IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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The topic in brief

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Urgency : 24 to 48 hours

No. of Pages/Wordcount 11 page(s)/3025 Words

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Detailed Description/Explanation Case Study: White Pig Consulting

White Pig Consulting Ltd is a group of twenty-five consultants specialising in strategic

planning, financial planning, change management and corporate governance. The group has

been operating from their Nicosia offices in Ermou Street for over forty years and is a highly

respected company with a long list of important clients. The company is now headed by

Richard Goldbury after the recent retirement of Edward Corcoran. Under Mr.Corcoran the

company operated the way it had for the last forty years: by using manual systems, a typing

pool and lots of filing cabinets. Mr.Goldbury is determined to bring things up to date and has

just purchased Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones for all consultants. He has engaged your

company, Information Systems Implementation Services, to install a new information system.

As the newly appointed Project Manager it will be your job to plan and then implement this

project. Mr.Goldbury has requested that the project be complete and operational by 1st June.

Project Requirements White Pig Consulting Ltd have the following information system

requirements at this time:

•Install a network of computers in each professional and administrative office. The

network operating system should be Microsoft.

•Mr. Goldbury does not know much about computers but thinks that PCs running Windows

10 Professional would be appropriate. He is keen that only ‘the best’ machines be used and

has requested that you supply only IBM computers and HP printers. There are twentyfive consultants (including Mr. Goldbury) and ten assistants (each of whom will need a

computer). The administrative office is to be re-organized(after most of the ten typists are

retrenched) and will have a total of five administrative staff.

Mr. Goldbury thinks that each of these staff should have their own computer. Each of the

con-sultants (and assistants) will also need their own (small) laser printer. The

administrative office will require two larger, faster laser printers with several paper trays.

The building in which Paramount are housed is quite old, but provision can be made for

network cables in the ceiling. There is no room suitable for a network server but Mr.

Goldbury will authorize some building work to convert a storeroom for this purpose.

•Install Microsoft Office XP (Professional) software on all computers.

•Install broadband Internet access (via Fiber cable) and ensure all computers in the network

have Internet access.

•A set of Excel VBA spreadsheets macrosto make up the information system that will be used

by the consultants in planning their work. Mr Goldbury has detailed the requirements

here and you will write these macros in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

•Install a new accounting system using MYOB. Access to this system should be available

to two administrative staff to send invoices, enter payments and print accounting

reports.

•Create a simple Web page advertising the company’s presence.

•Most consultants often work from the premises of their clients and, although they try

to take all relevant documentation with them, sometimes need additional files from the

office. The system should al Tatnall & Reyes 165 low them to download these files while

‘on the road’, using Internet access via a laptop. Purchase five Bluetooth enabled laptop

computers (IBM) and set up connections to the mobile phone of each con-sultant. Set up

access, via the Internet, to relevant files in the office.

Assignment 1b (The Project Plan)

You should ensure that your project has no over-allocated resources, or dangling tasks.

Before submission you should save the project with a baseline.

You should include:

• A letter and firm quotation to White Pig Consulting Ltd. This letter should

summarise the important items in the budget and schedule, and indicate any

important dates – such as when cabling work is to occur, when training is planned

and when the project is to be completed. It should, however, include only

information that is relevant to White Pig Consulting Ltd, and be expressed in a form

that will be readily understood.

• A memo to your boss, the Director, including: table of contents and executive

summary, a list of any assumptions you have made, and any special requirements

for the project, a detailed Gantt chart showing the critical path, with a baseline

project schedule, a Network diagram (PERT chart) with no dangling tasks: that is,

every task should be on a path from the first to last task, a Microsoft Project

summary report, a series of other reports showing detailed costing, and resource

usage.

• Do you agree with the idea of Mr. Goldbury? What will you change in order to

update the office?

Discussion  (Chapter 11): Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses.

C++ USE TEMPLATE BELOW!

PROBLEM:

You run four computer labs. Each lab contains computer stations that are numbered as shown in the table below:

Lab Number

Computer Station Numbers

1

1–5

2

1–6

3

1–4

4

1–3

Each user has a unique five-digit ID number. Whenever a user logs on, the user’s ID, lab number, and the computer station number are transmitted to your system. For example, if user 49193 logs onto station 2 in lab 3, then your system receives (49193, 2, 3) as input data. Similarly, when a user logs off a station, then your system receives the lab number and computer station number.

Write a computer program that could be used to track, by lab, which user is logged onto which computer. For example, if user 49193 is logged into station 2 in lab 3 and user 99577 is logged into station 1 of lab 4, then your system might display the following:

Lab Number Computer Stations

1          1: empty 2: empty 3: empty 4: empty 5: empty

2          1: empty 2: empty 3: empty 4: empty 5: empty 6: empty

3          1: empty 2: 49193 3: empty 4: empty

4          1: 99577 2: empty 3: empty

Create a menu that allows the administrator to simulate the transmission of information by manually typing in the login or logoff data. Whenever someone logs in or out, the display should be updated. Also write a search option so that the administrator can type in a user ID and the system will output what lab and station number that user is logged into, or “None” if the user ID is not logged into any computer station.

You should use a fixed array of length 4 for the labs. Each array entry points to a dynamic array that stores the user login information for each respective computer station.

The structure is shown in the figure below. This structure is sometimes called a ragged array since the columns are of unequal length.

TEMPLATE:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

// Type definition
typedef int* IntPtr;

// Constants
const int NUMLABS = 4;

// Function prototypes
void createArrays(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[]);
void freeArrays(IntPtr labs[]);
void showLabs(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[]);
void login(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[]);
void logoff(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[]);
void search(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[]);

// ======================
// createArrays:
// Creates the dynamic arrays for the labs.
// The first array is the array of labs,
// The second array contains the size (or number of computers)
// we will put in each lab. This dictates the size of the dynamic
// array.
// ======================
void createArrays(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[])
{
   //Compelete the function
}

// ======================
// freeArrays:
// Releases memory we allocated with “new”.
// ======================
void freeArrays(IntPtr labs[])
{
   //Compelete the function
}

// ======================
// showLabs:
// Displays the status of all labs (who is logged into which computer).
// ======================
void showLabs(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[])
{
   //Compelete the function
}

// ======================
// login:
// Simulates a user login by asking for the login info from
// the console.
// ======================
void login(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[])
{
   //Compelete the function
}

// ======================
// logoff:
// Searches through the arrays for the input user ID and if found
// logs that user out.
// ======================
void logoff(IntPtr labs[], int labsizes[])
{
   //Compelete the function
}

After reading the related articles, explain whether you believe the 7-layer model is a complete and perfect representation of the way in which networks must be constructed. If you believe the model is a complete representation, support your position. If you believe the model could be improved upon, as suggested in the assigned reading, describe the new model and support your position. You may even have a different model in mind than either the 7-layer or 10-layer models presented. If so, describe your new model and support your position. 

The title of your thread must reflect your opinion. If you agree that the model is complete and perfect “as is,” title your thread “Keep the 7-Layer OSI Model.” If you believe the model could be improved upon, title your thread “Change the 7-Layer OSI Model.” In either case, support your position with 2 references. One reference may be the Bible. If you choose to support the 10-layer model in the assigned reading, your other reference may be the assigned article. Feel free to include as many references as needed. Note that, due to the nature of this topic, your references do not need to come from peer-reviewed journals. Much valuable information can be obtained from other sources, such as cisco.com, technet.com, etc.

Your thread must be at least 300 words and contain 2 references.

 This coursework is worth 20% of the total module mark. Submission details: 1. Compile your answers to Problem 1, Problem 2 in a report, and submit it as a softcopy to the module’s Moodle website. Your report must be typed and the font size used must be 11 or greater. 2. Submit the SIMUL8 file from Problem 2, part b) in *.S8 format on the module‘s Moodle website. Please use your student ID number as your report and *.S8 file name (e.g. 351363.S8). Do not mention your name anywhere in your submissions. This is an individual assignment. Plagiarism or copying is not permitted and any offence will be dealt with under the University procedures. Throughout this assignment please use the following constants: u = The first two digits of your student ID number v = The third and fourth digits of your student ID number w = The final two digits of your student ID number (e.g. A student ID number 351363 gives u = 35, v = 13, w = 6