The Project Plan Outline must be carefully constructed, as it is the controlling document for the creation of a system and the expenditure of resources.
Project managers must work with the various project stakeholders (e.g., managers, end users, clients, customers, etc.) to determine all internal and external constraints and restraints on the development effort as well as the scope and general requirements for the system itself.
Throughout this course, you will work on a project in a group. You will need to form your groups this Week. Each group should ideally have four people, but groups of three or five are also acceptable.
Develop and write the Goals and Objectives section of the project plan. It is expected that this section of the Project Plan Outline will be three to four pages in length.
As you progress through this course, you will receive comments from your Instructor. As you revise your Project Plan Outline, make sure that you track and note the changes in the revision history portion of the Project Plan Outline. In the real world, the project plan does not get amended.
However, for successful completion of your Project Plan Outline, your group will continually revise the Project Plan Outline draft as you receive feedback from your Instructor.
Please note your changes in the revision history portion of the Project Plan Outline document.
To prepare for this Project Plan Outline Group Project: Meet with your group and decide on the topic of your group's Project Plan Outline. Additionally, discuss how your group will work together to complete the group assignment.
Consider the following:
Decide how your group will organise and divide the components, stages or sections
1: Goals and Objectives.
Devise communication schedules when the group will meet throughout the Week to discuss everyone's progress and address challenges you might be experiencing in completing assignment(s).
Remember that the Project Plan Outline Group Project is a collaborative assignment and is designed to mirror the workplace.
Components for the Goals and Objectives portion of the Project Plan Outline include:
The first page of the project plan is the title page.
The second page contains a revision history. You must maintain a revision history of the project plan. All changes made must be indicated in the revision history.
Your group needs to develop a strategy to maintain all changes to the Project Plan Outline.
The table of contents begins on the third page and will span multiple pages.
A reference list is to be included at the end of the project plan.
Appendices are placed after the list of references.
Goals and Objectives section present a general description of the project along with any general or technical constraints and/or considerations.
1. Project name
2. Business goals and project goals
3. Scope
4. Time and budget constraints
5. General and technical requirements
6. Training and documentation
7. Installation