Project Management Methods and Tools

(Individual Assignment)
Project management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific one-time effort. Project management encompasses the knowledge, techniques, and tools necessary to manage the development of projects. Within this context and topics such as management alternative life-cycle models, development team organization, and management of technical people are also discussed. The purpose of the assignment is to apply the knowledge gained in the area of project management planning and coordinating.

There are two components for this assessment-

Assume that you are in charge of a project. The topic of your project could be related to but not limited to any topic within the list provide below:

Topics for your project:

1. Software Development Project (Online or Client-Server applications)

2. Networking based project (Upgrade, Designing a network solution, etc...)

SAMPLE PROJECT TITLES:

Face Detection and Recognition for Automatic Attendance System

Smart Video Surveillance Security System for Hazard Situations

Web based Applications for Insurance Services.

Virtual Class Rooms

Electronic Mail Server

Virtual Shopping

Telephone Billing System

Vehicle Management System

Smart Card System using RFID and Biometrics

Report guidelines
As a project manager, you have the overall responsibility of controlling your project through its entire life cycle. The management has requested you to submit a project charter report consisting of:

1. Project Description

- Describes the Background of selected topic. Explain the problems that the project will address. Identify the key needs that the project is designed to meet, and include any background material on reasons why the project needs have arisen.

2. Stakeholders
- Identify the relevant Stakeholders of your project with their roles and responsibility.

3. Project Objectives / Success Criteria
- Explains the Project's Business Objectives, and the Success Criteria used to measure them.

4. Scope (In and Out)
- Describes the Scope of the Project (both in-scope and out-of-scope)

5. Assumptions / Dependencies
- Explain the Assumptions, Constraints and Dependencies of Project (preliminary).
Assumptions: List the key assumptions that the project depends on (resources, policies, scheduling, technology, etc.).
Constraints: List the restrictions or limitations (based on time and cost) that will guide decision-making throughout the life of the project.
- Describes the Major Milestones that the Project has to achieve including the target date.

6. Work breakdown structure (WBS):
- Provide a WBS which lists all major tasks and sub tasks. The WBS identifies the project elements that require resources, used to organize the cost estimates and to ensure that the cost of all identified work has been estimated, and provides the relationship among all the components of the project and the project deliverables.
- Include Gantt chart and Network Diagram.

7. Resources Needed vs. Available
- Describes the Roles / Competencies needed to implement the project, Human resources available.

8. Conclusion
- Provide a summary statement covering all aspects covered in the report

9. References

Your report should include a title, table of contents and references. You may make any suitable assumptions while writing the report.