Project Content

You are expected to produce project management plans and documents (see Proposed Schedule) to successfully deliver this project based on your undertaking of practices, techniques and the tools explained in the PMI knowledge areas and process groups of project management. The prescribed textbook and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) provide detailed information on the knowledge areas and process groups for this assignment. This Assignment 1 Part 1 is based on the Initiation and the beginning of planning phases following project management techniques and concepts.

Proposed Schedule

Pre-project initiation

• Business Case - includes a summary statement of rationale and motivation for the project

Project Initiation

• Team formation
• Role clarification and assignment
• Statement of rationale and motivation for the project with supporting reasoning
• Initial specifications of what must be produced
• Project charter
• Team contract
• Stakeholder analysis and management strategy
• Kick-off meeting
• Responsibility assignment matrix

Project Planning

• Statement of work
• Project management plans
  • Scope statement document showing requirements (functional and non-functional requirements), project and product deliverables
• Defined Scope
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)