Cinnamon Spices Australia Website Project Status Report - BSBPMG522

This report presents a project status update for the development of a website for Cinnamon Spices Australia. It details the project's objective, which is to expand the business globally by attracting more customers through an online presence. The report summarizes project progress, indicating that approximately 70% of the project was completed by April 15, 2020, with an estimated completion date of May 4, 2020. It outlines key milestones, including approvals, project plan completion, testing, and closure, along with their target and actual dates. The report also includes a budget analysis, comparing planned and actual expenditures, and identifies potential risks like budget slippage, improper testing, and inexperienced workers. Recommendations are provided to ensure the website's proper functionality and address potential challenges. The report concludes with a bibliography of relevant sources.

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Cinnamon Spices Australia
Project Status Report
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Project objective: The main objective of the project is to create a website for Cinnamon Spices
Australia in order to attract a greater number of customers for expanding its business globally.
1. Project Progress Summary
It is identified that around 70% of the project will get completed by 15th April 2020. It is assumed that
all the deliverables of the project will be delivered by 4th May 2020 and the project will get closed by
releasing the resources effectively.
2. Milestones
Milestones Target date Actual date Impact
Getting approval for
the project
12-03-2020 12-03-2020 No changes
Completion of project
plan
27-03-2020 27-03-2020 No changes
Undertaking testing of
the project
24-04-2020 30-04-2020 6 more days is needed in
order to complete the
website work.
Completion of closure
phase
30-04-2020 03-05-2020 3 extra days are needed
for closing the project
effectively.
3. Budget
Total Project funding $
Planned Expenditure for this reporting period $80,000
Actual Expenditure for this reporting period. $82,000
Remaining budget for life of project $2,000
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4. Project Risk Management Statement
Risk Predicted
likelihood
Seriousness Actions to be taken
Budget slippage High Medium It is necessary to track the
budget on a weekly basis for
avoiding budget shortage.
Improper testing High Extreme Testing should be conducted
effectively after the
development phase so that
no challenges can occur in
the project.
Inexperienced workers High High It is necessary to hire
experienced team members
within the project
5. Recommendations:
The operations manager must check whether the developed website is working properly or not in
order to meet the different objectives or goals of the project. If the operational managers are much
experienced then they can be able to analyze any type of risks or issues during the progress of the
project so that the challenges can be avoided for achieving the project objectives.
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Bibliography
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Badewi, A. (2016). The impact of project management (PM) and benefits management (BM) practices
on project success: Towards developing a project benefits governance
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Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
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