For this project, your team is required to create a Wiki describing two project management software  (PMS) tools for the department of computing final year students to assist them in selecting one for  their FYP project. This is a two semester paper, which must be undertaken by all BCIS undergraduate  students intending to graduate with a major. This paper assists the department to deliver industry-based learning by enabling BCIS students to undertake industry-based projects - an important teaching and learning goal for the Fast National University. Students who have the necessary pre-requisites can enrol for the paper in either semester 1 or 2. The PMS must assist FYP student  teams towards project completion by facilitating the aspects of Initiating, Planning, Executing,  Monitoring/Controlling and Closing project activities. The department will acquire the PMS
through the Application Service Providers (ASP). The ASP provide their software products through a  ’Cloud Computing’ approach, usually referred to as a ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) deployment  model.
It is expected that using the SaaS approach SECMS will eliminate the need to purchase PMS licenses upfront and instead pay a monthly per user usage fee. This will mean that SECMS can reduce its  software costs by almost $800,000 per year for the next three years. Through an initial preliminary  investigation, SECMS has allocated $400,000 to undertake this new Wiki project. The project is expected to start on 31 st January 2020 and finish (including the completion of all deliverables and presentations) on the 5 th April 2020. The Wiki should be up and running by the 5 th April 2020 so it can be available to the FYP students for semester Fall, 2020. The usage fee for the PMS is expected to be PKR120.00 per user/year. The estimate is that between 200 to 250 students will enrol for the FYP paper for each semester in an academic year till 2020. In addition, it is expected that the monthly internet charge per student will be PKR50 for 2020. However, the department expects an increase in the internet charge by 12% every year till 2022. The existing SECMS IT infrastructure for hosting the Wiki and for accessing the two PMS products in the labs is sufficient. 

 

Your team is to provide a review of 2 cloud-based PMS (must not include Microsoft Project). The Wiki must provide the criteria your team has used to identify the two most suitable PMS for the FYP students. For the two selected PMS your team must describe and compare at least one key
feature/functionality across each of the process groups of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring/Controlling, and Closing projects. You may have to investigate Microsoft Project 2016 for its features and functionalities to be able to identify elements which you will use to provide information on and compare the two cloud based PMS. The Wiki must be supported by related materials sourced from trusted public domain resources and academic journals. SECMS expects a very high quality Wiki. Hence, your team must identify and clearly state the quality goals in the scope  statement document.