Project Monitoring and Controlling

Project Monitoring and Controlling

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment

Collaborate with your team to complete the Monitoring and Controlling exercise for the Technology Refresh Project. Utilize Topic 2 CLC and your Topic 3 individual MS Project assignment collateral. Remember, you have been asked to refresh the GCU campus technology to include 300 desktop computers, 100 laptop computers, and 20 printers. Refer to the attached Topic 6 Project Resources Information document for assistance with the project.

Part 1:

Updated all initiation and planning tasks as being 100% complete and to Planned Values.

Part 2:

Review the Topic 6 project information file for Execution Actual durations and use the Mark on Track (Update Task) function.

procure hardware from suppliers

obtain software OS licenses

obtain software application licenses

setup test area

load software onto pilot machines

validate functionality

configure production hardware

deploy production hardware

load software to deployed hardware

validate startup on deployed hardware

perform OS testing

perform application testing

obtain formal sign-off from users

Accounting mistakes must be corrected

Project Manager: $85 per hour

Software Engineer: $65 per hour

What is the cost variance, schedule variance, cost performance index (CPI), and schedule performance index (SPI) and (TCPI) for the project?

Is the project ahead of schedule or behind schedule? Is the project under budget or over budget?

Use the CPI to calculate the estimate at completion (EAC) for this project. Is the project performing better or worse than planned?

Use the SPI to estimate how long it will take to finish this project.

Part 3:

As the project management team, you need to analyze the data from Parts 1 and 2 of the assignment to assess the following.

Are there issues that need to be escalated?

Is it acceptable to do nothing and simply proceed?

Should the project be terminated?

Based on your evaluation of the threats to the project, how should you proceed?

Based upon the results of the data review, develop a status report for your project sponsor.

This assignment uses a scoring guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.