Adoption of AI Project: A Detailed Weekly Progress and Status Report

This document presents a comprehensive weekly progress report on a project focused on the adoption of Artificial Intelligence. It spans twelve weeks, detailing planned milestones, actual progress, and commentary on each stage. Key areas covered include the completion of a business case, project charter, team recruitment, project plan development, resource and financial planning, quality and risk management, communication plan development, information gathering, organizational structure development, identification of AI challenges and priorities, staff recruitment for a pilot project, and the project closure phase. Each week's report also includes a section on issues encountered, actions taken to resolve them, and the completion status of those actions, providing a detailed overview of the project's evolution and management. This solved assignment is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wide range of study tools and resources for students.

Running head: WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
Weekly status Report
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Week 2: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
WEEK NO 2 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
business case
development and
feasibility study
It was assumed that
the development of
business case as well
as feasibility analysis
will be completed in
the first week
As per the project
planning, both
feasibility analysis
and business case
development is
completed
successfully within
week1
Business
development and
feasibility analysis is
successfully
completed within the
assumed time.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
The project manager
does not have proper
information about the
challenges that the
company is facing so
they faces difficulty
in the development of
4/2/18 It is important to
analyze the challenges
as well as issues that
the organization faces
before the
development of
4/4/18

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business case business case
Week 3: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
WEEK NO 3 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
project charter and
recruitment of project
team members
It is assumed that
both the activities that
is charter completion
as well as recruitment
will be completed by
4/11/18
The project manager
is able to complete
both the activities on
time.
Both the activities are
executed successfully
within the assumed
time as per the project
planning.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
The challenges
mainly occurs in the
appointment of team
members, as the skill
set for recruitment is
not properly set.
4/9/18 It is necessary to set
skills for recruitment
of project team
members and
experience must be
kept as a priority for
recruiting project
4/11/18

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team members.

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Week 4: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
WEEK NO 4 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
project plan
development
As per the assumption
that is made, project
plan development
must be completed
within 4/18/18.
The project
development is
completed
successfully within
the assumed time.
It is assumed that the
entire project plan is
developed within the
time that is estimated.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
The project manager
faces difficulty in
developing the project
plan as they does not
have proper
experience
4/12/18 Experience project
manager must be
involved within the
project in order to
develop the project
plan properly
4/18/18
Week 5: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>

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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
WEEK NO 5 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
project resource
development and
financial plan
development
It was assumed that
both the resource plan
as well as financial
plan will be
developed by 4/25/18
As per the project
planning, both project
plan development as
well as resource plan
development is
completed on time
Both the financial
and resource plan
were developed
within the assumed
time.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
The project manager
faces challenges in
identifying the
resources required for
project due to lack of
knowledge in the field
of AI
4/19/18 Experienced project
managers who have
proper knowledge in
AI must be hired for
the project.
4/23/18
Week 6: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence

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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
WEEK NO 6 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of quality
management plan and
risk management plan
It is assumed that both
quality as well as risk
management plan
must be completed
within5/2/18
As per the planning,
both quality
management plan as
well as risk
management plan is
developed within the
assumed time.
Both the risk
management plan and
quality management
plan is successfully
completed within the
estimated time.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
The project manager
faces difficulty
improper quality of
the project due to
unavailability of
proper resources.
5/1/18 Proper availability of
resources is needed in
order to complete the
project successfully
within the assumed
time and budget
5/2/18
Week 7: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence

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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
WEEK NO 7 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
communication plan
It is was assumed that
the communication
plan will be
developed
successfully within
week 7
As per the
assumption, the
communications
developed within the
assumed time.
Communication plan
for the project is
developed with the
assumed time.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
In the development of
communication plan
number of issues as
well as challenges
occur as they leaders
of the organization
rarely communicate
with their employees
5/3/18 In order to develop
communication plan it
is necessary to have
proper
communication with
the team members of
the project
5/9/18
Week 8: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>

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PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
WEEK NO 8 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
information gathering
on artificial
intelligence.
It was assumed that
information gathering
on AI will be
completed by 5/16/18
As per the
assumption,
information gathering
will be completed
within estimated time.
It was assumed that
information gathering
would be completed
within the time that is
estimated.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
The project manager
faces difficulty in
collecting information
on artificial
intelligence due to
utilization of improper
data collection
method
5/10/18 It is necessary to
utilize proper data
collection method in
order to gather proper
information on AI
5/16/18
Week 9: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence

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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
WEEK NO 9 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
organization structure
development for the
adoption of AI
It was assumed that
organization structure
will be developed by
week 9
As per the planning,
organization structure
development was
completed within
estimated time
It was identified that
organization structure
was completed
successfully within
the assumed time.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
The organization
faces difficulty in
developing
organization structure
as the employees are
resistant to adopt the
new technology
within their working
environment.
5/17/18 It is necessary to
motivate the team
members of the
organization for
adopting new
technology.
5/23/18
Week 10: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence

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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
WEEK NO 10 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
identification of issues
and challenges on AI
and developing
priority on concrete
value.
It assumed that both
challenges of AI as
well as priority for
concrete value will be
completed by 5/30/18
It is analyzed that
both challenges of AI
as well as priority for
concrete value is
successfully
completed within the
estimated time.
It is estimated that
both challenges of AI
as well as priority for
concrete value is
successfully executed
within the estimated
time.
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
Due to improper
communication
between project team
members, it is quite
difficult to analyze the
project related
challenges as well as
risks.
5/30/18 Proper
communication
method must be used
in order to
communicate with the
team members of the
project in order to
analyze the challenges
as well as risks
appropriately
6/6/18

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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
Week 11: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
WEEK NO 10 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of staff
recruitment for pilot
project
It was assumed that
staff recruitment for
pilot project will be
successfully complete
within 6/20/18
It is analyzed that
staff recruitment for
pilot project will be
successfully
completed within
week 11.
Completion on
proper time as per
assumption
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
Improper recruitment
of members for pilot
project
6/14/18 It was assumed to
recruit proper member
by testing their skill in
order to undertake the
pilot project.
6/20/18
Week 12: Project progress report
NAME <Please Fill>

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WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence
WEEK NO 12 DATE:
PLANNING
MILESTONE: PLANNED: ACTUAL: COMMENT
Completion of
project closure phase
It was assumed that
the entire project will
be completed within
week 12
As per the
assumption, the
project plan is
completed in week 12
Successful
completion of project
by week 12 as per
assumption
ISSUES
DESCRIPTION: DATE: ACTION: FINISHED
In order to create
documentation,
number of issues
occur, as the time that
is provided for
documentation is not
appropriate.
6/21/18 Proper time must be
provided for creating
project
documentation.
6/27/18