ICT Project Management: i-Crop Online Platform Project - Globex Corp

This document presents a comprehensive ICT project management solution for the i-Crop online marketplace platform developed for Globex Corporation by Virtucon. The project aims to create a platform for buying and selling grains, impacting financial, operational, and strategic areas. The project scope includes developing a fully functional website and application, with a focus on completing the project within budget and achieving measurable organizational value (MOV). The project plan outlines key milestones, activities, resource assignments, and time estimates, using Gantt charts and work breakdown structures. The budget is detailed, and assumptions and potential risks are identified along with mitigation strategies. The document also includes a quality management plan, a closure checklist, and a project evaluation section, providing a complete overview of the project lifecycle. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

Running head: ICT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
ICT Project Management
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Table of Contents
1. Part One...........................................................................................................................3
2. Part Two...........................................................................................................................4
2.1. Scope and Scope management..................................................................................4
2.2. List of Resources......................................................................................................4
3. Part Three.........................................................................................................................5
3.1. Milestone..................................................................................................................5
3.2. Activities/tasks..........................................................................................................6
3.3. Resource Assignments..............................................................................................7
3.4. Estimates for Each Activity......................................................................................8
3.5. Project Budget........................................................................................................11
4. Part Four........................................................................................................................13
4.1. Assumptions...........................................................................................................13
4.2. Project Risks...........................................................................................................13
4.3. Risk Analysis..........................................................................................................14
5. Part Five: Quality Management Plan.............................................................................14
6. Part Six...........................................................................................................................15
6.1. Closure Checklist....................................................................................................15
6.2. Project Evaluation...................................................................................................15
References..........................................................................................................................17

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Appendix............................................................................................................................19
Annotated Bibliography.................................................................................................19

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1. Part One
MOV or measurable organization value is a project goal that helps in defining the value
that a particular task or the project can bring to the said organization (Kiliç & Kaya, 2015). In
order to bring on value to the organization, a particular project needs to abide by the
organization’s mission, vision and the strategy (Mir & Pinnington, 2014).
This particular project aims in impacting the areas of Financial, operations and strategy.
These areas of impacts are ranked in order to their importance.
Rank 1- Operations
Rank2- Financial
Rank 3- Strategy
The project aims in improving the transactions
associated with the buying and selling of grains
by making the buyers and the sellers interact
face to face. This will particularly impact the
operational process, improve the financial
stability and is an excellent business strategy.
This project is expected to bring on certain values in the organization. It will improve the
process of transactions and the increase the efficiency as well.
Better: The project will be better for Globex and it will increase the customers’ reach
Faster: The project will make the process of dealing with the warehoused gains faster.
In order to measure whether the project has been successful in bringing on values to the
organization, a set of metrics is identified. These metrics are as follows (Agyei, 2015)-
1. The project should be completed within the budget specification of Globex

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2. A fully functional application and website is needed to be developed.
By the end of the project, the MOV of the project should be achieved.
2. Part Two
2.1. Scope and Scope management
Project scope can be considered as a part of project planning that deals with the
determination and documentation of the goals and the objectives of the project (Schwalbe, 2015).
The scope of this project is to implement an online transactional platform for easier selling of the
warehoused grains. The steps that will be followed in management of the scope of the project are
as follows-
1. The project will be implemented according the project management plan.
2. In order to eliminate the scope creep, the requirement of the project will not be
changed throughout the implementation phase.
2.2. List of Resources
The list of resources associated with this project is as follows-
Resource Name Max. Units Std. Rate Cost/Use
Project Manager 100% $90.00/hr $0.00
Resource Manager 200% $50.00/hr $0.00
Functional Manager 100% $65.00/hr $0.00

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Team of Coders 800% $50.00/hr $0.00
Database Administrator 100% $15.00/hr $0.00
Website Launching Cost $0.00 $50,000.00
Training Team 300% $30.00/hr $0.00
Archive $0.00 $5,000.00
Documents manager 100% $25.00/hr $0.00
Testing Team 400% $0.00/hr $0.00
3. Part Three
3.1. Milestone
The milestones that the project will be delivering are as follows-
M1: Completion of Requirements Identification
M2: Completion of Development of Project Plan
M3: Coding completion
M4: Completion of Testing and Bug Fixing
M5: Successful completion of Go-Live
M6: Successful Project Closure

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3.2. Activities/tasks
The activities associated with the project deliverables are as follows-
WBS Task Name
0 Project by Virtucon
1 Requirements Gathering and Initiation
1.1 Setting up a Meeting with Globex
1.2 Discussing the Requirements
1.3 Documentation
1.4 Sharing the docuemnts with Globex for approval
1.5 M1: Completion of Requirements Identification
2 Planning Phase
2.1 Meeting With Globex
2.2 Discussing and approving the Schedule
2.3 Cost and Budget Estimation
2.4 Resource needs Identification and Allocation
2.5 Documentation
2.6 M2: Completion of Development of Project Plan
3 Execution Phase
3.1 Website Coding and Application Coding
3.2 Developing the Database
3.3 System Integration
3.4 Documentation
3.5 M3: Coding completion
4 Testing
4.1 System testing
4.2 Beta Testing
4.3 User acceptance testing
4.4 Bug Fixing (if any)
4.5 M4: Completion of Testing and Bug Fixing
5 Go Live and Training
5.1 Website Launch
5.2 Application Launch
5.3 Website and Application Demonstration
5.4 Training and Maintenance
5.5 M5: Successful completion of Go-Live
6 Project Closure
6.1 Project Evaluation
6.2 Resource Release

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6.3 Payment Completion
6.4 Client Sign off
6.5 M6: Successful Project Closure
7 Project ends
3.3. Resource Assignments
The Resource assignments for each project are as follows-
Task Name Resource Names
Project by Virtucon
Requirements Gathering and Initiation
Setting up a Meeting with Globex Project Manager
Discussing the Requirements Functional Manager
Documentation Archive[1],Documents manager
Sharing the documents with Globex for
approval Functional Manager
M1: Completion of Requirements
Identification
Planning Phase
Meeting With Globex Project Manager
Discussing and approving the Schedule Project Manager
Cost and Budget Estimation Functional Manager, Resource Manager
Resource needs Identification and Allocation Resource Manager
Documentation Documents manager
M2: Completion of Development of
Project Plan
Execution Phase
Website Coding and Application Coding Team of Coders ,Website Launching Cost[1]
Developing the Database Team of Coders ,Database Administrator
System Integration Team of Coders ,Database Administrator
Documentation Archive[1],Documents manager
M3: Coding completion
Testing
System testing Testing Team
Beta Testing Testing Team
User acceptance testing Testing Team
Bug Fixing (if any) Testing Team
M4: Completion of Testing and Bug

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Fixing
Go Live and Training
Website Launch Training Team, Functional Manager
Application Launch Project Manager
Website and Application Demonstration Functional Manager
Training and Maintenance Training Team, Functional Manager
M5: Successful completion of Go-Live
Project Closure
Project Evaluation Archive[1],Documents manager
Resource Release Project Manager
Payment Completion Functional Manager, Project Manager
Client Sign off Project Manager
M6: Successful Project Closure
Project ends Project Manager
3.4. Estimates for Each Activity
The time estimates for each activity of the project are as follows-
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 Project by Virtucon 139 days Mon 01-10-18 Thu 11-04-19
1 Requiremnets Gathering and
Initiation 18 days Mon 01-10-18 Wed 24-10-18
1.1 Setting up a Meeting with
Globex 5 days Mon 01-10-18 Fri 05-10-18
1.2 Discussing the Requirements 10 days Mon 08-10-18 Fri 19-10-18
1.3 Documentation 2 days Mon 22-10-18 Tue 23-10-18
1.4 Sharing the documents with
Globex for approval 1 day Wed 24-10-18 Wed 24-10-18
1.5 M1: Completion of
Requirements Identification 0 days Wed 24-10-18 Wed 24-10-18
2 Planning Phase 14 days Thu 25-10-18 Tue 13-11-18
2.1 Meeting With Globex 7 days Thu 25-10-18 Fri 02-11-18
2.2 Discussing and approving the
Schedule 2 days Mon 05-11-18 Tue 06-11-18
2.3 Cost and Budget Estimation 7 days Mon 05-11-18 Tue 13-11-18
2.4 Resource needs Identification
and Allocation 5 days Mon 05-11-18 Fri 09-11-18
2.5 Documentation 2 days Mon 12-11-18 Tue 13-11-18

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2.6 M2: Completion of
Development of Project Plan 0 days Tue 13-11-18 Tue 13-11-18
3 Execution Phase 47 days Wed 14-11-18 Thu 17-01-19
3.1 Website Coding and
Application Coding 15 days Wed 14-11-18 Tue 04-12-18
3.2 Developing the Database 30 days Wed 14-11-18 Tue 25-12-18
3.3 System Integration 15 days Wed 26-12-18 Tue 15-01-19
3.4 Documentation 2 days Wed 16-01-19 Thu 17-01-19
3.5 M3: Coding completion 0 days Thu 17-01-19 Thu 17-01-19
4 Testing 34 days Fri 18-01-19 Wed 06-03-19
4.1 System testing 10 days Fri 18-01-19 Thu 31-01-19
4.2 Beta Testing 7 days Fri 01-02-19 Mon 11-02-19
4.3 User acceptance testing 12 days Tue 12-02-19 Wed 27-02-19
4.4 Bug Fixing (if any) 5 days Thu 28-02-19 Wed 06-03-19
4.5 M4: Completion of Testing
and Bug Fixing 0 days Wed 06-03-19 Wed 06-03-19
5 Go Live and Training 16 days Thu 07-03-19 Thu 28-03-19
5.1 Website Launch 5 days Thu 07-03-19 Wed 13-03-19
5.2 Application Launch 2 days Thu 14-03-19 Fri 15-03-19
5.3 Website and Application
Demonstration 2 days Mon 18-03-19 Tue 19-03-19
5.4 Training and Maintenance 7 days Wed 20-03-19 Thu 28-03-19
5.5 M5: Successful completion
of Go-Live 0 days Thu 28-03-19 Thu 28-03-19
6 Project Closure 10 days Fri 29-03-19 Thu 11-04-19
6.1 Project Evaluation 2 days Fri 29-03-19 Mon 01-04-19
6.2 Resource Release 1 day Tue 02-04-19 Tue 02-04-19
6.3 Payment Completion 7 days Wed 03-04-19 Thu 11-04-19
6.4 Client Sign off 2 days Wed 03-04-19 Thu 04-04-19
6.5 M6: Successful Project
Closure 0 days Thu 04-04-19 Thu 04-04-19
7 Project ends 0 days Thu 04-04-19 Thu 04-04-19
The Gantt chart of the project are a follows-

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Figure 1: Representing the Gantt Chart of the project
(Source: Generated by Author using MS project)
The work activities marked in red in the Gantt chart above depict the critical path of the project
The Work breakdown structure of the project is represented in the following picture-
Project by Virtucon
Requiremnets Gathering
and Initiation
Setting up a Meeting with
Globex
Discussing the
Requirements
Documentation
Sharing the docuemnts
with Globex for
approval
M1: Completion of
Requirements
Identification
Planning Phase
Meeting With Globex
Discussing and approving
the Schedule
Cost and Budget
Estimation
Resource needs
Identification and
Allocation
Documentation
M2: Completion of
Development of Project
Plan
Execution Phase
Website Coding and
Application Coding
Developing the
DatabaseSystem Integration
Documentation
M3: Coding
completion
Testing
System testing
Beta Testing
User acceptance testing
Bug Fixing (if
any)M4: Completion of Testing
and Bug Fixing
Go Live and
Training
Website Launch
Application Launch
Website and Application
Demonstration
Training and
Maintaianance
M5: Successful
completion of
Go-Live
Project Closure
Project Evaluation
Resource Release
Payment Completion
Client Sign off
M6: Successful Project
Closure
Project ends
Figure 2: Representing the Work Breakdown Structure of the Project
(Source: Created by Author using MS Schedule Pro)
3.5. Project Budget
The budget of the project is represented in the following table-
WBS Task Name Resource Names Cost
0 Project by Virtucon $142,680.00
1 Requirements
Gathering and Initiation $14,720.00
1.1 Setting up a Meeting
with Globex Project Manager $3,600.00
1.2 Discussing the
Requirements Functional Manager $5,200.00
1.3 Documentation Archive[1],Documents manager $5,400.00
1.4 Sharing the documents
with Globex for approval Functional Manager $520.00
1.5 M1: Completion of $0.00