Analysis of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guidelines

This assignment requires a detailed analysis of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) guidelines. It involves assessing the current state of PMBOK, identifying potential gaps or areas for improvement, and proposing modifications to enhance project management outcomes. The analysis should be guided by the principles of effective project management, such as risk management, documentation, and lessons learned. A critical evaluation of existing literature on PMBOK and its application in real-world scenarios is also required.

PROJECT STATUS AND CONTROL REPORT
NAME OF PROJECT
PPMP20010- Assignment 1
Part A
Project Status Report
1 PROJECT INFORMATION
Project name: Barwon’s 3 tier computer storage implementation
Date: 05/15/18
Project ownership: IT Project Management
Prepared by: <<name of the student>>
Distribution list: <<please fill the names of group members>>
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2 GANTT CHART
WBS
# Task & Subtask
Tue
5/1/18
Mon
5/7/18
Tue
5/8/18
Fri
5/11/18
Mon
5/14/18
Tue
5/1/18
Wed
5/23/1
8
Fri
5/25/18
Mon
5/28/18
Tue
5/29/18
1 Initialization ————
1.1 Documentation Process —
1.2 Submission of
Documents
—
1.3 Complete Plan
Development
—
2 Structure is designed ————
3 Backing up the data ————————
4 3-Tier Structure
Development
————————————
4.1 HCI, VDI, and SQL
implementation
—————
4.2 Technology Integration ——————
5 Testing Phase —————
6 New Structure is
Implemented
——
7 Deployment Phase —
8 System Maintenance —
3 VARIANCE ANALYSIS (COST IN THOUSANDS)
Schedule Variance (SV) = EV-PV
Schedule Variance%= SV*100/PV
Cost Variance (CV) = EV-AC
Cost Variance% = CV*100/AC
Task &
Subtask
Milestone
Status PV EV AC
Variance %
Schedule Cost
Initialization Completed 100 100 100 0 0
Documentati
on Process
Completed 25 25 25 0 0
Submission
of
Documents
Completed 50 50 50 0 0
Complete
Plan
Developmen
t
Completed 25 25 25 0 0
Structure is
designed
Completed 50 50 55 0 -9.1%
Backing up
the data
Completed 50 50 40 0 -25%
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3-Tier
Structure
Developmen
t
In progress 70 40 110 -42% -63.63%
HCI, VDI,
and SQL
implementati
on
Completed 30 30 50 0 -40%
Technology
Integration
In progress 40 10 60 -75% -83.33%
Testing
Phase
Not started 90 0 0 0 0
New
Structure is
Implemented
Not started 40 0 0 0 0
Deployment
Phase
Not started 50 0 0 0 0
System
Maintenance
Not started 5 0 0 0 0
Task Totals 455 240 305
4 ESTIMATE AT COMPLETION (EAC)
EAC = BAC/CPI
(where BAC= budget at completion and CPI= cost performance index)
CPI= EV/AC and BAC is the final budget of the project
EAC =(30000/240)*305
= $38,125
5 COST SUMMARY
The cost summary is the calculation of the total cost expense for the project and it is
done by calculating the overall summary of the usage of the resources and the standard
rates of the project resources. The multiplication of the resource usage and the standard
rate would help in calculating the total project budget and it is shown in the table below,
Resource Name Work Standard Rate Cost
Documenter 24 hrs $45.00/hr $1,080.00
Project Manager 8 hrs $80.00/hr $640.00
Planner 24 hrs $40.00/hr $960.00
System Designer 32 hrs $60.00/hr $1,920.00
Database Admin 40 hrs $55.00/hr $2,200.00
IT engineer 136 hrs $75.00/hr $10,200.00
Tester 32 hrs $50.00/hr $1,600.00
Software team 32 hrs $70.00/hr $2,240.00
Documents 2 $200.00 $400.00
Design Tools 1 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
Backup Software 1 $1,510.00 $1,510.00
IT tools 1 $3,750.00 $3,750.00
Testing tools 1 $2,500.00 $2,500.00
Total Budget $30,000.00
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6 S CURVE
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7 FORECAST COMPLETION DATE
Forecast completion date = Project Start Date + Duration of the Project (sum of critical
tasks) + holidays
= Tue 5/1/18 + 21 + 8 (Saturdays and Sundays)
= Tue 5/29/18
8 MILESTONE REPORT
Milestone
Task
Scheduled
Completion
Projected
Completio
n
Actual
Completio
n Issues
Initialization Wed 5/2/18 Wed
5/2/18
Wed
5/2/18
Lack of Information
Structure is
designed
Fri 5/11/18 Fri 5/11/18 Fri 5/11/18 Incompatible Design
Backing up
the data
Mon 5/14/18 Mon
5/14/18
Mon
5/14/18
Data Loss
3-Tier
Structure
Developmen
t
Wed 5/23/18 Wed
5/23/18
Wed
5/23/18
Defects in structure
development
Testing
Phase
Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18 Expected Test results are
not achieved
New
Structure is
Implemente
d
Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18 Implementation plan is not
feasible
Deployment
Phase
Mon 5/28/18 Mon
5/28/18
Mon
5/28/18
Delay in deploying of the
system
System
Maintenanc
e
Tue 5/29/18 Tue
5/29/18
Tue
5/29/18
High cost of maintenance
9 EVENT REPORT
Current Problem Potential Impact Corrective Action
Incompatible Design The design of the 3 tier
structure would not be
compatible
SDLC design methodology
should be used
Data Loss The loss of data would not
work cohesively
Backup and Recovery of the
data should be utilized
Expected Test results are
not achieved
The implementation of the
system would be delayed
Modifications in the system
should be done
High cost of maintenance Loss to the organization
would occur
Provisional budget should
be used for overcoming the
high cost of maintenance
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Part B
Project Controls
Task:
The project of ‘Barwon’s 3 tier computer storage implementation’ is implied for
developing an advanced storage for the Barwon Health Organization. The improvement
of the storage would allow the development of the successive activities and alignment of
the improved functional development. The controllable category would allow the
deployment of the successive operations and integration of the successive management
of the project elements. The five controllable categories include deliverables,
configuration, status accounts, logs, and issues. The configuration procedural output of
the project would include hyper converged infrastructure, virtualised SAN, virtualised
networking, virtualised desktop infrastructure, and Microsoft SQL cluster. The event
driven controls would include plan, meetings, system, design, cost budget, training
documents, test results, and risk assessment. The time driven controls include meetings,
administration, software, operations, user documentation, and risk logs. The following
table would explain how these factors would be controlled during the process of project
operations,
Category Elements How it would be controlled
Configuration
Procedural
Output
Virtualised SAN The virtualized SAN is implied for using the
implication of the activities and deploying the
utilization of the operations favouring the alignment of
the improved activities. The controlling of SAN would
be based on the utilization of the network analysis
tools.
Virtualised
Networking
The use of virtualized networking would be helpful for
the development of the successive implementation of
the operations. The controlling of the virtual
networking is done by developing access control
design guide.
Virtualised
Desktop
Parallel RAS can be used for gaining control on the
virtualized desktop infrastructure for reducing the
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Infrastructure complexity and gaining operations.
Microsoft SQL
Cluster
Microsoft has its own failover cluster service for
overcoming the SQL cluster failure and explaining the
implication of the operations supporting the increment
of the effective operations.
Event Driven
Controls
Plan The project plan can be developed and controlled by
using Ms-Project and Project progress checklist. The
checklist would ensure that each element of the
project plan would be achieved in the estimated time.
Meetings The meetings can be controlled by making a meeting
agenda form that would comprise of time, date,
agenda, topic of discussion, and list of people
involved in meeting.
System The system developed would be controlled by using
the effective control implementation.
Design Implication of the SDLC process for making the
design of the system would ensure that the design of
the hybrid system HCI would be completed
successfully.
Cost Budget The cost budget can be controlled by using the
resource usage plan for the project as it would help in
forming the utilization of the resource to an optimum
level.
Training
Documents
The training documents would be made for aligning
the functions and features of the system developed
and it would be helpful for the management of the
training operations.
Test Results The test results can be controlled by the implication of
the effective operations development. The implication
of the effective test results would be implicated for the
management would be deployed for forming the
utilization of the activities.
Risk Assessment The risk priority matrix would be helpful for controlling
the risk assessment and prioritizing the operations
favouring the implication of the improved operation
development.
Time Driven
Controls
Meetings The meetings can be controlled by making a meeting
agenda form that would comprise of time, date,
agenda, topic of discussion, and list of people
involved in meeting.
Administration The administration of the project would be controlled
by the use of the effective implication of the activities
and it would be implied for forming the alignment of
the successive implementation of the operations.
Software The software control can be managed by the use of
the effective implication of the operations and
development of the successive integration operation.
Operations The operations can be controlled by implying the use
of the improved development. The analysis would be
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helpful for listing the alignment of the operations.
User
Documentation
The documentation would be aligned for the
implication of the successive operation development.
The user documentation would be implied for the
assessment of the improved operation development.
Risk Logs The risk logs would be implied for the management of
the operations and the alignment of the improved
operation development. The risk logs would controlled
for the alignment of the successive development.
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