Phases of Project Life Cycle, Stakeholder Register and Communication Management Plan, Project Charter, Project Network Diagram, Project Work Breakdown Structure

IS project
Management

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS..............................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................2
Phases of project life cycle..........................................................................................................2
Stake holder register and communication management plan......................................................3
Create project charter...................................................................................................................7
Create project network diagram...................................................................................................8
Create project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).....................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Project management is the application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge and
experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria
within agreed parameters. It assists project manager in achieving all the project goals that has
been defined by them. There are various stages of project management that needs to be followed
by an individual so that success can be gain by them and it will assist them in making project
more efficient. It is the responsibility of project manager to initiate the project and make sure that
it is achievable in given time constraints. Present report will lay emphasis on Sun shine homes
which is a real estate agency. They want to outsource the web development and want to develop
the cloud- based management information system. They want to upgrade company’s current IT
system. This report will lay emphasis upon phases of project life cycle, stakeholder register
communication management plan, creation of project charter, creation of project network
diagram, calculation of project cost and net present value, and lastly upon creation of project
work breakdown structure.
MAIN BODY
Phases of project life cycle
Project life cycle can assist project manager in giving a framework that can support them
in managing any type of project within a business (Sutrisna, Ramanayaka and Goulding, 2018).
There are various stages of project life cycle and it is being determined by the management by
considering various factors and also they keep a check upon organisations need for it. It includes
the following:
Project initiation: It is the first stage and the goal of project manager in this stage is to
introduce project at a broader level. Sunshine homes at this stage will ensure that whether project
which is undertaken by them that is cloud based information system is feasible or not. In this the
project manager needs to be involved in creating a project charter where the purpose and goal of
project is clear to every stakeholder who is involved in the project.
Project planning: In this sunshine homes will be involved in forecasting the future, they
will be involved in determining the aims and objectives of report so that project can become
successful. They will also be involved in making plans related to responsibility that will be
carried by each team member. All this is being done in order to grow. In this communication
plan, risk management plan will also be made by project manager.
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Project execution: this is the phase where deliverables needs to be developed and
completed by sunshine homes. In this stage project manager is been involved in providing
adequate resources so that efficiency can be increased of employees.
Project performance and monitoring: During this stage project manager of sunshine
homes will be involved in making use of various key performance indicators in order to know
about the progress firm has made previously and also after installing the cloud software. In this
project manager will also be engaged in analysing whether the quality deliverables are being met
(Muszyńska, 2016).
Project closure: in this stage project will be completed and during this period team member
who were being involved in project will be recognised. Project manager will be engaged in
making final budget and check whether there is any gap in the budget that has been made by
them.
Stake holder register and communication management plan
Stakeholder register in project management can be defined as that register which contains
information related to stake holders in it (Lauren and Schreiber, 2018). Once the project charter
is approved only after that stake holder register is developed. This assist project manager in
identifying people, groups and organisation. It includes the following:
stakeholder role department Expectation
Project manager The role is to upgrade
the IT infrastructure
of company
successfully. They
will be engaged in
doing all plans related
to making the project
successful. This will
provide benefits to
sunshine home and
also assist them in
growing and
increasing their
Project services The expectation is to
provide quality of
services to clients so
that their loyalty
increases. The cloud
based management
information system
can also assist in
increasing employees
loyalty
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