Information Technology Project Management

Project Scheduling and Budgeting

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TaskInstructionsEnsure that you have completed all readings for topics 1 - 7:

Assignment requirements based on the following Grand Wines Project case study.

As the project manager of this project, you are required to present an initial project report to the project sponsor that includes the following specific project outputs to show how you propose to implement this project:

Minimum suggested project management related deliverables include:

Identification of milestones

Scope of the project

Schedule of the project

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Resource& Budget management

Project risk management

Project quality planning and management

Microsoft Project file(s) submission

Case study Grand WinesYou are an employee of Grand Wines Ltd and project leader of a proposed project to equip each of the companys 20 sales representatives with a wireless data entry device by which they could instantly communicate customer orders to the companys central sales database in Sydney. The sales representatives operate over all areas of NSW and service around 400 independent wine and liquor stores in the state.

Currently, the sales representatives complete customer orders manually and after leaving a copy with the customer, they forward the customer orders by mail or fax to the sales department in Sydney, where the orders are entered into the sales database and processed through the inventory system for shipment to the customer.

The problems with the current process are:

At least one-day is lost in supplying customers with products because of the delays in getting orders into the system.

Sales representatives do not know the latest inventory position of their products when they accept orders from the customer. Delays in delivery can result when orders are placed on back-order because of a lack of stock.

Orders are often lost or entered into the sales database incorrectly through human error.

The sales representatives and many customers are dissatisfied with the current situation. Competitive wine companies have improved their order systems and are outperforming Grand Wines Ltd in terms of delivery speed, order accuracy, availability of ordered stock and overall customer satisfaction.

Your CEO has stressed the importance of the project to the company and asked you to use your skills as a project manager to make sure the project is successful by following the relevant project management processes.

You have been assigned a project leader of this project. Your manager has given you guidance that the project needs to be completed within 6 months and that costs should be minimised wherever possible.

RationaleThis assessment has been designed to allow you to show your ability to:

be able to demonstrate how a practicing project manager actually applies project management skills, methods, techniques and tools;

be able to use an industry standard project management software tool (Microsoft Project);

apply project management skills, methods, techniques and tools to a real world problem typical of a project manager;

be able to describe what exactly a quality system is and how it is achieved in project development;

be able to identify how the disciplined application of quality assurance can lead to significant productivity gains; and

be able to demonstrate how to expedite project tasks during project delivery.

Marking criteriaMarks given will be dependent on the quality of the answers and the suitability and correctness of the proposed project as represented in Microsoft Office Project.You need to identify project milestones SMART criteria i.e.Specific,Measurable,Achievable,Results-based, andTime-specific. The following areas will be examined using the marking criteria in the marking rubric given below.TaskHD(100% 85%)DI(84% 75%)CR(74% 65%)PS(64% 50%)FL(49% 0)

Identification of milestones

(10 Marks)Comprehensive identification of project milestonesHighly detailed identification of project milestonesDetailed identification of project milestonesAdequate identification of project milestonesIncomplete or no answer to the topic

Scope of the project

(10 Marks)Comprehensive description of the scope of the project.Highly detailed description of the scope of the project.Detailed description of the scope of the project.Adequate description of the scope of the project.Incomplete or no answer to the topic

Schedule of the project

(10 Marks)Comprehensive description of the schedule of the projectHighly detailed description of the schedule of the projectDetailed description of the schedule of the projectAdequate description of the schedule of the projectIncomplete or no answer to the topic

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

(10 Marks)Comprehensive WBS of the projectHighly detailed WBS of the projectDetailed WBS of the projectAdequate WBS of the projectIncomplete or no answer to the topic

Resource & Budget management

(10 Marks)Comprehensive description of the resource and budget management of the projectHighly detailed description of the resource and budget management of the projectDetailed description of the resource and budget management of the projectAdequate description of the resource and budget management of the projectIncomplete or no answer to the topic

Project risk management

(10 Marks)Comprehensive project risk management planHighly detailed project risk management planDetailed project risk management planAdequate project risk management planIncomplete or no answer to the topic

Project quality planning & management

(10 Marks)Comprehensive description of project quality planning and managementHighly detailed description of project quality planning and managementDetailed description of project quality planning and managementAdequate description of project quality planning and managementIncomplete or no answer to the topic

Microsoft Project file(s) submission

(10 Marks)Microsoft Project File(s) showing all aspects of project planning and management comprehensivelyMicrosoft Project File(s) showing some aspects of project planning and managementMicrosoft Project File(s) showing few aspects of project planning and management and missing some important stepsNo submission or incomplete Microsoft Project File

RequirementsStudents are required to submit a project report describing their proposed project solution for the above task, along with all the appropriate Microsoft Project files.

All referencing in the project material must be in accordance with the APA style guide. A guide to the APA style of referencing (the style now used by the Faculty of Business) is available at: http://www.csu.edu.au/division/studserv/learning/pdfs/apa.pdf

Online submission via Turnitin is required for this assignment.