Itm 423 - Module 4 Session Long Project

TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL

ITM 423: System Acquisition, System Development and Project Management

Module 4: Project Planning, Scheduling, Budgeting & Risk Management Session Long Project

May 2014 Term

July 06, 2014

Assignment: Utilizing your assigned software and upon review of your previous steps so far, develop a more specific series of steps and plot them out relative to each other.

Once complete, prepare a 2-3 page report summarizing your activities in the previous two steps– action definition and plan design

Allocating and Distributing Resources in our Project Plan utilizing Basecamp Project Management Software

For this assignment instead of utilizing our software to move in a new direction we’re tasked with taking a step back in order to allocate analyze our work we’ve done so far and then add some more detail by allocating and distributing our resources. This ties in directly with our Module objective of project planning, scheduling, budgeting and risk management. My assigned software is Basecamp and provides great assistance in developing an effective design plan.

Previously, I had identified the people who will be involved in this design process and the beginnings of an implementation plan. To add a few specifics to the early phases I’ll need to re-evaluate and update this section and apply the lessons learned as the project moves through the life cycle process. In identifying the staff requirements and how well be able to obtain the necessary resources to meet the expected deadline this phase would take perhaps 30 days to implement and to employ, depending on personnel availability (which we have previously mapped out using our software). The purpose of this staff management plan would be to capture “how” the project managers will organize and manage their staff resources throughout the life of the project. The management plan needs to take into account that the project has sufficient staff possessing the correct...