Create a Requirements Work Plan for Your Case Study

  Based on the template provided BELOW, create a Requirements Work Plan for your individual case study project. Use a business writing style where applicable, and do not assume the audience of this Requirements Work Plan has read your Business Case document. Task Files Template: Requirements Work Plan: [Your Proposed Project Name Here] (Note: the text in RED is designed to help you write your Requirements Work Plan. Please remove all red text before submitting your assignment.) 1. Executive Summary • In 2-3 paragraphs, write this Executive Summary as you would any other. Some suggestions (you are not limited to these items): o The background and purpose of the project (it is acceptable to restate some of the background you provided in your Business Case.) o Some of the key points contained in this Requirements Work Plan, such as the total number of stakeholders identified in your stakeholder analysis section, the primary requirements collection methods to be used, and how long the requirements collection process is anticipated to take. 2. Stakeholder Analysis • In this section, identify AND classify the project stakeholders on your project, using a classification method and format of your choosing (stoplight chart, power/interest grid, etc.) Your stakeholder analysis should consider a minimum of 10 stakeholders. • Be sure to briefly explain your classification method (what “high power” or “red” means with respect to your stakeholders, for example.) As with most analyses, don’t assume a reader will already be familiar with your methodology or how your conclusions were determined so provide brief context for the data you’re presenting here. 3. Requirements Collection Methodology • In this section, identify and describe the requirements collection tool(s) you intend to use to collect requirements for your case study project. You should plan on using a minimum of THREE of the collection tools identified in this week’s lecture materials. • Be sure you explain WHY you have selected these tools (what particular benefit or risk mitigation the tool provides.) • For each tool, identify which stakeholders will be addressed or involved, and who will perform the collection (who will lead the collection process.) • You may use any format you like to complete this section, but you may find using a table a useful way to organize your information. For example, the columns of your table could include “Tool”, “Stakeholders”, and “Collector”. (This is just a suggestion; you will not be penalized for using another format.) 4. Collection Timetable • In this section, briefly identify a requirements collection schedule. For example, list the activities associated with collecting requirements for your case study and how long each activity will take. Be sure to identify an overall collection timeframe (“2 weeks”, “1 month”, etc.) Industry: Manufacturing, Transportation Equipment & Supplies Services Provided: Program Management, Project Costing & Scheduling, External Vendor Management, and Mentoring/Coaching Company: A global company providing land, sea, and air power solutions worldwide. The Company has established leading positions in civil aerospace, defense, marine, and energy markets. Challenge: With an aging data center and a long-term lease expiring, this company desired to implement a new state-of-the-art data center for its entire North American operations capable of supporting strategic growth and expansion. After securing $6 million in funding approval and identifying a new 8,000-square-foot facility location, they were still lacking a proven resource with prior data center move experience to lead this 10-month, time-sensitive initiative. The Company did not have an in-house resource with these capabilities and knew they needed the right person to manage this high-visibility data center move that would serve as the cornerstone of their future efforts to consolidate other data centers worldwide and modernize their infrastructure. Solution: With an established vendor relationship already in place, the company turned to PM Solutions who provided an expert program manager with extensive data center move experience. PM Solutions’ program manager led a team of technical IT and engineering resources, working with additional external resources involved in the program. The first course of action taken by the PM Solutions’ program manager was to divide the 10-month program into four distinct components with clear objectives as follows: :: Build out a new state-of-the-art 8,000-square-foot facility :: Relocate 225 physical and virtual servers along with the supporting network infrastructure to the new data center :: Perform leasehold improvements on the existing office space and relocate 70 employees from the old data center to their new office space in the Company’s main office campus :: De-commission the old data center and return it to the landlord PM Solutions’ program manager reported directly to the head of the Company’s Global Program Management Office (PMO) and worked closely with the Company’s Chief Technology Officer for North America as the project sponsor of the initiative. A key attribute of PM Solutions’ program manager was the ability to work with all groups – from construction trades, to union staff, to senior executives – possessing a genuine understanding of what each group was doing to accomplish the objectives of the program. VALUE DELIVERED The program management approach used to deliver this initiative led by PM Solutions has now become the worldwide standard for large-scale programs and projects across the client’s organization. $ The new 8,000-square-foot data center was delivered on time and within its $6 million budget. All objectives were met and there was zero business disruption during the entire 10 months of the project. The Company now has a modern data center with the capacity to grow by an additional 33%, allowing for further consolidation of operations in the future. The program management approach used to deliver this initiative led by PM Solutions has been recognized for its professionalism and now becomes the worldwide standard for large-scale programs and projects across the client’s organization. PM Solutions continues to be an invaluable project management partner to this company and is currently engaged in other highvisibility projects within its North American division.