Rutledge Companion To Production And Operations: Project Scope, Description, Requirements, And Plan

Discuss about the Rutledge Companion to Production and Operations.

Skillage IT has appointed project manager. The project manager will prepare the project plan and it will help the enterprise to implement a network architecture and an improved information system.

Business Needs:

The project is helpful for companies to oppose the declining trend as per as productivity is considered. Stating in other words, it has been affecting the revenue.

Project Description:

First of all installation and configuration of new networks infrastructures is to be done. This must include the plans of disaster recovery, isolating LOB or Lune of Business software and upgrading to recent Microsoft SQL server version. This has been possessing developed malware detection and improved virus. This has also included updated email communications software suite and the latest office application suite.

At the second stage, the SLA or Service Level Agreement has been needed to support new systems at the required level of the business. Lastly, the user training has been programmed for assuring the easy transaction towards the new systems.

Skillage IT will appoint a project manager. Skillage IT requires other project stakeholders that will significantly to the project and they are data entry officer, CEO, Sales Manager, manufacturing Supervisor and CFO. Skillage IT requires to implement a network architecture and the network architecture involves disaster recovery plans, upgrade to latest MS SQL server version. The network architecture will facilitate malware detection and malware mitigation. It also include implementation of SLA. Skillage IT must provide user training so that the employees can use the system smoothly and effectively.

The project is scheduled to complete within five weeks by September 30. The total budget required for the project is $155,000.

The IT team or the technical team who will work for the project will require a web server, a management server, an app server, a SQL database server, and an email server.

The enhanced network architecture will enhance their productivity. The new network architecture will increase their market share. The order processing efficiency will definitely increase. Skillage IT’s yearly revenue will increase as well.

Skillage IT will have to spend a lot of money to install the network architecture. The employees of the enterprise are not used to the technology and they will suffer. Their data will be handled and maintained by the IT professionals so there are chances of data breaches.

The latest adopted network architecture will give them the competitive edge. They can stay ahead of their competitors. Thus, they can see a hike in the revenues.

Business Needs

The competitors can play tricks, they can hack their system and database. The hackers can steal all the important data of the employees and the clients they serve. They fail to adopt the advanced network architecture and can be at trouble

The project manager must documented all the issues and the risks they are facing. He must prepare a plan which will consist of all the activities that need to be carried out.

The project sponsor wants to develop a beta version of the network architecture and the improved information system. They want to check whether the system will fetch them real benefits or not. They will test how does the new network will occur.

Every employees will be asked to review the information system architecture they recently adopt. They will use the software system and will share feedback how they feel. They will also suggest how the software can be modified.

The new information system will be capable of evaluating the financial report automatically. There are less chance of errors. Skillage IT can get fast and effective results. The enterprise can be attacked by the hackers and the enterprise’s security and privacy can be at stake. The new information system will come with some advanced features which will ensure security and privacy of the company.

The IT team who will work for the software will work on the maintenance of the information system and the software. The IT will update or upgrade the system. Skillage IT will always get updated service all the time, the new updated system will give them the desired business edge. The new information system and the network architecture will give them the security against the malware attack.

The project manager will prepare the plan. The plan will contain the list of activities that will be undertaken. The plan will also contain the project resources list and the project budget list. All those handy details will be documented in the report and will be handed over to the sponsor. The sponsor will review the documentation and will approve the plan. The sponsor will provide the funding and the whole team can start working on the project thereafter.

The primary objective of the quality planning is to ensure the project is undergoing successfully. Skillage IT can test whether the project will fetch them real benefits or not. Skillage IT can suggest changes if they want to. Therefore, with the aid of quality checking they can assure that they will get the best quality software to use.

Project Description

Basic principles

To assure that the software that have been planned to develop meet the criteria.

• Regular meetings must be conducted to assure that the design, development of the software met the quality
• All the stakeholders of the project must work in a group and must accomplish the project

Quality Standards

• The project manager should manage the quality of the project and must not compromise with the quality
• The project manager and his team must solve all the errors on time

Quality Assurance

• The project manager must assure quality to meet the quality standards
• The project quality will help to know whether the project is on right track or not

Quality Control

• Quality control defines that the all the deliverables of the project in time
• The project components are maintained properly to keep the flow of the project activities

The changes made within the project must be documented well. It will help the project manager and the stakeholders to acknowledge the issues raised. It will also let them know how to solve the issues raised. The stakeholders can commit errors and mistakes. It will help them to stay alert in future. The project sponsor may ask for any changes. Those changes must be documented and the project manager must take the responsibility to make the amendments. In all the above cases, the project manager must modify the project plan and must apply the appropriate changes. The change management plan will help to carry out the project effectively and according to the demands of the clients or sponsor.

For the computers of initial days the entering of orders has been much effective. However, management was not helpful. They all needed to do that complain regarding how slow the performance has been.

The people working as fast as they could has been always waiting for the tasks to appear over the screen of job list.  However, at many times the screens has possessed no tasks in that at all. Every sufficient materials people were present and they have not been only the orders to fill.

It is also seen that the project has been kept waiting bit longer. This is to get the daily and weekly reports of summary. However, commonly the system has not been much bad. It is also known that those supervisors have been complaining much regarding the slowness. Further, they thought that this has been the reason of various backlog within the process of order. Moreover, it is also known that this has been one of the possible factors. However, there has been further investigation needed at various areas of the practices. This has been to assure that they are optimized from before. Thus, solutions are needed and not the complaints. Here, the only one seeming to be providing the solution has been the different skillage I.T. It is also thought that they are able to get back to the track having the least amount of loss. Besides, currently CFP has been stating that the system has been outdated. This has needed to be written off totally over the tax. Hence the upgrade is needed to be approved.

Project Requirements

Here, the people have been selling plenty over the road. They are found to be working very hardly there. Next, many excuses has been fed from manufacturing regarding various orders not coming in. Further, there have been problems that have been getting the list of the specific system. This has been taking a little time. However the computers have been holding much information.

It is also known from that from the individual view-point, that the system has been unacceptably slow. It has been taking about 2 hours to create the activity statement for every month for the clients. These clients have been taking about less than 15 minutes. Currently, the system has been 5 years old and has been stating the CEO for past 2 years to update. Further, there must be various tax benefits that are needed to be done. It is also known that it can be afforded. However, the numbers are done and the it is quite unaffordable to do that. As the number gets decreased, there should not the existence of the company. Thus, it has been good news that people has been moving towards Skillage I.T regarding the help of up-gradation.

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