XYZ Company is a company that sells vacation packages to several of its beach resorts in Florida, Texas, the Caribbean, and Mexico. The company needs to design, develop, and implement a new enhanced reservation software application system that will provide a competitive advantage among its competitors within the industry. The system should be implemented in order to increase revenues during the peek market. If the system is delayed, they could miss out on revenue opportunities during the peek reservation period starting January 3rd and ending March 15th, where sixty-five percent of the reservations for the year are typically booked among potential vacationers. Therefore, the system needs to be fully implemented before January 1st in order to not lose out on business opportunities. Timing is very important for this project. System developers that include both programmers and database analyst are currently in short supply. The company currently have the necessary resources but each one is paid on average about fifteen percent below the median salary of these types of resources. Also, one of the programmers has significant health issues. The potential for hurricanes to hit the location of the office is around a twenty-two percent chance during the month of September or October which could cost a delay of approximately five days. There is a potential to automate some portions with some additional functions that would eliminate some staff in the company but would cost $5000 more and add three more days of development time unless we crash the project by paying overtime to existing resources, costing $9000 more. The company could save another $48,000 per year with these additional functions. Generally, software projects can suffer with poor code quality and technical risks that the software may not function with current hardware or other existing software. User engagement on a project such as this is very critical, but the company has a history of business users not being interested in software development projects. Additionally, while management is excited about this new software package, many of the business users that will be utilizing the new software typically do not like changes. In the past, the software development team have had issues with data integrity and security, along with software integration issues during the deployment stage of some of the past projects. Thirty-two percent of the past projects have seen data security issues, twenty percent have seen data integrity issues, and forty-four percent have seen issues with software integration. John Doolittle, who has been the past project manager on other software projects for the company is confident that they should not have any issues, but the business sponsor is not as confident due to these issues affecting past software projects. Additionally, the typical stakeholder engagement is typically low based on past software projects for this company. Here is the project schedule for the software development project. Click on each milestone to see the associated activities.Software Development Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Software Development 95.75 days Fri 8/20/21 Fri 12/31/21 Scope Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Scope 3.5 days Fri 8/20/21 Wed 8/25/21 Determine project scope 4 hrs Fri 8/20/21 Fri 8/20/21 Management Secure project sponsorship 1 day Fri 8/20/21 Mon 8/23/21 Management Define preliminary resources 1 day Mon 8/23/21 Tue 8/24/21 Project Manager Secure core resources 1 day Tue 8/24/21 Wed 8/25/21 Project Manager Scope complete 0 days Wed 8/25/21 Wed 8/25/21 Analysis/Software Requirements Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Analysis/Software Requirements 14 days Wed 8/25/21 Tue 9/14/21 Conduct needs analysis 5 days Wed 8/25/21 Wed 9/1/21 Analyst Draft preliminary software specifications 3 days Wed 9/1/21 Mon 9/6/21 Analyst Develop preliminary budget 2 days Mon 9/6/21 Wed 9/8/21 Project Manager Review software specifications/budget with team 4 hrs Wed 9/8/21 Wed 9/8/21 Project Manager,Analyst Incorporate feedback on software specifications 1 day Thu 9/9/21 Thu 9/9/21 Analyst Develop delivery timeline 1 day Fri 9/10/21 Fri 9/10/21 Project Manager Obtain approvals to proceed (concept, timeline, budget) 4 hrs Mon 9/13/21 Mon 9/13/21 Management,Project Manager Secure required resources 1 day Mon 9/13/21 Tue 9/14/21 Project Manager Analysis complete 0 days Tue 9/14/21 Tue 9/14/21 Design Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Design 14.5 days Tue 9/14/21 Mon 10/4/21 Review preliminary software specifications 2 days Tue 9/14/21 Thu 9/16/21 Analyst Develop functional specifications 5 days Thu 9/16/21 Thu 9/23/21 Analyst Develop prototype based on functional specifications 4 days Thu 9/23/21 Wed 9/29/21 Analyst Review functional specifications 2 days Wed 9/29/21 Fri 10/1/21 Management Incorporate feedback into functional specifications 1 day Fri 10/1/21 Mon 10/4/21 Management Obtain approval to proceed 4 hrs Mon 10/4/21 Mon 10/4/21 Management,Project Manager Design complete 0 days Mon 10/4/21 Mon 10/4/21 Development Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Development 21.75 days Tue 10/5/21 Wed 11/3/21 Review functional specifications 1 day Tue 10/5/21 Tue 10/5/21 Developer Identify modular/tiered design parameters 1 day Wed 10/6/21 Wed 10/6/21 Developer Assign development staff 1 day Thu 10/7/21 Thu 10/7/21 Developer Develop code 15 days Fri 10/8/21 Thu 10/28/21 Developer Developer testing (primary debugging) 15 days Wed 10/13/21 Wed 11/3/21 Developer Development complete 0 days Wed 11/3/21 Wed 11/3/21 Testing Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Testing 48.75 days Tue 10/5/21 Fri 12/10/21 Develop unit test plans using product specifications 4 days Tue 10/5/21 Fri 10/8/21 Testers Develop integration test plans using product specifications 4 days Tue 10/5/21 Fri 10/8/21 Testers Unit Testing 15 days Wed 11/3/21 Wed 11/24/21 Review modular code 5 days Wed 11/3/21 Wed 11/10/21 Testers Test component modules to product specifications 2 days Wed 11/10/21 Fri 11/12/21 Testers Identify anomalies to product specifications 3 days Fri 11/12/21 Wed 11/17/21 Testers Modify code 3 days Wed 11/17/21 Mon 11/22/21 Testers Re-test modified code 2 days Mon 11/22/21 Wed 11/24/21 Testers Unit testing complete 0 days Wed 11/24/21 Wed 11/24/21 Integration Testing 12 days Wed 11/24/21 Fri 12/10/21 Test module integration 5 days Wed 11/24/21 Wed 12/1/21 Testers Identify anomalies to specifications 2 days Wed 12/1/21 Fri 12/3/21 Testers Modify code 3 days Fri 12/3/21 Wed 12/8/21 Testers Re-test modified code 2 days Wed 12/8/21 Fri 12/10/21 Testers Integration testing complete 0 days Fri 12/10/21 Fri 12/10/21 Training Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Training 45.75 days Tue 10/5/21 Tue 12/7/21 Develop training specifications for end users 3 days Tue 10/5/21 Thu 10/7/21 Trainers Develop training specifications for helpdesk support staff 3 days Tue 10/5/21 Thu 10/7/21 Trainers Identify training delivery methodology (computer based training, classroom, etc.) 2 days Tue 10/5/21 Wed 10/6/21 Trainers Develop training materials 3 wks Wed 11/3/21 Wed 11/24/21 Trainers Conduct training usability study 4 days Wed 11/24/21 Tue 11/30/21 Trainers Finalize training materials 3 days Tue 11/30/21 Fri 12/3/21 Trainers Develop training delivery mechanism 2 days Fri 12/3/21 Tue 12/7/21 Trainers Training materials complete 0 days Tue 12/7/21 Tue 12/7/21 Documentation Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Documentation 30.5 days Tue 10/5/21 Tue 11/16/21 Develop Help specification 1 day Tue 10/5/21 Tue 10/5/21 Technical Communicators Develop Help system 3 wks Tue 10/19/21 Tue 11/9/21 Technical Communicators Review Help documentation 3 days Tue 11/9/21 Fri 11/12/21 Technical Communicators Incorporate Help documentation feedback 2 days Fri 11/12/21 Tue 11/16/21 Technical Communicators Develop user manuals specifications 2 days Tue 10/5/21 Wed 10/6/21 Technical Communicators Develop user manuals 3 wks Tue 10/19/21 Tue 11/9/21 Technical Communicators Review all user documentation 2 days Tue 11/9/21 Thu 11/11/21 Technical Communicators Incorporate user documentation feedback 2 days Thu 11/11/21 Mon 11/15/21 Technical Communicators Documentation complete 0 days Tue 11/16/21 Tue 11/16/21 Pilot Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Pilot 70.25 days Tue 9/14/21 Tue 12/21/21 Identify test group 1 day Tue 9/14/21 Wed 9/15/21 Project Manager Develop software delivery mechanism 1 day Wed 9/15/21 Thu 9/16/21 Install/deploy software 1 day Fri 12/10/21 Mon 12/13/21 Deployment Team Obtain user feedback 1 wk Mon 12/13/21 Mon 12/20/21 Deployment Team Evaluate testing information 1 day Mon 12/20/21 Tue 12/21/21 Deployment Team Pilot complete 0 days Tue 12/21/21 Tue 12/21/21 Deployment Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Deployment 5 days Tue 12/21/21 Tue 12/28/21 Determine final deployment strategy 1 day Tue 12/21/21 Wed 12/22/21 Deployment Team Develop deployment methodology 1 day Wed 12/22/21 Thu 12/23/21 Deployment Team Secure deployment resources 1 day Thu 12/23/21 Fri 12/24/21 Deployment Team Train support staff 1 day Fri 12/24/21 Mon 12/27/21 Deployment Team Deploy software 1 day Mon 12/27/21 Tue 12/28/21 Deployment Team Deployment complete 0 days Tue 12/28/21 Tue 12/28/21 Post Implementation Review Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Post Implementation Review 3 days Tue 12/28/21 Fri 12/31/21 Document lessons learned 1 day Tue 12/28/21 Wed 12/29/21 Project Manager Distribute to team members 1 day Wed 12/29/21 Thu 12/30/21 Project Manager Create software maintenance team 1 day Thu 12/30/21 Fri 12/31/21 Project Manager Post implementation review complete 0 days Fri 12/31/21 Fri 12/31/21 Software development template complete 0 days Fri 12/31/21 Fri 12/31/21 The company has decided to hire a new project manager as they are not confident that John Doolittle will be successful with this project due to some project failures in the past. They have hired your team of project managers to manage this critical project. John is not happy with this decision and would like to prove that no other project manager can be as successful as he could on this project. Since this project is a high-profile project that has a tight schedule and needs to be successful, the business sponsor has asked your team to identify risks based on the information on this case and additional research of typical software development risks. Your team should then analyze the potential risks and prepare appropriate responses. There should be a total of ten risks and there should be at least two positive risks. The companys current budget for this project is $275,000 for this project and not plan to exceed ten percent of the budgeted costs. However, the company will entertain extra costs if there are opportunities to increase the bottom line accordingly. When this software is implemented on time, the potential for increased revenues is predicted to be a little over two million dollars. For each day the project is delayed, the company could lose approximately $28,000 per day. For this project, your team will discuss each identified risk in a separate paragraph by first identifying the risk in the first sentence of the paragraph followed by the analysis of the risk and the response your team has decided for the risk, along with your rationale for the risk response. Include any cited references and a reference listing should be included at the end of your paper (APA format). You have been assigned to a team for this team case study. The t