Objective:
You are encouraged to see the role of a project manager within the broader perspective of strategic business management, understanding where projects come from and why they are selected.
Outcomes:
1. Identify and explain the changing social and organizational effects, on both individuals and society as a whole, of information systems and technology projects.
2. Evaluate the tools and techniques that need to be applied for the effective and successful implementation of a computer based project
Tasks: Read the following tasks, understand and present your response in a document not more than 10 to 12 pages.
Assume that you are a project manager of technical projects in an IT company. These projects typically include development of:
- Management information Systems
- HR Systems
- Hospital Management Systems
- Banking Information Systems
- Inventory Management Systems
- Payroll Systems
Choose any one of the above or any other Systems Development project of your liking (if you are choosing any other system, prior approval from your faculty need to be taken) which you would like to head and complete the tasks given:
Task:
a. Submit a work proposal for this assignment which must include:
- Understanding of deliverables – a detail description of deliverables
- General overview of proposed plan - initial understanding of solution to task b, c ,d and e
- Resources identified
The work proposal must be submitted in a word file through the link available in Moodle.
b. Write a scope statement for the selected project. Your scope statement must include:
- Need of the project
- Operational concepts
- Project objectives
- Cost
- Duration
- Proposed technology that will used in the project
- Stakeholder analysis
You can read the article “Improve Project Success with Better Scope Management” by Avneet Mathur which highlights the key aspects needed to consider while capturing the scope of the project.
c. Critically analyze the factors which can influence your project and draw plans to control those factors to drive the project in the right direction.
d. Recognize the influence of the selected project on the society/organization. Your discussion can focus on the following questions: What benefits project can bring to society/organization? Does the project promote ethical standards?
e. Conduct a study on usage of any project management tool (other than MS project) for a particular project. Present a synopsis which contains the details of how the tool helped in various project management activities for the particular project. Provide evidence to support your discussion. The synopsis should not be more than one page and should be competently presented. Any referenced extra resource should be added as appendix.