Case Study on Project Management of Willowbrook
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Added on 2020-05-11
Case Study on Project Management of Willowbrook
Added on 2020-05-11
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Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENTCase Study- Willowbrook SchoolName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note
1PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1. Memo to Victoria detailing about the needs of strategic planning anddiscussing preliminary systems investigation Willowbrook School Address: <Please Fill> 31st October 2017 To: VictoriaFrom: < Please Fill your name>Subject: Memo that details the need of strategic planning as well as the stages of preliminarysystem investigation Strategic planning for development of information system within the WillowbrookSchool is defined as a procedure that helps in creating a portfolio that is basically dependent onthe utilization of information system for achieving the organizational goals as well as objectives.Strategic planning is generally done in organizations for ensuring that the information system ishelpful in accomplishing the goals and also helps in gaining competitive advantage. The strategicplanning is helpful in establishing proper realistic goals and objectives related with mission andvision of the organization. It generally helps in providing a base with which the progress can bemeasured easily. The Willowbrook School can easily manage the increased enrollments as wellas other operation of the school quite properly after the development of information system.Preliminary investigation is required to be done before the development of theinformation system and it is considered as one of the first step in the system developmentproject. It is defined as one of the way with which the requests of the users are handled for
2PROJECT MANAGEMENTenhancing as well as improving the operation of the organization. The system investigationgenerally includes the following:Understanding the problem: It is quite important to understand the problem of theorganization so that significance of current system can be identified for making modificationswithin the existing operation.Defining scope and constraints: The scope as well as constraints of the project must bedefined in order provide clear idea about the project. Performing fact finding: This technique must be performed for collecting properinformation with the help of the new information system in the school.Analyzing cost, benefit as well as usability: It is quite important to analyze the data ofthe project in order to estimate the cost, benefit as well as usability of the system properly.Evaluating feasibility: The feasibility study of the information system is very muchimportant for ensuring that the project can be easily handled by the users.Providing recommendations: Proper recommendation must be provided in order toestimate the time as well as cost of project development.2. Conducting fact-findingThe lists of people who are interviewed are provided below:Director (Victoria Owens)Principal (Kathy Gillard)Vice Principal (Susan brown)
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