IT 499 Unit 5 Assignment

This week you will be developing a project status report and revising part of your initial plan to adapt to some 

unplanned events. Most IT projects do not reach completion without changes occurring along the way. Many of 

the changes are not planned, and the project manager must find a way to revise plans, budgets, and resources 

to compensate for such unplanned changes. For this Assignment, you must analyze the impact of two 

unplanned changes on your project, and you must revise the budget and implementation plan to accommodate 

those changes. Consider which scenario you will apply in addition to the budget cuts. Download the 

project_statusReport file from Doc Sharing. Use the file to fill out all necessary content for the status report.

Read through the scenarios below. For this Assignment, you must choose Scenario A (Budget Cut), and one

additional scenario. 

Scenario A: Budget Cut (required)

Your client has informed you that project costs must be reduced by 10%.

Scenario B: Change in Project Scope

You have been informed that you need to add end-user training to the project scope. This training is for the 

end-users at the client’s location. You need to decide how this will be handled and negotiated with the client 

considering the required budget cut. 

Scenario C: Loss of a Member of the Project Team

One of your team members announces that he/she is leaving the company immediately to take a position with

another company. This can be someone on your team or on your client’s team. The impact needs to described 

and then shown how this will be handled.

Scenario D: Loss of Project Manager

You are involved in an accident, are sick, or have a death in the family, and will not be able to work on the 

project for the next week. How would you handle this situation? 

Scenario E: Delivery Date change

You have been informed that the project must be complete one week earlier than expected, due to client 

business needs. Note: It needs to be complete before end of their fiscal year.

You need to prepare a revision to the design plan including a new timeline and budget for the project to show 

how you will accommodate these changes and still successfully deliver the project.