Upgrade of Network in the University

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Upgrade of Network in the University
Project Plan
5/28/2019

Upgrade of Network in the University
Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Project Scope.........................................................................................................................................2
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).......................................................................................................2
Estimated Timeline................................................................................................................................3
Resources Needed.................................................................................................................................4
Gantt chart.............................................................................................................................................5
Network Diagram..................................................................................................................................6
Estimated Cost.......................................................................................................................................6
Quality Plan...........................................................................................................................................7
Stakeholder Analysis.............................................................................................................................8
Communications Plan............................................................................................................................9
Risks Management Plan......................................................................................................................10
Ethical Issues Analysis........................................................................................................................11
Project Deployment Plan.....................................................................................................................11
Crash Total Project Duration by 2 Weeks...........................................................................................11
Project Signoff.....................................................................................................................................11
Post Project Review.............................................................................................................................12
Lessons Learnt.................................................................................................................................12
References...........................................................................................................................................13
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Upgrade of Network in the University
Introduction
Project planning is one of the significant areas under the domain of Project Management. The
document is the project plan for the project of network upgrade in the university. The
document comprises of the details of the project scope, costs, schedule, resources, risks, and
other areas under project planning and management.
Project Scope
The scope of the project will include the project tasks and activities around planning and
analysis along with the execution, control, and closure. The planning of the project areas
along with the collection of the data sets for requirements analysis will come under the scope.
The project team members will prepare the network architecture design and the upgrade will
be done as per the design (Abrantes & Figueiredo, 2014). There will be a special focus on the
security aspect as information and network security will be essential for the University. The
integration of the security controls will be done as an outcome. The quality control and
assurance activities along with the closure processes will come under the scope.
The members of the project team will not carry out the network upgrade for the third-parties
and clients associated with the University. The procurements will be done as per the fixed
price contracts and the resources apart from the Project Manager will not participate in the
negotiation activities.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
The project tasks and activities are included in the form of a Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS). The activities are represented in a hierarchical manner (Ren, Xue & Wang, 2013).
The inclusion of these activities in various levels as represented in the diagram below.
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Upgrade of Network in the University
Estimated Timeline
The estimated timeline for the project is shown in the images below. The total duration that is
estimated for the project is 199 days with the start date being 4th June 2019 and the end date
being 6th March 2020. The project will be carried out in a total of five phases. The first phase
will include the initiation activities and it will take 22 days to complete. The next will be the
planning phase and all of the estimations and plans will be prepared in this phase. It will take
40 days to complete this phase. The execution phase will run for 69 days and the actual
upgrade will occur in this phase of the project (Nguyen & Chua, 2014). The fourth phase will
be the control and implementation phase that will run for 32 days. The last will be the closure
phase which will run for 36 days.
The technique that is used for determining the project timeline is bottom-up estimation
technique. The activities at the end of the hierarchy in the WBS represented above were
estimated first. It was then followed with the activities above the level.
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Upgradation of
University
Network
Phase 1
Analysis of current
network
architecture
Listing of Loopholes
Development of a
detailed project
proposal
Milestone 1:
Project Proposal
Project chartering
Milestone 2:
Project Charter
Phase 2: Planning
Detailed feasibility
analysis
Information
gathering and
requirements
analysis
Project scope
definition
Schedule and cost
estimation
Resourcing and
mapping of the
stakeholders
Planning of project
knowledge areas
Milestone 3:
Project Plan
Phase 3
Procurement of
tools
Network
architecture design
Network upgrade -
architecture,
topology, security
Improved network
architecture
Security tools and
controls -
Integration
Data conversion
and migration
Milestone 4:
Network Upgrade
Phase 4
Quality assurance
and control
Determination and
management of the
changes
Security testing
Milestone 5:
Quality review
report
Phase 5
User trainings and
acceptance testing
Implementation of
the final changes
Determination of
the final project
performance
Milestone 6:
Closure Report