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IT PROJECT MANAGEMENTCode_BQ001700700202014DMDD~~~~~~~~~~~The topic in briefIT PROJECT MANAGEMENTType of Service courseworkUrgency : 24 to 48 hoursNo. of Pages/Wordcount 11 page(s)/3025 WordsCitation Style APA StyleDetailed Description/Explanation Case Study: White Pig ConsultingWhite Pig Consulting Ltd is a group of twenty-five consultants specialising in strategicplanning, financial planning, change management and corporate governance. The group hasbeen operating from their Nicosia offices in Ermou Street for over forty years and is a highlyrespected company with a long list of important clients. The company is now headed byRichard Goldbury after the recent retirement of Edward Corcoran. Under Mr.Corcoran thecompany operated the way it had for the last forty years: by using manual systems, a typingpool and lots of filing cabinets. Mr.Goldbury is determined to bring things up to date and hasjust purchased Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones for all consultants. He has engaged yourcompany, Information Systems Implementation Services, to install a new information system.As the newly appointed Project Manager it will be your job to plan and then implement thisproject. Mr.Goldbury has requested that the project be complete and operational by 1st June.Project Requirements White Pig Consulting Ltd have the following information systemrequirements at this time:•Install a network of computers in each professional and administrative office. Thenetwork operating system should be Microsoft.•Mr. Goldbury does not know much about computers but thinks that PCs running Windows10 Professional would be appropriate. He is keen that only ‘the best’ machines be used andhas requested that you supply only IBM computers and HP printers. There are twentyfive consultants (including Mr. Goldbury) and ten assistants (each of whom will need acomputer). The administrative office is to be re-organized(after most of the ten typists areretrenched) and will have a total of five administrative staff.Mr. Goldbury thinks that each of these staff should have their own computer. Each of thecon-sultants (and assistants) will also need their own (small) laser printer. Theadministrative office will require two larger, faster laser printers with several paper trays.The building in which Paramount are housed is quite old, but provision can be made fornetwork cables in the ceiling. There is no room suitable for a network server but Mr.Goldbury will authorize some building work to convert a storeroom for this purpose.•Install Microsoft Office XP (Professional) software on all computers.•Install broadband Internet access (via Fiber cable) and ensure all computers in the networkhave Internet access.•A set of Excel VBA spreadsheets macrosto make up the information system that will be usedby the consultants in planning their work. Mr Goldbury has detailed the requirementshere and you will write these macros in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).•Install a new accounting system using MYOB. Access to this system should be availableto two administrative staff to send invoices, enter payments and print accountingreports.•Create a simple Web page advertising the company’s presence.•Most consultants often work from the premises of their clients and, although they tryto take all relevant documentation with them, sometimes need additional files from theoffice. The system should al Tatnall & Reyes 165 low them to download these files while‘on the road’, using Internet access via a laptop. Purchase five Bluetooth enabled laptopcomputers (IBM) and set up connections to the mobile phone of each con-sultant. Set upaccess, via the Internet, to relevant files in the office.Assignment 1b (The Project Plan)You should ensure that your project has no over-allocated resources, or dangling tasks.Before submission you should save the project with a baseline.You should include:• A letter and firm quotation to White Pig Consulting Ltd. This letter shouldsummarise the important items in the budget and schedule, and indicate anyimportant dates – such as when cabling work is to occur, when training is plannedand when the project is to be completed. It should, however, include onlyinformation that is relevant to White Pig Consulting Ltd, and be expressed in a formthat will be readily understood.• A memo to your boss, the Director, including: table of contents and executivesummary, a list of any assumptions you have made, and any special requirementsfor the project, a detailed Gantt chart showing the critical path, with a baselineproject schedule, a Network diagram (PERT chart) with no dangling tasks: that is,every task should be on a path from the first to last task, a Microsoft Projectsummary report, a series of other reports showing detailed costing, and resourceusage.• Do you agree with the idea of Mr. Goldbury? What will you change in order toupdate the office?