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For this assignment you will be responsible for creating a work breakdown structure for an IT project of your choice and answering a few questions

For this assignment you will be responsible for creating a work breakdown structure for an IT project of your choice and answering a few questions related to WBS's(Work Break down structure).

This assignment is designed to assess your understanding of the topics discussed during the course. You will be required to answer six questions. Please ensure you read the following instructions carefully and adhere to the marking criteria associated with each question.

Instructions:

1. Please complete all questions in written format. (Except for #6. Must be in the form of a GANTT Chart)

2. Please make sure that your answers are clear and well-structured.

3. Please provide relevant references for each answer if necessary.

4. Please submit your assignment electronically via the iLearn platform.

5. Please ensure you submit your assignment by April 6th, 2023.

Questions

1. Describe the purpose of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). (5 marks)

2. What is the difference between a WBS and a project schedule? (10 marks)

3. Identify and explain three best practices for creating a WBS. (9 marks)

4. How does a WBS help project managers to manage their project? Provide 3 reasons. (6 marks)

5. Create a work breakdown structure for an IT project of your choice. Your WBS must be organized using a GANTT style format and ensure you identify the type of IT project you have chosen. (10 marks)

Examples of IT projects you may want to choose for your WBS include website development, software development, mobile app development, database design, data analytics, and IT infrastructure management.

Examples:

An example of the types of high-level items that should be included on a work breakdown structure for the development of a website (You may not use this example!)

Deliverables: Home page | About page | Contact page | Privacy Policy page

Activities: Research (Design, content, images, etc.) | Design (Logo, color scheme, etc.) | Development (Coding, debugging, etc.) |TestingDeployment

Milestones: Complete research | Complete design | Complete development | Complete testing | Website launch

GANTT Chart WBS

Work Breakdown Structure Instagantt Read-only view, generated on 09 Aug 2020 Gantt Workload W35 W36 W37 Sep 202 W32 W33 Aug 2020 W34 * DAYS W31 START T DUET % 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 + Q Search tasks... 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 5 7 89 - Product launch: 27/Jul 06/Oct 50% 1 Kick-off 27/Jul 100% Kick-off + 2 Closure 06/Oct D6/Oct - Research: 27/Jul 07/Aug 100%% Research: 1 00% Project definition and resea.. 27/Jul 29/Jul 1006 Project definition and research 5 Conceptualizing 30/Jul 31/Jul 1006 Conceptualizing 6 Define goals and purpose 03/AUS 04/Aug 1006 Define goals and purpose - Budget definition 03/Aug 05/Aug 100% Budget definition 8 Revision 03/Aug 05/Aug 1006 Revision Resource mapping 9 Resource mapping D6/AUS 07/Aug 1006 - Analysis: 10/Aug 17/Aug 0% Analysis: 11 Meetings with Stakeholders 1 0/AUS 11/Aug 0% Meetings with Stakeholders 12 12/Aug 09% Document findings Document findings 13/Aug Analysis complete 13 Analysis complete 17/Aug 17/Aug Documentation: - Documentation: 18/Aug 01/Sep 0% Research competitors 15 Research competitors W/AUS 21/Aug 0% Define requirements and expectations Define requirements and e... 24/Aug 01/5ep 0% Features 17 Features 24/Aug 27/Aug 0% Functionalities 18 Functionalities 31/Aug 01/5ep 09% Design: - Design: 02/Sep 11/Sep 0% Page design 20 Page design 02/5ep 04/Sep Database design 21 Database design 04/5ep 04/Sep 09% Review 22 Review 07/5ep 10/Sep 0% Approval 23 Approval 11/Sep 11/5ep 09% - Development: 14/5ep 25/Sep 0% 25 Code 14/5ep 24/5ep 26 Q&A site 22/5ep 25/Sep 09% - Review: 28/Sep 06/Oct 0% 28 Review project 28/5ep 02/Oct