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Team C
Michael S
Robert B
Robert M
Thomas O
Assignment 1-3-2: Team Project Scope and Vision?
Professor Wayne Smith
October 5, 2008
Emerald Pharmaceuticals
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents...................................................................................ii
Revision History....................................................................................iii
1. Business Requirements.....................................................................1
1.1..........................................................................................................Background1
1.2.......................................................................................Business Opportunity1
1.3...............................................Business Objectives and Success Criteria1
1.4...........................................................................Customer or Market Needs3
1.5.....................................................................................................Business Risks4
2. Vision of the Solution........................................................................4
2.1................................................................................................Vision Statement4
2.2....................................................................................................Major Features5
2.3..................................................................Assumptions and Dependencies5
3. Scope and Limitations.......................................................................5
3.1...................................................................................Scope of Initial Release5
3.2.....................................................................Scope of Subsequent Releases5
3.3............................................................................Limitations and Exclusions5
4. Business Context...............................................................................6
4.1.........................................................................................Stakeholder Profiles6
4.2................................................................................................Project Priorities7
4.3...................................................................................Operating Environment7
5. Human Resources.............................................................................8
5.1.......................................................................................................Team Charter8
5.2.....................................................................Technical Skills and Attributes9
5.3..............................................................................Roles and Responsibilities9
5.4.............................................................................Communication Strategies9
6. Project Management.........................................................................9
6.1.........................................................................................................Deliverables10
6.2......................................................................................................Dependencies10
6.3................................................................................................................Schedule11
7. Educational/Program Outcomes.....................................................11
7.1.............................................................................................General Education12
7.2..................................................................................Information Technology12
8. Annotated Bibliography..................................................................13
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Revision History
Name
Date
Versio
n
Robert
Banzaca
Robert
Banzaca
Robert
Banzaca
Robert
Banzaca
Michael
Szewczyk
Michael
Szewczyk
Michael
Szewczyk
9/26/08
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3.0
9/30/08
10/2/08
10/4/08
10/5/08
11/1/08
11/22/0
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1. Business Requirements
Emerald Pharmaceuticals is seeking to provide more in depth access to web
based resources and databases for current and future customers in a
manner that is secure, adaptable, and cost effective. The organization has
requested Team C to create a document that will outline the necessary
processes and costs to accomplish this task.
1.1. Background
Emerald Pharmaceuticals has been in business for decades, producing
mostly patent medications. Most of these medications were. At this present
time, the organizations website is strictly limited in the amount of
interaction that can be performed with customers. The existing platform is
externally hosted and only consists of information about Emerald and its
products. The company would like to create a secure environment to host
its website that allows access for customers, limiting inroads to internal
resources.
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4. Business Context
One of the priorities of building the computer system is to appoint a
pharmacist to act as technical advisor to the team that will be installing the
system (Davis, 1995, p.442). It is necessary to initiate the drafting of
procedure manuals which will reflect the new methods that shall be
adopted. The printing section of the company should be alerted of this
possibility Management should also initiate a meeting where a decision to
explore systems installation companies might be explored. Sister companies
must be made aware of plans and business companies who have contracts
of trade names and manufacturing be requested to be prepared to the
changes of names and code names for products that must be made to fit
into the format of computing. The Marketing section and the Accounts office
must stall all monetary procedures or arrange them accordingly so that the
company has time to prepare for the new financial culture. All files in
salesmen accounts and financial transactions must change.
There is a growing need of uniting all sister companies under one name so
that the system is accurately synchronized.
Major
Value
Attitudes
Major Interests
Constraints
Directorat
increased
see product
richer feature
maximum
revenue
Printing
Exact
labeling of
dates on
product
labels
Sales and
Marketing
Strategies
Marketing
Advertisin
g
Sister
Companie
s
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as avenue to
25% increase
in market
share
Information
provided not
reliable
System slow,
inaccurate
and
inadequate
Certainty
Marketing
of products dependent on
to promote production.
Protracted
products
often not
available
Immediate All
and close
autonomous
cooperatio in attitude
n
and products
set than
competitors;
time to market
budget =
$1.4M
Proof reading of
items must be
less arduous for
QC
Section located
in factory.
Copyright
issues difficult
to resolve
No adequate
machinery for
processing
Faster delivery
to wider markets
Successful
advertising and
positive response
reflected in sales
Not enough
data and
information
flowing fast in
system
Producing
different lines
but united in
contribution to
revenue
Situated in
different towns
with different
names
Driver
(state
objective)
Constraint
(state limits)
Degree of Freedom
(state allowable
range)
Schedule
Duration of
installation:
Three Months
Recent versions
of software to
be installed
Management
must test
prototype and
selected users
test system
Commencement
of Installation
Training period
for staff
undefined
Must operate on
staff already
trained
Size of team is 8
including
Permitted to co-opt
employees to train
Features
Quality
Staff
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Pharmacist
Cost
Durable system
at reasonable
cost
Budget up to
$50 000.00
including
training of staff
during installation
process
An overage of
$500.00 permitted.
5. Human Resources
In order to complete the project in an effective and timely fashion, it is
necessary to have several human resources guidelines to be addressed. The
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How will the team deal with personality differences to ensure project
goals are met?
The most important thing is the goal of completing the
projects. Online classes bring together many people, with many
demographic and cultural backgrounds. Although the team
may have vastly different personal opinions about many
subjects, all are here for the same reason. With this in mind, all
group members will act in a respectful and professional
manner at all times.
Skills
Attributes
Robert Banzaca
Microsoft
Robert Mazibuko
Thomas Oen
Michael Szewczyk
Role
Responsibilities
Robert Banzaca
Systems
Administratio
n
Pharmaceutic
al Liaison
Robert Mazibuko
Thomas Oen
Michael Szewczyk
Network
Administratio
n
Project Lead
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6. Project Management
The project management section outlines the deliverables, dependencies,
and schedule of tasks to complete the recommendation. As evidenced by the
tasks and timelines, there are a variety of details to address in a short
timeframe. Team C is willing and able to provide the services below by the
scheduled dates.
6.1. Deliverables
Team C shall provide the professional services required to design an
external web presence for the Emerald Pharmaceutical Company.
Specifically, Team C shall provide:
Planning Tasks:
1. Review configuration
2. List and discuss hardware, network, and security
configurations
3. Develop upgrade plan
4. Develop test plan
Design Configuration:
1. Physical network design
2. Security appliance configuration
3. Server hardware configuration
4. Server application configuration
5. Naming conventions
6. Security
7. Service provision ability to customers
Documentation:
1. Completed project plan
2. Documentation of configurations
3. Network Diagram
4. Other documentation that may be applicable to this
project
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6.2. Dependencies
In accordance with the project, Emerald Pharmaceuticals shall:
Assign a person to work directly with the Team C as the main point
of customer contact.
Provide information within the scope of the project as requested by
the Contractor.
6.3. Schedule
Task_Name
Start_Date
Finish_Dat
e
Mon 9/22/08
Fri 10/3/08
Thu 10/2/08
Fri 10/10/08
Sun 10/5/08
Sun
10/26/08
Sun
10/26/08
Mon 10/6/08
Thu 10/9/08
Fri 10/10/08
Mon 10/20/08
Mon
10/27/08
Fri 10/17/08
Sun
10/26/08
Tue
12/2/08
Mon 10/27/08
Fri 11/7/08
Tue 10/28/08
Tue 12/2/08
Research Phase
Revise V&S Document
Identification of required hardware and
software
Research potential configurations
Status report 1
Design Phase
Creation of network diagram
Firewall configuration
Mon 10/6/08
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Tue 10/28/08
Tue 12/2/08
Tue 10/28/08
Tue 12/2/08
Tue 10/28/08
Tue 12/2/08
Sun
11/16/08
Sun
11/23/08
Sun
12/14/08
Fri 11/7/08
Mon 11/17/08
Tue
11/18/08
Sun 11/23/08
Tue 11/18/08
Final Recommendation
Mon 12/1/08
Project Write-up
Mon 12/8/08
Project Presentation
Mon 12/8/08
Fri 12/5/08
Sun
11/30/08
Sun 12/7/08
Sun
12/14/08
Sun
12/14/08
7. Educational/Program Outcomes
The conclusion of this project that has been described in this document will
allow Emerald Pharmaceuticals to host and maintain their company website
internally in a secure and robust environment. The end product will not only
allow the company to have greater control of their appearance to the public
on the web, but also permit its customers access to various information on
the company and its numerous products.
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8. Annotated Bibliography
Center for the study of AIDS. Aspens generics ensure affordable AIDS
treatment. Retrieved
09/27/2008 from http://www.csa.za.org/article/articleview/396/1/1/
This site provides information about the efforts that being made to help get
the AIDS epidemic in Africa under control.
Davis, W.S. (1993). Business systems analysis and design. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing
Company.
Rob, P., Coronel, C. (2007). Database systems design, management, and
implementation. Boston,
MA: Thomson Course Technology.
South AfricaInfo.com. South Africas Population. Retrieved 09/27/2008 from
http://www.southafricainfo.info/about/people/population.htm.
This site provides population and other information particularly targeting
the country of Africa.