The Proposed Solution

a) Project plan should contain the following

1. Introduction Project Overview Project Deliverables: Hardware and software resource requirements Reference Materials Definitions and Acronyms

2. Project Organization Organizational tructure: !nternal management" organization c#art" Relations wit# ot#er entities Project Roles$Res%onsibilities Major functions and activities& w#o's in c#arge Assum%tions" De%endencies" (onstraints: !ncluding e)ternal factors Monitoring and (ontrolling Mec#anisms: Re%orting mec#anisms and formats" information flows" reviews

3. Schedule (this is the crucial co ponent) *or+ Pac+ages ,*or+ brea+down structure-: Project decom%osed into tas+s& definitions of tas+s De%endencies: Precedence relations among functions" activities and tas+s Resource Requirements: .stimates for resources suc# as %ersonnel" com%uter time" s%ecial #ardware" su%%ort software/ 0udget and Resource Allocation: (onnect costs to functions" activities and tas+s/ c#edule : Deadlines" accounting for de%endencies" required milestones

!. "is# $anage ent Ris+ identification Ris+ analysis Ris+ Management Ris+ Monitoring

%. &onfiguration $anage ent Plan

') Other acti(ities in first

onth)

1ic+2off meeting 3eam building Discussions wit# end2user ,agree acce%tance testing %lan-

c) Other acti(ities during rest of project)

(ontinual ris+ monitoring (ontinual sc#edule monitoring *ee+ly c#ec+%oint meetings 4ormal review meetings Meetings wit# end2user