Develop a work breakdown structure for a project identified in any of the other conference threads. Include at least three levels in your diagram. (It is more beneficial to create the structure from someone else’s paragraph than from a project you thought up on your own…as you are rarely the client AND the project manager).
Local grocery store located in Montgomery county Maryland that supply the community with organic products hired ABC consultant Inc. is to create an interactive and content rich website that support ordering system for home delivery. To place an order a customer searches to find items to purchase, add items to a shopping cart, provide a delivery address and make payment with the major credit card companies.
External Event: One of the reasons for a project change request is an external event. These are factors outside of project manager control that impact the scope of the project. External events can be general or project-specific. The vendor contracted to handle credit card processing system goes out of business and thus forced the grocery store to start search for new vendor. The event results in delay of project implementation date.
Error or omission in scope of Product: It includes any omissions, inaccuracies, or miscalculations relating to the product of the project. One of the requirements about the system to offer option for customers to register so they can save their contract information and credit card was missed during design and devilment.
Error or omission in scope of project: A project scope error usually results from an error in estimating or planning the work in the initial phases of the project. The project team failed to engage the external stakeholders who would be the eventual users of the system into the requirements and design processes resulted in dispute with the project sponsors. The issue resulted in the project to go over its budget and beyond its schedule.
Value-adding change: Value-adding changes are caused by factors that cannot be considered when the original scope is defined, but if implemented into the project scope, will improve the project or make it more cost effective. The initial design of the project was to host the new website on premise but after farther study management requested the site to be host on AWS which will result in cost saving and better security of customers data.
Risk Response: It is the process of developing strategic options, and determining actions, to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to the project’s objectives. If the risk has a higher impact than anticipated, a change in project may be required. Because of the increasing cybersecurity security threats of online shopping; the need to provide a safe place for customers to shop online requires change in the initial project scope. Thus, the grocery store management included in the project the need to hire a firm that will conduct regular security audits.
References:
Usmani,F.(2012). Product Scope vs Project Scope. Retrieved from https://pmstudycircle.com/2012/01/product-scope-vs-project-scope/
Setiawan,B.(2007). The Most Common Reasons for Change Requests. Retrieved from: http://itpmpro.blogspot.com/2008/09/most-common-reasons-for-change-requests.html
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