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Tempting Templates

5/06/2003. Tempting Templates - Final Report. 2. Project Purpose. Prof. Schwalbe is writing the 3rd edition of Information Technology Project ManagementShe is adding a new appendix that will reference various templates available for project managers to use.ObjectivesSearch for project management

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Tempting Templates

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    1. Tempting Templates Final Project Presentation

    2. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 2 Project Purpose Prof. Schwalbe is writing the 3rd edition of Information Technology Project Management She is adding a new appendix that will reference various templates available for project managers to use. Objectives Search for project management templates from the Internet and/or literature. Provide an organized list of templates grouped by web site, process group, and knowledge area. Provide a qualitative evaluation of web sites. Provide recommendations for the list of templates to be included in the appendix.

    3. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 3 Research Activities Three Phase Approach Search for Web Sites Team members assigned different search engines Obtain a list of web sites that provide (free) project management templates Organize the list by number and cost of templates found Gather Template Information Team members assigned different web sites Collect detailed information on each free template Organize the list of templates by web site, process group and knowledge area Adjust the plan to meet sponsor’s needs Present results and receive feedback from sponsor. Adjust the plan to meet sponsor’s needs.

    4. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 4 Template Distribution by Process Group and Knowledge Area

    5. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 5 Additional Templates Not Used In The Author First Draft

    6. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 6 Top Ten Web Sites

    7. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 7 Project Success Project success as defined in our scope statement: “The project will be deemed successful if the project is completed by 4/29/03, the PM Template Report is delivered to Kathy Schwalbe and some of the report content is included in the 3rd edition of her book.” Sponsor feedback: “I think your team did a great job on the project. The results of your research will be used by a lot of people. My reviewers really liked the new appendix with the templates.” Objectives were attained, the project was a success!

    8. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 8 Milestones

    9. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 9 Project Management Tools MS Project Used for Time, Cost, Scope, Human Resource management. Very helpful tool. Allowed us to be effective team members. Has more functionality than required for a project of this size. Communications Web page, E-mail, Instant Messenger, Teleconferencing Effective communication tools for our virtual team.

    10. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 10 Earned Value Analysis (chart on next page) Saved project baseline at beginning of project. Assumed $30/hour labor rate for all team members. Earned value chart shows us on-time and slightly over-budget. Our mid-semester review showed us going over-budget. We adjusted by refining the original project scope and by using free slack built into the original schedule.

    11. 5/06/2003 Tempting Templates - Final Report 11

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