IT511 Information Systems Project Management

Create core elements of a project charter. Construct a project plan incorporating project scope, time, cost, and human resource management. Course Outcome: IT511-4: Develop an information systems project plan. Purpose As an IT professional, you will work on numerous projects. Regardless of whether you are a project manager or a project team member, you need to know how to plan a project and your work. Further, planning projects is an activity you will see again during your capstone experience. Now is the time to demonstrate you can plan a project. Assignment Instructions For the Final Project, you will be synthesizing the information from the text and your learning throughout the term. You will create a project plan using MS Project Professional that integrates several aspects of project management, including: Project scope management Project schedule management Project cost management Project human resource management You are free to develop any information technology project for the final. Note that an information technology project is focused on developing and implementing a hardware and/or software solution and follows a SDLC model. The project you choose has budget, timeline, and resource constraints. 1.Budget — a minimum of $50,000 and no more than $2,000,000 2.Timeline — minimum of 8 weeks and no more than 52 weeks 3.Resources — a minimum of five named resources Similar to the MS Project tutorial you have followed throughout the course, your project plan will have the following major activities (Level 1 of the WBS): 1.Initiating 2.Planning 3.Executing 4.Controlling 5.Closing