Week 7 Assignment 3 Submission
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Assignment 3: Planning a Software Development Project
Due Week 7 and worth 90 points
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 organizations 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.
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:
Section 1 of your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Section 2: Project Plan
Use Microsoft Project to: