MN601 Network Project Management: New Network for ABC Company

This document outlines a comprehensive project plan for establishing a new network for ABC Company. It details project requirements, including functional and non-functional aspects, defines the project team and their roles, and presents a detailed project plan encompassing scope, work breakdown structure (WBS), estimated timeline, resource needs, and a Gantt chart. The plan also includes estimated costs, a quality plan, stakeholder analysis, a communications plan, a risk management plan, and an analysis of ethical issues. Furthermore, the document covers the project deployment plan, project crashing scenarios, and project sign-off procedures, culminating in a post-project review and recommendations. This resource is available on Desklib, where students can find similar solved assignments and past papers.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT: - ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW NETWORK
Project Management
Establishment of a New Network
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Executive Summary
ABC has been a hypothetical project that has been expanding the business through establishing
branches to be located in different places. The purpose of the report is to establish a network that can
allow the organization to gain efficient output through the new transformation. This report presents the
schedule, budget, risks, and other constraints those are necessary for the deployment of an effective
and efficient network project and boost the production of the organization.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Project requirements...................................................................................................................................4
Functional...............................................................................................................................................4
Non-Functional........................................................................................................................................5
Project team members................................................................................................................................5
Project plan.................................................................................................................................................5
Project scope...........................................................................................................................................5
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)..........................................................................................................6
Estimated time-line.................................................................................................................................6
Resource needs.......................................................................................................................................8
Gantt Chart and Network Diagram..........................................................................................................9
Estimated cost.......................................................................................................................................10
Quality plan...........................................................................................................................................12
Stakeholder analysis..............................................................................................................................12
Communications plan............................................................................................................................13
Risks management plan........................................................................................................................13
Ethical issues analysis............................................................................................................................13
Project deployment plan.......................................................................................................................14
Project Crash.............................................................................................................................................14
Project Signoff...........................................................................................................................................16
Post project review and recommendations...............................................................................................16
References.................................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
The project constraints are:
Time: 350 days
Cost: $ 334,400
Quality: Satisfactory
Start Date: 31 / 5/ 2018
Finish Date: 10 / 2 / 2019
Objectives:
 To establish communication network
 To accomplish the project constraints
 Manage the project milestones
 Minimize the risk impacts
 Enhance the overall revenue of the ABC Company
Project requirements
Functional
 High bandwidth network
 Cloud storage
 Proper communication platform
 Portal
 On demand software
 On demand services
Non-Functional
 Reliability
 Easy to use
 Functionality
 Adaptable

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 compatible
Project team members
Title Skills and Capabilities
Project executives Better decision making
Manager Manage the project constraints
Business analyst Analyze the market in efficient manner
Supervisors Supervise the human labor
Market analyst Analyze the market
Human Labor Accomplish operations activities
Network engineer Establish efficient network
IT technicians Technical jobs accomplishment
Project plan
Project scope
Establish an effective network that can allow the different branches of the organization to
communicate with each other and accomplish all the operational activities in an efficient and effective
network.

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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Figure 1: WBS
Source: Created by Author
Estimated time-line
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Development of the new network for
ABC company 350 days Thu 5/31/18 Wed 10/2/19
Project Initiation 66 days Thu 5/31/18 Thu 8/30/18
Identifying the existing network
features 12 days Thu 5/31/18 Fri 6/15/18
Analysing the problem with the
existing network 10 days Mon 6/18/18 Fri 6/29/18

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Proposing new network setup 12 days Mon 7/2/18 Tue 7/17/18
Analysing the feasibility of the
proposed network 7 days Wed 7/18/18 Thu 7/26/18
Preparing draft 10 days Fri 7/27/18 Thu 8/9/18
Forwarding for the approval 15 days Fri 8/10/18 Thu 8/30/18
Milestone 1: proposal approved 0 days Thu 8/30/18 Thu 8/30/18
Project planning 54 days Fri 8/31/18 Wed 11/14/18
Estimating the budget 7 days Fri 8/31/18 Mon 9/10/18
Estimating the schedule 8 days Tue 9/11/18 Thu 9/20/18
Identifying key stakeholders 6 days Fri 9/21/18 Fri 9/28/18
Providing roles and responsibilities
to the stakeholders 9 days Mon 10/1/18 Thu 10/11/18
Determining the work breakdown 7 days Fri 10/12/18 Mon 10/22/18
Estimating resources 10 days Tue 10/23/18 Mon 11/5/18
Identifying suppliers and
contractors 7 days Tue 11/6/18 Wed 11/14/18
Milestone 2: Completed 0 days Wed 11/14/18 Wed 11/14/18
Project execution 135 days Thu 11/15/18 Wed 5/22/19
Developing the design of the
network 15 days Thu 11/15/18 Wed 12/5/18
Establishment of the IT
infrastructure 85 days Thu 12/6/18 Wed 4/3/19
Routers implementation 10 days Thu 12/6/18 Wed 12/19/18
Switches implementation 15 days Thu 12/20/18 Wed 1/9/19
LAN connections 15 days Thu 1/10/19 Wed 1/30/19
Network configuration 20 days Thu 1/31/19 Wed 2/27/19
Providing power supplies 25 days Thu 2/28/19 Wed 4/3/19
New systems 15 days Thu 4/4/19 Wed 4/24/19
Remote servers 20 days Thu 4/25/19 Wed 5/22/19

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Milestone 3: Completed 0 days Wed 5/22/19 Wed 5/22/19
Project closure 95 days Thu 5/23/19 Wed 10/2/19
Post preview documentation 10 days Thu 5/23/19 Wed 6/5/19
Lessons gathered 25 days Thu 6/6/19 Wed 7/10/19
Issues identified 15 days Thu 6/6/19 Wed 6/26/19
Steps or changes taken 10 days Thu 6/27/19 Wed 7/10/19
Releasing stakeholders 10 days Thu 7/11/19 Wed 7/24/19
Releasing resources 15 days Thu 7/25/19 Wed 8/14/19
Stakeholders' sign-off 15 days Thu 8/15/19 Wed 9/4/19
Project celebration 20 days Thu 9/5/19 Wed 10/2/19
Milestone 4: Completed 0 days Wed 10/2/19 Wed 10/2/19
Resource needs
Resource Name Type Initials Max. Units Std. Rate
Project manager Work PM 100% $50.00/hr.
Business analyst Work B 100% $25.00/hr.
Network Engineer Work N 100% $25.00/hr.
Market analyst Work M 100% $25.00/hr.
System Analyst Work S 100% $25.00/hr.
Resource Manager Work R 100% $25.00/hr.
Hardware Material H $10,000.00
Software Material S $10,000.00
IT technicians Work I 100% $0.00/hr.

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Gantt chart and Network Diagram
Figure 2: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by Author)

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Estimated cost
Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost
Development of the new
network for ABC company 350 days $334,400.00
Project Initiation 66 days $39,600.00
Identifying the existing
network features 12 days Business analyst, Market
analyst, System Analyst $7,200.00
Analysing the problem with
the existing network 10 days Business analyst, Market
analyst, System Analyst $6,000.00
Proposing new network
setup 12 days Business analyst, Market
analyst, System Analyst $7,200.00
Analysing the feasibility of
the proposed network 7 days Business analyst, Market
analyst, System Analyst $4,200.00
Preparing draft 10 days Business analyst, Market
analyst, System Analyst $6,000.00
Forwarding for the approval 15 days Business analyst, Market
analyst, System Analyst $9,000.00
Milestone 1: proposal
approved 0 days $0.00
Project planning 54 days $64,800.00
Estimating the budget 7 days
Business analyst, Market
analyst, Network
Engineer, Project
manager, Resource
Manager
$8,400.00
Estimating the schedule 8 days
Business analyst, Market
analyst, Network
Engineer, Project
manager, Resource
Manager
$9,600.00

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Identifying key stakeholders 6 days
Business analyst, Market
analyst, Network
Engineer, Project
manager, Resource
Manager
$7,200.00
Providing roles and
responsibilities to the
stakeholders 9 days
Business analyst, Market
analyst, Network
Engineer, Project
manager, Resource
Manager
$10,800.00
Determining the work
breakdown 7 days
Business analyst, Market
analyst, Network
Engineer, Project
manager, Resource
Manager
$8,400.00
Estimating resources 10 days
Business analyst, Market
analyst, Network
Engineer, Project
manager, Resource
Manager
$12,000.00
Identifying suppliers and
contractors 7 days
Business analyst, Market
analyst, Network
Engineer, Project
manager, Resource
Manager
$8,400.00
Milestone 2: Completed 0 days $0.00
Project execution 135 days $166,000.00
Developing the design of the
network 15 days Network Engineer,
System Analyst $6,000.00
Establishment of the IT
infrastructure 85 days $92,000.00

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Routers implementation 10 days
Network Engineer,
Hardware[1], IT
technicians
$12,000.00
Switches implementation 15 days Network Engineer,
Hardware[1], IT
technicians
$13,000.00
LAN connections 15 days Network Engineer,
Hardware[1], IT
technicians
$13,000.00
Network configuration 20 days Network Engineer,
Hardware[1], IT
technicians
$14,000.00
Providing power supplies 25 days
Hardware[1], IT
technicians, Project
manager, Resource
Manager, Software[1],
System Analyst
$40,000.00
New systems 15 days
Hardware[1], IT
technicians, Project
manager, Resource
Manager, Software[1],
System Analyst
$32,000.00
Remote servers 20 days
Hardware[1], IT
technicians, Project
manager, Resource
Manager, Software[1],
System Analyst
$36,000.00
Milestone 3: Completed 0 days $0.00
Project closure 95 days $64,000.00
Post preview documentation 10 days Project manager,
Resource Manager $6,000.00