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Complete a 12- to 16-page paper. Include the following components in the
paper:
Choose a project involving an IT requirement with multiple tasks and human
resources. This project must come from a business situation—for example, hardware procurement and installation,
network acquisition, implementation, or expansion—in which each Learning Team
member contributes background details.
Project Charter (Due in Week Two)
This is a consolidated
source of information which lays the foundation for successful completion of
any project by identifying your project vision and communicating the overall
approach for a project to all key stakeholder audiences.
At a minimum the charter
will contain the following:
·
Background of the
organization and any information or statement of needs that helps explain how
the project came to be
·
Goals and
objectives of the project in language that is both concise and explanatory
·
Project scope
delineated so that all parties involved are aware of what the project
includes as well as what it does not
·
Budgetary
limitations
·
Explanation of
sponsors, stakeholders, and as well as how the project team is structured so
that there will be no confusion concerning roles and responsibilities
·
Project approach
your team intends to take to fulfill meeting deliverables of the project
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Project Schedule (Due in Week Three)
This is the core of any
project plan used to communicate what tasks are needed and the order of
sequence to be done to meet deadlines and deliverables.
At a minimum the section
will contain the following:
·
Business requirements
document (BRD) that provides additional details regarding the expectations (such
as user, system, and functional) that must be met for achieving project goals
·
Work breakdown structure
(WBS) showing discrete work tasks and grouped hierarchically that helps to
organize and define the total work scope of the project
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Project Costing (Due in Week Four)
The allocation and cost
of resources need to be carefully monitored if a project is to be delivered
on-time and on-budget.
At a minimum this section
will contain the following:
·
Allocation of
resources to project tasks (both labor and material)
·
Cost estimates for
project resources
·
Gantt diagram
showing duration estimates for all tasks and their sequencing (including
precedence relations) and highlighting any critical path(s) arising from task
dependencies ultimately determining the minimal duration of a project
In addition summarize any
relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources,
critical task sequencing, or how duration estimates were arrived at, and any
financial implications (for example, budget or cost reports of the project as
well)
·
Develop a baseline
for your project plan so that all future variances are captured.
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
Project Evaluation and Control (Due in Week Five)
A project must be
executed effectively and with minimal waste to establish confidence. A plan
for performance measurement requires identifying which critical element
should be measured, how they are measured, and when they are measured to
communicate if the project is on track.
At a minimum the section
will contain the following:
·
Measurable
objectives identified as milestones on the Gantt chart
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Risk mitigation
strategy for analyzing and reporting unplanned changes as well what
procedures you will plan to implement for handling change control issues
·
Description of
project reporting regarding the on-going evaluation and status of project
efforts to stakeholder and participants on the project team
·
Method for
determining whether the project has met its objectives and how the project is
terminated
Write 3 to 4 pages on your findings.
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