Online Group Project- System Analysis & Design

Project Plan

For our Project Plan, we are going to develop a new information system for a mid-size organization that will automate the payroll transactions. Since we already have all the information that the new system needed, we propose to use the Waterfall Development Methodology because we are going from one phase to the next.

Planning

System

Implementation

Design

Analysis

Estimated Projected Time Frame:

For Estimating the Project Time Frame, the project manager will develop a preliminary estimation of how long it will take to build the new system. There are several sources that the project manager uses to estimate the time frame. First is they can take it from projects that had similar tasks and technologies, an experienced developers can provided the estimation, or the type of methodology that is being used. It is a good practice to keep track of actual time and effort values during the SDLC so the data can be redefine and are used as a guide for future projects. For now, I will use the Industry standard to estimate the project time frame. Within the Industry standard for a typical business application system, they will spends 15% of effort in the planning phase, 20% in the analysis phase, 35% in the design phase, and 30% in the implementation phase. With the planning phase take 5 month to complete, then for the total project time is 33.3 person-month to complete the project.

Project time line

Developing the Work Plan:

Once the project schedule has been established, the project manager can start creating a work plan for the project. The work plan is a schedule that he projects manager use to keep record and keep track of all the tasks that need to be accomplished over the entire project. The project manager will need to identify the entire task that are needed and determine how long each of the tasks will take. Then the task will be organized within the work breakdown structure. For the main task to be complete, the subtask has to be completed first.

Staffing the Project:

The project manager needs to figure out how many staff is needed for the project. The amount of staff is needed depend on how fast they want to finish the project. Increase in staff does not mean increases in productivity. If more staff is needed, make sure to have some kind of reporting structure. The project manager needs to know the staff capabilities and assign task according to their skills. Project manager needs to know how to motivate the staff for a project success.

Coordinating Project Activities:

The project manager needs to have activities put in place during the entire SDLC. Activities are tools that is use to ensure that he project stays on track and that the chance of failure is kept to a minimum. Case Tools (computer-aided software engineering), Standards, and Documentation are all activities that are use within the SDLC cycle.

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