CS632 Project Blog - Group 3 Team B

Project Title: Project Management Site Project

Date:      January 29, 2008       Prepared by: Gene Leshinsky, Project Manager

Project Justification: Dr. Sponsor has requested a project that will update and augment current site functionalities of the BU project management site.

Product Characteristics and Requirements:

1.      The website will have a contact form that will allow students to register with the site and provide updated contact info that will be stored in a database.

2.      A backend content management system for the administrator to have easy access to the registrant information. The control panel will also enable the administrator to easily integrate functionalities that will be added to the site in due time.

3.      Improved visual design making use of CSS and new graphic techniques.

4.      A database that collects and stores information about student members accurately.

5.      Event reminder & Calendar (ie: graduation date, class drop off date, assignment due date, etc)

6.      Weather forecast reminder (ie: on the “graduation date”, it will be raining make sure to bring your umbrella)

7.      New member invitation feature (to increase more members)

8.      Ice breaker features to help members make friends (ie: http://icebreaker.mobi/crushorflush.htm)

9.      Job Board (internal – jobs that have not been publicized)

10.  Functionality customization feature (once logged in, members are allowed to customize the desired widget/feature)

11.  The site should have a blog such as the one we are using for communication ( www.boston-recruiting.com)

12.  The site should have advertising space for Ad sense to raise money for site maintenance (https://www.google.com/adsense/)

13.  A Survey widget to poll student opinions on various issues

14.  A news widget that will have a compilation of RSS feeds from various PMP related sites

15.  A discussion board, not a blog, one that will have various topics that can be discussed by members who are logged in

16.  A photo gallery of BU PMP events

17.  Profile pages for every member of the PMP BU site

18.  A search functionality that will give a definition of words related to PM

19.  A page dedicated to select PMI “Best Practices” as well as links to the PMI itself

Summary of Project Deliverables

Project management-related deliverables: business case, charter, team contract, scope statement, WBS, schedule, cost baseline, status reports, final project presentation, final project report, lessons-learned report, and any other documents required to manage the project.

Product-related deliverables:

1. Gather specific requirements for the internal working of the web site as well as the desired functionalities.
2. Create UML systems analysis models, such as Use Case Model diagrams and Domain Model diagrams.
3. Designing the ERD. As we identify entities that haven’t been considered in the Domain Model, we can go back and add them.
4. Create graphics design for the new site. Create some preliminary screen mock-ups for the web site.
5. Implement the ERD into the database
6. Create the Form and connect it to the database
7. QA the form by entering 25 candidate records via the form and performing various actions on the records from the form.
8. Create a mock content management system for the admin.
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Project Success Criteria: The project will be successful if we deliver the technical aspect of the project as well as a complete project documentation package and receive an “A”. This package will consist of all the project management related deliverables as well as detailed proposal for the implementation of various add on functionalities. The more creative and thorough we are the better chance of getting an “A”.