Assignment

The allocation and cost of resources need to be carefully monitored if a project is to be delivered on-time and on-budget.

At a minimum, this assignment will contain an update to the Microsoft Project file submitted in Week Three, including the following:

Allocation of resources to project tasks (both labor and material), shown as resource assignments in the Microsoft Project file

Cost estimates for project resources, entered into the resources information portion of the Microsoft Project file

Develop a baseline for your project plan so that all future variances are captured

In addition, write a 1-page summary document explaining any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources, critical task sequencing, or how duration estimates were arrived at, and any financial implications (for example, budget or cost reports of the project as well).

TEAM: SECURE PRINTER PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATIONPROJECT CHARTER

OVERVIEW

1. Project Background and Description

We are losing potential clients due to security concerns regarding the management of sensitive data being accessible by anyone at the printer. Each of the five floors have two shared printers with around 100 employees per floor, and there are cases where employees forget to collect what they have printed or just do not collect the documents right away.

2. Goals and Objectives

• Meet future security audit requirements
• Meet client security requirements in order to increase revenue from new business
• Replace old laser printers with newer secure pin enabled printers
• Improveemployeeinvolvement inthe company IT security policies

3. Project Scope

• Identification and procurement of new secure printers
• Printer installation and old printer disposal preparation
• Configuration, employee pin registration, and testing

4. Specific Exclusions from Scope

The company is not responsible for the delivery or removal of any printers as this will be taken care of by the vendor providing the new printers.

5. High-Level Requirements

The new secure printers should meet the requirements listed below:

• Ability to require pin to retrieve the print job after document is sent to the print spooler
• Ability to be managed printers from a centralized location for easier management
• Ability to integrated into Employee Self Service systems so employees can manage their own pins

6. Implementation Plan

Two competing vendors of secure printers will be compared in order to see which provides the best solution for our business needs. A particular focus will be on security features and how easy it will integrate with existing systems, vendor support being offered, and other services provided by the vendor such as delivery and disposable complimentary services to reduce labor costs for this endeavor.

7. Budgetary limitations

Due to the difficulty of estimating the potential gains from attracting new clients as a result of tighter security controls, the budgeted amount will be of a conservative nature. As a result, depending the costs of the new printers, instead of buying 10 new ones to replace 10 old ones, we may opt to purchase five printers to pair with an old one on each floor and instruct employees to print sensitive data to those printers as needed.

APPROVAL AND AUTHORITY TO PROCEED

We approve the project as described above, and authorize the team to proceed.

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Approved By Date Approved By Date.

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