Management of IT Systems and Projects

The Dai-Ichi Corporation decides to deploy their SAP instance on Cloud. They have their subsidiary located in Australia. Dai-Ichi with the aid of the SAP Cloud will be able to connect their business across Australia. They will have to carry out the business over the cloud and control the operations over Italy and Australia. They also decide to host the SAP Cloud on Amazon AWS. The management team of Dai-Ichi Corporation has appointed a Project Manager. The Project Manager will prepare a project plan and will assist Dai-Ichi so that they can be able to deploy SAP on the cloud server.

Running head: MANAGEMENT OF IT SYSTEMS AND PROJECTS
Management of IT Systems and Projects
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Table of Contents
Objective........................................................................................................................1
Deliverables....................................................................................................................1
Project Plan....................................................................................................................2
Work Breakdown Structure............................................................................................5
Gantt Chart.....................................................................................................................7
Network Diagram...........................................................................................................8
Resource.......................................................................................................................11
Resource Graph............................................................................................................12
References....................................................................................................................13

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Objective
The Dai-Ichi Corporation is one of the international mining enterprises based in Italy.
The management team of Dai-Ichi Corporation decides to deploy their SAP instance on
Cloud. They have their subsidiary located in Australia. Dai-Ichi with the aid of the SAP
Cloud will be able to connect their business across Australia. They will have to carry out the
business over the cloud and control the operations over Italy and Australia. They also decide
to host the SAP Cloud on Amazon AWS. The management team of Dai-Ichi Corporation has
appointed a Project Manager. The Project Manager will prepare a project plan and will assist
Dai-Ichi so that they can be able to deploy SAP on the cloud server.
Deliverables
The Project Manager creates a Project Plan. The Project Plan illustrates all the
activities associated with implementation of SAP on the cloud server. The Project Plan also
explains the resources and stakeholders associated with each project activities. The Project
will take 68 days that is near about 12 weeks. The total budget allocated for the project is
$2,550,425.00. The Project showcases the summary tasks- SAP Project Preparation, Dai-Ichi
Business BluePrint, SAP Cloud Development and Testing, Preparing to Go Live and SAP
Cloud Project Go Live and Support. The project stakeholders need to carry out the all these
activities sequentially to successfully deploy the SAP on the cloud server. Paulo and June are
SAP Expert that are associated with the project. Larry Jones, LMP Stack Specialist, Jenny
Harvey, Linux Admin, Sanjay Srivastava, The Cloud Architect are the other notable
stakeholders associated with the project.
Project Plan
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessor
s Resource Names Cost

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SAP Cloud
Implementation 68 days
Mon
09-
04-18
Wed
11-07-
18
$2,550,425.00
SAP Project
Preparation 27 days
Mon
09-04-
18
Tue 15-
05-18 $518,762.50
Defining Roles and
Responsibilities of Dai-
Ichi Corporation
3 days
Mon
09-04-
18
Wed
11-04-
18
Project Manager $9,000.00
Setting Up SAP
Project Infrastructure 3 days
Thu
12-04-
18
Mon
16-04-
18
2
Cloud Expert,June- SAP
Expert,Paulo- SAP
Expert,SAP Cloud
Instance[1]
$211,250.00
Setting Up Project
Standards 2 days
Tue
17-04-
18
Wed
18-04-
18
3 Cloud Expert $750.00
Team Meeting 2 days
Thu
19-04-
18
Fri 20-
04-18 3,4
June- SAP
Expert,Paulo- SAP
Expert,Project
Manager,Travel &
Accomodation
Expenses for Paulo[1]
$22,750.00
Applying IT
Governance Rules and
Policies within Dai-Ichi
Corporation
2 days
Mon
23-04-
18
Tue 24-
04-18 5 Cloud Expert,Project
Manager $6,750.00
Setting Up Risks,
Communication and
quality Plans
3 days
Wed
25-04-
18
Fri 27-
04-18 6 Cloud Expert,Project
Manager $10,125.00
Designing Strategy
Documents 3 days
Mon
23-04-
18
Wed
25-04-
18
5 Paulo- SAP Expert $9,000.00
Designing Blueprint
Workshop Schedule 4 days
Thu
26-04-
18
Tue 01-
05-18 8 Paulo- SAP Expert $12,000.00
Blueprint Planning
in Details 3 days
Wed
02-05-
18
Fri 04-
05-18 9
June- SAP Expert,LAMP
Stack Specialist,Linux
Administrator +
LAMP,Paulo- SAP
Expert,Project
Manager
$20,137.50
Supporting Tools
for the SAP Project 4 days
Mon
07-05-
18
Thu 10-
05-18 10
Application
Server[1],Database
Server[1],JIRA[1],SAP
Cloud Instance[1],Web
Services Layer
Servers[1],X 86 image -
per instance[1]
$211,500.00
Initialise Proposal 3 days Fri 11- Tue 15- 11 Application $5,500.00

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for Hardware Sizing 05-18 05-18 Server[1],Database
Server[1]
Dai-Ichi Business
Blueprint 17 days
Mon
07-05-
18
Tue 29-
05-18 $100,687.50
Dai-Ichi
Corporation
Workshops
5 days
Mon
07-05-
18
Fri 11-
05-18 10
LAMP Stack
Specialist,Linux
Administrator +
LAMP,Paulo- SAP
Expert,Project
Manager
$31,687.50
Setting Up Business
Process Workshop 4 days
Mon
07-05-
18
Thu 10-
05-18 10 Project Manager $12,000.00
Setting Up
Development
Environment
4 days
Mon
07-05-
18
Thu 10-
05-18 10 Paulo- SAP Expert $12,000.00
Arranging System
Access Set Up for the
Team
4 days Fri 11-
05-18
Wed
16-05-
18
16,15 Paulo- SAP Expert $12,000.00
Interface
Workshops 4 days
Thu
17-05-
18
Tue 22-
05-18 17 Paulo- SAP Expert $12,000.00
Complete
Documentation and
Sign Off of Blueprint
and Design
2 days
Wed
23-05-
18
Thu 24-
05-18 18
Paulo- SAP
Expert,Project
Manager
$12,000.00
Training 3 days Fri 25-
05-18
Tue 29-
05-18 19 Paulo- SAP Expert $9,000.00
SAP Cloud
Development and
Testing
13 days
Thu
17-05-
18
Mon
04-06-
18
$1,119,475.00
SAP Cloud
Software Phase
Planning
3 days
Thu
17-05-
18
Mon
21-05-
18
17
June- SAP
Expert,Paulo- SAP
Expert,Cloud
Expert,JIRA[1],SAP
Cloud Instance[1]
$211,750.00
Developing
Offshore/Onshore 5 days
Tue
22-05-
18
Mon
28-05-
18
22 Paulo- SAP
Expert,Cloud Expert $16,875.00
Setting Up Quality
Environment 4 days
Tue
22-05-
18
Fri 25-
05-18 22
LAMP Stack
Specialist,Linux
Administrator +
LAMP,Paulo- SAP
Expert,Cloud Expert
$14,850.00
Setting Up UAT
Environment
4 days Tue
22-05-
18
Fri 25-
05-18
22 JIRA[1],June- SAP
Expert,LAMP Stack
Specialist,Linux
Administrator +
$215,350.00

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LAMP,Paulo- SAP
Expert,SAP Cloud
Instance[1]
Unit Testing 3 days
Mon
28-05-
18
Wed
30-05-
18
25
Application
Server[1],LAMP Stack
Specialist,Linux
Administrator +
LAMP,Web Services
Layer Servers[1],X 86
image - per
instance[1],Database
Server[1]
$12,012.50
Integration Test 3 days
Mon
28-05-
18
Wed
30-05-
18
25
Application
Server[1],Database
Server[1],JIRA[1],SAP
Cloud Instance[1],Web
Services Layer
Servers[1],X 86 image -
per instance[1]
$211,500.00
Testing of Interface 3 days
Mon
28-05-
18
Wed
30-05-
18
25
Application
Server[1],June- SAP
Expert,Paulo- SAP
Expert,SAP Cloud
Instance[1],Web
Services Layer
Servers[1],X 86 image -
per instance[1]
$218,375.00
Testing of User
Acceptance 3 days
Thu
31-05-
18
Mon
04-06-
18
28
Cloud Expert,June- SAP
Expert,LAMP Stack
Specialist,Linux
Administrator +
LAMP,Paulo- SAP
Expert
$12,262.50
Setting Up
Environment for Mock
Cover
2 days
Thu
31-05-
18
Fri 01-
06-18 28
JIRA[1],Paulo- SAP
Expert,SAP Cloud
Instance[1]
$206,500.00
Preparing to Go Live 18 days
Mon
04-06-
18
Wed
27-06-
18
$270,500.00
Project Phase
Planning 4 days
Mon
04-06-
18
Thu 07-
06-18 30 Paulo- SAP Expert,X 86
image - per instance[1] $14,750.00
Planning for Final
Cutover 4 days Fri 08-
06-18
Wed
13-06-
18
32 Paulo- SAP Expert,X 86
image - per instance[1] $14,750.00
Sign-Off 3 days
Thu
14-06-
18
Mon
18-06-
18
33 Paulo- SAP Expert,X 86
image - per instance[1] $11,750.00
Final Production
Data Loading on
3 days Tue
19-06-
Thu 21-
06-18
34 Paulo- SAP Expert,X 86
image - per instance[1]
$11,750.00

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Amazon AWS 18
Moving all Roles as
well as Authorisations 2 days Fri 22-
06-18
Mon
25-06-
18
35 Project Manager $6,000.00
Go Live on Amazon
AWS 2 days
Tue
26-06-
18
Wed
27-06-
18
36
Application
Server[1],Database
Server[1],JIRA[1],SAP
Cloud Instance[1],Web
Services Layer
Servers[1],X 86 image -
per instance[1]
$211,500.00
SAP Cloud Project
Go Live and Support 10 days
Thu
28-06-
18
Wed
11-07-
18
$520,000.00
Providing Early Life
Support 10 days
Thu
28-06-
18
Wed
11-07-
18
37
SAP Cloud
Instance[1],Paulo- SAP
Expert,Project
Manager
$260,000.00
Offering Mouth
End Support 10 days
Thu
28-06-
18
Wed
11-07-
18
37
Paulo- SAP
Expert,Project
Manager,SAP Cloud
Instance[1]
$260,000.00
Project Closure 9 days
Thu
28-06-
18
Tue 10-
07-18 $21,000.00
Project handover
to Client 4 days
Thu
28-06-
18
Tue 03-
07-18 37 Project Manager $12,000.00
Client's Agreement 3 days
Wed
04-07-
18
Fri 06-
07-18 42 Client $0.00
Documentation 2 days
Mon
09-07-
18
Tue 10-
07-18 43 Project Manager $6,000.00
Resource Release 1 day
Mon
09-07-
18
Mon
09-07-
18
43 Project Manager $3,000.00
Work Breakdown Structure
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 SAP Cloud Implementation 68 days Mon 09-
04-18 Wed 11-07-18
1 SAP Project Preparation 27 days Mon 09-04-
18 Tue 15-05-18
2 Dai-Ichi Business Blueprint 17 days Mon 07-05- Tue 29-05-18

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18
3 SAP Cloud Development and Testing 13 days Thu 17-05-
18 Mon 04-06-18
4 Preparing to Go Live 18 days Mon 04-06-
18 Wed 27-06-18
5 SAP Cloud Project Go Live and Support 10 days Thu 28-06-
18 Wed 11-07-18
6 Project Closure 9 days Thu 28-06-
18 Tue 10-07-18

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Gantt Chart

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Network Diagram

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Resource
Resource Name Type Max. Units Std. Rate
Project Manager Work 100% $60,000.00/mon
Paulo- SAP Expert Work 100% $60,000.00/mon
Cloud Expert Work 100% $7,500.00/mon
June- SAP Expert Work 100% $7,500.00/mon
LAMP Stack Specialist Work 100% $3,500.00/mon
Linux Administrator + LAMP Work 100% $3,250.00/mon
X 86 image - per instance Material $2,750.00
SAP Cloud Instance Material $200,000.00
JIRA Material $500.00
Travel & Accommodation Expenses for
Paulo Material $10,000.00
Database Server Material $2,750.00
Application Server Material $2,750.00
Web Services Layer Servers Material $2,750.00
Client Work 100% $0.00/hr

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Resource Graph

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