Overview

Your team is a new startup, working in the Software Development domain. You have been approached by a client to take on a new project. This project could be an imaginary new website, mobile app or enterprise software application. The assumption is that the client has already provided your team with an overview of the proposed project. Your task is to produce a technical report (project management plan) outlining your intended plan and solution for the project.

This is required to produce a technical report (project management plan) that outlines your solution to the client. Your reportmustinclude the following:

Introduction

• Project overview
• Goals of the project
• Project scope
• Key milestones
• Identification of stakeholders

Technical solution

• Overview of solution
• Major components
• Logical System Design (utilising UML notations including Usecase, Sequence and Class diagrams)
• Justification of technical solution

Development and project management plan

• Project methodology
• Programming languages and environments
• Required resources
• Development team composition and roles
• Project Effort/Cost Estimation (utilising either of the estimation techniques)

Preliminary execution schedule

• Include all major components in your proposed solution
• Must include component dependency relationships
• Must include a Gantt/PERT Chart developed in any of the Project Management Tool
• Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategy (utilising either of the estimation techniques)

Your reportmayinclude additional sections, such as (but not limited to):

- Testing

- User training

- Deployment

- Maintenance