Mary Kate performed the following steps to begin the intranet project:
- She performed a needs analysis. Mary Kate interviewed the university faculty to determine their need for an intranet and the uses they foresee for it. She discovered that several of the professors were working on a research project and wanted to use the intranet to facilitate group discussions, as well as host periodic Webinars for professors at other universities.
- She chose the project team. Mary Kate enlisted members of the IT department for the project, including someone to install firewalls so users have more secure access to the Internet, and someone to set up the site to host Webinars.
- She determined the project constraints. Mary Kate determined when the intranet needed to be live. She considered how long she would have the services of the various team members, how long team members could work on this project before being assigned to other tasks, and when the first Webinar was scheduled. Once she gathered all of this information, she was able to determine the project scope and constraints.
- She created the project schedule. Mary Kate worked with the project team to outline the tasks and task relationships required to complete the project. She assigned resources to specific tasks so that each person was aware of his or her role in the overall project plan.
- She scheduled weekly meetings for the duration of the project. Mary Kate included the CIO, project team members, faculty members and all other stakeholders in the meetings.
- She created a project status and an issues log. Mary Kate used these documents in each meeting to apprise stakeholders of the project's progress and to introduce any problems or issues that had arisen since the last meeting.
Once Mary Kate had performed all these tasks, she was ready to begin the executing phase of the project.
As a class, we will discuss this scenario and then you will individually comment below on the following questions:
- Which steps already performed by Mary Kate are part of the initiating phase for this project? Which steps are part of the planning phase?
- Has Mary Kate overlooked any steps in the first two phases of this project? What other tasks might she need to perform?
- What tasks might Mary Kate perform in the executing phase? In the controlling phase? In the closing phase?
- How might scope creep occur in this project? How could it be managed?
1. The steps that are part of the planning phase is getting the CIO, faculty staff, project team members, and other stakeholders.
ReplyDelete2.No, she pretty much had everything under control.
3.In the executing phase she has performed the project tasks. In the controlling phase she has monitored progress and has taken corrective action as needed. In the closing phase she have created the schedule, budged, and resources assignments.
4. It has increased gradually in the process that it was going through.
1) Initiating phase- performed needs analysis, project constraints
ReplyDeletePlanning phase- she chose the project team, she created a project schedule
2) Creating statement of work, determining objectives
3) Executing phase- tasks for the intranet
Controlling phase- monitorring the intranet and if any errors found make corrections
Closing phase- Evaluation of progress, schedule, budget, resources, etc.
4) Intranet failure, lack of resources?
idk? make corrections
R I C H A R D C O H E A
Dec. 2 2010
3rd block
brent Hunter
ReplyDelete1. The steps that are involved in the planning stage of project management basically include assimilating the team members that will make your project come together.
2. No, she appears to have a clear-cut understanding of what she wishes to accomplish with this project.
3. In the executing phase, everything she had been working so hard on has come together and she has been executing the project tasks as she thought out in the planning phase. In the controlling phase she has closely monitered the steps being taken and only corrected as she see need be. In the closing phase, she has began to budget and reassess assignments.
4. It has increased ever so slightly as the project as moved forward.
Ashley bright
ReplyDelete-The steps that are taken in the planning phase include creating a schedule and bringing the project staff together.
-No, it appears she has correctly taken the steps to allow her project to be a success.
-EXECUTING: assessing tasks for the intranet
CONTROLLING: she makes the corrections necessary to allow the project to become a success
CLOSING: created schedule, assessing the budget, and resource monitering.
-The scope creep in this project has increased ever so slightly throughout the phases of development.
the frist steps is she works with stateholders and other staff.
ReplyDelete-she doing everything she need to.
-she has created a schedule and a good budget and the rest as well.
-she makes sure she get any error left from last sessions
MICHAEL GERACI
Max Dickson-
ReplyDelete1. She already performed a needs analysis, and She determined the project constraints for the iniating phase. She created the project schedule for the planning phase.
2. It would also be a good idea for her to create a SOW.
3. In the Executing phase she would prefore tasks involving the project, in the Controlling phase she would monitor progress and in the closing phase she would evaluate the schedule, budget, scope, resources and arrangements.
4. The project could take longer then expected, it is possible they might run into unseen issues like problems connecting the computers together
4. The scope creep occurs when there is lack of identification of the features that are required to bring the achievements of the project objectives.
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