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Assignment 1 ITECH 2250

IT Project Management Techniques

Page 1 of 7 CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH 2250 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2016– Project Charter

Due Date: Week 5 – Monday 5:00 pm

Weight: 10%

This is an individual assignment. There is an expectation that no two submissions will be the same.

Objectives

This assessment task relates to the following course objectives:

 Observe real world information technology problems and apply project

management principles and techniques to solve these problems;

 Employ a systems thinking approach to identify critical roles and

stakeholders in information technology projects;

 Demonstrate decision-making processes to solve a range of information

technology project issues;

 Utilise a range of organisational and self-management skills, emulating real

world practice of information technology project managers.

 value the importance of effective communication to solve problems on

information technology projects

Task

During the Project Initiation phase, an important artefact is the Project Charter. This artefact clearly

indicates for the project team and all stakeholders the project objectives, scope and vision. In this

assignment, you are provided with a case study project description below. You will create a Project

Charter for this project that will be managed following the adaptive methodology of Agile Scrum.

In a project managed using traditional project management methodologies, the Charter would be a

document of just a few pages (around 4) formally outlining the key objectives, schedule and

stakeholders. In an Agile project, this artefact would be displayed in the project team room.

Background

After top management determines which projects to pursue, then it becomes important to notify the

organisation about the projects. The Project Charter is used to authorise the project and nominate the

project manager. The Project Charter formally recognises the project and provides a summary of the

details of the project.

Assignment 1 ITECH 2250

IT Project Management Techniques

Page 2 of 7 CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH 2250 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2016– Project Charter

Requirements

For this assessment task, students are required to create a Project Charter for the case study provided:

The WOWS Project. The Project will be managed using the Agile SCRUM PM methodology. You

(project manager – PM) have made a presentation about your proposed approach for developing the

research report to the senior leadership committee meeting in order to get approval for the project. You

presented a Business Case to the committee to secure their approval for this project. The Business

Case includes many of the details that will form the Project Charter.

At the conclusion of the presentation, the committee authorised you to implement the project. To get the

project started, you need to draw up a Project Charter as the formal authority for the project. The project

sponsor has appointed you as the project manager. While preparing the Project Charter report, you

need to express clearly the vision (why do this project), the mission (what is to be done), and the success

criteria for this project.

You will also need to:

 Identify other stakeholders, in consultation with the sponsor;

 Predict high level costs involved in the project;

 Hire a team for the duration of the project; and

 Devise a high level plan for the number of sprints involved in the project and the objective for

each sprint cycle.

You may need to make other necessary assumptions in preparing the Charter but make sure these are

clearly stated. (You may be creative with your assumptions to ensure that your submission is unique.)

The Project Charter will be displayed on the wall in the project team room for the duration of the project

and includes information such as:

 Project title and date of authorisation

 Project manager’s name and contact details