Transcript CSG 2207 Project Methods & Professionalism

Assignment 2
Project: Sea Urchin Sporting Goods
Team Members:
Gwn Hannay, Debbie Carlton, Susan Dalgleish
Daniel Barnes, David Cooper
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Welcome to today’s presentation.
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Initialising
Project Plan
Executing and Monitoring/Control
Requirements
Prototype and closing
We will be concluding with Questions and Answers
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Initialising – Business Case
 Background
 Objectives
 Assumptions/Constraints
 Options
 Budget
 Risks
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Initialising – Project Charter
 Title
 Start Date/Finish Date
 Budgetary Information
 Project Objectives
 Project Success Criteria
 Approach
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Initialising – Team Contract
Purpose:
 Assign activities
 Define responsibilities
Goal:
 Define roles and responsibilities
 Improve communication
 Identify gaps in accountability or resources
 Define team interactions and interdependencies
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Initialising – Preliminary Scope
Product characteristics & requirements:
Communication, development of prototype, ease of use,
ability to order online, support for multiple platforms,
cost efficiency, staff training.
Project deliverables:
Project documentation, prototype, training
documentation, feedback reports, live working system,
post project documentation.
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Project Plan – Scope Management
Scope management covers the following:
1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Monitoring
5. Closing
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Project Plan – Time Management
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Project Plan – Cost Management
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Project Plan – Quality Management
Good Quality Management should include but not be
limited to:
 Allowing for system growth
 Appropriate response time for orders and enquiries
 Adequate staff training
 Accurate product and pricing information on system
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Project Plan – Risk Management
There were several issues which were deemed to be
potential risks for this project some of which are:
Inadequate planning, poor definition of scope, absence of
leadership, poor cost estimates, poor time estimates,
website too complex, availability of products,
inadequate technical/customer support,
hardware/software issued, inadequate staff training.
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Project Plan – Human Resource Management
Training will be an integral and vital component for the
successful completion of this project. There are two
areas in particular that our training will be
concentrating on:
 Technology Training
 Interpersonal Training
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Project Plan –
Communications
Management
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Executing – Quality
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Executing – Human Resources
 Training Schedule as previously listed.
 Resource Usage View Report
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Executing – Communications
 Stakeholders List
 Report of “Who does what?”
 Weekly reports for the 5 weeks of the project to outline
the positive and negative aspects of the project so far
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Monitoring/Control –
Control Scope
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Control Schedule
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Control Quality
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Monitor Risk
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Functional Requirements
 Full working website
 Ability to display products from the Sea Urchin
Sporting Goods store database
 Ability to order products from the Sea Urchin Sporting
Goods store
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Non-functional Requirements
 Uptime needs to be as close to 100% as possible
 Database needs to be easily modified by authorised
users
 Database needs to be updated frequently as to
accurately reflect current stock levels
 Ordering system needs to be secure re payments
 Disaster recovery mechanism needs to be in place
 Entire system has to be user friendly
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Data Requirements
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Home Page
Product List
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Product Page
Shopping Cart
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My Account
About Us
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Site Map
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Lessons Learnt
 Did the project meet scope, time and cost goals?
 What was the success criteria listed in the project
scope statement?
 Reflection on whether or not you met the project
success criteria
 What are the main lessons your team learned?
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Thank you for watching!
Question time!
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Question 1:
Is there a maintenance contract with this site?
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Answer 1:
No. Key staff members will be trained to use and
maintain this website, both front and back end.
This will help in order to ensure complete system uptime
and customer accessibility.
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Question 2:
Of the risks that were associated with this project, what
were the three major concerns?
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Answer 2:
The three majors concerns that were identified were:
Cost assessment
2. The website is too complex
3. The availability of products
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Question 3:
If the project scope change is approved and the project is
updated, how will the new scope effect the project
work already completed?
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Answer 3:
A new scope is only likely to be approved after the
project has already started if it provides significant
advantage to the current scope and only causes
minimal, if any, changes to the project work already
completed.
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Question 4:
Will your database be scalable as the business
requirements change and grow in the Sea Urchins
Sporting Goods store?
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Answer 4:
Yes. Because we are using software built specifically for
this purpose, this should not be a problem in terms of
cost or time required to implement the required
changes.
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Question 5:
What is one of the major impacts on existing customers?
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Answer 5:
Method of payment, currently only two options
available: credit card and cheque/money order.
Previously customers could phone in an order and pay in
person.