MITS5001 Project Charter: Intranet Redesign for SIGMA Consulting

This project charter outlines the redesign of SIGMA Consulting's intranet. The project aims to streamline business operations, enhance client collaboration, and reduce internal costs. The scope includes modifications to the intranet, adding a new section for project management knowledge sharing. Key stakeholders include the project manager, intranet designers, web server designers, SIGMA Consulting, its employees, and clients. The project milestones are structured into initiation, planning, execution, and closing phases, with detailed WBS tasks, durations, and predecessors. The project's constraints involve seamless integration with existing hardware and minimal technical support, while assumptions include support from consultants and clients, along with the critical role of the Project Management Office. The document provides a comprehensive overview of the project's objectives, scope, and management plan.

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DESIGN OF PROJECT CHARTER
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Project Title
Redesign of Intranet
Background
SIGMA Consulting provides word-class consulting services to its clients to help them in
managing projects better and ensure success in their projects. However, SIGMA Consulting
wants to make information regarding quality project management available on their intranet
site so that it is easier for their clients to access those information from official intranet.
Therefore, some sections of the intranet needs to be modified so that it allows existing and
potential clients access some features of intranet specifically designed for sharing knowledge
regarding project management.
Project Goals
Some of the important goals of this project are the followings:
 To streamline business operations and enhance business process
 Enhance collaboration with clients by making knowledge sharing easier for not only
existing clients but for potential clients as well
 To reduce internal cost
Project Scope
This project will provide a redesigned intranet with some design modifications. A new
section will be added with this intranet and it will help in sharing knowledge regarding
consultants’ project management to people across this organization. This will also allow
clients of SIGMA Consulting to access this intranet and obtain project management
knowledge as well.

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Key Stakeholders
Stakeholders Role in project Impact on project Interest in project
Project manager Define project scope
and provide
strategies to
implement project
according to
requirements for
ensuring success in
the project as well.
High High
Intranet designers They are responsible
for redesigning
intranet which
includes
configuration,
integration and
performance review
of intranet as well.
Medium High
Web server designers To add new access
control to the web
server so that it
possible for clients
outside this
organization to
access this intranet
and obtained
required information
Medium Medium
SIGMA Consulting They are responsible
for funding this
project and also
provide resources
required for
implementing this
High High

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project.
Employees of SIGMA
Consulting
They will access this
intranet and obtain
information
regarding project
management for
which they are
granted access to.
Low Medium
Clients of SIGMA
Consulting
They will access this
intranet and obtain
information
regarding project
management for
which they are
granted access to.
Low Low
Project Milestones
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
1 Redesign of Intranet 22 days Mon 06-
04-20
Tue 05-05-
20
1.1 Initiation phase 9 days Mon 06-
04-20
Thu 16-04-
20
1.1.1 identifying project
requirements 1 day Mon 06-
04-20
Mon 06-04-
20
1.1.2 project requirements
analysis 3 days Tue 07-
04-20
Thu 09-04-
20 3
1.1.3 defining project scope 1 day Fri 10-
04-20 Fri 10-04-20 4
1.1.4 estimation for project 1 day Mon 13- Mon 13-04- 5

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completion 04-20 20
1.1.5 project budget
estimation 3 days Tue 14-
04-20
Thu 16-04-
20 6
1.1.6
Milestone 1:
completion of initiation
phase
0 days Thu 16-
04-20
Thu 16-04-
20 7
1.2 Planning phase 17 days Mon 13-
04-20
Tue 05-05-
20
1.2.1 project planning 3 days Fri 17-
04-20
Tue 21-04-
20 7
1.2.2 Resource planning 1 day Wed 22-
04-20
Wed 22-04-
20 10
1.2.3 Financial planning 2 days Thu 23-
04-20 Fri 24-04-20 11
1.2.4 Quality planning 3 days Mon 27-
04-20
Wed 29-04-
20 12
1.2.5 Risk management
planning 1 day Thu 30-
04-20
Thu 30-04-
20 13
1.2.6 Acceptance planning 2 days Fri 01-
05-20
Mon 04-05-
20 14
1.2.7 Communication
planning 1 day Tue 05-
05-20
Tue 05-05-
20 15
1.2.8 designing prototype 5 days Mon 13-
04-20 Fri 17-04-20 5
1.2.9 analysing prototype 3 days Mon 20-
04-20
Wed 22-04-
20 17
1.2.1 Milestone 2: 0 days Wed 22- Wed 22-04- 18

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0 Completion of planning
phase 04-20 20
1.3 Execution phase 4 days Thu 23-
04-20
Tue 28-04-
20
1.3.1 integration of new
section with intranet 3 days Thu 23-
04-20
Mon 27-04-
20 18
1.3.2 testing performance of
new module 1 day Thu 23-
04-20
Thu 23-04-
20 18
1.3.3 analysing issues of
newly designed intranet 3 days Thu 23-
04-20
Mon 27-04-
20 18
1.3.4 System integration
review 1 day Tue 28-
04-20
Tue 28-04-
20 23
1.3.5
Milestone 3:
Completion of execution
phase
0 days Tue 28-
04-20
Tue 28-04-
20 24
1.4 Closing phase 4 days Tue 28-
04-20 Fri 01-05-20
1.4.1 Post project review 2 days Tue 28-
04-20
Wed 29-04-
20 23
1.4.2 Stakeholder sign off 1 day Thu 30-
04-20
Thu 30-04-
20 27
1.4.3 Post go-live support 1 day Fri 01-
05-20 Fri 01-05-20 28
1.4.4
Milestone 4:
Completion of closure
phase
0 days Fri 01-
05-20 Fri 01-05-20 29
Constraints and Assumptions

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This newly designed intranet should integrate perfectly with existing hardware and there
should not be any performance issue for design modification to intranet. Along with this, this
new system should require minimal technical support for maintenance.
It is assumed that existing consultants along with clients will support this project. It is also
assumed that this project would provide benefits to this organization as it would reduce cost
for internal operations and providing opportunities for new businesses as well. It is expected
that in this project, the Project Management Office would play a critical role and project
manager will ensure this. Along with this, it is assumed that project team would include
participants from every part of this organization to ensure success in this project as well.