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Assignment 4: Performing Effective Project Monitoring and Risk Management

Due 12/ 03 /2017

Imagine that you are employed as an IT project manager by a prestigious coffeemaker organization. This organization operates many coffee shops within the region and would like to promote its brand by creating a mobile application that will provide its customers with the ability to view the nearest coffee shop location within their geographical area. 

As a member of the software development team, you estimate a total project cost of $150,000. You have designated control points to measure project progress. At control point 2, the following data is available: 

Budget   Cost of Work Performed

$   24,000

Actual   Cost of Work Performed

$   27,500

There are various stakeholders that are interested in the progress of the project. These stakeholders include the marketing management team (internal customers), software designers, programmers, testers, and upper management. The software development team has attempted to release a mobile application of this magnitude in the past; however, lack of sponsorship, mobile development expertise, and technical infrastructure has limited the team’s success.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Identify at least four (4) attributes of the mobile      application development project that can be measured and controlled and      evaluate how each is a critical factor for the success of the project.
2. Generate a project plan summary of the various project      milestones. Develop a WBS that details work packages required to complete      project scope.
3. Develop a workflow model that can be used to inspect      and detect defects during the acceptance of this mobile product through      the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source      alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not      included in the required page length. 
4. Describe how the defects detected during the acceptance      of the mobile application should be reported and explain the circumstances      in which a defect may not require reporting. 
5. Analyze the communication needs of the different      project stakeholders. Explain the types of project status reports that      would be useful to each. 
6. Compute the cost variance, schedule variance, cost      performance index, schedule performance index, and estimated actual cost      using the information presented at control point 2. Interpret the project      schedule and budget status from the calculations. 
7. Explain how work package, binary tracking, and earned      valued reporting can be used effectively during the maintenance phase of      the software life cycle if various change requests may be assigned to      individuals and processed on an individual basis.
8. Develop a risk register that will document all of the      estimated risks. Assign one (1) risk management technique for each risk      and explain the basis for your selection. 
9. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this      assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality      resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size      12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must      follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any      additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the      assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,      and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in      the required assignment page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The      completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before      the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Develop a software project plan based on IEEE 1058 to      solve a business problem.
• Explain the methods of creating, measuring, and      controlling work products and work processes.
• Explain and analyze earned value reporting techniques      in software projects.
• Describe ethical issues and risk management factors      inherent in software projects.
• Use technology and information resources to research      issues in IT Project Leadership Strategies.
• Write clearly and concisely about topics related to IT      Project Leadership Strategies using proper writing mechanics and technical      style conventions.