Report on Development of Information System

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project- Design and development of Information System for a company “AAW”
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Executive Summary
The report mainly focuses on the design and development of information system for the
company “AAW”. It is identified that the information system that is developed within the
company helps in managing and storing data accurately. In addition to this, it is identified
that the information system assists in providing proper as well as efficient way of managing
different operations of the organizations. In this report, the scope, objective, duration as well
as budget of the project is illustrated so that the information system development can be
completed within the estimated time as well as budget. It is analyzed that during the
development of information system, the company faces number of challenges that needs to be
resolved. The paper provides number of mitigation plan for resolving the issues as well as
challenges. The paper also illustrates the importance of monitoring and controlling strategy,
implementation strategy as well as pricing strategy within the project.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................4
2. Business case..........................................................................................................................4
3. Project scope and objectives..................................................................................................5
3.1 Project scope....................................................................................................................5
3.2 Objectives of the project..................................................................................................5
4. KPI of project deliverable......................................................................................................5
5. Strategy for reducing uncertainties and risk management.....................................................6
6. Resource planning..................................................................................................................8
7. Estimation planning...............................................................................................................9
8. Communication planning.....................................................................................................10
9. Project schedule...................................................................................................................11
9.1 Task List.........................................................................................................................11
9.2 Summary task.................................................................................................................12
9.3 WBS...............................................................................................................................13
9.4 Predecessor Linkage.......................................................................................................14
9.5 Resource allocation........................................................................................................17
9.6 Gantt chart......................................................................................................................18
9.7 Network Diagram...........................................................................................................18
10. Project monitoring and control...........................................................................................19
10.1 Milestones....................................................................................................................19

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10.2 Baseline........................................................................................................................19
10. 3Critical Path..................................................................................................................20
10.4 Slack view....................................................................................................................21
11. Strategy for implementation Change.................................................................................22
12. Critical Evaluation.............................................................................................................24
13. Reflection & Conclusion...................................................................................................25
References................................................................................................................................26

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1. Introduction
The paper reflects on the design and development of information system within a
company named AAW that is one of the department of clothing, & Shoe Stores in Oman. The
organization faces number of challenges in storing as well as managing the data related with
sales of the company and therefore the higher authority of AAW suggested development of
information system. With the development of information system, the issues as well as
challenges associated with data management will be resolved easily.
The report illustrates the steps of information system design and development with
proper schedule. The paper also elaborates the process of resource planning, estimation
planning as well as communication planning. In addition to this, the report also focuses on
the strategies that assist in reducing the uncertainties of the project.
2. Business case
It is identified that the company “AAW” faces number of challenges in managing as
well as storing data related with the business as utilization of manual data entry system
creates problem like redundancy. The chances of data loss are also high when the company is
using data entry system. As the business is growing the company find it difficult to cope with
its competitors as they have latest technical set up for managing as well as storing data (Lock
2014). In order to resolve the issues that the company faces due to the use of manual data
entry system and for remaining competitive in the market the higher authority of the company
wants to develop an information system.

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3. Project scope and objectives
3.1 Project scope
The project scope is divided into in-scope and out scope which are elaborated below:
In-scope: The in scope of the project includes:
 Design and development of information system
 Up gradation of available technical setup
 Enhancing competition of the organization in global market
 Data storage as well a management must be done efficiently as well as
accurately
Out scope: The out scope of the project is as follows:
 Training facility should not be provided to the team members
 The changes in organizational strategies due to development of information
system are not included in the project scope
3.2 Objectives of the project
The objective of the project includes:
 To design and develop information system for a company “AAW”
 To store as well as manage important information and data of the company
 To use proper licensed software within the information system of the company
4. KPI of project deliverable
The KPI of project deliverables are as follows: