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ITECH7401 Leadership in IT Project Management Assignment - Federation University

Task - Team Business Case

Purpose - To provide students with practical experience in working in teams to develop a project business case in order to solve a unique and complex IT business problem.

CASE STUDY - Heartland Equestrian Centre App Project

Assessment Details - Background - A business case is the first deliverable in the IT project life cycle. It provides an analysis of the organisational value, feasibility, costs, benefits, and risks of several proposed alternatives or options.

A business case helps to determine whether or not a project justifies an organisations investment into a project. The business case defines the problem and its impact and performs a cost benefit analysis for the proposed solution. It also looks at possible alternative solutions. The business case should also provide a check to see that the project aligns with the organisation's strategic plan.

Requirements - In this assignment, you will be required to form teams of approximately four (4) people. One team member is to be elected the project leader for the duration of the project. Teams will prepare a project business case based on an IT project case study and should use their own initiative regarding assumptions and the scheduling all deliverables.

Ideally the business case should contain details of the following:

-description of project background

-description of project objectives (including link to organisational mission statement)

-description of the current situation (including a SWOT analysis)

-outline of problem/opportunity statement

-details of critical assumptions and constraints

-an analysis of options and recommendations

-financial analysis (npv, roi and payback figures)

-preliminary project requirements (project preliminary scope and WBS level 3)

-budget estimate (cost model and baseline)

-schedule estimate (including summary schedule, Gantt chart and network diagram)

-list of potential risks

A suggested business process report structure is as follows.

Title page

Executive summary

Table of contents

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Business Case Report for: [insert case study name]

2.1 Project background

2.2 Mission statement and project objectives

2.3 SWOT analysis

2.4 Problem/opportunity statement

2.5 Critical assumptions and constraints

2.6 Analysis of options and recommendations

2.7 Financial analysis

2.8 Project scope and WBS

2.9 Cost model and baseline

2.10 Schedule, Gantt chart and network diagram

2.11 List of risks [team member

3.0 Conclusion

4.0 References

5.0 Appendices [innovation tasks]

Note - Assignment almost completed assignment. Need some things added and also add on d) cost model and baseline. Only those 4 remaining -

a) organizational chart

b) payback figures

c) add on cost and baseline model - explanation of our figures

d) network diagram.

Attachment:- IT Project Management Assignment Files.rar