This document outlines an assignment to plan a software development project. It consists of two sections: 1) a written project plan, and 2) a project plan created in Microsoft Project. For section 1, students are asked to determine factors for work breakdown structure development, create a WBS, estimate activity durations, recommend estimation techniques, identify milestones, and describe the project's logical sequence and critical path. Section 2 involves documenting resources, listing activities by milestone, entering estimates and dependencies in MS Project, and generating a Gantt chart. The assignment aims to help students learn planning techniques and develop a software project plan.

1. Assignment 3: Planning a Software Development Project
Due 11-18-2017 at 11:00 PM
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a written project
plan, and a project plan that is created through the use of MS
Project. You must submit both sections as separate files for the
completion of this assignment. Label each file name according
to the section of the assignment it is written for.
Imagine that you have been hired as a project manager assisting
in the development of a mobile application and cloud-based
solution which is designed to streamline your organization’s
delivery operation. As project manager, you are to manage the
development and release of the mobile client platform in the
cloud-based infrastructure that will use GPS tracking to track
the shipment and delivery of goods in trucks across the United
States.
The mobile client will have three (3) modules consisting of a
search customer screen, search address screen, and confirm
delivery screen. Programmers have reviewed the requirements
and estimate that each module will take 200 hours to complete
by one (1) programmer.
In addition to delivering the mobile-based application, your
project will require upgrading the internal network and
application infrastructure to a cloud-based model to support the
new mobile platform. This effort will require your team to
procure network appliances to optimize the security factors of
the cloud-based platform.

2. One last component of the project scope is to provide training to
operation support staff and fifty (50) truck drivers staffed
across four (4) regions of the U.S. Your project team consists of
two (2) programmers, a technical writer, four (4) technical
trainers, two (2) network engineers, and one (1) system
administrator.
Section 1: Written Project Plan
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Determine the factors that must be considered and observed
throughout the WBS development process and explain why.
Create a WBS for the scope of the project. Note: The WBS
must be in indented format as shown in Figure 5.5B in Chapter
5 of the text.
Analyze the various activities required for this project and
provide an estimate of duration for each activity based on the
number of resources available for the project. Include
assumptions and basis for each estimate.
Recommend the estimation technique that should be used for
each activity (i.e., PERT, Delphi, Analogy, Expert Judgment, or
Rule of Thumb).
Determine the major milestones that the project will
encounter.
Describe the logical sequence of planned activities required
to achieve the project and analyze how monitoring durations on
the critical path influence the success of the project.

3. Section 1 of your assignment must follow these formatting
requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,
and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length.
Section 2: Project Plan
Use Microsoft Project to:
Document all resources that would be required for this
project within the Resource Sheet form within the software.
List all the activities required for the project. Break down
the activities by the major milestones.
Enter the estimate of required durations, dependencies, and
assign resources for each activity.
Generate a Gantt chart that shows all of the project
deliverables, from beginning to end.

4. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Explain the planning process for software projects.
Develop a software project plan based on IEEE 1058 to
solve a business problem.
Compare the planning techniques in software projects.
Explain and prepare project estimation plans.
Use technology and information resources to research issues
in IT Project Leadership Strategies.
Write clearly and concisely about topics related to IT Project
Leadership Strategies using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.