Project proposal
(Jaden’s Café is a small family owned business that has an outdated networking system and is looking to expand and update their current system to accommodate the growth their company has experienced. There are currently ten café locations around the Denver area, the owners wish to continue to expand and hope to open at least five additional locations in Colorado in the next three years. The company requires a new company server, database, hardware and software for each company location)
Instructions
You will decide on a project based on your current or hypothetical work experience. You may also search for project case studies to determine a project, but you should have knowledge of the project's objective.
Using the provided Project Charter/Project Management Plan template, prepare this document's Introduction section. For this assignment, you are responsible for the following information:
Discuss the justification for the project and how it relates to the strategic plan of the organization.Identify all the stakeholders for the project, including the project sponsor, who will sign the project charter.
Section 2
The requirements for this section are as follows:
Define the scope: Determine what the project objective will be, and define the scope of the project. Create the WBS: Start with the high-level deliverable, and add the lower level elements to include the lowest level work package. Develop the project schedule: Based on the work packages, determine the activities for the project schedule, and add planned beginning and end dates for the activities. You should have a minimum of 10 activities. Determine the budget: Using the WBS and project schedule, determine the overall project budget. Include major categories such as materials, labor, and other expenses. Plan communications: Using the stakeholders you identified in the project charter, create a matrix to show the plan for communicating with these stakeholders. Include each stakeholder's name, the content to be communicated, the frequency of communication, and the method. Identify risks: Additionally, identify the risks that are associated with the project. Include both threats and improvement opportunities.