Your company has decided to buy in and install an payroll package to replace the existing system. This will need new equipment and some additional network cabling in some offices. You are to manage this project.

You first need to establish and agree a specification of requirements with the payroll manager. From this you can consider the various main payroll packages that are available, compare them and, together with the payroll manager and project board, select and order the most appropriate package to meet the requirements of your company. Some minor modifications will be required.

You then need to specify and order the new hardware and network communications equipment that will be needed.

Plans then need to be drawn up to test all this new equipment. Separate testing plans are needed for the modified software, followed by full integration and acceptance testing, based on the agreed requirements.

The new hardware and communications will be installed and tested. Then the software can be installed, modified and tested; after which the integration testing can be undertaken.

Whilst this is continuing, user training plans need to be drawn up. The users can be trained as soon as the integration testing is completed.

Before acceptance testing you will need to specify and obtain the accounts data that will need to be transferred to the replacement system.

Once acceptance testing is completed successfully the live data can be loaded and the new system implemented.

a) List the different types of products that are produced at the various stages of the project described in the scenario.

b) List the activities described in the scenario and draw up a work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project. This should contain at least 13 different activities and least two breakdown levels and at least four work groups.