ISYS302 Management of IT Systems and Projects

This document provides information about the management of IT systems and projects. It includes a schedule, resource allocation, and project budget. The critical path and network diagram of the project are also discussed.

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ISYS302 Management of IT Systems and Projects
Name of the Student
Name of the University

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Answer to 1
The overall schedule of the project is shown as follows.
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Cloud Manufacturing 522 days Thu 4/4/19 Fri 4/2/21
Design Steps 122 days Thu 4/4/19 Fri 9/20/19
Specification of System Features
Needed
10 days Mon 5/6/19 Fri 5/17/19
Requirements Gathering 10 days Thu 4/4/19 Wed 4/17/19
Initiate System Design 5 days
Mon
5/20/19
Fri 5/24/19 2,3
Create System Design Diagram 5 days
Mon
5/27/19
Fri 5/31/19 4
Finalize System Design 15 days Mon 6/3/19 Fri 6/21/19 5
Purchase Cloud Subscription from
Vendor
10 days Thu 4/18/19 Wed 5/1/19 3
Develop System Architecture 20 days
Mon
6/24/19
Fri 7/19/19 6,7
Develop System Prototype 20 days Mon Fri 8/16/19 8

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7/22/19
Preliminary Testing 15 days
Mon
8/19/19
Fri 9/6/19 9
Modifications and Changes 10 days Mon 9/9/19 Fri 9/20/19 10
Complete System Design 0 days Fri 9/20/19 Fri 9/20/19 11
Data Analysis 45 days
Thu
4/18/19
Wed 6/19/19
Gather System Requirement Data 10 days Thu 4/18/19 Wed 5/1/19 3
Prepare Design Usage Data 10 days Thu 5/2/19 Wed 5/15/19 14
Analyze the Data 15 days Thu 5/16/19 Wed 6/5/19 14,15
Document Analysis Results 10 days Thu 6/6/19 Wed 6/19/19 16
Completion of Data Analysis 0 days
Wed
6/19/19
Wed 6/19/19 17
Assembly 255 days
Mon
9/23/19
Fri 9/11/20
Assemble All System Features 90 days
Mon
9/23/19
Fri 1/24/20 12
Develop Architecture of Final System 150 days Mon Fri 8/21/20 20

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Design 1/27/20
Modifications in the System as per
Requirements
15 days
Mon
8/24/20
Fri 9/11/20 21
Complete Final Design 0 days Fri 9/11/20 Fri 9/11/20 22
Testing and Production 145 days
Mon
9/14/20
Fri 4/2/21
Conduct System Tests 30 days
Mon
9/14/20
Fri 10/23/20 18,23
Identify and Remove Bugs 25 days
Mon
10/26/20
Fri 11/27/20 25
Review System Security 15 days
Mon
10/26/20
Fri 11/13/20 25
Install Security Firewall as Required 10 days
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 11/27/20 27
System Performance Testing 25 days
Mon
10/26/20
Fri 11/27/20 25
Data Management Testing 25 days
Mon
10/26/20
Fri 11/27/20 25
User Interaction Testing 30 days Mon Fri 12/4/20 25

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10/26/20
Document Test Results 15 days
Mon
12/7/20
Fri 12/25/20 26,29,30,31
System Launch 5 days
Mon
12/28/20
Fri 1/1/21 32
Initiate Production for Multiple Users 15 days Mon 1/4/21 Fri 1/22/21 33
Develop Client Usable System 35 days
Mon
1/25/21
Fri 3/12/21 34
Documentation of Project 15 days
Mon
3/15/21
Fri 4/2/21 35
Sign Off 0 days Fri 4/2/21 Fri 4/2/21 36
The resource allocation and project budget are shown in the following table.
Task Name Resource Names Cost
Cloud Manufacturing $692,400.00
Design Steps $307,400.00
Specification of System Features Needed System Analyst $3,200.00
Requirements Gathering System Analyst $3,200.00
Initiate System Design Developer, Software[1] $78,000.00

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Create System Design Diagram Developer $3,000.00
Finalize System Design Developer $9,000.00
Purchase Cloud Subscription from Vendor
ERP Subscription[1],
Network Engineer
$154,000.00
Develop System Architecture Developer $12,000.00
Develop System Prototype Developer $12,000.00
Preliminary Testing
System Tester,
Reporting and Analysis
System[1]
$22,200.00
Modifications and Changes
Developer, System
Tester
$10,800.00
Complete System Design Developer $0.00
Data Analysis $16,400.00
Gather System Requirement Data System Analyst $3,200.00
Prepare Design Usage Data System Analyst $3,200.00
Analyze the Data System Analyst $4,800.00

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Document Analysis Results
System Analyst,
Content Writer
$5,200.00
Completion of Data Analysis System Analyst $0.00
Assembly $205,600.00
Assemble All System Features
System Analyst, System
Development Tools[1]
$53,800.00
Develop Architecture of Final System
Design
Developer, System
Analyst
$138,000.00
Modifications in the System as per
Requirements
Developer, System
Analyst
$13,800.00
Complete Final Design Developer $0.00
Testing and Production $163,000.00
Conduct System Tests
System Tester,
Visulisation Tools[1]
$34,400.00
Identify and Remove Bugs System Tester $12,000.00
Review System Security
Network Engineer,
System Tester
$13,200.00
Install Security Firewall as Required System Tester $4,800.00

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System Performance Testing System Tester $12,000.00
Data Management Testing System Tester $12,000.00
User Interaction Testing System Tester $14,400.00
Document Test Results System Tester $7,200.00
System Launch
Developer, Network
Engineer
$5,000.00
Initiate Production for Multiple Users
Developer, Production
Planning and Control
System[1]
$24,000.00
Develop Client Usable System Developer $21,000.00
Documentation of Project Content Writer $3,000.00
Sign Off Developer $0.00
The Gantt chart of the project is shown as follows.

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Figure 1: Gantt Chart of the Project
(Source: Created by Author)

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Answer to 2
The project will take a total duration of 500 days.
This is the case because the overall critical path will include 500 days and other tasks can
be completed within this duration only.
The critical path of the project, as determined from the schedule is: 2  3  4  5  6 
8  9  10  11  20  21  22  25  31  32  33  34  35  36  37.
Figure 2: Network Diagram of the Project
(Source: Created by Author)
Answer to 3
In order to determine the schedule, the work packages have been connected using suitable
dependencies and predecessor links (Schwalbe 2015). After linking the activities, estimated
durations have been assigned to each work package and the total duration that lies on the critical
path of the project forms the total duration of the project itself. After determining the timeframe,
staffs were assigned to each work package where their duties are essential (Kerzner and Kerzner
2017). Their payment rates have been specified and the total usage of payment resource has been

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calculated by multiplying the unit rates with the total working hours of each staff assigned in the
project work packages.

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References
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Schwalbe, K., 2015. Information technology project management. Cengage Learning.