Web Site Development Project

A nonprofit organization would like you to lead a Web site development project. The organization has Internet access that includes space on a Web server, but no experience developing Web sites. In addition to creating its Web site, the organization would like you to train two people on its staff to do simple Web page updates. The Web site should include the following information, as a minimum: description of the organization (mission, history and recent events), list of services and contact information. The organization wants the Web site to include graphics (photographs and other images) and have an attractive, easy-to-use layout.

Project Scope Management

Using Project 2019 or some other industry-standard project management software, create a WBS for this project and enter the tasks. Create milestones and summary tasks. Some of the specific analysis, design and implementation tasks will be to:

1. Collect information on the organization in hardcopy and digital form (brochures, reports, organization charts, photographs, and so on).
2. Research Web sites of similar organizations.
3. Collect detailed information about the organizations design preferences and access to space on a Web server.
4. Develop a template for the organization to review (background color for all pages, position of navigation buttons, layout of text and images, typography, including basic text font and display type and so on).
5. Create a site map or hierarchy chart showing the flow of Web pages.
6. Digitize the photographs and find other images for the Web pages; digitize hardcopy text.
7. Create individual Web pages for the site.
8. Test the pages and the site.
9. Implement the Web site on the organizations Web server.
10. Get organization feedback.
11. Incorporate changes.
12. Create training materials for the organization on how to update the Web pages.
13. Train the organizations staff on updating the Web pages.

Project Time Management

a) Enter realistic durations for each task and then link the tasks as appropriate. Be sure that all tasks are linked in some fashion to the start and end of the project.

Project Schedule Management

a) Add key milestones to the Timeline

Project Cost Management

1. Assume that you have three people working on this project and each of them would charge $20 per hour. Enter this information in the Resource Sheet.
2. Estimate that each person will spend an average of about five hours per week for the four- month period. Assign resources to the tasks and try to make the final cost in line with this estimate.
3. View the Resource Graphs for each person. If anyone is over-allocated make adjustments.

Project Human Resource Management

a) Assume that one project team member will be unavailable (due to vacation) for two weeks in the middle of the project. Make adjustments to accommodate this vacation so that the schedule does not slip and the costs do not change.