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MIS 362 Final Exam Project

Final Exam Project is for you to demonstrate that you

1. have obtained an understanding of the main processes and knowledge areas of project management

2. are comfortable with using basic tools to present project assumptions and facts

3. are capable of performing project management main tasks

Project Scenario:

Our IT consulting firm FundTech is partnered with World Food Programme (WFP) to implement an IT system for their fundraising needs. WFP raises private money from corporations around the world and hopes to use this system to help ease its fundraising processes.

This system needs to be easily integrated into each corporation’s philanthropy, accounting, and finance systems. It is expected that this system allows corporations to pledge funds, transfer funds, track funds’ usage, and generate documents necessary for corporations’ reporting needs. It is also requested that this system allows WFP to track the funding processes, to communicate externally with corporations about its funding needs, timing, and processes, and to communicate internally with relevant departments about processes and reports.

From the past experience, we estimated that this project will take about 4 months and cost about $200,000.

Please use the knowledge and tools learned in this class, and the templates used in your group projects to produce the following deliverables:

1. Create a Project Scope Statement on this project; (5 points)

2. Use MS Project, create an optimized project schedule for the project. First create a task list and arrange the tasks logically, then assign necessary resources to the tasks, assign costs to the resources, establish project baseline, and mark all milestones; (15 points).

3. Produce a project status report after the first 7-8 weeks (Please assume that not all items are at 100% completion rate at the planned completion time). (10 points)

4. In the project schedule, please make sure to fill one of the column with project cost. Please remember the total cost should be around $200,000 and you should estimate the usage and cost of resources accordingly.

 

The following are instructions on delivering your work:

· All work should be done independently. No discussion should happen between yourself and anybody other than myself. I am open to questions and discussions in person today between 7:00 – 7:30, and through MIS 362 online discussion board on Friday 03/14, between 2:30PM – 4:30PM

· Please submit your work into Dropbox Final Exam Project folder. Please remember to submit all files before 03/18/2019 5:45 PM. The drop box will be closed at 5:45PM sharp

· Please include your last name in your file names. For example: StatusReport_Fitzgerald, or ProjectSchedule-Fitzgerald

· Please use MS Word for your status report and scope statement, use .mpp file for your Project Schedule

· Please submit ALL your deliverables in the same submission. Please do NOT zip your files. After submission, please verify that all your files are in the drop box. No excuses will be accepted for any missing file. 

Reminders about the status report:

1. It should have a title and reporting date

2. It should start with a summary of the overall status of the project

3. Schedule status & budget status are the two most important factors: Are we on budget? Are we on schedule?

4. It also should contain a snapshot of the main aspects of a project: which phase we are currently on; how many people are on staff now; what the next steps are

5. Report any major events that may/ may have impacted the budget and schedule

6. Highlight that you might need me, the business owner of this small firm, to know and to make decisions on

7. All data / charts should only be used to illustrate your main points.

 

Good luck and have fun.