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