Itm 423 - Module 1 Session Long Project

TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL

ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management

Module 1: IT Systems Planning and Acquisition Session Long Project

May 2014 Term

May 25, 2014

Assignment: Try out your assigned project planning software and prepare a 2-3 paper addressing:

* A summary description of the program, its structure and purpose

* Its overall look and feel and apparent target audience

* What the program does and does not give you

* Your assessment of usability, relative advantage, utility and relevance to this course

* Items you find worth noting to others

* Your bottom-line evaluation

A Hands-on Evaluation of Basecamp Project Management Software

With all of the discussion so far with project planning and what steps we should be keeping in mind as we develop the project plan this assignment gives us the opportunity to get some hands-on experience with some of the project management software and applications available that can help make sense out of whole process. All of the tools we were given a choice of using operate in the cloud so there was no need to sit and try to install something on our computer, which is a huge benefit of all of these tools. The one that I will be evaluating is called Basecamp and as mentioned on the site itself they have helped over 285,000 companies finish more than an astounding 2 million projects just this past year. That gave me a lot of confidence that I could sit here and figure things out. To start out I’ll describe Basecamp (structure, purpose, history) and then move on to its overall look and feel. I’ll also describe what the program gives you as you start to think about what you want your project to be. I’ll finish by describing my overall assessment and evaluation of this tool and its relevance to this course. Let’s look at what Basecamp is all about.

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