Ict A2 Topic 7

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Topic 7- Developing ICT Solutions. What is a project-? A project is a sequence of tasks, planned from beginning to end, bounded by time, resources and required results. * Specified objectives * Specified time period. * Specified budget * Project leader * Usually a team of staff created for life of a project. Factors that contribute to a successful project. Involvement of management and users in project- * The manager- should be involved throughout the project e.g. the design stage to oversee discussions and to make sure everything is going to plan, they should be involved so they can be informed at the progression of the project to find out the timescale and the budget to complete the project. * The End User- Involvement is important as managers, because they will be ones using the system. They need to be involved to see if their ideas and opinions are being taken on board and the end users being involved will give them some sense of ownership of the systems successful development. The end users play a crucial role in the analysis stage because they carry out the tasks day to day so they will be able to inform the developing team the features the new system should include to make the tasks easier to do. * Thorough analysis * Effective communications. * Effective team work. Having professional standards * Meet deadlines. * Milestones along the way are met too. * Stick to the budget( usually approved before) * Communicate with team members. * Test thoroughly Project management role to successful projects. * Monitoring- progress and adjusting schedules, talking with the team, using project monitoring software * Leadership of team. * Organising- meetings and availability of resources * Control of costs- keep with budget, cost each part of work * Reporting – project status to team,
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