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IT Project Management
Assessment - Project Management Plan
Task
Your second assessment in this subject requires you to create a detailed Project Management Plan (PMP) based on the Business Case you have created in the first assessment. The PMP has detailed management plans for scope, time, cost, team, and a risk register which provides some level of guide for the project execution, control, and monitoring after it is approved.
Assessment Description
A Project Management Plan is a project management document that outlines the details of what, how, when and what if of a project's execution. It is presented in a well-structured written document to all key stakeholders so that they can gain a comprehensive understanding of the plan to execute the project. A PMP is essential to project success, and it causes failure if we don't get it right in the first place. A thorough understanding of how to write a Project Management Plan must be demonstrated in this assessment.
Learning outcome 1: Interpret the IT objectives and project expectations of a business stakeholder.
Learning outcome 2: Predict risks and problems associated with the effectiveness and timeliness of IT projects.
Learning outcome 3: Explain the solutions and mitigation strategies for the risks and problems that emerge in IT projects.
Learning outcome 4: Develop a project plan, inclusive of budgets and Gantt charts, via the use of project management software.
Assessment Instructions
Based on your approved business case, you are required to create a Project Management Plan to cover the following:
Executive Summary
Provide a high-level introduction of what your report will cover about the Project Management Plan
Include the purpose of the Project Management Plan
Project Goals
Include a summary of what the project will achieve (at least 3)
Scope Statement
Expand the 2-levels WBS in assessment 1 into a 4-levels WBS (refer to below example)
The WBS will outline what are in-scope
Out of scope (at least 3)
This section details the work which are not included in this project so they should not be performed
WBS Example
Time Management
Develop a Gantt Chart using MS Excel, GanttProject, or ProjectLibre based on the WBS Get online assignment help in the USA!
Demonstration will be covered in Week 8 (Project Management Tools)
Cost Management / Budget
Develop a budget plan based on the WBS (Cover all level 4 WBS items)
Hint: create a table to list items based on WBS and calculate the estimated cost
Team Management
Develop a team / resource plan (at least 4 team members)
Hint: create a table to outline: Name, role, skills
Risk Register
Create a risk register to list
The major risks (at least 4)
The cause of the risk
The owner of the risk is in terms of monitoring, acting, and reporting