Company: THE WORLD BANK

Constraints

Constraints are restrictions or limitations that the project manager must deal with pertaining to people, money, time, or equipment. It is the project manager's role to balance these constraints with available resources in order to ensure project success.

The following constraints pertain to the ISA project:

• All security hardware and software must be compatible with our current IT platforms
• All hardware and software must be purchased in accordance with the allocated budget and timeline
• Two IT specialists and one security specialist will be provided as resources for this project

Assumptions

The project team must identify the assumptions they will be working under as the project goes forward. These assumptions are what the project manager/team expect to have or be made available without anyone specifically stating so.

The following are a list of assumptions. Upon agreement and signature of this document, all parties acknowledge that these assumptions are true and correct:

• This project has the full support of the project sponsor, stakeholders, and all departments
• The purpose of this project will be communicated throughout the company prior to deployment
• The IT manager will provide additional resources if necessary

Preliminary Scope Statement

The preliminary scope statement is a general paragraph that highlights what the project will include, any high-level resource or requirement descriptions, and what will constitute the completion of the project. This preliminary scope statement is exactly that: preliminary. All of this information will be expanded upon in greater detail as the project moves forward and undergoes progressive elaboration.

The ISA project will include the design, testing, and delivery of an improved intranet security system throughout the organization. All personnel, hardware, and software resources will be managed by the project team. All project work will be independent of daily and ongoing operations and all required testing will be done in the IT laboratory. All project funding will be managed by the project manager up to and including the allocated amounts in this document. Any additional funding requires approval from the project sponsor.This project will conclude when the final report is submitted within 30 days after the intranet security solution is tested and deployed throughout the organization, all technical documentation is complete and distributed to the appropriate personnel, and a list of future security considerations is complete and submitted to the VP of Technology.