Project Plan for Business Portal Development and Implementation

This project plan outlines the development and implementation of a business portal for ABC Private Ltd. It begins with an executive summary, table of contents, and introduction, detailing the company's goal of migrating to an automated business management system. The plan defines project goals and objectives, including replacing the existing manual system with an automated one, migrating to an online process, and developing an online business portal with features like customer profile creation and document management. It specifies functional and non-functional requirements, lists project team members with their skills and expertise, and provides a detailed project plan. The project plan includes a work breakdown structure, time estimation, resource needs, a Gantt chart, a network diagram, cost estimation, a quality plan, stakeholder analysis, a communication plan, a risk management plan, and a project deployment plan. The plan also covers key ethical values, project handover, sign-off, and post-project review, culminating in a conclusion and references. The project aims to enhance business operations and customer interaction through the online portal.

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Development and Implementation of a Business Portal for a Business
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Executive Summary
ABC Private Ltd. wants to develop a new business portal as a part of its growth and expansion
plan. In order to develop the portal, a project has been authorized and based on the requirements
of the project, a project plan has been developed in this report. This project plan contains all the
necessary components of the project and can be used as the starting point for progressing in the
project.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................3
2.0 Goals and Objectives of the Project...........................................................................................3
3.0 Project Requirements.................................................................................................................4
4.0 Project Team Members..............................................................................................................4
5.0 Project Plan................................................................................................................................5
5.1 Project Scope.........................................................................................................................5
5.1.1 Work Breakdown Structure............................................................................................6
5.2 Time Estimation for the Project.............................................................................................6
5.3 Resource Needs for the Project..............................................................................................9
5.4 Gantt Chart and Network Diagram for the Project..............................................................11
5.5 Cost Estimation for the Project............................................................................................12
5.6 Quality Plan for the Project.................................................................................................15
5.7 Stakeholder Analysis...........................................................................................................16
5.8 Communication Plan...........................................................................................................17
5.9 Risk Management Plan........................................................................................................17
5.10 Project Deployment Plan...................................................................................................18
6.0 Key Ethical Values of PMI Code of Ethics.............................................................................18
7.0 Project Handover.....................................................................................................................19
8.0 Project Sign Off.......................................................................................................................19
9.0 Post Project Review and Recommendations...........................................................................20
10.0 Conclusion.............................................................................................................................20
References......................................................................................................................................21

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Title of the Project: Development and Implementation of a Business Portal for an Organization
Start Date: 15/10/2018
End Date: 12/02/2019
1.0 Introduction
ABC Private Ltd. is a business organization that is looking to migrate to automated
business management system in order to achieve the same, they have decided to develop a new
business portal with a number of functionalities like profile creation system from the customers’
end, providing sufficient amount of business related information to the customers, content
management system, document management system and others.
For the purpose of the implementation of the business portal, the company has authorized
to conduct a project. This report is based on the development of a project plan that will be used
for the proposed project of ABC Private Ltd.
2.0 Goals and Objectives of the Project
The main goal of the project is to develop and implement an online business portal for the
company so that it is able to move a major part of the business operations online. The objectives
of the project are thus developed as follows.
 To replace the existing manual processing system with an efficient automated
system
 To migrate to online automated process
 To develop an online business portal for the company

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 To add a variety of features in the business portal
 To implement the business portal and integrate the entire system with the central
server
3.0 Project Requirements
The project has a number of different requirements (functional and non-functional) that
are listed as follows.
Functional Requirements – The functional requirements of the project includes the new
business portal that will have a number of different features, integrated business management
system, a central server for storing data and supporting all business related operations online and
others [14].
Non-Functional Requirements – The non-functional requirements of the project include
the different features of the portal like customer profile system, information displayed on the
business portal, suitable and attractive user interface, software platform for running the business
portal, significant increase in the efficiency and speed of business related operations and others
[5].
4.0 Project Team Members
The project team members are listed in the following table.
Title of Team Member Skills / Expertise
Project Manager Team and project management skills, expertise of
quick and effective decision making, situation

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analysis skills [2]
Finance Manager In-depth knowledge in business finances, ability to
work with high amount of finances to find out
appropriate solutions regarding allocation of budget
[11]
IT Supervisor Technical expertise in information systems, ability
to monitor the progress of work and reporting [15]
Procurement Manager Purchasing skills, good relationship with hardware
and software vendors [3]
Information System Developer Strong technical background, ability to develop
complex information system components like
website, business portal and others [6]
System Tester Technical background, experience in online system
testing and bug detection [1]
Human Resource Manager Experience in personnel recruitment, interview
skills [8]
5.0 Project Plan
5.1 Project Scope
The scope of the project includes the following.
Development an entirely new information system is within the scope of the
project.
Development of the online business portal is within the scope of the project.

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Integration of the business portal with the system is within the scope of the
project.
5.1.1 Work Breakdown Structure
Figure 1: Work Breakdown Structure of the Project
(Source: Created by Author)
5.2 Time Estimation for the Project
The time is estimated for the project as follows.

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Task Name Duration Start Finish
Development and Implementation
of Business Portal for ABC Pvt. Ltd.
87 days Mon 10/15/18 Tue 2/12/19
Project Initiation Phase 10 days Mon 10/15/18 Fri 10/26/18
Review and Survey Existing
Manual System
2 days Mon 10/15/18 Tue 10/16/18
Identify Issues with the System 2 days Wed 10/17/18 Thu 10/18/18
Propose the Implementation of
Information System
2 days Fri 10/19/18 Mon 10/22/18
Propose New Business Portal 1 day Tue 10/23/18 Tue 10/23/18
Submit Project Proposal 3 days Wed 10/24/18 Fri 10/26/18
Get Approval for the Project 0 days Fri 10/26/18 Fri 10/26/18
Project Planning Phase 12 days Mon 10/29/18 Tue 11/13/18
Form Project Team 2 days Mon 10/29/18 Tue 10/30/18
Prepare Project Charter 2 days Wed 10/31/18 Thu 11/1/18
Identify Scope of the Project 0.5 days Fri 11/2/18 Fri 11/2/18

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Identify the Goals and Objectives
of the Project
0.5 days Fri 11/2/18 Fri 11/2/18
Prepare Work Breakdown
Structure
0.5 days Mon 11/5/18 Mon 11/5/18
Prepare Project Schedule 0.5 days Mon 11/5/18 Mon 11/5/18
Prepare Project Budget 2 days Tue 11/6/18 Wed 11/7/18
Prepare Stakeholder Management
Plan
1 day Thu 11/8/18 Thu 11/8/18
Prepare Communication Plan 1 day Fri 11/9/18 Fri 11/9/18
Prepare Quality Management Plan 1 day Mon 11/12/18 Mon 11/12/18
Prepare Risk Management Plan 1 day Tue 11/13/18 Tue 11/13/18
Finalize the Project 0 days Tue 11/13/18 Tue 11/13/18
Project Execution Phase 59 days Wed 11/14/18 Mon 2/4/19
Procure Budget for Project 2 days Wed 11/14/18 Thu 11/15/18
Recruit Developer and Tester 2 days Fri 11/16/18 Mon 11/19/18
Procure Hardware for Project 2 days Tue 11/20/18 Wed 11/21/18
Procure Software Project 2 days Thu 11/22/18 Fri 11/23/18

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Initiate Development of the
Business Portal
1 day Mon 11/26/18 Mon 11/26/18
Set Up Online Software Platform 10 days Tue 11/27/18 Mon 12/10/18
Develop the Portal 15 days Tue 12/11/18 Mon 12/31/18
Add Necessary Features 10 days Tue 1/1/19 Mon 1/14/19
Test the Business Portal 10 days Tue 1/15/19 Mon 1/28/19
Identify Bugs 5 days Tue 1/29/19 Mon 2/4/19
Go Live with the Portal 0 days Mon 2/4/19 Mon 2/4/19
Project Closing Phase 6 days Tue 2/5/19 Tue 2/12/19
Post Project Review 2 days Tue 2/5/19 Wed 2/6/19
Appraisal 2 days Thu 2/7/19 Fri 2/8/19
Finalization of Payments 2 days Mon 2/11/19 Tue 2/12/19
Stakeholder Sign Off 0 days Tue 2/12/19 Tue 2/12/19
5.3 Resource Needs for the Project
Resource Name Type Initials Max. Units Std. Rate
Project Manager Work P 100% $150.00/hr

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Finance Manager Work F 100% $115.00/hr
IT Supervisor Work I 100% $95.00/hr
Procurement Manager Work P 100% $75.00/hr
Information System
Developer
Work I 100% $85.00/hr
System Tester Work S 100% $80.00/hr
Human Resource Manager Work H 100% $115.00/hr
Hardware Material H $15,000.00
Software Material S $7,500.00

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5.4 Gantt Chart and Network Diagram for the Project
Figure 2: Gantt Chart of the Project
(Source: Created by Author)