Project Management Plan for WOWS Project - ITECH2250, Semester X

This report presents a project management plan for the WOWS project, developed as part of an ITECH2250 assignment. The plan outlines the project's purpose, objectives, and success criteria, emphasizing the delivery of a software system within six months. It details project deliverables, including a project plan, prototype, and final product, along with their respective recipients and delivery dates. The report also addresses assumptions, dependencies, and constraints, particularly the six-month time constraint. Furthermore, it defines key roles and responsibilities within the project organization, including project manager, technical manager, sponsor, and programmers, and identifies both internal and external stakeholders. The plan incorporates a traditional waterfall approach, emphasizing sequential phases and risk management, to ensure project completion within budget and schedule constraints. The report includes references to relevant project management literature and definitions of key terms like PMP (Project Management Plan).

Project Management Plan
for
WOWS Project
Version 1.0
Prepared by <author>
<organization>
14.09.19

1. Overview
The first section of the project management plan (PMP) discusses the main motivation linked
with the undertaking of a project and further discusses the main deliverables as well as the
success criteria of the project. This section will provide a detailed overview of the purpose and
the objective of the project management plan along with the success criteria that will determine
the success of the undertaken project. In the following section of the report, the main project
purpose, the project objective along with the success criteria of the project is discussed.
1.1. Project Purpose, Objectives, and Success Criteria
The main purpose of the undertaken WOWS project is delivery of a software system within six
months. The WOWS executives have hired highly talented individuals to make them work in
self-managed teams to successfully complete the project within the allocated time of six months.
The main business needs that the undertaken project will be satisfying involves delivery of a
completed system as per the initial needs. The business objective of the undertaken project
involves maximizing the business profit while minimizing the needs of the project. The project is
being implemented by making use of the traditional waterfall approach for ensuring that each of
the team members have an idea of the methods.
The main objectives of the undertaken project are indicated as follows-
 To complete the project within six months of initiation
 To implement the project in four sequential phases that include project start, project
organization, carrying out and finishing.
 To address the main risks in the project in an effective manner.
The significant success criteria for execution and completion of the project are indicated as
follows-
 The project needs to be complete in a span of 6 months
 The project needs to be completed within a budget of $700,000
1.2. Project Deliverables
Deliverable Recipients Delivery
Date
Delivery
Method Comments
Project Plan Sub-
contractors
14.10.19 Email The project plan is
delivered within 1
month of project start
Prototype Integrators 10.12.19 Face to Face
Meeting
The prototype is
delivered after 2
months of approval of
project plan
Final Product Clients 1.02.20 Face to Face
Meeting
The final product is
released for beta
testing and user

acceptance testing
Launch Clients 10.03.20 Public launch The final project is
delivered
1.3. Assumptions, Dependencies, and Constraints
It is assumed that all the main resources in the project will be available till completion of the
project.
The success of the WOWS project is largely dependent on the completion of each project
deliverable on scheduled time
The main constraint of the project is the time, which is six months from the start of the project.
1.4. References
Fleming, Q.W. and Koppelman, J.M., 2016, December. Earned value project management.
Project Management Institute.
Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Meredith, J.R., Mantel Jr, S.J. and Shafer, S.M., 2017. Project management: a managerial
approach. John Wiley & Sons.
Schwalbe, K., 2015. Information technology project management. Cengage Learning.
1.5. Definitions and Acronyms
PMP: Project Management Plan- It is a formal document written to list all the main
considerations of a project and plan for project execution.
1.6. Evolution of the Plan
As per the plan, completion of each phase of the project will be subjected to testing of the
application to validate the initial requirements.
2. Project Organization
2.1. External Interfaces

The main external interface associated with the project is project sponsor and the project auditor.
The communication with both of these interfaces will be done via email. The sponsor will be
responsible for budget management and auditor will be evaluating the success of a project.
2.2. Internal Structure
The internal organization structure for WOWS project is indicated in the figure below-
Figure 1: Representing the Organizational Structure
2.3. Roles and Responsibilities
The major team roles linked with the execution of WOWS project are indicated as follows-
Project Manager: Responsible for execution and planning of a project
Technical Manager: Responsible for supervising the entire project
Sponsor: Responsible for funding the project
Programmers: Responsible for coding the software
The internal and the external stakeholders of the project are indicated in the table below-

Stakeholder Category Involvement
Project manager Internal High
Test Engineer External Low
Sponsor External High
Client External Medium
System Designer Internal Medium