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Assignment 3
Outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
Unit Outcomes:
• Prepare the Project Charter outlining identified needs and
your proposed solution
• Examine possible hardware and software solutions for
identified problems
• Specify the system improvements and additional
capabilities needed to meet the identified needs
Course Outcomes:
IT499-2: Client Specifications: Analyze users’ technical
issues.
IT499-4: Technology Analysis: Evaluate IT trends, practices,
and products.
Assignment Instructions:
The Project Charter is the most important documentation for
the course. This document will provide the
foundation for the entire project. This will be used to
evaluate the success of your Final Project and
presentation. Your professor will use this document to
assess whether the project objectives have been
completed in the Final Project. You will identify the
project objectives, assumptions, scope, milestones,
deliverables, impact statement, roles and how success will
be measured. It is substantial documentation and
will require a time investment. Do not rush through the
file. There are ample resources available online for
completing a Project Charter. Please be sure to conduct the
necessary research to complete quality
documentation.
Project Requirements:
Complete the Project Charter and address the following:
1. Project Objectives: Focus on how business needs are being
solved. How do the objectives support
the business strategies?
Note: For Web projects in particular, this does not address
interface designs or any design details at this point.
The Project Charter does not include any visual design
aspects in terms of color palettes, fonts, or images
being used.
2. Assumptions: These will address circumstances and
outcomes which can be taken for granted. You
will not have all concrete information to begin the project,
but you can make some assumptions.
Examples may include vendor reliability and availability of
resources.
3. Project Scope: Address the deliverables of the project.
Options may include system upgrades, help
files, documentation, full source code, training and support.
Also establish some boundaries. For
example, if you are developing a network, how many offices
will it entail? If computer systems are being A
