MANU2123 Project Management Report: GV Health Wireless LAN Replacement

This project management report outlines the Wireless LAN replacement project at GV Health, covering aspects from initial information gathering to project closure. It details the nature of the project, its deliverables, and the justification for the proposal, including identified risk factors. The report includes a work breakdown structure with a project schedule, and Gantt chart, outlining the tasks, durations, and dependencies across initiation, planning, design, execution, and closure phases. A questionnaire survey is mentioned, and the project life cycle methodology is explained, along with contextual issues and the bid submission strategy. This document, contributed by a student and available on Desklib, offers insights into IT project management, focusing on network infrastructure upgrades.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT REPORT
Project Management Report:
Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health
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Table of Contents
1. Project Initial Information Accumulation....................................................................................2
1.1 Nature of Selected Project.....................................................................................................2
1.2 Deliverable of the Project......................................................................................................2
1.3 Justification of the Project Proposal......................................................................................3
1.4 Identification of Risk Factors................................................................................................3
2. Work Breakdown Structure.........................................................................................................4
2.1 Project Schedule....................................................................................................................4
2.2 Work Breakdown Structure...................................................................................................9
2.3 Sub-systems and explanation of work breakdown structure...............................................11
3. Questionnaire Survey.................................................................................................................12
4. Project Life cycle.......................................................................................................................14
4.1 Methodology Selected.........................................................................................................14
4.2 Explanation of Methodology...............................................................................................16
4.3 Contextual Issues Identified................................................................................................17
5. Explanation of Bid Submission Strategy...................................................................................18
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................22

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1. Project Initial Information Accumulation
1.1 Nature of Selected Project
The following project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health is an IT project based
on the development of improved WLAN network connection. The implementation of the new
network structure would help in easing the management of the network access in the GV health.
The inclusion of the wireless access would be helpful for the development of the network access
in the organization (Wang et al. 2016). The project would involve the use of technological
development tools and principles for the alignment of the operations. The inclusion of the
improved network would be helpful for the development of the operations in the organization.
1.2 Deliverable of the Project
The project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health is based on the IT project
management principles and operations. The implication of the effective project management
would help in forming the final project deliverable. The project development is largely based on
the implication of the operations. The final deliverable of the project includes,
Wireless Local Area Network: The GV Health would get a new WLAN structure
installed in their operational structure. The project would finally get the wireless local area
network implemented for GV health and their operations would be improved. The migration of
the existing network to the wireless would help them in the formation of the successive and
effective operations.
Documents: The project plan documents including the project schedule and cost
estimation is one of the major deliverable for the project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV

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Health. The documents made would serve the purpose of future project developments. The
documentation is also helpful for checking whether the project is going in the scheduled plane.
1.3 Justification of the Project Proposal
The project is developed for ensuring that wireless connection of the LAN network can
be implied in GV health. The usage of the new system structure would help in facilitating the
administration of the system access in the GV health. The incorporation of the remote access
would be useful for the advancement of the system access in the association (Chen, Dai and Cui
2017). The undertaking would include the utilization of mechanical improvement apparatuses
and standards for the arrangement of the tasks. The incorporation of the enhanced system would
be useful for the improvement of the activities in the association. The main benefit of
implementing the project lies in the fact that the implementation would be helpful for the
implementation of the improved communication and network access with the help of WLAN
cloud access.
1.4 Identification of Risk Factors
The implementation of the project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health would be
based on the development of the operations and formation of the successive development
operations (Oscar 2017). The various risk factors that can impact on the project are the design
problems, component failures, cost overrun, and delay in completion. These risk factors would
form the major impact in the completion of the project operations. These risk factors would
result in causing the issues in completion of the project and alignment of the operations. The risk
factors would tend to cause the hindrances in the completion of the project.

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2. Work Breakdown Structure
2.1 Project Schedule
The schedule for the project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health is given below,
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0 Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health 59 days Mon
4/9/18
Thu
6/28/18
1 Initiation Phase 12 days Mon
4/9/18
Tue
4/24/18
1.1 Analysis of the requirements 2 days Mon
4/9/18
Tue
4/10/18
1.2 Project Initiation Documentation 4 days Wed
4/11/18
Mon
4/16/18 2
1.3 Project Charter Document is made 4 days Tue
4/17/18
Fri
4/20/18 3
1.4 Documents are submitted 1 day Mon
4/23/18
Mon
4/23/18 4
1.5 Sign off 1 day Tue
4/24/18
Tue
4/24/18 5
1.6 Project Kick off 0 days Tue
4/24/18
Tue
4/24/18 6
2 Planning Phase 6 days Wed
4/25/18
Wed
5/2/18
2.1 Plan outline is made 2 days Wed
4/25/18
Thu
4/26/18 7
2.2 Plan is reviewed 1 day Fri 4/27/18 Fri
4/27/18 9
2.3 Schedule plan is made 3 days Mon
4/30/18
Wed
5/2/18 10
2.4 Cost Estimation 3 days Mon Wed 10

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4/30/18 5/2/18
2.5 Communication Planning 3 days Mon
4/30/18
Wed
5/2/18 10
2.6 Plan Approval 0 days Wed
5/2/18
Wed
5/2/18 13
3 Design Phase 14 days Thu
5/3/18
Tue
5/22/18
3.1 WLAN Replacement Design
requirements are analyzed 2 days Thu 5/3/18 Fri 5/4/18 14
3.2 Basic Network Topology is formed 2 days Mon
5/7/18 Tue 5/8/18 16
3.3 Client, Router, Access points, and
Gateways are identified 2 days Wed
5/9/18
Thu
5/10/18 17
3.4 Network Connections are analyzed 2 days Thu 5/3/18 Fri 5/4/18 14
3.5 New Design is Made 5 days Fri 5/11/18 Thu
5/17/18 18
3.6 Design Simulation 3 days Fri 5/18/18 Tue
5/22/18 20
3.7 Design Approval 0 days Tue
5/22/18
Tue
5/22/18 21
4 Execution Phase 32 days Wed
5/9/18
Thu
6/21/18
4.1 Capacity of the network is calculated 2 days Wed
5/9/18
Thu
5/10/18 17
4.2 Network Standards are set 3 days Fri 5/11/18 Tue
5/15/18 24
4.3 Security Functions are aligned 4 days Wed
5/16/18
Mon
5/21/18 25
4.4 Preparation of the network design
implementation 2 days Wed
5/23/18
Thu
5/24/18 22
4.5 Testing in the existing office 2 days Fri 5/25/18 Mon
5/28/18 27

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4.6 Scheduling for network moving 1 day Tue
5/29/18
Tue
5/29/18 28
4.7 Network Migration to WLAN 3 days Wed
5/30/18 Fri 6/1/18 29
4.8 Network is taken down 2 days Tue
5/29/18
Wed
5/30/18 28
4.9 Existing Switches are replaced 3 days Thu
5/31/18
Mon
6/4/18 31
4.10 VPN configuration 4 days Tue 6/5/18 Fri 6/8/18 32
4.11 WLAN set up is completed 7 days Mon
6/11/18
Tue
6/19/18 33
4.12 New Network is developed 2 days Wed
6/20/18
Thu
6/21/18 34
4.13 Access to the new network is developed 0 days Thu
6/21/18
Thu
6/21/18 35
5 Final Documentation and Closure 5 days Fri
6/22/18
Thu
6/28/18
5.1 Final documents are made 3 days Fri 6/22/18 Tue
6/26/18 36
5.2 Submission of final documents 1 day Wed
6/27/18
Wed
6/27/18 38
5.3 Sign off 1 day Thu
6/28/18
Thu
6/28/18 39
5.4 Project is Closed 0 days Thu
6/28/18
Thu
6/28/18 40
Table 1: Project Schedule in table format
(Source: Created by the author)
The complete project is divided into 5 phases namely initiation phase, planning phase,
design phase, execution phase, and closure phase. The initiation phase involves the use of the
initial information for making initial documents for submission. The planning phase would be

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based on the development of a plan that would be helpful for the development of the final project
report. The design phase is characterized by the development of the improved operation and
development. The execution phase would involve the deployment of the improved functions for
the alignment of the operations that would help in listing the development of the operations for
the project (Ergu et al. 2014). The closure phase involves the development of final project
closure and the final documents that would be helpful for forming project completion. The
timeline for the project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health is shown below,

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ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 0 Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health59 days Mon 4/9/18 Thu 6/28/18
1 1 Initiation Phase 12 days Mon 4/9/18 Tue 4/24/18
2 1.1 Analysis of the requirements 2 days Mon 4/9/18 Tue 4/10/18
3 1.2 Project Initiation Documentation4 days Wed 4/11/18 Mon 4/16/18
4 1.3 Project Charter Document is made4 days Tue 4/17/18 Fri 4/20/18
5 1.4 Documents are submitted 1 day Mon 4/23/18 Mon 4/23/18
6 1.5 Sign off 1 day Tue 4/24/18 Tue 4/24/18
7 1.6 Project Kick off 0 days Tue 4/24/18 Tue 4/24/18
8 2 Planning Phase 6 days Wed 4/25/18 Wed 5/2/18
9 2.1 Plan outline is made 2 days Wed 4/25/18 Thu 4/26/18
10 2.2 Plan is reviewed 1 day Fri 4/27/18 Fri 4/27/18
11 2.3 Schedule plan is made 3 days Mon 4/30/18 Wed 5/2/18
12 2.4 Cost Estimation 3 days Mon 4/30/18 Wed 5/2/18
13 2.5 Communication Planning 3 days Mon 4/30/18 Wed 5/2/18
14 2.6 Plan Approval 0 days Wed 5/2/18 Wed 5/2/18
15 3 Design Phase 14 days Thu 5/3/18 Tue 5/22/18
16 3.1 WLAN Replacement Design
requirements are analyzed
2 days Thu 5/3/18 Fri 5/4/18
17 3.2 Basic Network Topology is formed2 days Mon 5/7/18 Tue 5/8/18
18 3.3 Client, Router, Access points,
and Gateways are identified
2 days Wed 5/9/18 Thu 5/10/18
19 3.4 Network Connections are analyzed2 days Thu 5/3/18 Fri 5/4/18
20 3.5 New Design is Made 5 days Fri 5/11/18 Thu 5/17/18
21 3.6 Design Simulation 3 days Fri 5/18/18 Tue 5/22/18
22 3.7 Design Approval 0 days Tue 5/22/18 Tue 5/22/18
23 4 Execution Phase 32 days Wed 5/9/18 Thu 6/21/18
24 4.1 Capacity of the network is calculated2 days Wed 5/9/18 Thu 5/10/18
25 4.2 Network Standards are set 3 days Fri 5/11/18 Tue 5/15/18
26 4.3 Security Functions are aligned 4 days Wed 5/16/18 Mon 5/21/18
27 4.4 Preparation of the network
design implementation
2 days Wed 5/23/18 Thu 5/24/18
28 4.5 Testing in the existing offi ce 2 days Fri 5/25/18 Mon 5/28/18
29 4.6 Scheduling for network moving 1 day Tue 5/29/18 Tue 5/29/18
30 4.7 Network Migration to WLAN 3 days Wed 5/30/18 Fri 6/1/18
31 4.8 Network is taken down 2 days Tue 5/29/18 Wed 5/30/18
32 4.9 Existing Switches are replaced 3 days Thu 5/31/18 Mon 6/4/18
33 4.10 VPN configuration 4 days Tue 6/5/18 Fri 6/8/18
34 4.11 WLAN set up is completed 7 days Mon 6/11/18 Tue 6/19/18
35 4.12 New Network is developed 2 days Wed 6/20/18 Thu 6/21/18
36 4.13 Access to the new network is developed0 days Thu 6/21/18 Thu 6/21/18
37 5 Final Documentation and Closure 5 days Fri 6/22/18 Thu 6/28/18
38 5.1 Final documents are made 3 days Fri 6/22/18 Tue 6/26/18
39 5.2 Submission of final documents 1 day Wed 6/27/18 Wed 6/27/18
40 5.3 Sign off 1 day Thu 6/28/18 Thu 6/28/18
41 5.4 Project is Closed 0 days Thu 6/28/18 Thu 6/28/18
4/24
5/2
5/22
6/21
6/28
S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S
Apr 8, '18 Apr 22, '18 May 6, '18 May 20, '18 Jun 3, '18 Jun 17, '18 Jul 1, '18
Figure 1: Project Gantt chart showing timeline
(Source: Created by the author)

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2.2 Work Breakdown Structure
The work breakdown structure for the project would show the involvement of the specific work
packages represented by the complete project development. The work breakdown structure for
the project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health is shown below,

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0
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
- Wireless
LAN
replacement
at GV
Health
- Initiation
Phase
- Planning
Phase
- Design
Phase
- Execution
Phase
- Final
Documentation
and Closure
- Analysis of
the
requirements
- Project
Initiation
Documentation
- Project
Charter
Document
is made
- Documents
are
submitted
- Sign off
- Project
Kick off
- Plan
outline is
made
- Plan is
reviewed
- Schedule
plan is
made
- Cost
Estimation
-
Communication
Planning
- Plan
Approval
- WLAN
Replacement
Design
requirements
are analyzed
- Basic
Network
Topology is
formed
- Client,
Router,
Access
points, and
Gateways
are
identified
- Network
Connections
are analyzed
- New
Design is
Made
- Design
Simulation
- Design
Approval
- Capacity
of the
network is
calculated
- Network
Standards
are set
- Security
Functions
are aligned
- Preparation of
the network
design
implementation
- Testing in
the existing
office
- Scheduling
for network
moving
- Network
Migration to
WLAN
- Network
is taken
down
- Existing
Switches
are
replaced
- VPN
configuration
- WLAN
set up is
completed
- New
Network is
developed
- Access to
the new
network is
developed
- Final
documents
are made
-
Submission
of final
documents
- Sign off
- Project is
Closed
Figure 1: Project Work Breakdown Structure
(Source: Created by the author)

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2.3 Sub-systems and explanation of work breakdown structure
The project phases can be considered as the work packages and they would combine to
form the work breakdown structure for the project of Wireless LAN replacement at GV Health.
The work breakdown structure can be explained as the summation of the project phase
development (Gemünden 2015). The work packages would be helpful for the deployment of the
effective integration of the operations. The deployment of the operations would be helpful for the
alignment of the effective development model. The active work packages for the project were
Project Initiation, Project Planning, Project Designing, Project Execution, and Project
Closure. The combination of all these phases would be helpful for the formation of the improved
operation development. The operational development would be helpful for the alignment of the
successive development model (Lientz and Rea 2016). The initiation work package comprises of
analysis of the requirements, project initiation documentation, project charter document is made,
documents are submitted, sign off, and project kick off. The project kick off would act as the
final milestone of the project. The planning work package would comprise of plan outline is
made, plan is reviewed, schedule plan is made, cost estimation, communication planning, and
plan approval. The plan approval would act as the milestone for the planning phase. The design
work package would comprise of WLAN replacement design requirements are analysed, basic
network topology is formed, client, router, access points, and gateways are identified, network
connections are analysed, new design is made, design simulation, and design approval (JOSEPH.
PHILLIPS et al. 2018). The execution work package comprise of capacity of the network is
calculated, network standards are set, security functions are aligned, preparation of the network
design implementation, testing in the existing office, scheduling for network moving, network
migration to WLAN, network is taken down, existing switches are replaced, VPN configuration,