RALS Rostering Project Charter

The assignment requires the development of a charter for the RALS Rostering project, including the project description and overview. The charter should cover four parts: Part One (MOV), which defines the measurable organisational value of the project; Part Two (Scope Management Plan), which outlines the scope of the project and how it will be managed; Part Three (Schedule), which uses MS Project to develop a high-level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); and Part Four (Risk Analysis and Quality Management Plan), which discusses risks and quality management. The charter should also include a reference list in APA 6th ed citation style.

Task
Develop a charter for the RALS Rostering project including:
Include the project description and overview you have developed as part of your preparation for
Assessment 3.
Part One:
MOV - Measurable Organisational Value
(This is the goal of the project and is utilised to define the value that your team project will bring to
your client)
• Identify the desired area of impact - Rank the following areas in terms of importance: Strategy /
Customer / Financial / Operational / Social
• With reference to your project, identify one or two of the following types of value:
 Better - is improving quality important to your client?
 Faster - does your client want to increase efficiency?
 Cheaper - is cutting costs important?
 Do more - does your client want to continue its growth?
• Develop an appropriate metric - this sets the target and expectation of all the stakeholders. It is
important to determine a quantitative target that needs to be expressed as a metric in terms of an
increase or decrease of money.
• Determine the timeframe for achieving the MOV - ask yourselves, when do we want to achieve this
target metric?
• SUMMARISE THE MOV IN A CLEAR CONCISE STATEMENT OR TABLE
(Note: the MOV should inform everyone what the project will achieve, not how it will be achieved. It
should also focus on the organisation, not on the technology that will be used to build or support the
information system).
Part Two:
Define Scope and produce a Scope Management Plan
Define the scope of the project and detail how the scope will be managed.
Provide a list of Resources
Identify and detail the resources for the project using MS Project where appropriate, including:
• People (and their roles), plus any extra personnel that is required for the project.
• Technology - any hardware, network and software needs to support the team and your client.
• Facilities - where will most of the teamwork be situated?
• Other - for example, travel, training etc.
Part Three:
Using MS Project, develop a schedule using a high level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It should
include:
o Milestones for each phase and deliverable
o This will tell everyone associated with the project that the phase or deliverable was completed
satisfactorily.
o Activities / Tasks
o Define a set of activities / tasks that must be completed to produce each deliverable.
o Resource Assignments
o Assign people and resources to each individual activities.
o Estimates for Each Activity / Task
o Develop a time estimate for each task or activity to be completed.
Part Four:

Project Risk Analysis and Plan
• Document any assumptions you have made about the project
• Using the Risk Identification Framework as a basis, identify five risks to the project – one for each of
the five phases of the methodology.
• Analyse these risks, assign a risk to an appropriate member, and describe a strategy for the
management of each specific risk.
Part Five:
Quality Management Plan. It should include:
• A short statement that reflects your team’s philosophy or objective for ensuring that you deliver a
quality system to your client.
• Develop and describe the following that your project team could implement to ensure quality;
• A set of verification activities
• A set of validation activities
Rationale
This assessment addresses the following learning outcomes:
 be able to understand and apply appropriate communication practices within a project
management context;
 be able to research and apply established IT project management principles, skills and
techniques to a case study
Marking criteria
Criterion High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Fail
Provides an
MOV and
identifies the
target and
expectations of
all stakeholders
in a suitable
format.
(20 Marks)
The MOV illustrates
the student’s detailed
consideration of the
target and a thorough
analysis of the
expectations of all
stakeholders.
The format is
logical, clear and
well-structured.
The MOV illustrates
the student’s detailed
consideration of the
target and an attempt
at analysis of the
expectations of all
stakeholders is
evident.
The format is
logical and
appropriate to the
information
presented.
The MOV
illustrates the
student’s
generalised
consideration of
the target and an
attempt at analysis
of the expectations
of most
stakeholders is
evident.
The format is
suitable to the
information
presented.
The MOV
illustrates the
student’s
generalised
consideration of the
target; however
analysis of the
expectations of all
stakeholders is not
clear.
The format is
suitable to the
information
presented.
The MOV fails
to cover one or
more specified
project
requirements.
Utilising MS
Project,
provides a list
of resources
associated with
the project –
including
reference to
people,
technology, and
facilities.
(10 Marks)
Evidence of expertly
utilising MS Project
to create a
comprehensive list
of resources,
demonstrating in-
depth analysis of the
project’s needs.
Evidence of expertly
utilising MS Project
to create a list of all
resources required for
the project;
demonstrating
analysis of the
project’s needs.
Correctly utilising
MS Project to
provide a list
which identifies
most of the
resources required
for the project;
some evidence of
analysis of project
needs.
Key resources are
correctly identified
and documented.
Key resources
have not been
identified.

Criterion High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Fail
Produces a
Scope
Management
Plan (SCM).
(15 Marks)
Consistent
application of
industry standard
language and
formatting.
Well written with
some demonstration
of industry standard
language and
formatting.
Well written with
demonstration of
academic standard
language and
formatting.
Well written but
lacks acceptable
formatting.
Writing is not
of an
acceptable
standard.
Utilising MS
Project -
evidences the
processes
involved with a
WBS.
(15 Marks)
Demonstrates high
level project
management skills,
integrating and
applying project
management tools in
meaningful and
purposeful ways
towards completion
of WBS design,
correctly and
comprehensively
addressing all project
requirements.
Demonstrates
competent
management skills,
applying project
management tools in
meaningful and
purposeful ways
towards completion
of the WBS design,
correctly addresses
the all project
requirements.
Demonstrates
essential
management skills,
applying project
management tools
in meaningful and
purposeful ways
towards
completion of the
WBS design.
Essential project
requirements
addressed.
Demonstrates
minimal
management skills
and needs some
improvement in
applying project
management tools
in meaningful and
purposeful ways
towards completion
of WBS. Not all
project
requirements are
clearly addressed.
The WBS
design fails to
correctly
address one or
more essential
project
requirements.
Provides a
project risk
analysis and
plan using the
risk
identification
framework as a
basis for
discussing
alternate
strategies for
the
management of
such risks.
(15 Marks)
All steps in project
risk analysis and
alternate strategies
are comprehensively
discussed and
presented in the
context of the
project, with
evidence of thorough
consideration of the
framework to
validate the
alternatives.
All steps in project
risk analysis and
alternate strategies
are clearly discussed
and presented in the
context of the project,
with reference to the
framework to
validate the
alternatives.
Evidence that key
steps in project
risk analysis and
alternate strategies
are discussed and
presented in the
context of the
project, with some
linkages back to
the framework to
validate the
alternatives.
Key steps in
project risk
analysis and
alternate strategies
are accurately
presented. Minimal
reference to
framework in the
discussion
presented.
One or more
key steps in
project risk
analysis and
alternate
strategies are
not presented.
Produces a
quality
management
plan which
includes a
statement about
the team’s
philosophy and
verification and
validation
activities.
(15 Marks)
All required project
steps are correctly
identified and
appropriately
contextualised for
the selected project.
All required project
steps are correctly
identified and are
applied to the
selected project with
some
contextualisation.
All required
project steps are
correctly identified
and are applied to
the selected
project.
Most required
project steps are
correctly identified
and applied to the
selected project.
Multiple
project steps
are missing or
not applied to
the selected
project.
Referencing of
sources (APA
6th ed citation)
to reinforce
findings.
(10 marks)
All written evidence
is professionally
communicated using
correct referencing.
All written
information is good
with appropriate
referencing
All written
information is
generally well
organised but more
clarity of
communication is
required in terms
of referencing.
All written content
is loosely
connected, and
there is ineffective
use of referencing.
No apparent
logical order of
written content,
and there is a
lack of
referencing.