Imagine that you are employed as an IT project manager by a
prestigious coffeemaker organization. This organization operates many
coffee shops within the region and would like to promote its brand by
creating a mobile application that will provide its customers with the
ability to view the nearest coffee shop location within their
geographical area.As a member of the software development team, you
estimate a total project cost of $150,000. You have designated control
points to measure project progress. At control point 2, the following
data is available:
| Budget Cost of Work Performed |
$ 24,000 |
| Actual Cost of Work Performed |
$ 27,500 |
There are various stakeholders that are interested in the progress of
the project. These stakeholders include the marketing management team
(internal customers), software designers, programmers, testers, and
upper management. The software development team has attempted to release
a mobile application of this magnitude in the past; however, lack of
sponsorship, mobile development expertise, and technical infrastructure
has limited the team’s success.Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in
which you:
- Identify at least four (4) attributes of the mobile application
development project that can be measured and controlled and evaluate how
each is a critical factor for the success of the project.
- Generate a project plan summary of the various project milestones.
Develop a WBS that details work packages required to complete project
scope.
- Develop a workflow model that can be used to inspect and detect
defects during the acceptance of this mobile product through the use of
graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source
alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not
included in the required page length.
- Describe how the defects detected during the acceptance of the
mobile application should be reported and explain the circumstances in
which a defect may not require reporting.
- Analyze the communication needs of the different project
stakeholders. Explain the types of project status reports that would be
useful to each.
- Compute the cost variance, schedule variance, cost performance
index, schedule performance index, and estimated actual cost using the
information presented at control point 2. Interpret the project schedule
and budget status from the calculations.
- Explain how work package, binary tracking, and earned valued
reporting can be used effectively during the maintenance phase of the
software life cycle if various change requests may be assigned to
individuals and processed on an individual basis.
- Develop a risk register that will document all of the estimated
risks. Assign one (1) risk management technique for each risk and
explain the basis for your selection.
- Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with
one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA
or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required
assignment page length.
- Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed
diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the
paper is submitted.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Develop a software project plan based on IEEE 1058 to solve a business problem.
- Explain the methods of creating, measuring, and controlling work products and work processes.
- Explain and analyze earned value reporting techniques in software projects.
- Describe ethical issues and risk management factors inherent in software projects.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in IT Project Leadership Strategies.
- Write clearly and concisely about topics related to IT Project
Leadership Strategies using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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