Assignment Detail:- ITECH7401 Leadership in IT Project Management Assignment - Federation University
Part - Team Business Case
Purpose - To provide students with practical experience in working in teams to develop a project business case in order to solve a unique and complex IT business problem-
CASE STUDY - Heartland Equestrian Centre App Project
Assessment Details - Background - A business case is the first deliverable in the IT project life cycle- It provides an analysis of the organisational value, feasibility, costs, benefits, and risks of several proposed alternatives or options-
A business case helps to determine whether or not a project justifies an organisations investment into a project- The business case defines the problem and its impact and performs a cost benefit analysis for the proposed solution- It also looks at possible alternative solutions- The business case should also provide a check to see that the project aligns with the organisation's strategic plan-
Requirements - In this assignment, you will be required to form teams of approximately four -4- people- One team member is to be elected the project leader for the duration of the project- Teams will prepare a project business case based on an IT project case study and should use their own initiative regarding assumptions and the scheduling all deliverables-
Ideally the business case should contain details of the following:
-description of project background
-description of project objectives -including link to organisational mission statement-
-description of the current situation -including a SWOT analysis-
-outline of problem/opportunity statement
-details of critical assumptions and constraints
-an analysis of options and recommendations
-financial analysis -npv, roi and payback figures-
-preliminary project requirements -project preliminary scope and WBS level 3-
-budget estimate -cost model and baseline-
-schedule estimate -including summary schedule, Gantt chart and network diagram-
-list of potential risks
A suggested business process report structure is as follows-
Title page
Executive summary
Table of contents
1-0 Introduction
2-0 Business Case Report for: -insert case study name-
2-1 Project background
2-2 Mission statement and project objectives
2-3 SWOT analysis
2-4 Problem/opportunity statement
2-5 Critical assumptions and constraints
2-6 Analysis of options and recommendations
2-7 Financial analysis
2-8 Project scope and WBS
2-9 Cost model and baseline
2-10 Schedule, Gantt chart and network diagram
2-11 List of risks -team member
3-0 Conclusion
4-0 References
5-0 Appendices -innovation tasks-
Note - Assignment almost completed assignment- Need some things added and also add on d- cost model and baseline- Only those 4 remaining -
a- organizational chart
b- payback figures
c- add on cost and baseline model - explanation of our figures
d- network diagram-
Attachment:- IT Project Management Assignment Files-rar
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