ITM 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Work Breakdown Structure, Project Charter, Workflow

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 305
• Professor: Youcef Derbal

Document Summary

Technical feasibility: domain knowledge, technology, project size (risk) Identify costs and benefits: assign value to costs and benefits, determine cash flow, determine return on investment, value to money now and before. Organizational feasibility: user acceptance of the systems, alignment with the business strategy. System request document: champion, need, business requirements, value, other. Net present value= pv total benefit-pv cost. The longer it takes for you to break even, the riskier the project is. Identification of tasks: use case point estimation of effort. Work breakdown structure: workflow(task, duration, dependence. Evaluate impact of proposed changes changes limited to the necessary( delay others) timeboxing(fixed deadlines: motivation. Monetary rewards do not motivate usually suggested motivating techniques team ownership. Allow members to focus on what interests them. Provide for autonomy, but trust the team to deliver: handling conflict sticking together has the greatest effect clearly defining roles and holding team members accountable. Establish work and communications rules in the project charter.