Justice in Mexico Website Project

by Sam Liao

Justice in Mexico Website Project

by Sam Liao

Prof. Carl RebmanInformation Technology Project Management

GSBA573

Prof. Carl RebmanInformation Technology Project Management

GSBA573

Problem

• Mexico is a country that experiences many disruptions in its justice system • “Justice in Mexico” is a project that addresses such problems and provides

proposals for legal reform

Background

• The Justice in Mexico Project hosts events, does research, and edits specialty publications

• Increase the awareness of Justice reform of Mexico• English-language www.JusticeinMexico.org serves as an effective resource

to disseminate information and to promote the organization

Business Objective

• Website awareness of the issues• Website popularity of our organization• Website future funding• Website Events Promotion

• Let’s Brainstorming

Preliminary Project Requirements

• Good Project Management Skill

• Good Communication skills • Content Content Content Well organized and informative documents are n

umber one attraction for visitors

• Well-structure website is important because it provided easy navigation for our audience

• Great team cohesiveness Website Project greatly depends upon teamwork. Team harmony promises prompt and quality product delivery

Requirements (Scope)

• Professional web design (unique, serious, and comfortable)

• Well-organized structure and easy to navigate

• About seven main categories and about 20 sub-categories

• Excellent articles and publications

• Excellent news summaries

• Currently up-to-date

• High-traffic

Schedule Estimate (time)

• Process from initiating the project, hiring workers, to launching of the website, it was estimated to take at least 6 months. It will take another 6 months to expand web content and traffic

Using Microsoft Project for scheduling

Budget Estimate and Financial Analysis (cost)

• Estimated budget for setting up a content-rich and functional website is $70K

• Overall Justice Project is $150K this year

• Potential funding next two years is $300K

• Likely to attract other funding

Potential Risks

• Website did not bring in funding

• Website did not bring in traffic

• Discontinuation of funding

WebsiteProject

Yes

No

No Future Funding (20%)-$70kX20% = (-$14k)

Future Funding (40%)$300X40% = $120K

Future Funding (80%)$(300k-70k)X80% = $184K

No Future Funding (60%)$0X60% = $0

$170K

$120K

Risks Analysis

Measures of Quality (indirectly)

• Citation from other related sources (links from other well-known websites)• High traffic (page visits, document download, average view time)• Received emails or/and phone calls for good comments or further

information• Received further funding

Challenges to creating a GOOD Website

Overall:

• Research, organize, translate, create, and categorize related documents

• Good website structure required -- GOOD Planning

• Support from Program Director, Project Manager and Web Developer

Managerial Coordination:

• Project Manager may be too busy, and lack of interaction with co-workers

• Delegates responsibility, determines use of budget resources

Assumptions and Constraints

Assumptions:• Project Manager has project management experience. • Justice website could bring in future funding?• Website will increase organization’s popularity• Does people care? Who is our audience?

Constraints:• Student workers work for low wage and they may lack professional skills

and professionalism• Unexpected dismissal of manager or skillful workers will delay project• Computers/resources distribution• Problem on monitoring Mexico news

Analysis of Option and Recommendation

• Project manager may take project management class

• Internet traffic takes time to build up. Learn website optimization skill is helpful.

• Allocate more human resource on developing web content.

Final Thoughts

• Development of Justice in Mexico Website will have some positive impacts on justice reform in Mexico

• Continue financial support from our sponsors

• It makes sense to construct an informative website for any organization regardless of its business objective. In my opinion, if an organization lacks its own website, its corporate and institutional identity is compromised

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