Prepare a formal business report planning

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Project and Change Management in ICT

Description For this individual report, students are required to prepare a formal business report planning and justifying a project based on a business case study - approved by the lecturer/tutor in week 2 or 3 (refer to the below case study).

The report is to include the results of using project management toolssuch as a work breakdown structure, scheduling, resourcing, communicating and costing. For this 3000-word report, students are expected to widely research and consider contemporary ICT project management techniques to evaluate and make recommendations for improvement in the situation and ensuring project success described in the assigned case study. Issues relevant to social responsibility, organisational structure and cultural issues should be considered.

Case Study

You should read this case study carefully, then, refer back to it frequently while preparing your answers to each question.

You are part of a small team developing mobile phone applications. Your current project involves developing a game that can be played on a mobile phone and allows Bluetooth connectivity for network play.

The game is to have a winter theme, and management wants the game available by 1 June 2024. The Marketing Department needs a prototype of the game by 1 May 2024 to allow sufficient time to market the game to the target audience. The total budget allocated for this project is $3000. The Marketing Department has also indicated that it is your team's responsibility to identify the target audience and conduct a survey of a sample of them to identify the most appropriate distribution channel for your game.

Management would like to see your team's project plan before giving the go-ahead on the project. Thus, you are required to provide the following on behalf of your team.

Questions:
Identify 5 stakeholders and indicate the influence they have on the project.

Prepare a preliminary scope statement. Refer to the lecture slides for the Sope statement template.

Provide a WBS (level 2/3) - Word doc or MS Project. Refer to the lecture slides for WBS structure.

Provide the Resources, Schedule (Gantt Chart) and budget for the project. Please use Project Libre for creating the Gantt chart.

Prepare a communication plan for all your team members and the key stakeholders.

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