CS660 Managing Projects, Resources and Risks | Assignment
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CS660 Managing Projects, Resources and RisksAssignment 4: Web Site Development ProjectGrade weight:40% towards 20% overall assignment gradesDue Date:7/21/2016Assignment: Web Site DevelopmentA nonprofit organization would like you to lead a Web site development project. The organization has Internet accessthat includes space on a Web server, but no experience developing Web sites. In addition to creating its Web site, theorganization would like you to train two people on its staff to do simple Web page updates. The Web site shouldinclude the following information, as a minimum: description of the organization (mission, history, and recent events),list of services, and contact information. The organization wants the Web site to include graphic s (photographs andother images) and have an attractive, easy-to-use layout.1.Project Scope ManagementCreate a WBS for this project. Create and include milestones and summary tasks. Assume that the main WBScategories and some of the project management tasks are similar to tasks from the Project Tracking Databaseproject example in the appendix.Some of the specific analysis, design, and implementation tasks will be to:a.Collect information on the organization in hardcopy and digital form (brochures, reports,organization charts, photographs, and so on).b.Research Web sites of similar organizations.c.Collect detailed information about the customer's design preferences and access to space on a Web server.d.Develop a template for the customer to review (background color for all pages, position of navigationbuttons, layout of text and images, typography, including basic text font and display type, and so on).e.Create a site map or hierarchy chart showing the flow of Web pages.f.Digitize the photographs and find other images for the Web pages; digitize hardcopy text.g.Create the individual Web pages for the site.h.Test the pages and the site.i.Implement the Web site on the customer's Web server.j.Get customer feedback.k.Incorporate changes.l.Create training materials for the customer on how to update the Web pages.m.Train the customer's staff on updating the Web pages.2.Project Time Managementa.Enter realistic durations for each task, and then link the tasks as appropriate. Assume that you have fourmonths to complete the entire project.b.Show a Network Diagram view for the project.c.Indicate the critical path3.Project Cost Managementa.Assume that you have three people working on the project and each of them would charge $20 per hour .Enter this information in a Resource Sheet.b.Estimate that each person will spend an average of about five hours per week for the four-month period.Assign resources to the tasks, and try to make the final cost in line with this estimate.c.Show a budget report for your project.4.Project Human Resource Managementa.Assume that one project team member will be unavailable (due to vacation) for two weeks in the middle of theproject. Make adjustments to accommodate this vacation so that the schedule does not slip and the costs do notchange. Document the changes from the original plan and the new plan.
5.Project Communications Managementa.Create a 1 to 2 slide project update dashboard to be presented to your sponsor. Include:a.High-level Summary Tasks & Milestonesb.Project schedule status summaryc.Cost & budgetary status summaryd.Human Resource Management highlighte.Any other relevant data you will like to show.b.Create a “Who Does What Report”General Guidelines and Grading CriteriaRequired Answer Formata)Header Data should include:i.Student’s nameii.“CS 660 Assignment 4”iii.The due date of the assignmentb)It is recommended that your approach to organizing and writing this assignment follows theguidelines in thissection, with the main body content aligned to the list of questions provided in the description section above. Consider the project activities that the Project Manager would need to perform for each of these projects considering its objectives. In other words, apply the relevant selection of knowledge areas, tools and application area expertise, appropriate to this project.c)The project manager (the student) must approve (sign) the scope planning document. Thesignature shall be placed immediately below the following declaration:i.“I certify that I have read the professor’s instructions regarding this assignmentand that the submitted work is solely my individual effort.”Use spell-check to minimize the potential for spelling errors. Proofread the paper prior to submitting it. Points willbe deducted for:a.Grammatical errorsb.Spelling errorsIn order to score well on this assignment, the Integrated Project Plan should integrate the content of the lectures,the chapters of the textbook, and the applicable chapters of the PMBOK.The intent of this assignment is to help the student perform the creation of the Integrated Project Planand conductanalysis of the plan in order to manage a specific project. The assignment should accomplish that intent by providing the student with the opportunity to prepare an Integrated Project Plan and answer several questions for a case study. Use the generally accepted projectmanagement terminology correctly . Giventhe intent of item number 3,points will be deducted each timethat vocabulary from the ANSI standardfor project management is usedinappropriately.Write the assignment according to specifications. Read and follow the instructions that have been provided. Up to50 points will be deducted for each non-responsive answer.The length of this assignment should not exceed five single-spaced, typewritten pages (could be less),excluding diagrams, tables and charts.Use font “Times New Roman,” size = 12 points.
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