IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

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IT Project Management
Nick Curran
Western Governor’s University

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Task 1: GenRays Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
A. Understanding Project Management Tools
PMBOK Guide Knowledge
Areas
Discussion on
recommended tools
Justification for Tools
Project Integration
Management
Project Charter The tool is defined as the
essential concept behind the
suggested HRIS. This is done
by outlining the scopes and
goals of the existing project
(Laudon & Laudon, 2016).
Project Scope Management Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS) and Statement of Scope
(SOS)
The Statement of Scope is
vital to the project. This is
because this has been outlining
the deliverables, scopes and
justifications that is agreed on
by stakeholders (Harrison &
Lock, 2017). On the other
hand, the work breakdown
structure has been providing
the visual presentation of the
details of SoS.
Project Description Springloops, Basecamp The descriptions of the
project includes the issue to be

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addressed by the project, the
objectives of the project and
project plan, describing the
tasks to be undertaken by
members (Marchewka, 2014).
Springloops is a browser of
supervision. This integrates the
management of a project. This
has been counting the distinct
AJAX browser along with
Basecamp integration. The
Basecamp is seen as the most
effective project management
along with the collaboration
platform. This has comprised
for features like commenting,
project overviews, time
tracking, milestones, and
message boards, file sharing
and to-do lists (Sligo et al.,
2017).
Project Time Management Gantt Chart This is a significant tool for
project managers. Tracking
resources, tasks and phases

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against time is helpful.
Project Cost Management Cost Control, Cost
Budgeting, Cost estimating,
EVM or Earned Value
Management
The EVM is vital for the
business since it measures
various performances. These
are done as per time and cost
accurately. Here, the
estimation of cost is critical
since it establishes the actual
value of resources that are
needed to be deployed in the
HRIS project (Kerzner &
Kerzner, 2017). On the other
hand, cost budgeting is a vital
tool. This helps the projects
manages for estimating and
controlling actual and fixed
costs. Ultimately, the cost
control is useful the managers
to control and monitor the
costs of projects.
Project Quality Management Histogram, Pareto Diagram,
Flow Chart, Cause and Effect
Diagram, Control Chart,
Scatter Diagram, Check Sheets
The plan of quality
management uses various tools
for defining and measuring
various acceptable levels of

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quality in that project
(Nicholas & Steyn, 2017).
Different instances of quality
management tools to be used
here are check sheet, Pareto
Chart, stratification chart,
control chart. Here, the
importance of the tools is that
they are utilized effectively in
quality assurance, quality
control and quality
management.
()Project Human Resource
Management
Organizational Theory,
Networking, Text, RAM or
Responsibility Organizational
Charts
The organizational charts are
helpful to outline authority and
report the lines. The RAM is
utilized here for defining the
roles of team members in
development. The text, on the
other hand, demonstrates the
role, responsibility and
position of each team member
(Peltier, 2016).
Project Communications
Management
Information Management
System, Meetings
It is done on various
applications used for managing

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and delivering accurate and
relevant information on that
project. Here, the meeting is
the most effective process that
different project managers can
communicate with project
stakeholders.
Project Risk Management The cause and effect diagram,
SWOT Analysis, Probability
and Impact Matrix
The first one is useful to
understand how various factors
are being interconnected to
multiple risks. The second one
is a planning tool for analyzing
threats, opportunities,
weaknesses and strengths of
the HRIS systems. The last one
helps in prioritizing risks
(Pollack & Adler, 2015).
Project Procurement
Management
Make or Buy Analysis,
Contract Change, Control
System, Record management
system
It decides on whether to
develop the system in-house or
get it outsourced. Moreover,
the contract change control
system is helpful here. This is
because it delivers the formal
method to fulfill the contract