Information Systems Project Plan Development

Running Head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management: Development of Cloud Based
Database for a University
Name of the Student
Name of the University

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Executive Summary
Technology has developed sufficiently enough to replace manual data management
processes as it has also increased the overall operation efficiency by a large margin.
In addition, the introduction of cloud computing has decreased the need for physical
storage devices as it can literally store infinite amount of data without any need for
physical storage. In this report, a project plan has been provided for the
development of such an information system for a university that will also include a
cloud based database for efficient data operation and management.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Project Background and Introduction...................................................................3
2.0 Project Outline...................................................................................................... 3
3.0 Project Team Members......................................................................................... 3
4.0 Project Plan........................................................................................................... 4
4.1 Project Scope.................................................................................................... 4
4.2 Estimated Time for the Project..........................................................................5
4.3 Project Resources.............................................................................................. 7
4.4 Project Gantt Chart............................................................................................ 8
4.5 Project Network Diagram..................................................................................9
4.6 Cost Estimation................................................................................................. 9
4.7 Quality Plan....................................................................................................... 9
4.8 Stakeholder Analysis....................................................................................... 10
4.9 Communication Plan....................................................................................... 10
4.10 Risk Management.......................................................................................... 11
4.11 Deployment Plan........................................................................................... 11
5.0 Project Handover and Signoff............................................................................. 11
6.0 Post Project Review............................................................................................ 12
7.0 Conclusion.......................................................................................................... 12
8.0 Recommendations.............................................................................................. 12
References............................................................................................................... 13

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1.0 Project Background and Introduction
This project is based on the development of a cloud based database for ABC
University. In this university, the existing data entry and management system is
handled manually. The main problem faced by the university is that the manual
process is extremely erroneous and moreover, the response time of the system is
very high. In the current system, the student and faculty databases are stored in
the physical hard drive of the central system that is administered by the university
principal (Joslin & Müller, 2015). Each new data (new student enrolment,
recruitment of new staff/faculty, etc.) is entered into the database manually. Hence,
due to heavy load of data, the process takes a huge amount of time and
furthermore, many manual errors occur when the data is entered. As a result, the
personal information and others are misplaced from one student database to
another. The new cloud based database will be able to solve these problems and
increase the overall system efficiency.
In this report, a project plan has been prepared for the development of cloud
based database for the university.
2.0 Project OutlineProject Title: Development of Cloud Based Database for ABC University
Project Start Date: 20/11/2017
Project End Date: 18/05/2018
Goals and Objectives:
The goals and objectives of the project are as follows.
 To replace the existing technical system with latest upgraded systems
 To install latest hardwares and softwares
 To subscribe to cloud services for creating the database
 To create the database for storing and managing of student and faculty data
 To create three separate portals for students, faculties and administrators