project business case. (Use Microsoft Excel to derive the NPV assuming the data below—submit an Excel spreadsheet as an appendix:
Purchase price of $400,000.
One-time project costs total of $100,000 spent in Year 0.
Net benefits after taxes of $150,000 per year for five years.
Salvage value for Year 6 and beyond of $400,000.)
Summarize your results of NPV in the paper and refer to the Appendix.
Develop a milestone schedule that includes five to seven elements
Use the case study to derive the milestones. If the case is lacking, feel free to include a solution or milestone that you think Walmart would value.
Predict the risks, threats, and opportunities of the project.
Outline resources needed for the project.
Develop your plan to form a high-performing project team.
Identify five important groups of stakeholders.
The Project Charter Development paper

Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.