Master of IT Project: Website and Application Development for Globex

This project, undertaken by a Master of Information Technology student, outlines the development of a website and smartphone application for Globex, a company managing warehoused grains. The project encompasses various stages, including project initiation, planning, execution, testing, and closure. It defines the project's measurable organizational value (MOV) as improving business processes and enhancing the efficiency of grain management. The project's scope involves developing the website and application cost-effectively. The report includes a detailed work breakdown structure (WBS), Gantt chart, resource allocation, and a comprehensive budget analysis. Risk assessments and quality management plans are also incorporated. The project's success is measured by achieving the set objectives within a six-month timeframe, as outlined in the project's milestones and deliverables. The project also includes an annotated bibliography and a closure checklist to ensure all aspects of the project are addressed.

Running head: MASTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Master of Information Technology
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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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..............................................................................................9
3.4. Estimates for Each Activity....................................................................................11
3.5. Project Budget........................................................................................................12
4. Part Four........................................................................................................................14
4.1. Assumptions...........................................................................................................14
4.2. Project Risks...........................................................................................................14
4.3. Risk Analysis..........................................................................................................15
5. Part Five: Quality Management Plan.............................................................................15
6. Part Six...........................................................................................................................16
6.1. Annotated Bibliography..........................................................................................16
6.2. Closure Checklist....................................................................................................18
6.3. Project Evaluation...................................................................................................19

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References..........................................................................................................................20

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1. Part One
The measurable organizational value defines the goal of the project and helps in
analysing the values that the organization provides to its clients (Beringer, Jonas & Kock,
2013).). The measurable organization value that is set by Globex is development of a website
and an application that will help in easier management of the gains that are stored in warehouse.
The desired area of impact the project is expected to cover includes the operational, social,
financial, strategy and customers associated with the organization (Binder, 2016). Ranking of the
area of impact of the project is represented in the following table-
Operational Rank 1
Financial Rank 2
Strategy Rank 3
Social Rank 4
Customers Rank 5
The values that this project will be providing to the company are as follows (Burke, 2013)-
Better- The Client Globex wants to improve their process of business delivery by
improving the ease of access and management of the warehoused grains.
Faster- With the implementation of this project, the process of selling the warehoused
grains would be faster.
The metrics for measuring whether the project is successful in achieving the desired
target or not are as follows-

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1. The objectives set by Globex should be achieved with the help of the project.
2. The Project is needed to be implemented as inexpensively as possible.
The timeframe for achieving the desired MOV of the organization will be six months
from the project initiation. The Globex and Virtucon will be able to achieve the desired target by
ensuring successful implementation of the application and the website.
2. Part Two
2.1. Scope and Scope management
It is important to identify the scope of the project in order to ensure that the
implementation of the project by the project management team follows the goals and the
objectives of the project. The scope of this project is to implement the website and the
smartphone application in an inexpensive manner as possible. The scope will be managed by
ensuring that each project deliverables are completed within a scheduled time (Heagney, 2016).
The Functional Manger of the project will be responsible appropriate project monitoring and
control. Apart from that the resource manager will be responsible for managing the resources of
the project.
2.2. List of Resources
The main resources that are needed in the project are as follows-
Resource Name Max. Units Std. Rate Ovt. Rate Cost/Use
Project Manager 100% $90.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Functional Manager 100% $40.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00

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Resource Manager 100% $40.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Coding team 600% $45.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Code and Application
Tester
800% $30.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Database Administrator 200% $40.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Website and Application
Licensing Cost
$0.00 $60,000.00
Training Team 300% $30.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Archieve $0.00 $5,000.00
Content writer 300% $10.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Project Manager of Globex 100% $90.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
3. Part Three
3.1. Milestone
The identified milestones of the project are as follows-
M1: Completion of the Project Initiation Phase

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M2: Project Plan Approval
M3: Successful Coding
M4: Completion of Testing and Bug Fixation
M5: Successful Go Live and Training
M6: Project completion
3.2. Activities/tasks
The tasks and the activities associated with each deliverables of the project are as
follows-
WBS Task Name
0 I-Crop-A Project by Virtucon
1 Project Initiation
1.1 Meeting with Globex
1.2 Requirements Gathering and identification of the specifications of the Project
1.3 Documentation
1.4 Approving the requirements from the Clients
1.5 M1: Completion of the Project Initiation Phase
2 Project Planning
2.1 Project Scheduling
2.2 Identification of Resource Requirements
2.3 Budgeting
2.4 Development and Approval of Project Plan
2.5 M2:Project Plan Approval
3 Project Execution
3.1 Coding of Website and smartphone Application
3.2 Linking with database
3.3 Documenting each Activity
3.4 M3: Successful Coding
4 Testing
4.1 Unit Testing
4.2 System testing

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4.3 User acceptance testing
4.4 Bug Fixing (if any)
4.5 Documentation
4.6 M4: Completion of Testing and Bug Fixation
5 Go Live and Traning
5.1 Website and Application Launch
5.2 Training
5.3 Post implementation support
5.4 M5: Successful Go Live and Training
6 Project Closure
6.1 Documentation
6.2 Record Archival
6.3 Completion of payment
6.4 Resource Release
6.5 Client Sign off
6.6 M6:Project completion
The Gantt Chart of the Project is represented below-

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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 –
I-Crop-A Project by
Virtucon
Project Initiation
Meeting with
GlobexRequiremnets Gathering
and identification of the
specifications of the
Project
Documentation
Approving the
requirements from the
Clients
M1: Completion of the
Project Inititaion Phase
Project Planning
Project Scheduling
Identification of Resource
Requirments
Budgeting
Developemnt and
Approval of Project Plan
M2:Project Plan Approval
Project Execution
Coding of Website and
smartphone Application
Linking with database
Documenting each
ActivityM3: Successful Coding
Testing
Unit Testing
System testing
User acceptance testing
Bug Fixing (if
any)Docuemntation
M4: Completion of Testing
and Bug Fixation
Go Live and Traning
Website and Applictaion
Launch
Training
Post implementation
support
M5: Successful Go Live
and TraIning
Project Closure
Docuementation
Record Archival
Completion of
paymentResource Release
Client Sign off
M6:Project completion
Figure 2: Representing the Work Breakdown Structure
(Source: Created by Author using MS Schedule Pro and MS Project)
3.3. Resource Assignments
The resources allocated to each of the activities of the project are represented in the
following table-
Task Name Duration Predecessors Resource Names
I-Crop-A Project by Virtucon 114 days
Project Initiation 18 days
Meeting with Globex 5 days Project Manager
Requirements Gathering and
identification of the
specifications of the Project
10 days 2 Project Manager,
Functional Manager
Documentation 2 days 3 Archive [1],Content writer
Approving the requirements
from the Clients 1 day 4 Project Manager

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M1: Completion of the
Project Initiation Phase 0 days 5
Project Planning 7 days
Project Scheduling 2 days 6 Project Manager,
Resource Manager
Identification of Resource
Requirements 7 days 6 Project Manager,
Resource Manager
Budgeting 5 days 6
Functional
Manager ,Resource
Manager
Development and Approval
of Project Plan 2 days 10 Project Manager of
Globex
M2:Project Plan Approval 0 days 11
Project Execution 32 days
Coding of Website and
smartphone Application 15 days 12
Coding team ,Website and
Application Licensing
Cost[1]
Linking with database 15 days 14 Coding team ,Database
Administrator
Documenting each Activity 2 days 15 Archieve [1],Content
writer
M3: Successful Coding 0 days 16
Testing 36 days
Unit Testing 10 days 17 Code and Application
Tester
System testing 7 days 19 Code and Application
Tester
User acceptance testing 12 days 20 Code and Application
Tester
Bug Fixing (if any) 5 days 21 Code and Application
Tester
Documentation 2 days 22 Archive [1],Content writer
M4: Completion of Testing
and Bug Fixation 0 days 22
Go Live and Training 12 days
Website and Application
Launch 5 days 22 Project Manager, Project
Manager of Globex
Training 5 days 26
Post implementation support 7 days 26 Training Team ,Functional
Manager
M5: Successful Go Live
and Training 0 days 28
Project Closure 11 days

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Documentation 2 days 28 Archive [1],Content writer
Record Archival 2 days 31 Archive [1]
Completion of payment 7 days 32 Project Manager of Globex
Resource Release 1 day 32 Project Manager
Client Sign off 2 days 34 Project Manager
M6:Project completion 0 days 35
3.4. Estimates for Each Activity
The time estimation or duration of each of the activities of the project is represented in
the following table-
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 I-Crop-A Project by Virtucon 114 days Wed 03-10-
18
Mon 11-03-
19
1 Project Initiation 18 days Wed 03-10-
18 Fri 26-10-18
1.1 Meeting with Globex 5 days Wed 03-10-
18 Tue 09-10-18
1.2
Requirements Gathering and
identification of the specifications of
the Project
10 days Wed 10-10-
18 Tue 23-10-18
1.3 Documentation 2 days Wed 24-10-
18 Thu 25-10-18
1.4 Approving the requirements from
the Clients 1 day Fri 26-10-18 Fri 26-10-18
1.5 M1: Completion of the Project
Initiation Phase 0 days Fri 26-10-18 Fri 26-10-18
2 Project Planning 7 days Mon 29-10-
18 Tue 06-11-18
2.1 Project Scheduling 2 days Mon 29-10-
18 Tue 30-10-18
2.2 Identification of Resource
Requirements 7 days Mon 29-10-
18 Tue 06-11-18
2.3 Budgeting 5 days Mon 29-10-
18 Fri 02-11-18
2.4 Development and Approval of
Project Plan 2 days Mon 05-11-
18 Tue 06-11-18
2.5 M2:Project Plan Approval 0 days Tue 06-11-18 Tue 06-11-18