ISY2004 Project Plan: Information System Project Management Report

This document presents a comprehensive project plan for an information system project, including a Gantt chart outlining project tasks, durations, and dependencies, a network diagram illustrating the critical path, and a resource table detailing resource allocation and costs. It also features a project budget, a RACI table defining roles and responsibilities, a risk register identifying potential risks and mitigation strategies, and a probability/impact matrix for risk assessment. The plan covers various project phases, from analytic package identification and team recruitment to data source identification, platform trials, vendor negotiation, system implementation, and training, ensuring a structured approach to project execution and risk management. The document also includes an assessment item cover sheet mentioning course code ISY204, and a brief from AIH (Australian Institute of Higher Education).

Running head: INFORMATION SYSTEM PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Information System Project Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University

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Table of Contents
Gantt Chart: 2
Network Diagram: 8
Milestones based on Smart Criteria: 12
Resource Table: 13
Project Budget: 13
RACI Table: 15
Risk Register 17
Probability/ Impact Matrix: 23
Bibliography: 24

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Gantt Chart:
WBS Task Name Duratio
n Start Finish Predecessor
s Cost Resource
Names
0 Big Data Analytics 186 days Thu
4/26/18
Thu
1/10/19 $86,472.00
1 Analytic Package
Identification 7 days Thu
4/26/18
Fri
5/4/18 $3,136.00
1.1 Hire Consultant 1 day Thu
4/26/18
Thu
4/26/18 $280.00 Project
Manager
1.2 Identify Various
Packages 2 days Fri
4/27/18
Mon
4/30/18 2 $960.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager
1.3 Evaluate the
Packages 2 days Tue
5/1/18
Wed
5/2/18 3 $1,248.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager,
System
Engineer
1.4 Compare
Packages 1 day Thu
5/3/18
Thu
5/3/18 4 $304.00
System
Analyst,
System
Engineer
1.5 Select an
Analytical Package 1 day Fri
5/4/18
Fri
5/4/18 5 $344.00
Consultant,
System
Engineer
2 Project Team
Recruitment 14 days Mon
5/7/18
Thu
5/24/18 $5,120.00
2.1 Identify the
Activities 3 days Mon
5/7/18
Wed
5/9/18 6 $840.00 Project
Manager
2.2
Identify the
Roles and
Responsibilities for
Each Task
2 days Thu
5/10/18
Fri
5/11/18 8 $960.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager
2.3 Advertise the
Job Opening 2 days Mon
5/14/18
Tue
5/15/18 9 $560.00 Project
Manager
2.4 Appoint a HR 1 day Wed
5/16/18
Wed
5/16/18 9 $280.00 Project
Manager
2.5 Interview the
Applicants 4 days Thu
5/17/18
Tue
5/22/18 11,10 $1,920.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager
2.6
Select Skilled
and Professional
Applicants
2 days Wed
5/23/18
Thu
5/24/18 12 $560.00 Project
Manager

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2.7
Identify 10
Metrics for Defining
Project Success
0 days Thu
5/24/18
Thu
5/24/18 13 $0.00
3 Data Source
Identification 26 days Fri
5/25/18
Fri
6/29/18 $12,040.00
3.1
Identify the
Audiences of the
System
3 days Fri
5/25/18
Tue
5/29/18 13 $1,560.00
Business
Analyst,
Consultant,
System
Engineer
3.2 Identify the User
Requirements 5 days Wed
5/30/18
Tue
6/5/18 16 $1,680.00
Business
Analyst,
System
Analyst
3.3
Identify the
Business
Requirements
8 days Wed
6/6/18
Fri
6/15/18 16 $1,408.00 Business
Analyst
3.4
Identify the Data
Associated with
Each Requirement
12 days Wed
6/6/18
Thu
6/21/18 17 $3,648.00
System
Analyst,
System
Engineer
3.5
Identify Who or
Which Process Input
that Data into the
System
6 days Fri
6/22/18
Fri
6/29/18 19 $3,744.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager,
System
Engineer
4 Platform Trial 38 days Mon
7/2/18
Wed
8/22/18 $11,136.00
4.1 Contact Platform
Vendor 13 days Mon
7/2/18
Wed
7/18/18 20 $2,600.00 Consultant
4.2 Application for
Trial 1 day Thu
7/19/18
Thu
7/19/18 22 $280.00 Project
Manager
4.3
Trail if
Application
Approved
24 days Fri
7/20/18
Wed
8/22/18 23 $8,256.00
Consultant,
System
Engineer
5 Stakeholder
Agreement 14 days Thu
8/23/18
Tue
9/11/18 $6,720.00
5.1 Attend Meeting
with Stakeholder 6 days Thu
8/23/18
Thu
8/30/18 24 $2,880.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager
5.2 Inform Them
about the Product 6 days Fri
8/31/18
Fri
9/7/18 26 $2,880.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager
5.3 Share Reports 1 day Mon Mon 26 $480.00 Consultant,

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9/10/18 9/10/18 Project
Manager
5.4 Sign Agreements 1 day Tue
9/11/18
Tue
9/11/18 27,28 $480.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager
6 Negotiation with
Vendor 29 days Wed
9/12/18
Mon
10/22/18 $6,568.00
6.1 Contact Vendor 1 day Mon
9/24/18
Mon
9/24/18 29 $280.00 Project
Manager
6.2 Share
Requirements 2 days Tue
9/25/18
Wed
9/26/18 31 $1,248.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager,
System
Engineer
6.3 Negotiate
Product Cost 7 days Thu
9/27/18
Wed
10/17/18 32 $1,960.00 Project
Manager
6.4 Buy License 3 days Thu
10/18/18
Mon
10/22/18 32 $840.00 Project
Manager
6.5 Discuss External
Data Sources 8 days Wed
9/12/18
Fri
9/21/18 29 $2,240.00 Project
Manager
6.6
Report on the
project update to the
Stakeholders
0 days Fri
9/21/18
Fri
9/21/18 35 $0.00
7
Gain Access to
Internal Data
Source
79 days Mon
9/24/18
Thu
1/10/19 $18,176.00
7.1
Implement a
System with
Graphical Interface
40 days Mon
9/24/18
Thu
12/27/18 35 $12,096.00
System
Analyst,
System
Designer,
System
Developer,
System
Engineer
7.2
Connect the
System with Main
System
2 days Fri
12/28/18
Mon
12/31/18 38 $640.00 IT
Department
7.3 Authorization
Level Determination 6 days Thu
1/3/19
Thu
1/10/19 38 $1,920.00 IT
Department
7.4 Enable Data
Access 2 days Tue
1/1/19
Wed
1/2/19 39 $640.00 IT
Department
7.5 Implement
Security Measures 9 days Mon
9/24/18
Thu
10/4/18 35 $2,880.00 IT
Department
7.6 Create an 0 days Thu Thu 42 $0.00

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Agreement with the
users of new system
regarding data theft
and security
violations and
inform them about
consequences
10/4/18 10/4/18
8
Implement
Analytical
Solutions
25 days Fri
10/5/18
Thu
11/8/18 $9,256.00
8.1 Identify Various
Solutions 8 days Fri
10/5/18
Tue
10/16/18 42 $4,992.00
Consultant,
Project
Manager,
System
Engineer
8.2 Evaluate the
Solutions 5 days Wed
10/17/18
Tue
10/23/18 45 $720.00 System
Engineer
8.3
Select the
Solutions best for
Business Profit
1 day Wed
10/24/18
Wed
10/24/18 46 $464.00
IT
Department,
System
Engineer
8.4 Calculate all the
Cost of the Project 5 days Thu
10/25/18
Wed
10/31/18 47 $1,400.00 Project
Manager
8.5
Identify the
Profit from the
Project for Next
Five Years
4 days Thu
11/1/18
Tue
11/6/18 48 $1,120.00 Project
Manager
8.6 Measure ROI 2 days Wed
11/7/18
Thu
11/8/18 49 $560.00 Project
Manager
8.7
Attending a
Meeting with the
Stakeholders to
Finalize all the
factors associated
with the project
0 days Thu
11/8/18
Thu
11/8/18 50 $0.00
9 Training 40 days Fri
11/9/18
Thu
1/3/19 $5,040.00
9.1 Create a User
Manual 10 days Fri
11/9/18
Thu
11/22/18 50 $2,160.00
System
Engineer,
System
Administrator
9.2 Train User 14 days Fri
11/23/18
Wed
12/12/18 53 $1,344.00 System
Administrator
9.3 Train IT
Maintenance Staff
14 days Thu
12/13/18
Tue
1/1/19
53 $1,344.00 System
Administrator

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Every day
9.4 Distribute
Manual 2 days Wed
1/2/19
Thu
1/3/19 53 $192.00 System
Administrator
9.5
Introduce a test
that will ensure
every end user and
staff is ready to use
the system
0 days Thu
1/3/19
Thu
1/3/19 56 $0.00
10 Go Live 29 days Fri
11/9/18
Wed
12/19/18 $9,280.00
10.1
Deploy System
within Intelligent
Information Inc
Environment
1 day Fri
11/9/18
Fri
11/9/18 50 $464.00
IT
Department,
System
Engineer
10.2
Post
Implementation
Activities
28 days Mon
11/12/18
Wed
12/19/18 59 $8,816.00
IT
Department,
System
Engineer
10.3
Make
arrangement for a
launch checklist.
Each activity and
task must be listed.
Establishment of all
the due dates.
0 days Wed
12/19/18
Wed
12/19/18 60 $0.00

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ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0 Big Data Analytics 186 days Thu 4/26/18 Thu 1/10/19
1 Analytic Package Identification 7 days Thu 4/26/18 Fri 5/4/18
2 Hire Consultant 1 day Thu 4/26/18 Thu 4/26/18
3 Identify Various Packages 2 days Fri 4/27/18 Mon 4/30/18 2
4 Evaluate the Packages 2 days Tue 5/1/18 Wed 5/2/18 3
5 Compare Packages 1 day Thu 5/3/18 Thu 5/3/18 4
6 Select an Analytical Package 1 day Fri 5/4/18 Fri 5/4/18 5
7 Project Team Recruitment 14 days Mon 5/7/18 Thu 5/24/18
8 Identify the Activities 3 days Mon 5/7/18 Wed 5/9/18 6
9 Identify the Roles and Responsibilities for Each Task 2 days Thu 5/10/18 Fri 5/11/18 8
10 Advertise the Job Opening 2 days Mon 5/14/18 Tue 5/15/18 9
11 Appoint a HR 1 day Wed 5/16/18 Wed 5/16/18 9
12 Interview the Applicants 4 days Thu 5/17/18 Tue 5/22/18 11,10
13 Select Skilled and Professional Applicants 2 days Wed 5/23/18 Thu 5/24/18 12
14 Identify 10 Metrics for Defining Project Success 0 days Thu 5/24/18 Thu 5/24/18 13
15 Data Source Identification 26 days Fri 5/25/18 Fri 6/29/18
16 Identify the Audiences of the System 3 days Fri 5/25/18 Tue 5/29/18 13
17 Identify the User Requirements 5 days Wed 5/30/18 Tue 6/5/18 16
18 Identify the Business Requirements 8 days Wed 6/6/18 Fri 6/15/18 16
19 Identify the Data Associated with Each Requirment 12 days Wed 6/6/18 Thu 6/21/18 17
20 Identify Who or Which Process Input that Data into the System6 days Fri 6/22/18 Fri 6/29/18 19
21 Platform Trial 38 days Mon 7/2/18 Wed 8/22/18
22 Contact Platform Vendor 13 days Mon 7/2/18 Wed 7/18/18 20
23 Application for Trial 1 day Thu 7/19/18 Thu 7/19/18 22
24 Trail if Appplication Approved 24 days Fri 7/20/18 Wed 8/22/18 23
25 Stakeholder Agreement 14 days Thu 8/23/18 Tue 9/11/18
26 Attend Meeting with Stakeholder 6 days Thu 8/23/18 Thu 8/30/18 24
27 Inform Them about the Product 6 days Fri 8/31/18 Fri 9/7/18 26
28 Share Reports 1 day Mon 9/10/18 Mon 9/10/18 26
29 Sign Agreements 1 day Tue 9/11/18 Tue 9/11/18 27,28
30 Negotiation with Vendor 128 days Thu 4/26/18 Mon 10/22/18
31 Contact Vendor 1 day Mon 9/24/18 Mon 9/24/18 29
32 Share Requirements 2 days Tue 9/25/18 Wed 9/26/18 31
33 Negotiate Product Cost 7 days Thu 9/27/18 Wed 10/17/18 32
34 Buy License 3 days Thu 10/18/18 Mon 10/22/18 32
35 Discuss External Data Sources 8 days Wed 9/12/18 Fri 9/21/18 29
36 Report on the project update to the Stakeholders 0 days Thu 4/26/18 Thu 4/26/18
37 Gain Access to Internal Data Source 79 days Mon 9/24/18 Thu 1/10/19
38 Implement a System with Graphical Interface 40 days Mon 9/24/18 Thu 12/27/18 35
39 Connect the System with Main System 2 days Fri 12/28/18 Mon 12/31/18 38
40 Authorization Level Determination 6 days Thu 1/3/19 Thu 1/10/19 38
41 Enable Data Access 2 days Tue 1/1/19 Wed 1/2/19 39
42 Implement Security Measures 9 days Mon 9/24/18 Thu 10/4/18 35
43 Create an Agreement with the users of new system reagrding
data theft and security violations and inform them about
consequences
0 days Thu 10/4/18 Thu 10/4/18 42
44 Imeplement Analytical Solutions 25 days Fri 10/5/18 Thu 11/8/18
45 Identify Varions Solutions 8 days Fri 10/5/18 Tue 10/16/18 42
46 Evaluate the Solutions 5 days Wed 10/17/18 Tue 10/23/18 45
47 Select the Solutions best for Business Profit 1 day Wed 10/24/18 Wed 10/24/18 46
48 Calculate all the Cost of the Project 5 days Thu 10/25/18 Wed 10/31/18 47
49 Identify the Profit from the Project for Next Five Years 4 days Thu 11/1/18 Tue 11/6/18 48
50 Measure ROI 2 days Wed 11/7/18 Thu 11/8/18 49
51 Attending a Meeting with the Stakeholders to Finalize all the
factors associated with the project
0 days Thu 11/8/18 Thu 11/8/18 50
52 Training 40 days Fri 11/9/18 Thu 1/3/19
53 Creat a User Manual 10 days Fri 11/9/18 Thu 11/22/18 50
54 Train User 14 days Fri 11/23/18 Wed 12/12/18 53
55 Train IT Maintenance Staff Every day 14 days Thu 12/13/18 Tue 1/1/19 53
56 Distribute Manual 2 days Wed 1/2/19 Thu 1/3/19 53
57 Introduce a test that will ensure every end user and staff is
ready to use the system
0 days Thu 1/3/19 Thu 1/3/19 56
58 Go Live 29 days Fri 11/9/18 Wed 12/19/18
59 Deploy System within Intelligent Information Inc Environment1 day Fri 11/9/18 Fri 11/9/18 50
60 Post Implementation Activities 28 days Mon 11/12/18 Wed 12/19/18 59
61 Make arrangement for a launch checklist. Each activity and
task must be listed. Establishment of all the due dates.
0 days Wed 12/19/18 Wed 12/19/18 60
Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager,System Engineer
System Analyst,System Engineer
Consultant,System Engineer
Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager
Project Manager
Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager
Project Manager
5/24
Business Analyst,Consultant,System Engineer
Business Analyst,System Analyst
Business Analyst
System Analyst,System Engineer
Consultant,Project Manager,System Engineer
Consultant
Project Manager
Consultant,System Engineer
Consultant,Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager
Project Manager
Consultant,Project Manager,System Engineer
Project Manager
Project Manager
Project Manager
4/26
System Analyst,System Designer,System Developer
IT Department
IT Department
IT Department
IT Department
10/4
Consultant,Project Manager,System Engineer
System Engineer
IT Department,System Engineer
Project Manager
Project Manager
Project Manager
11/8
System Engineer,System Administrator
System Administrator
System Administrator
System Administrator
1/3
IT Department,System Engineer
IT Department,System Engineer
12/19
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Qtr 2, 2018 Qtr 3, 2018 Qtr 4, 2018 Qtr 1, 2019
Figure 1: Gantt Chart
(Source: Created by Author)

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Network Diagram:

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Milestones based on Smart Criteria:
Milestone 1: By 24th May, identify 10 Metrics for Defining Project Success
Milestone 2: By 4th October, create an Agreement with the users of new system
regarding data theft and security violations and inform them about consequences
Milestone 3: By 8th November, attend a Meeting with the Stakeholders to Finalize all the
factors associated with the project
Milestone 4: By 21st September, create report on the project update to the Stakeholders

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Milestone 5: By 3rd January 2019, introduce a test that will ensure every end user and
staff is ready to use the system
Milestone 6: By 19th December, make arrangement for a launch checklist. Each activity
and task must be listed. Establishment of all the due dates.
Resource Table:
Resource Name Type Material
Label Initials Group Max.
Units Std. Rate Ovt.
Rate
Cost/
Use
Accrue
At
Base
Calendar
Project Manager Work P 100% $35.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Consultant Work C 100% $25.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Business Analyst Work B 100% $22.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
System Analyst Work S 100% $20.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
System
Developer Work S 100% $14.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
System Designer Work S 100% $11.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
System Engineer Work S 100% $18.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
System
Administrator Work S 100% $12.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
IT Department Work I 100% $40.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Project Budget:
Task Name Cost
Big Data Analytics $86,472.00
Analytic Package Identification $3,136.00
Hire Consultant $280.00
Identify Various Packages $960.00
Evaluate the Packages $1,248.00
Compare Packages $304.00
Select an Analytical Package $344.00
Project Team Recruitment $5,120.00
Identify the Activities $840.00
Identify the Roles and Responsibilities for Each Task $960.00
Advertise the Job Opening $560.00
Appoint a HR $280.00
Interview the Applicants $1,920.00
Select Skilled and Professional Applicants $560.00
Identify 10 Metrics for Defining Project Success $0.00

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Data Source Identification $12,040.00
Identify the Audiences of the System $1,560.00
Identify the User Requirements $1,680.00
Identify the Business Requirements $1,408.00
Identify the Data Associated with Each Requirement $3,648.00
Identify Who or Which Process Input that Data into the System $3,744.00
Platform Trial $11,136.00
Contact Platform Vendor $2,600.00
Application for Trial $280.00
Trail if Application Approved $8,256.00
Stakeholder Agreement $6,720.00
Attend Meeting with Stakeholder $2,880.00
Inform Them about the Product $2,880.00
Share Reports $480.00
Sign Agreements $480.00
Negotiation with Vendor $6,568.00
Contact Vendor $280.00
Share Requirements $1,248.00
Negotiate Product Cost $1,960.00
Buy License $840.00
Discuss External Data Sources $2,240.00
Report on the project update to the Stakeholders $0.00
Gain Access to Internal Data Source $18,176.00
Implement a System with Graphical Interface $12,096.00
Connect the System with Main System $640.00
Authorization Level Determination $1,920.00
Enable Data Access $640.00
Implement Security Measures $2,880.00
Create an Agreement with the users of new system regarding data theft and
security violations and inform them about consequences $0.00
Implement Analytical Solutions $9,256.00
Identify Various Solutions $4,992.00
Evaluate the Solutions $720.00
Select the Solutions best for Business Profit $464.00
Calculate all the Cost of the Project $1,400.00
Identify the Profit from the Project for Next Five Years $1,120.00
Measure ROI $560.00
Attending a Meeting with the Stakeholders to Finalize all the factors associated
with the project $0.00
Training $5,040.00
Create a User Manual $2,160.00
Train User $1,344.00

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Train IT Maintenance Staff Every day $1,344.00
Distribute Manual $192.00
Introduce a test that will ensure every end user and staff is ready to use the
system $0.00
Go Live $9,280.00
Deploy System within Intelligent Information Inc Environment $464.00
Post Implementation Activities $8,816.00
Make arrangement for a launch checklist. Each activity and task must be listed.
Establishment of all the due dates. $0.00
RACI Table:
Task Name
Project
Manager
and
Consultant
IT
Departme
nt
Project
Team
Analyst Sys
Admin
Hire Consultant R A
Identify Various Packages R A
Evaluate the Packages I A R
Compare Packages I A R
Select an Analytical Package I C R
Identify the Activities R C
Identify the Roles and Responsibilities for Each
Task
R C
Advertise the Job Opening R
Appoint a HR R
Interview the Applicants R
Select Skilled and Professional Applicants R
Identify the Audiences of the System I A R
Identify the User Requirements I R
Identify the Business Requirements I R
Identify the Data Associated with Each
Requirement
I A R
Identify Who or Which Process Input that Data
into the System
I A R
Contact Platform Vendor R C I I
Application for Trial R A
Trail if Application Approved A R
Attend Meeting with Stakeholder R I
Inform Them about the Product R
Share Reports R I
Sign Agreements R
Contact Vendor R A I I

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Share Requirements R A C
Negotiate Product Cost R C
Buy License R C
Discuss External Data Sources R A C
Implement a System with Graphical Interface A C R I
Connect the System with Main System A R I
Authorization Level Determination A R I
Enable Data Access A R I
Implement Security Measures A R I
Identify Various Solutions I A R
Evaluate the Solutions I R C
Select the Solutions best for Business Profit R C
Calculate all the Cost of the Project R C
Identify the Profit from the Project for Next Five
Years
R C
Measure ROI R I
Create a User Manual A I C R
Train User A I C R
Train IT Maintenance Staff Every day A I C R
Distribute Manual A I C R
Go Live
Deploy System within Intelligent Information
Inc Environment
I R R
Post Implementation Activities A R R

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Risk Register
Name Description Impa
ct
Likelih
ood
Mitigatio
n
Techniqu
e
Type Risk Response Responsible
Person
Defining
data storage
and quality
Intelligent
Information Inc
is growing
rapidly. The
amount of data,
the organization
collects,
processes and
produces are
increasing day
by day
(Najafabadi et
al. 2015). In big
data
environment, it
is not easy to
predict the
High Mediu
m
Risk
Transfer
Negative The project manager and
consultant will define
storage requirements
which can possible meet
the future data
requirements of the
organization. The project
manager will contact with
a data warehouse service
provider for creating the
data warehouse of the Big
Data Analytic project. The
third party vendors who
are well established in their
domain will be employed
within the project for
designing and developing
Risk manager
and Consultant

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amount of data
storage requires.
the data storage.
Delay of
deadline
The projects
experiences
issues,
challenges and
risk. Due to
these negative
factors, the
project progress
is affected and
progress delays
(Marcelino et al.
2014). The
project
managers
generally design
the tight project
schedule to meet
the demands of
the project
owner.
However, in the
High Mediu
m
Risk
Reduction
Negative The project manager will
identify all the tasks, no
matter how small it is,
related the project. The
project manager will set
potential duration of
completing the task. The
project manager will
contact with the team
members and study best
practices for setting the
duration. The manager will
also consider the possible
issues with the activities.
Project
Manager and
Project Sponsor

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long run, this
becomes issue
for both the
project manager
and owner.
Completing a
complex and big
project like the
proposed one is
a very difficult
and next to
impossible.
Lack of
skills of
team
members
The project
being a complex
one, requires
professional and
skilled personnel
within the team
members. Each
of the team
member must be
able to
understand their
High Low Risk
Avoidanc
e
Negative There is no way the project
manager can allow having
a team member who has
lack of skills. The project
manager and the HR will
first find the activities that
are linked to the project
(Turner 2016). Then the
skills, knowledge and
expertise required for each
task will be identified. The
Project
Manager and
HR

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role and
responsibilities.
team members will be
recruited as per defined
skills and knowledge.
They will hire only those
expertise who has
experience of participating
in at least two Data
Analytics Project.
More Data
Quality
The big data will
be used for
enhancing the
productivity,
working
efficiency and
obtaining
important
insight of the
business (Wehn
and Evers 2015).
The big data
take only the
correct data as
input. The data
Extre
me
High Risk
Acceptan
ce
Positive The project manager will
try to contact the best
warehouse designers and
developers for the project.
The analytics will identify
all the business
requirements and then
define system
requirements. The system
engineer and system
analyst will identify all the
data required for
supporting the
requirements. These data
will be properly
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linking is done
precisely so that
the data quality
can be improved
significantly.
documented and send to
the warehouse developers.
Lack of
Stakeholder
Support
Stakeholder
support is one of
the main criteria
to complete a
project
successfully.
The stakeholders
sanction the
project
resources,
required capital,
extension of
delivery date
and many more.
Generally
speaking, the
stakeholders are
capable of
Extre
me
High Risk
Avoidanc
e
Negative It is preferable that both
the stakeholders and
project manager use a
combination system that
will allow them to video
chat and file sharing
(Duffield and Whitty
2015.). This way the
project manager can be
efficiently communicating
with the stakeholders
without leaving the project
site. The project manager
will attend meeting with
the stakeholders once
every week to share all the
information. This not only
allows the project manager
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shutting down a
project. It is
extremely
important that
project manager
always
communicate
with the
stakeholders to
inform them
about the project
progress
to gain stakeholder support
but also making significant
decisions for the sake of
the project.
The
technical
issues
The technical
issues are an
inevitable part of
an ICT project.
As the proposed
project is very
complex and
requires high
class technical
resources and
supports, the
Medi
um
Low Risk
Reduction
Negative The project manager,
consultant and system
engineer will put sincere
focus on selecting the
technical equipment like
hardware and software.
The project will use only
the quality products that
has good reviews. The
system will be tested
properly before using for
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Manager and
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project may face
various issues in
different parts of
the SDLC,
mainly in the
development
part. The newly
developed
application,
designed for
collecting
internal data
source, can face
issues like
malfunctioning,
poor
authorization
and many more.
data collection process.
Increase of
ROI
The project
manager
measures the
return of
investment by
Extre
me
Low Risk
acceptanc
e
Positive The project manager will
try to cut off the cost of the
different resources to make
more reduce the project
cost. The project manager
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calculating the
cost of the
project and the
profit system
will deliver to
the organization
over a certain
period of time
(Kerzner and
Kerzner 2017).
The project may
provide profit
than expected
and result in
more return
from the project
than measured.
It is obviously
benefit for the
organization.
will look for alternate
solutions to various issues
so that project
management budget can be
reduced. All the issues and
findings will be
communicated with the
stakeholders so that they
can have all the updated
information about the
project. This way project
manager will have the
support of the stakeholders
to take extreme decisions
for reducing the cost of the
project.

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Probability/ Impact Matrix:
Figure 2: Probability/ Impact Matrix
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