You are a project manager in the IT department of a company. You have been asked to develop a customised software application for the sales department of your company. You have already gathered the requirements documented the specifications and developed a project schedule. The head of the sales department wants the user interface of the software to be generated early in the project so that she can provide feedback that will enable you to make adjustments to the user interface. After seeing the user interface the head of the sales department suggests a number of changes and some new features to be added to the software.On the basis of the project information complete the following tasks:Construct a project schedule to determine the overall cost of and time for the project.Identify the finish date.Calculate the total cost.scribe the process that was followed to review and approve the change request.Identify the new finish date after the approval of changes.Calculate the new total cost after the approval of changes.Use the following information for arriving at your answers:Task #DescriptionDurationPredecessor1Gather requirements10 days2Write use cases5 days13Get client approval2 days24Write specifications5 days35Create high-level design5 days46Create detailed design and schedule5 days57Create user interface15 days68Get client feedback1 day79Create database5 days610Write support modules30 days611Unit test support modules5 days1012Write high-level functions45 days613Unit test high-level functions10 days1214Integration testing5 days13 1115Acceptance testing5 days14 8Required resources are as follows:TasksRequired resourcesGather requirementsProduct manager and project managerWrite use casesProject manager and product managerGet client approvalProduct managerWrite specificationsProject managerCreate a high-level designSystem architectCreate a detailed design and scheduleSystem architect and project managerCreate a user interfaceUser interface programmerGet client feedbackProject manager and user interface programmerCreate a databaseDatabase programmerWrite support modulesCoderPerform a unit test of support modulesCoderWrite high-level functionsProgrammerPerform a unit test of high-level functionsProgrammerPerform integration testingSystem architect programmer and coderPerform acceptance testingProject manager and system architectResource hourly rates (in €/hour) are:ResourceHourly RateProject manager45.00Product manager40.00System architect40.00User interface programmer35.00Database programmer30.00Programmer30.00Coder25.00The start date for the project is 12 October. All Saturdays and Sundays are non-working days. Calculate the Saturdays and Sundays on the basis of the current calendar year. Additionally the following are non-working days:30 November25 December28 December1 January4 January17 March2 April5 April3 May31 May12 JulyAt the close of the client feedback session (task 8) the head of the sales department wants some changes to be made and as such makes a formal change request that day. It takes 14 working days for the change request to be approved.An analysis of the impact of the change reveals the following:Changes to the database module will require 5 days.Testing of the new database module will take 5 days following the changes.Changes to the support modules will require 7 additional days of work.Changes to the high-level functions will require 10 additional days of work.Click here to access the template for submitting your answers.
