Project Development Phase

NOTE: The team must meet with the Project Coordinator in person at the start and completion of this phase. You must discuss your project scope and contract (project description) with the Project Coordinator and Project Mentor before beginning this phase. Your must receive approval of the development phase from the Project Coordinator and Project Mentor before presenting the Project Description to the Client and proceding to the Implementation Phase.

Project teams will develop a Project Description Package (this may be the actual reply to the RFP) and make a business presentation to the Senior Project Coordinator and Client (approximately 10 to 15 minutes) that contains the following.

NOTE: The Project Description is the only document required to be presented to the client as a project deliveralbe. All other materials listed below are presented to the Coordinator and Mentor as couse deliverables. Other items should be available for review and grading either on a jazz disk or ftp site.

• A printed Project Description with a cover sheet and all suport documents (see figure 1).
• A drafted Business/Technology Analysis. The completed analysis will be at Project Presentation. Keep your document simple and effectively relate the project and technology to the business goals, market, or competitive advantage.
  • Suggestion: provide an analysis of the project using a defined model or methodology, such as one of the following models.
    • The Top-Down Methodology for Network Analysis and Design. (fig-1)
    • The Business Top-Down Model. (fig-1, fig-2)
    • The Development Life Cycle Model. (fig-1)
  • Suggestion, describe how the technology is intrical to the function of the business or it's business environment and produce a model (example: shift in industry graph, Virtual University Reference Model).

• An expanded WBS to a Six+plus Level WBS. This is all the way to the work package and assigned resources. This should match the task list of the Project Management File. NOTE: The completed MPP file with a detailed task list and resource assignment will complete this item.

• A detailed Project Management File ({project name}.MPP) for tracking and management.

• A timetable of project reporting and presentation periods (from the MPP file). This should be a MS Word Document labled "Milestone Timetable."

• All team members resumes.

• All team members completed Learning Contracts.

Once the Client has agreed to the proposed project deliverable and signed the Project Description, the PM will provide a Status Report on work to date, and the Project Implementation Phase will begin.