Website Redevelopment Project for Pashendale Holdings Ltd

Statement of Work
Date 3rd August 2018
Project Name Website Redevelopment Project
Prepared by Name
Introduction/Background
Pashendale Holdings Ltd (PHL) is an Australian construction company that has decided to
follow the strategies to expand its customer base and market share. To achieve the strategic
goals, the CEO of the company has recommended the upgrade of the current website of PHL.
The project is a website redevelopment project to include richer content and new elements on the
site. The primary purpose of the website redevelopment is to enhance the user experience of the
site and to improve upon the customer feedback and customer interaction services available on
the site.
The website shall have the elements as new construction platforms, enhanced building
developments, client testimonials, latest company news, industry information, and enhanced
network platform. The redevelopment of the website will provide the organization with the
ability to meet the changing customer requirements and gaining the opportunity to have
competitive edge in the market (Bower and Finegan, 2009).
Project Scope
The project scope shall cover the project planning activities in which the project plan,
implementation plan, test plan, schedule, training plan, and transition plan. The design and
development activities in the project scope shall include the UI/UX design of the web pages and
source code development for the site (Corvello, Will and Ratta, 2017). The scope covers the web
site testing and reporting of the defects that may occur. The scope will also cover the
implementation of the site, training to the end-users, and documentation for project closure
(Fageha and Aibinu, 2013).
The project team will not carry out any of the marketing activities for the company. The
distribution and advertising tasks and processes are also not included in the project scope. The
steering committee and management will carry out all of the negotiations with the third-party
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vendors. The team members will not participate in any of such negotiations and discussions
(Mirza, Pourzolfaghar and Shahnazari, 2013).
Work Requirements
 Initiation & Planning Phase: It is the first project phase that shall cover the approval on
the project requirements, analysis of the business case, and project planning activities.
The Statement of Work and Project Plan are the deliverables to submit at the end of this
phase (Zwikael , 2009). The planning activities include the estimation of the project
scope, schedule, and budget along with the planning of resources, stakeholders, training,
transition, and implementation.
 Design & Development Phase: The web site design in the form of UI/UX elements is the
first deliverable of this phase. The source code development is the task of the
development team and the source code is the deliverable associated with the task (Tran
and Park, 2014). The phase includes the creation of the wireframes of each of the pages.
The web developer also does unit testing before passing the build to the testing team for
verification, validation, and defect logging (Malahova and Tiwari, 2014).
 Testing & Implementation: System testing, regression testing, performance testing,
security testing, and usability testing are the testing activities that the team will execute.
The website implementation and deployment is also a significant project task in this
phase (Rose, 2013).
 Project Conversion & Closure: The last phase is the closure phase that will cover training
and transition activities. The final documentation and technical writing is also an activity
for this phase. The submission of closure report will mark the end of the project (Zidane,
Johansen and Ekambaram, 2015).
Schedule/Milestones
The project schedule is present in the table below and includes the name of all the project tasks and
activities. The duration of each activity and the corresponding start and finish dates are present. The
project duration is 87 days with the start date of the project as 27 August 2018 and the finish date as 25
December 2018. There are four phases in the project as project planning, design & development, testing
& implementation, and conversion & closure phase.
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WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors Resource Names
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Website
Redevelopment
Project
87 days
Mon
27-08-
18
Tue 25-
12-18
1.1 Project Planning 8 days
Mon
27-08-
18
Wed
05-09-
18
1.1.1 Requirements
Specification Analysis 3 days
Mon
27-08-
18
Wed
29-08-
18
Web Developer,
Business Analyst,
Project Manager, Web
Designer ,Database
Engineer,
Implementation
Engineer, System Tester
1.1.2 Feasibility Study &
Scope Determination 2 days
Thu
30-08-
18
Mon
03-09-
18
3
Business Analyst,
Finance Officer, System
Tester, Web Developer,
Implementation
Engineer, Security
Tester
1.1.3
Project Estimations
- Scope, Schedule,
Budget, Resources
2 days
Thu
30-08-
18
Fri 31-
08-18 3 Finance Officer, Project
Manager
1.1.4
Project Planning -
Testing,
Implementation,
Training, Transition
2 days
Tue
04-09-
18
Wed
05-09-
18
5,4
Project Manager,
Database Engineer,
Implementation
Engineer, System Tester,
Trainer, Business
Analyst
1.1.5 Work Breakdown
Structure
1 day Tue
04-09-
18
Tue 04-
09-18
4 Project Manager, Web
Designer ,Web
Developer, Finance
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