PMP 598 Phoenix Week 1 Project Schedule and Budget Paper

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Create a project schedule and budget.

Use the following guidelines to complete your assignment:

  • Project scope: Refine the project scope statements from the scope statement in the charter from Week 1. This is a reference document and need not be submitted.
  • Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) from the refined scope statement. This is a reference document and need not be submitted.
  • Project schedule: Using Microsoft® Project and the WBS you developed above, create a schedule for your project's lifecycle. Include specific tasks and milestones, with time and resource estimates, to meet organizational objectives in 350 words. This will be a Microsoft Project file .mpp extension.
  • Project budget: Using Microsoft® Excel® and the project schedule, WBS, and scope statement, create a time-phased budget containing cost estimates. Include direct and indirect costs for labor, machinery, equipment, supplies, and other elements applicable to the project. This will be a Microsoft Excel file .xls extension.

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PMP 598 Lori Allen University of Phoenix 1 Project Charter Project overview The title of this project is Project Management Control Systems (PMCS), it is created by the project manager of PMCS on 3/30/2019. The project manager for the project manager is the senior executive of CirruSafe Information Systems Company. Project descriptions CirruSafe Information Systems Company focuses on cloud computing; it deals with leveraging third-party computing capabilities of the internet to reduce the costs, improve scale, enhancing agility and increasing access to best internet and communication practices. The company has been successful over the years and have acquired more customers and increased its market value. CirruSafe Information Systems Company has to expand to care for all its clients and maintain its position at the market. The process of expansion will require the use of the company's capital funds, and that increases the company's need for a project management control system. Project Scope and objectives Due to the rapid change and growth at the CirruSafe Information Systems Company, the company is in dire need of more efficient use of its capital funds for the management of its many projects. This has resulted into the implementation of a new project management control system that will overlook and satisfy both the needs of the company and at the same time enhance the project team's capabilities while focusing on the customers' needs and preferences. 2 General objectives Enhance the communication system among the project, corporate management as well as project group related to the progress of the significant projects in the company. Enable the senior management team to monitor the progress of the significant projects closely. Ensure that the project personnel are capable of managing and controlling their projects. Specific objectives This project has four important specific objectives namely; a. Reporting and control system The project will ensure that the communication of project activity both within and between groups and senior management is efficient and up to date. The project will also focus on high costs projects as well as the importance of all the projects. b. Computer Support Systems The project ensures that a survey is carried out to come up with recommendations to determine the costs of computer support. c. Procedures manuals One important objective of the project is ensuring that all the procedure manuals are up to date by documenting all the procedures and policies. The project manager will also ensure that the preliminary manuals are presented for analysis and user training. d. Project Management Training Course 3 The project management control system will also ensure that all the company personnel and project team members receive basic training on essential project planning and control skills required for project management. Also, the project will ensure that the project managers are provided with software, financial as well as contracting necessary skills in project management. Project milestones and project timeline The implementation of the Project Management Control System program will take 12 months. The project will start on 4th, April 2019 and end on 4th May 2020. During the twelve months, the project manager and project stakeholders will ensure that there is adequate planning, designing, communication, resources, decision making as well as integrated pieces of training and environment. The project managers will also ensure that the project goals and objectives are met within the set period of time, the stakeholders will schedule monthly pieces of training for the company personnel and provide the necessary resources to carry out the project activities. The project will be tested and evaluated on the last three months of the twelve months and if found successful, will be marked as complete on the twelfth month. The principal members of this project include the sponsor, project manager, user representatives, and the technical lead. The functional managers select the other members of the project team based on the skills and requirements set by the project manager. Conditions, Constraints, and Assumptions The Project Management Control Systems has to be operation by 4th of April 2019. The project is meant to kick off with the first phase which will be a technical survey and feasibility study. The study will determine the pace of the project, and the implementation will begin soon after the first phase if the recommendation is to authorized by the project sponsors and other project 4 stakeholders. Appointments with the suppliers and other contributors to the project will be set based on the need. The results of the project will be evaluated before the closure of the project. The project management control systems is a priority to CirruSafe Information Systems Company and therefore, the project manager will get support from all the other employees whenever possible.
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Project schedule
The project will take place in five main stages, and each stage will take place at different
times, use different resources and carried out by different individuals. The five stages make up the
project life cycle, and they include project conception and initiation, planning, execution,
performance /monitoring and lastly project close.
The project conception and initiation is the first stage of the project lifecycle, and it will be
carried out from 4th, April 2019. This stage will last for one month, and during the one-month
period, the project manager will define the project objectives, scope, purpose as well as i...


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