Murdoch University - ICT508: EduStream Pilot Project Charter

This project charter outlines the EduStream pilot project, an initiative focused on developing an educational website offering diverse learning materials. The charter details the project's objectives, including enhancing the learning experience for students and providing guidance through tutorial videos ...Read More

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Introduction (Business Analysis)
Project Title EduStream Pilot (Phase 1)
Reason for the
project
(Executive
Summary of the
Project Objectives
and why it is
important)
The project of EdMedia focuses on designing an educational website that
would provide different kinds of educational content. Students face
different forms of difficulty based on their educational background. The
newly designed website would be able to guide the students and teachers
for gaining ideas in relation to study materials. Students would be able to
get proper guidance by taking help from the website. They could watch
tutorial videos and other learning modules that would be attached within
their website. The project would also be able to help students in
improving their learning experience.
STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
PART 1: WHAT DO WE WANT FROM THIS PROJECT (Provide a short synopsis)
 The project would be able to engage students by providing the best form of
educational content. Students would be able to learn new form of educational ideas
and thus enhance their learning skills.
PART 2: WHAT DO OUR CLIENTS WANT FROM THIS PROJECT (Provide a short synopsis)
 Rich kind of educational content
 Enriched video content that would be able to answer every query raised by students
 Weekly online tests for assessing the learning capability of students
SWOT ANALYSIS (Insert SWOT Analysis information)
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
 Low subscription fee
 HD quality of videos
 Engaging video content
 Chatbot for providing efficient
customer service
 Only English as a supported language
 Budgetary constraint during the
development of the website
 Inclusion of subscription fee, which
might add less users within the website
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
 Providing the much needed educational
content
 Access to website from anywhere in the
world
 Reaching to a wide number of user
base and thus increasing business
revenue
 Issues in relation to security and data
breaches
 Staying ahead in the highly competitive
market
Preliminary Financial Analysis
ROM Budgetary Information (As specified for Assignment 1)
Costs (Expected year on year
costs)
The costs incurred within the organisation in the following years
are as: Year 0: 12,50,000, Year 1: 580,000, Year 2: 620,000, Year
3: 680000
Revenue (Expected year on
year revenue)
The year from which the company would be able to generate
revenue is year 2. The date from which the revenue would be
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generated is 16th April 2022.
NPV 12,16,000 ROI 42% Payback Period 16/04/2022
Assumptions The assumptions, which could be defined for developing the website
are:
 The project would be completed within the estimated deadline.
 The sanctioned budget would be able to suffice to the needs for
development of the project.
 The project would meet with the required criteria during the
phase of testing
Project Planning (Overview)
Date of Authorisation 1 April 2019 (TBC)
Project Start Date 29 April 2019
Project End Date 1 May 2020
Schedule & Key
Milestones
The milestones defined within the project are:
 Completion of Project Start Date
 Completion of engagement of technical subcontractors
 Completion of Finalising Phase
 Completion of Development Phase
 Completion of Marketing Phase
 Completion of Live of Beta Version at Perth region
 Completion of Live of Beta Version at Sydney region
 Completion of Live of Beta Version at Melbourne region
Project Deliverables  A highly accessible website that would be able to meet
according to the needs of students.
 To implement Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) that
would be helpful for implementing real-time videos
 To implement the best kind of encryption systems in order to
secure the confidentiality of users
 To implement highly efficient software that would be helpful
for students to watch and download the videos
Main project success
criteria (high level)
 Ensuring the delivery of the website and content within the
estimated deadline.
 Implementing high security systems within the website.
 Generation of high business revenue during the initial year of
business launch.
 Positive feedbacks from the user after the project launch.
Approach (high level
overview)
 The project would progress as per the concern of the project
manager. The plan would be discussed with the entire team
and then the development of website would begin.
Comments  The project manager would lead the entire project
 The CEO would oversee the entire project.
 The project would ensure the best kind of technologies for
developing the content of the website.
 The website would include a chat assistant that would help in
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communicating with the customer and thus assist them.
See overleaf for Roles and Responsibilities Matrix
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Roles and Responsibilities Matrix EduStream
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MATRIX
The first two names are provided. Insert the remaining ones as specified in the Assignment 1 Scenario (remove this text and insert a preamble for the Board).
Name Role Responsible For Responsible To Contact Information (email/phone)
Shona Mayberry CEO Executive management of EdMI Board Not required in this assignment
Bill Shanks (CIO) Sponsor Overseeing the project CEO
Chetna Saxena Project Manager Allocate resources, design a financial and project
plan and thus handle the project performance.
CIO
Jill Mars Educational Content
Expert
Ensuring the educational content aligns with the
goals of the educational board.
CEO and CIO
Dan Collins Legal and Contractual
Expert
Making different legal negotiations during
designing of website
CIO and Project
Manager
Bill Haley Security Expert Understand security risks and issues CIO and Project
Manager
Doris Sykes Head of Marketing Team Ensure the best form of marketing strategy to be
planned for promoting the website
Project Manager
Ben Stokes Head of Technical
Development Team
Design a technical plan that would be followed by
the development team for designing of the
website.
Project Manager
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Signature Page EduStream
Note: This reflects a standard Charter signature sheet. For this assignment it is not required.
Name Signature Date
Name Signature Date
Name Signature Date
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