BSBPMG522: Project Status Report - Cinnamon Spices Australia Website

This document is a comprehensive project status report for the website design and improvement project of Cinnamon Spices Australia. The report covers project progress, milestones, budget allocation, and risk management. The project aimed to enhance the existing website within a budget of $45,000 and a four-month timeframe. The report provides a summary of the project's progress, including milestone completion dates, budget expenditures, and risk assessments. The report also includes recommendations for the project team, such as following responsive web design features and developing user-friendly web content. The project management plan, project scope, and risk assessment are included in the report. The project faced challenges related to communication and staffing but was completed with a little delay. The report offers valuable insights into project management practices, including planning, execution, implementation, and risk mitigation. This report is a great resource for students studying project management.

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Cinnamon Spices Australia
Project Status Report
Name of Project: design and improvement of the existing website for Cinnamon Spice, Australia
Report for: Cinnamon Spices
Project Manager: Chris Lee
Project objective:
 To improve the existing official website within the budget of 45,000 and time not more than 4
months
 To increase sales rate and promote brand awareness in coming 3 years
 To give direct access of recipes and general information to the customers
1. Project Progress Summary
Before final completion of the website the project team will report to the project manager 3 times. The
first progress report will be reported after 25% completion of the project, the second status report will
delivered by 50% completion and the 3rd one is when the project will be 75% completed. The
feasibility analysis is done and feasibility report is presented to the sponsor for evaluating the total
budget they need to invest for successful improvement of the existing website.
2. Milestones
This section should reflect key dates for activities as specified in the Project Management Plan
Milestones Target date Actual date Impact
Milestone 1: project
planning completed
17/03/20 15/03/20 If the project plan is
completed with a 2 days
earlier and due to this
reason the developers got
two more additional days
for the project execution
Milestone 2: Project
executed
04/06/20 7/06/20 If the execution was
delayed by 3 days but the
execution does not take
additional budget
Milestone 3: Project
implementation
completed
30/07/20 29/07/20 If the implementation was
completed almost on time
therefore the project
manager realized that
they can complete the
project on time and
budget
Milestone 4:
Completion of project
closure phase
14/08/20 20/08/20 If the project was
completed with a little
delay due to insufficient
communication between
the associates and other
stakeholders. Due to this
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reason the project may
face issues of
overrunning time and
over allocation of
resources but has to be
completed in the budget
3. Budget
Indicate total project funding, planned expenditure and actual expenditure. Include remain in budget.
Total Project funding $45,000
Planned Expenditure for this reporting period $35,000
Actual Expenditure for this reporting period. $44,849
Remaining budget for life of project $151
Comments
No additional budget was required for the project
4. Project Risk Management Statement
Include information on project risks to date.
Risk Predicted
likelihood
Seriousness Actions to be taken
If the project scope is
developed poorly then
team will not
understand the project
requirements
Probable (4) Moderate (3) The objectives and
expectation from the project
should be clearly defined and
must shared accurately
among the project team staffs
If sufficient
communication between
the project staffs are not
conducted then useful
information will not be
shared successfully
Remote (2) Moderate (3) Open and formal
communication has to be
conducted to share useful
information
If inexperienced staffs
are hired then technical
specifications may not
meet the expected
objectives
Probable (4) Significant (4) On job training program has
to be arranged or before
staffing individual’s skills mist
be checked properly
5. Recommendations
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Following responsive web design features: The developers and assigned project team
members need to follow the Responsive Web design features throughout the project
development life cycle.
Developing user friendly web content: The web contents are needed to be user friendly
enough so that users can facilitate and use the website easily. The contents must give detail
project related information to the customers.
Text blocks should have sufficient spacing: The text boxes are needed to have sufficient
spacing so that users can read the content easily.
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