Project Management Fundamentals and Practices: Woolworths IS

This project report focuses on the implementation of an Information System (IS) within Woolworths Limited, addressing the need to transition from a manual to an automated data management system. The report begins with a background of the project, emphasizing the benefits of an automated system for competitive advantage. A detailed project charter is presented, outlining project goals, objectives, budget, scope, assumptions, and milestones. A systematic literature review supports the project, highlighting the advantages of IS implementation, such as increased commercial benefits, secure online transactions, improved communication, and cost-effectiveness. The report includes a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to organize the project tasks, and a schedule plan, developed using the iterative waterfall model, detailing task durations, start and finish dates, predecessors, resources, and costs. A network diagram is also provided to visualize the project's critical path and dependencies. The project is structured around key phases including project initiation, planning, execution, control and monitoring, and closure. The report aims to provide a comprehensive guide for the successful implementation of the IS within Woolworths.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICES
Project Management Fundamentals and Practices: Implementation of Information system in
Woolworths Limited
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Table of Contents
1. Background of the case project.....................................................................................................2
2. Project charter for the chosen case project....................................................................................2
3. Systematic literature review..........................................................................................................4
4. Work Breakdown Structure...........................................................................................................6
5. Development of the schedule plan................................................................................................7
6. Network diagram for the chosen case project.............................................................................11
References.......................................................................................................................................12

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1. Background of the case project
In this current era of technology automated system has become one of the most vital
solutions for the business organizations to gain competitive advantages and structured commercial
revenue as well. It is necessary for any business organization to design an automated Information
System for their company to resolve previous security and manual data entry level errors. For this
specific report the chosen case project is “Implementation of Information system in Woolworths
Limited”.
The targeted company is required to convert their traditional data management system into
an automated data system. For the chosen case project a project charter considering a systematic
literature review will be illustrated. In addition to this, a WBS and a schedule plan is also
developed for the case project that has to be designed. Not only this but also a network diagram
for the project is also represented in this report.
2. Project charter for the chosen case project
Name of the project: Implementation of Information system in Woolworths Limited
Project goal
To design an automated system over manual data management system existing that is already
existing in Woolworths Limited
Project objectives
 To develop a secured automated Information System (IS) for the company
 To gain huge numbers of consumers from Australia and New Zealand through both the

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online and offline business operations
 To reduce the overall rate of business level risks
Project budget: The total budget
estimated for the project is $ 54,000
Project duration: The project is expected to be
completed within 6 months
Project scope
After analyzing the existing operational and functional issues of Woolworths Limited an
Information System (IS) is required to be designed. With the help of IS the company will be able
to serve a secured system to their consumers in terms of reduced rate of risks and time efficiency.
In order to retrieve any information and financial consumer details the issues of time
consumptions will be diminished. Through the help of the final project document the goal and
objectives of any specific project will become more prominent to the project manager and other
members associated to the team.
Project assumptions
It has been assumed that the project will be completed within 6 months and according to the
detail design of the Information System (IS), the project needs $54,000 budget for its successful
completion. The consumers will be able to book for their desired food products online and also
can also pay online with secured payment options.
Project Milestone
The project is expected to be completed through following five different phases such as project
initiation, project planning, execution, control and monitoring and closure. The details of the
project team members are as follows:
Milestone 1:
project initiation
phase completed
0 days Thu
7/19/18
Thu
7/19/18 6 Project
manager $0.00
Milestone 2: 0 days Tue Tue 12 operation $0.00

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project planning
phase completed 8/28/18 8/28/18 manager
Milestone 3:
Completion of
project execution
phase
0 days Fri
11/23/18
Fri
11/23/18 18 Project
manager $0.00
Milestone 4:
project control and
monitoring phase
completed
0 days Tue
12/25/18
Tue
12/25/18 22,23 Project
manager $0.00
Milestone 5:
project closure
phase completed
0 days Fri
1/11/19
Fri
1/11/19 28 Project
manager $0.00
3. Systematic literature review
Several systematic featuring benefits are associated to Information System. According to
Binder, (2016) from the context of emerging technology and emerging innovation the strategic
enablers will be able to gain competitive advantages and commercial revenue at the same time.
Permana, (2015) stated that, emerging technology has many strategic business level benefits that
diminishes the operational and functional project risks. The organizational decision makers can
also take quick strategic decisions for their companies to demonstrate the profits of executive
skills and commitments as well. The benefit matrix can also be used for demonstrating the profit
of IS strategic planning. This specific matrix indicates the necessity of formalized planning
process. After the implementation of the IS system four to five months are required to gain
formalized benefits from it.
Real world business benefits help the employees to understand the effective functional
approaches available through the information system and the way through which it increases the
business efficiency and effectiveness (Schwalbe, 2015). The Information System has the ability to

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make business integration to support the coordination of work that are associated to different parts
of the business organization to measure the way through which the system integration helps the
business organization. In order to examine the business issues different models are applied by the
business owners. It has been found that there are many business level benefits associated to the
implementation of the Information system (Tomanek & Juricek, 2015). The benefits can be
generated from the information System (IS) are as follows:
Give maximum amount of commercial benefits: In order to gain maximum commercial
profit from the company they need to manage their consumers from different geographical
boundaries first with an on-time, quality delivery of food products. As much quality food they
will be able to deliver to their consumers that much numbers of new consumers they will be able
to grab (Machado, Pinheiro & Tamanini, 2015). The capacities of the company will be exploited
drastically with the implementation of a strategic and advanced Information System (IS) in the
organization. The effectiveness of the overall business will increase a lot with the change of a
manual data management system with an automated Information system.
Secure online transaction: The Information System (IS) delivers security also and the
consumers can easily transit money for their products with cash on delivery or online debit card
and credit card payment also.
Improved communication approach: The approach of communication will increase a lot
with the implementation of the information system in the business organizations. Gathering and
distribution of information is a very important part of any organization to make all the employees
familiar about the system process details (Hornstein, 2015). The combination if information
system and information technologies will effectively help to track the information distribution and

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information projections as well. IS can deliver quick information to the employees and to the
consumers whenever, required. Globalization is possible by mitigating the cultural gap within the
organization.
Availability: The consumers can avail their desired food products at their doorstep
regardless of their location and time. They can even book for their products anytime. The
business and service delivery approach becomes more convenient.
Cost effectiveness and higher productivity: The rate of business effectiveness increases
a lot along with a higher level productivity (Joslin & Müller, 2015). It means the consumers can
easily ask for their food products and the total price of the product they can also give through
online transaction.

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4. Work Breakdown Structure
Information System
implemenation in
Woolworths Limited
Project planning
Budget planning
Project time
scheduling
Risk management
planning
Communication
management
planning
Milestone 2:
Completion of
project planning
phase
Project execution
Prototype design of the
Information system
Features incorporation to
the Information System
coding
Modeling
Connection to
database
management system
for storing data
Incorporating
Graphical User
Interface
Milestone 3:
Completion of
project execution
phase
Project control and
monitoring phase
Unit testing of the
Information System
Integrated testing of
the Information
System
Acceptance testing
of the Information
System
Milestone 4:
Completion of
project control and
monitoring phase
Project closure
Project
stakeholder’s
signoff
Final project
document
submission
Post project
maintenance
planning
Milestone 5:
Completion of
project closure
phase
Figure 2: WBS of implementation of Information System in Woolworths Limited
(Source: Created by author)
5. Development of the schedule plan
For developing any project it is crucial for any business organizations to consider a
specific project development life cycle methodology. Based on the project details the most
suitable project development life cycle should be adopted by the project managers. Among the
most widely used project development lifecycles agile, spiral, waterfall are mostly used.
The iterative waterfall model cannot proceed further if the previous stage is successfully
completed rather all testing and modification should be done at the same design phase. The
chances of defect multiplication can be completely reduced with this model. As compared to other

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models this is much effective from the business perspectives. Thus, among these models the
company should adopt the iterative waterfall model.
The project head and the other stakeholders associated to the project are needed to follow
the project schedule to complete the IS implementation project within estimated cost and time.
Besides this the resources are also allowed to perform their allotted job roles within budget and
time phase also. The details of the time and budget are shown in the below table:
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors Resource
Names Cost
0
Information
System
implementation in
Woolworths
Limited
180 days Mon
5/7/18
Fri
1/11/19 $51,840.00
1 Project
initiation 54 days Mon
5/7/18
Thu
7/19/18 $15,792.00
1.1 Developing
project objectives 12 days Mon
5/7/18
Tue
5/22/18
Project
manager $3,264.00
1.2
Project scope
statement
preparation
10 days Wed
5/23/18
Tue
6/5/18 2 operation
manager $2,800.00
1.3 Requirements
gathering 12 days Wed
6/6/18
Thu
6/21/18 $4,608.00
1.3.1
Project
functional
requirements
gathering
12 days Wed
6/6/18
Thu
6/21/18 3
development
team
members
$1,728.00
1.3.2
Non
functional
requirements
gathering
12 days Wed
6/6/18
Thu
6/21/18 3 system
developer $2,880.00
1.4
Consumers
business need
analysis
20 days Fri
6/22/18
Thu
7/19/18 5,6 system
analyst $5,120.00
1.5
Milestone 1:
Completion of
project initiation
phase
0 days Thu
7/19/18
Thu
7/19/18 7 Project
manager $0.00

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2 Project
planning 30 days Fri
7/20/18
Thu
8/30/18 $10,256.00
2.1 Budget
planning 10 days Fri
7/20/18
Thu
8/2/18 8 Finance
manager $2,000.00
2.2 Project time
scheduling 10 days Fri 8/3/18 Thu
8/16/18 10 Project
manager $2,720.00
2.3
Risk
management
planning
12 days Fri 8/3/18 Mon
8/20/18 10 operation
manager $3,360.00
2.4 Communication
management
planning
8 days Tue
8/21/18
Thu
8/30/18 12,11 Project
manager $2,176.00
2.5
Milestone 2:
Completion of
project planning
phase
0 days Thu
8/30/18
Thu
8/30/18 13 operation
manager $0.00
3 Project
execution 61 days Fri
8/31/18
Fri
11/23/18 $15,520.00
3.1
Prototype
design of the
Information
system
46 days Fri
8/31/18
Fri
11/2/18 $9,760.00
3.1.1
Features
incorporation to
the Information
System
26 days Fri
8/31/18
Fri
10/5/18 $6,880.00
3.1.1.1 coding 10 days Fri
8/31/18
Thu
9/13/18 14 system
developer $2,400.00
3.1.1.2 Modeling 16 days Fri
9/14/18
Fri
10/5/18 18 operation
manager $4,480.00
3.1.2
Connection
to database
management
system for storing
data
20 days Mon
10/8/18
Fri
11/2/18 19
development
team
members
$2,880.00
3.2
Incorporating
Graphical User
Interface
15 days Mon
11/5/18
Fri
11/23/18 17,20
development
team
members ,sys
tem
developer
$5,760.00
3.3 Milestone 3:
Completion of
project execution
0 days Fri
11/23/18
Fri
11/23/18
21 Project
manager
$0.00

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phase
4
Project control
and monitoring
phase
22 days Mon
11/26/18
Tue
12/25/18 $7,328.00
4.1
Unit testing of
the Information
System
10 days Mon
11/26/18
Fri
12/7/18 22 system tester $2,240.00
4.2
Integrated
testing of the
Information
System
10 days Mon
12/10/18
Fri
12/21/18 24 system
developer $2,400.00
4.3
Acceptance
testing of the
Information
System
12 days Mon
12/10/18
Tue
12/25/18 24 system tester $2,688.00
4.4
Milestone 4:
Completion of
project control
and monitoring
phase
0 days Tue
12/25/18
Tue
12/25/18 25,26 Project
manager $0.00
5 Project closure 13 days Wed
12/26/18
Fri
1/11/19 $2,944.00
5.1
Project
stakeholder’s
signoff
2 days Wed
12/26/18
Thu
12/27/18 27 Project
manager $544.00
5.2
Final project
document
submission
6 days Fri
12/28/18 Fri 1/4/19 29 operation
manager $1,680.00
5.3
Post project
maintenance
planning
5 days Mon
1/7/19
Fri
1/11/19 30
development
team
members
$720.00
5.4
Milestone 5:
Completion of
project closure
phase
0 days Fri
1/11/19
Fri
1/11/19 31 Project
manager $0.00

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Figure 2: Gantt chart of implementation of Information System in Woolworths Limited
(Source: Created by author)

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6. Network diagram for the chosen case project
Modeling
Start: Mon 7/2/18 ID: 11
Finish: Mon 7/23/18 Dur: 16 days
Res: operation manager
Budget planning
Start: Mon 5/7/18 ID: 2
Finish: Fri 5/18/18 Dur: 10 days
Res: Finance manager
Project time scheduling
Start: Mon 5/21/18 ID: 3
Finish: Fri 6/1/18 Dur: 10 days
Res: Project manager
Milestone 2: Completion of project
planning phase
Milestone Date: Fri 6/15/18
ID: 6
Acceptance testing of the Information System
Start: Tue 9/25/18 ID: 18
Finish: Wed 10/10/18 Dur: 12 days
Res: system tester
Risk management planning
Start: Mon 5/21/18 ID: 4
Finish: Tue 6/5/18 Dur: 12 days
Res: operation manager
Incorporating Graphical User Interface
Start: Tue 8/21/18 ID: 13
Finish: Mon 9/10/18 Dur: 15 days
Res: development team members , system developer
Milestone 3: Completion of project
execution phase
Milestone Date: Mon 9/10/18
ID: 14
Unit testing of the Information System
Start: Tue 9/11/18 ID: 16
Finish: Mon 9/24/18 Dur: 10 days
Res: system tester
Milestone 4: Completion of project
control and monitoring phase
Milestone Date: Wed 10/10/18
ID: 19
Connection to database management system for storing data
Start: Tue 7/24/18 ID: 12
Finish: Mon 8/20/18 Dur: 20 days
Res: development team members
Final project document submission
Start: Mon 10/15/18 ID: 22
Finish: Mon 10/22/18 Dur: 6 days
Res: operation manager
Post project maintenance planning
Start: Tue 10/23/18 ID: 23
Finish: Mon 10/29/18 Dur: 5 days
Res: development team members
Integrated testing of the Information System
Start: Tue 9/25/18 ID: 17
Finish: Mon 10/8/18 Dur: 10 days
Res: system developer
Milestone 5: Completion of project
closure phase
Milestone Date: Mon 10/29/18
ID: 24
Project stakeholder’s signoff
Start: Thu 10/11/18 ID: 21
Finish: Fri 10/12/18 Dur: 2 days
Res: Project manager
coding
Start: Mon 6/18/18 ID: 10
Finish: Fri 6/29/18 Dur: 10 days
Res: system developer
Communication management planning
Start: Wed 6/6/18 ID: 5
Finish: Fri 6/15/18 Dur: 8 days
Res: Project manager
Figure 3: Network Diagram of implementation of Information System in Woolworths Limited
(Source: Created by author)

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