COIS20008 ICT Project Planning And Management

COIS 20008 ICT Project planning and management

Introduction

Xyzzy is a medium sized company that they develop environmental monitoring solutions. Xyzzy have won the contract to develop a sensor network for Environmental Protection agency (EPA) for the regional town of Whoop_Whoop. Mr Green the project manager of Xyzzy has responsibility of this project to manage and accepted the tasks of creating the compile project schedule and allocating the resources. The purpose of this paper is to compare effects of resources to the project when resources changed. Mr Green have to give the solutions of each problems in the project including suggestions for the better way to manage the project then send a memo and report to the director to acknowledge him about the project’s process including critical path of project that cannot be delay with budgets of the project that expected to be used.

List of Assumptions:

Regarding to the assignment specification

• It is assumed that M1 is starting task of the project and sign the contract.
• I assumed that all the tasks in milestone will happen after M1 or after the contract have been signed.
• I assumed that the “Kick off meeting” take 1 day for that task.
• I assumed that M1 is predecessor of “Kick off meeting”.
• Assumed that booking for Book type approval test house is not effect for the working duration, thus I gave the duration as zero days.
• As well as the booking for prototype build facilities I have given zero days for the duration.

Assignment Part A

Q1: Use Microsoft project to develop the project schedule by following requirements.

Answer 1.1: The name of project is Xyzzy project of Environment Protection Agency.

Answer 1.1 – 1.3: The other requirements are included in Microsoft Project file.