Two Project Options: 1. Data Center Transformation to complete a migration strategy/plan to complete the following two tasks: a. On-Premise Transformation b. Infrastructure And Application Migration to The Cloud Background: As you progress through the weekly materials in the course, you will apply the key principles and knowledge areas (Scope, cost, schedule, quality, resources, risk management, procurement, communication, and stakeholder management) to your project. You will use Microsoft Project software, or other appropriate software including Microsoft Excel to track the entire project management plan (PMP), develop the schedule, and track the overall progress of the project. As the project manager (PM) for a medium-scale project, you will apply fundamental principles and best practices to conduct your project from inception to closing. Each assignment provides further detail Known Scope: The project will address clients needs to upgrade their 3 existing legacy data centers and migrate eligible applications to the Cloud: - Total of 3 primary data centers (2 for Production and 1 for Disaster Recovery) - All 3 data centers share redundant WAN circuits (2 MPLS and 1 Point-2Point) for users and data traffic - Client has a total of 145 enterprise applications and 1350 servers: o 450 Windows Servers o 550 Unix Servers o 350 ESX, VMWare, and legacy AIX servers - Allowed project budget is $1.5 Million with a $150K for contingencies - The client is open to the top 3 Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud) - You have the ability to assemble your team - Stakeholders are also open to your specific and project needs (define their roles and responsibilities as you see them fit) - All 3 Data centers are in the United States the DR DC must be on a different State for recovery purposes - Your course instructor will act at the project sponsor can address all your questions and concerns and will provide you feedback during the weekly assignments submissions. -

the paper needed on Scope and Schedule: At the end of week 4, you are to finalize the initially approved scope from week two and start building the project schedule?

you are also to work on building the project Work-Breakdown Structure (WBS). Project scope and schedule will include the following components: - Finalized project scope - WBS structure - Develop project schedule - Identify key milestones and deliverables - Outline project resources and assign them to tasks accordingly. - Stakeholder engagement communication plan