Ba 748

BUS ADM 748: Managing Information Technology Projects

(Spring 2015)

Report #1: Video Game Rental Program

TEAM # 2

◆KOCHAR KARNICA

◆SHUO MI

◆YU SUN

◆XIAOFEI MU

Content Index

Part 1 Project Integration Management

* Project Integration Management

* Weighted Decision Matrix

* Financial analysis for video game rental program

* Project Charter for video game rental program

* The integrated change control process

Part 2 Project scope management

* Scope statement for the project

* Work Breakdown Structure for Video Game Delivery System

* Gantt Chart of WBS

* Strategy for scope verification and change control

Part 3 Project Time Management

* Additional activities in Work Breakdown Structure

* Key schedule milestones of the video game rental program

* Gantt chart and network diagram

* People assignment of each activity

* The strategies for making up lost time.

Part 1 Project Integration Management

1. Project Integration Management

Integration management is an element of project management that coordinates all aspects of a project. Project integration, when properly performed, ensures that all processes in a project run smoothly. Integration management will produce a series of deliverables.

There are at least five other websites that allow users to rent games via mail: Gamefly, Gamerang, GameznFlix, GetYour Gamez, and GottaPlay. We have focused our research on Gamefly.com because of its popularity and also it offers variety of services to satisfy customers. The capabilities of the website and the information system are detailed below.

1. It allows customers to order video games over the internet.

2. It provides an ability to track the shipping of products as they are delivered to and are returned to their storage facilities.

3. It allows addition up to 2 games at a time to be handled and can automatically send another game from the list as soon as...