Milestone 1: Project Activities and Work Assignments

Mark Hudson is the project manager for the Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project. Team members include you, a programmer/analyst and aspiring project manager; Patrick, a network specialist; Nancy, a business analyst; and Bonnie, another programmer/analyst. Other people are supporting the project from other departments, including Yusaff from Human Resources and Cassandra from Finance. Assume that these are the only people who can be assigned and charged to work on project activities. Recall that you as the leader of development of health information resources and systems have a schedule and cost goals which are to complete the project in six months for under $200,000.

Tasks

Identify at least eight milestones for the Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project. Write a short paper describing each milestone using the SMART criteria. Discuss how determining these milestones might add activities or tasks to the Gantt chart. Remember that milestones normally have no duration, so you must have tasks that will lead to completing the milestone.

Using the Gantt chart you created for Task 4 in Milestone #2, estimate the task durations and enter dependencies as appropriate. Remember that your schedule goal for the project is six months.

Write a short paper summarizing how you would assign people to each activity from Tasks 1 and 2. Include a table or matrix listing how many hours each person would work on each task. These resource assignments should make sense given the duration estimates made in Task 2 above. Remember that duration estimates are not the same as effort estimates because they include elapsed time.

Here's Milestone 2 information.

Milestone 2: Development of Project Requirements, Scope, and Timeline

Managers at HCI selected Mark Hudson as the project manager for the Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project. The schedule goal is six months, and the budget is $200,000. Mark has previous project management and systems analysis experience within the company, and he is an avid sports enthusiast. Mark was starting to put the project team together. He knew he would have to develop a survey to solicit input from all employees about the new system and make sure it was user-friendly.

Recall that this system would include the following capabilities:

Allow employees to register for company-sponsored recreational programs, such as soccer, softball, bowling, jogging, and walking.

Allow employees to register for company-sponsored classes and programs to help them manage their weight, reduce stress, stop smoking, and manage other health-related issues.

Track data on employee involvement in these recreational and health-management programs.

Offer incentives for people to join the programs and do well in them (e.g., incentives for achieving weight goals, winning sports team competitions, etc.).

Assume that HCI would not need to purchase any additional hardware or software for the project.

Tasks

Document your approach for collecting requirements for the project described in the Running Case section. Include at least five requirements in a requirements traceability matrix, using template provided.

Develop a first version of a project scope statement for the project, using template provided. Use Chapter 4 as a guide. Be as specific as possible in describing product characteristics and requirements, as well as all of the project’s deliverables. Be sure to include testing and training as part of the project scope.

Develop a work breakdown structure for the project, using template provided. Break down the work to Level 3 or Level 4, as appropriate. Use samples in this text as guides. Submit the WBS in list form. Be sure the WBS is based on the project charter (created for the Running Case in Milestone #1), the project scope statement created in Task 2, and other relevant information.

Use the WBS you developed in Task 3 to begin creating a Gantt chart using your choice of software. Enter in durations or dependencies that you feel is appropriate. We do not know exactly the durations or dependencies at this time, so you will need to be creative. Copy and paste the Gantt chart into your submission. Submit the resulting Gantt chart on one page, and be sure to display the entire Task Name column.