Reference no: EM133022682

The purpose of this assessment task is to:

This assessment task requires you to take on the role of a project management team to produce a project plan for your client. In this instance the project plan provides a detailed plan of the management of a proposed project. It is developed to provide the client with a detailed insight of how a proposed project will be managed. Additionally, you need to present your plan to the audience of project stakeholders, so they can determine if they want to proceed with the project as elaborated in the plan.

After successfully completing this assessment task, you should be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding on developing detailed documentation for project management
• Build a detailed schedule and task plan using project management software
• Estimate the resources, cost and budget required for a project
• Developing risk management and communication plans for a project
• Communicate using professional business language in written format

LEARNING OUTCOMES
ALIGN TO THIS TASK
• Evaluate critically IT contexts and client requirements to conceptually map project management steps to a business scenario;

Although not mentioned in the above case, it is believed that the DA project is expected to be commenced and fully implemented within 8 months with a working deadline of the end of this year. The budget is set at $1.5 million dollars. Additionally, it is expected that you will work with the VU Information Systems Corporation to get both hardware and software installed. Complete testing including acceptance testing shall then be carried out before finally implementing the DA systems across all countrywide branches and the headquarters.
The template of a project plan which outlines its structure can be downloaded here: Assessment 3 Project Plan Template c
The project plan needs to include sections as follows:
1. Introduction
2. Project scope
3. Business case
4. Project schedule
5. Resources
6. Budget
7. Risks
8. Communication Strategies
9. Stakeholder Management
10. Summary

In the provided template, please complete every section by removing prompts (highlighted parts) and replacing them with your responses to the case. This document should be in the format of a business report. Use Harvard referencing style to correctly cite external resources (including the case article) where needed.

You need to use MS Project to build a project plan with tasks, phases, milestones and resources needed. Costs and budgets should be created using this software too. You need to insert the content of your MS Project file to the sections of the schedule, resources and budget in your report. You may insert them as tables, screenshots and/or images.
Both the completed project plan template and the MS Project file need to be submitted. Name your files as follows:
• Project plan: Group Number - Date.docx
• MS Project: Group Number - Date.mpp

Upload these files to the assessment dropbox. You may submit as many times as you need before the due date, and only the last submission will be marked.

Attachment:- Project_Plan_Template.rar