Objective

1 explain core concepts of IS project management

2 prepare a project plan including selection of project, timeline, scope, and cost factor for the successful project selection

3 apply practical aspects of project management software application

4 demonstrate the skills required to be able to become successful future project management managers.

Assessment Details

The objective of this assignment is to assess your understanding of basic project management concepts and your proficiency in using project management software to produce project charts and reports. In particular, the assignment focuses on the following project management knowledge areas in the PMBOK: project integration management, project scope management, project time management and project cost management.

Your task is to develop a project case to incorporate "Voice Recognition" technologies for a major tourist attraction along a major Australian highway. There are many franchises of this business. The development is for a private tourist business which attracts domestic and international customers from all walks of life including adults, teenagers, children and senior citizens, on a cost recovery basis.

The business attracts around 200,000 families per year. The various business Information Systems are quite dated, coming with a number of legacy systems, and the efficiency of the systems in producing management reports is found to be lacking.

The management board decided to incorporate "Voice Recognition" technologies to accommodate both local and remote customers through "Voice Recognition" technologies. The immediate task at hand is to develop a business plan including financial modelling aspects, human resource requirements, scheduling tasks, and customer relationship system requirements. The management board would like to see an integrated, up-to-date "Voice Recognition" technologies being developed that can operate both for local as well as remote potential customers, but can also provide full services to customers through the latest handheld wireless devices in addition through "Voice Recognition" technologies. The existing infrastructure has been updated with new core systems but require additional enhancement to support wireless and voice recognition.

The current environment does have a wireless interface to support the wider use of "Voice Recognition" technologies, but the management board is concerned with the amount of traffic over the wireless technology infrastructure for this tourist base business organisation. There are 1000 employees, some of whom access the various systems from remote locations.

Your task is to develop a business professional report for the CEO of the business. In the business report, you are expected to provide a complete business plan/project management document to provide an initial idea and scope as to the costs of the project. Your business plan/project management document submission should include the following as per the assignment requirements below.

In the project plan you must at least do the following adequately:

1 Make necessary assumptions with justifications about the business and articulate to incorporate "Voice Recognition" technologies (one page maximum).

2 Provide a summary of expanding your ICT unit to to incorporate "Voice Recognition" technologies (one page maximum).

3 Provide an initial estimated cost & resource structure with appropriate justifications (using project management software) to meet the organizational needs within the scope to incorporate "Voice Recognition" technologies (one page for cost structure; one page for resource structure; and one page for justification).

4 Develop a time sheet with key project aspects such as milestones, slack etc to indicate how long will it take to deploy "Voice Recognition" technologies (two pages maximum)

5 Provide a complete project plan (PERT & GANTT Chart), with brief interpretations for non-technical board members (two pages maximum).

Assignment - Written Report

In the written report, you must at least do the following adequately:

1 Provide a complete cost benefit analysis, with brief interpretations for non-technical board members (one-page maximum).

2 Provide a set of recommendations as to how the project can be managed. This should discuss various aspects that are covered in Chapter 5 of the text. You can choose appropriate aspects to suit your modeling techniques (one-page maximum).

3 Provide an implementation plan detailing time, cost and resource schedules. This is a project management document and you must fully demonstrate your skills in presenting a project management plan (two pages maximum).

4 Provide a comprehensive post-implementation plan (one-page maximum).

5 Provide a Recommendation & Conclusion with supporting arguments (half page maximum).