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Contents
1 Preparation of WBS appropriately .......................................................................................... 1
2 Preparation of Network Diagram accurately. Mark EST, EFT, LST, LFT and Slack for each
node in the diagram......................................................................................................................... 4
3 Preparation of responsibility matrix appropriately................................................................ 10
4 Critical preparation of project budget and cost distribution plan. Use of EST for accurate
cost planning is a key concern ........................................................................................................ 7
5 Critical preparation of a sound quality management plan. Use appropriate quality planning,
quality assuring and quality controlling techniques...................................................................... 12
6 Preparation of risk management plan. Identification, assessment and mitigation plan for
identified risks with required detail level...................................................................................... 14
7 Preparation of a strong communication plan to ensure smooth functioning of the project... 15
7.1 And also the coverage of stakeholder management in the communication plan ........... 16
Abstract
This project is related to installation of a new call tracker system to an organization. The main
phases of the project are Planning of the system, Supplier side activities, Testing and accepting
the system, Implement the new call tracking system in production, Employee training on the
system, System conversion activities, Addition user training activities, Launch and usage of the
system etc. Then, some risks related to the project have been identified as Risk of employee
resistance to the new system and Possible software errors of the system. To mitigate the risks, a
plan to educate the employees on adaptation of the new system is required and QA or quality
assurance on the new system needs to be purloined by an independent IT consulting firm.
1 Preparation of WBS
First, list of activities and sub activities regarding the call tracking system can be developed as
follows.
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1. Planning of the system
1.1 Determination of weaknesses in the current system
1.2 Determine the required features of the proposed system
1.3 Finalize the project plan
2. Supplier side activities
2.1 Selection of the supplier
2.2 Discuss and finalize the price and other details
2.3 Make the order
3. Testing and accepting the system
3.1 Checking the system trial by the top management and selected employees
3.2 Send the feedback and asked to make changes
3.3 Make the payment and purchase the final system
4. Implement the new call tracking system in production
4.1 Install the software and other services to the computers of the company
4.2 Arrange the hardware of the severs and computers for compatible with the tracker
5. Training of employees related to system use
5.1 Develop the plan of training all users of the system and get is approved from the top
management
5.2 Give the training of the software and manuals (and other written guidelines) to
customer service
5.3 Give the training of the software and manuals (and other written guidelines) to
operations group
6. Process of System conversion
6.1 Performing turnovers to operation of company
6.2 collecting documents and other information from the customer service department in
the form of stories and narratives
6.3 Designing the system attributes and present it in the form of flow charts
6.4 Converting the existing data to the new system data
7. User training in advanced terms
7.1 Training the users regarding to system usage
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7.2 Training the customer services persons to meet the metrics and goals
7.3 Regarding trouble shooting, training the users in the customer services and IT
department
8. Launching and start using the system
8.1 Obtaining information on feasibility of the system to use as the primary call tracker
from now
8.2 Start using the system as the primary call tracker
8.3 Send the weekly feedback reports to the top management
(Bhatia and Hilal, 2012; Zehr et al., 2014; Alam, 2017; Ganorkar, 2020).
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Alpha Call Tracking System
1. Planning of
the system
2. Supplier
side activities
3. Testing and
accepting the
system
4. Implement
the new call
tracking system
in production
5. Employee
training on the
system
6. System conversion
activities
7. Addition user
training activities
8. Launch and usage of the system
1.1
Determination of
weaknesses in the
current system
2.1
Selection of
the supplier
3.1
Checking the
system trial by
the top
management
and selected
employees
4.1 Install the
software and
other services to
the computers of
the company
5.1 Develop the
plan of training all
users of the system
and get is approved
from the top
management
6.1 Performing turnovers
to operation of company
7.1 Training the users
regarding to system
usage
8.1 Obtaining information on feasibility
of the system to use as the primary call
tracker from now
1.2 Determine
the required
features of the
proposed system
2.2
Discuss and
finalize the
price and other
details
3.2 Send
the feedback
and asked to
make changes
4.2 Arrange the
hardware of the
severs and
computers for
compatible with
the tracker
5.2 Give the
training of the
software and
manuals (and other
written guidelines)
to customer service
6.2 collecting documents
and other information from
the customer service
department in the form of
stories and narratives
7.2 Training the
customer services
persons to meet the
metrics and goals
8.2 Start using the system as the primary
call tracker
1.3 Finalize
the project plan
2.3 Make
the order
3.3 Make
the payment
and purchase
the final system
5.3 Give the
training of the
software and
manuals (and other
written guidelines)
to operations group
6.3 Designing the system
attributes and present it in
the form of flow charts
7.3 Regarding trouble
shooting, training the
users in the customer
services and IT
department
8.3 Send the weekly feedback reports to
the top management
(Bhatia and Hilal,
2012; Zehr et al.,
2014; Alam,
2017; Ganorkar,
2020)
6.4 Converting the existing
data to the new system
data
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2 Preparation of Network Diagram accurately.
For each activity, time and predecessors can be determined as follows.
Activity
Time in
days
Predec
essor
1.1 Determination of weaknesses in the current system 5
1.2 Determine the required features of the proposed system 5 1.1
1.3 Finalize the project plan 5 1.2
2.1 Selection of the supplier 10 1.3
2.2 Discuss and finalize the price and other details 6 2.1
2.3 Make the order 2 2.2
3.1 Checking the system trial by the top management and selected
employees 15 2.3
3.2 Send the feedback and asked to make changes 3 3.1
3.3 Make the payment and purchase the final system 3 3.2
4.1 Install the software and other services to the computers of the company 5 3.3
4.2 Arrange the hardware of the severs and computers for compatible with
the tracker 4 3.3
5.1 Develop the plan of training all users of the system and get is approved
from the top management 3 4.2
5.2 Give the training of the software and manuals (and other written
guidelines) to customer service 4 5.1
5.3 Give the training of the software and manuals (and other written
guidelines) to operations group 4 5.1
6.1 Performing turnovers to operation of company 2 5.3
6.2 collecting documents and other information from the customer service
department in the form of stories and narratives 5 5.3
6.3 Designing the system attributes and present it in the form of flow charts
4 5.3
6.4 Converting the existing data to the new system data 2 5.3
7.1 Training the users regarding to system usage 3 6.4
7.2 Training the customer services persons to meet the metrics and goals 3 6.4
7.3 Regarding trouble shooting, training the users in the customer services
and IT department 3 6.4
8.1 Obtaining information on feasibility of the system to use as the primary
call tracker from now 2 7.3
8.2 Start using the system as the primary call tracker
7 8.1
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8.3 Send the weekly feedback reports to the top management 7 8.1
(Bhatia and Hilal, 2012; Zehr et al., 2014; Alam, 2017; Ganorkar, 2020).
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Activity T P EST
Task
No.
EFT
1.1 5 LST Slack LFT
1.2 5 1.1
1.3 5 1.2
2.1 10 1.3
2.2 6 2.1 D 5 D 5 D 5 D 10 D 6 D 2 D 15
2.3 2 2.2 1 1.1 5 6 1.2 10 11 1.3 15 16 2.1
25
26 2.2
31
32 2.3 33 34 3.1 48
3.1 15 2.3 1 0 5 6 0 10 11 0 15 16 0 25 26 0 31 32 0 33 34 0 48
3.2 3 3.1
3.3 3 3.2
4.1 5 3.3
4.2 4 3.3
5.1 3 4.2
5.2 4 5.1
5.3 4 5.1
6.1 2 5.3
6.2 5 6.1
6.3 4 6.1
6.4 2 6.1
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7.1 3 6.4
7.2 3 7.1
7.3 3 7.1
8.1 2 7.3
8.2 7 8.1
8.3 7 8.1
D 3 D 3 D 5 D 4
49 3.2
51
52 3.3
54
55 4.1
59
63 5.2
66
49 0 51 52 0 54 55 0 59 63 0 66
D 4 D 3 D 4 D 2
55 4.2
58
60 5.1 62 63 5.3
66
67 6.1 68
56 1 59 60 0 62 63 0 66 67 0 68
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D 5
69 6.2
73
-5 -74 -1
D 4 D 3 D 3 D 7
69 6.3 72 73 7.1
75
76 7.2
78
81 8.2 87
69 0 72 73 0 75 76 0 78 81 0 87
D 2 D 3 D 2 D 7
69 6.4 70 76 7.3 78 79 8.1 80 81 8.3 87
71 2 72 76 0 78 79 0 80 81 0 87
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3 Preparation of responsibility matrix
Activity
Mar
ketin
g
mana
ger
Cust
omer
servi
ces
man
ager
IT
man
ager
Top
manag
ement
1.1 Determination of weaknesses in the current system R S
1.2 Determine the required features of the proposed system R S
1.3 Finalize the project plan R S
2.1 Selection of the supplier S S R
2.2 Discuss and finalize the price and other details S S R
2.3 Make the order S S R
3.1 Checking the system trial by the top management and
selected employees R S
3.2 Send the feedback and asked to make changes R S
3.3 Make the payment and purchase the final system R S
4.1 Install the software and other services to the computers of
the company S R
4.2 Arrange the hardware of the severs and computers for
compatible with the tracker S R
5.1 Develop the plan of training all users of the system and get
is approved from the top management S R
5.2 Give the training of the software and manuals (and other
written guidelines) to customer service S R
5.3 Give the training of the software and manuals (and other
written guidelines) to operations group S R
6.1 Performing turnovers to operation of company R
6.2 collecting documents and other information from the
customer service department in the form of stories and
narratives R
6.3 Designing the system attributes and present it in the form of
flow charts R
6.4 Converting the existing data to the new system data R R
7.1 Training the users regarding to system usage R
7.2 Training the customer services persons to meet the metrics
and goals R
7.3 Regarding trouble shooting, training the users in the
customer services and IT department R
8.1 Obtaining information on feasibility of the system to use as
the primary call tracker from now R
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8.2 Start using the system as the primary call tracker
R
8.3 Send the weekly feedback reports to the top management R R R R
(Upadhyay, 2013; Basheer, Hamid and Hasan, 2015; Kis and Alexandru, 2015; Iyama et al., 2019)
4 Critical preparation of project budget and cost distribution plan.
Activity
Time
in
days Total cost Cost of a day
1.1 Determination of weaknesses in the current system 5 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 5,000.00
1.2 Determine the required features of the proposed system 5 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 5,000.00
1.3 Finalize the project plan 5 Rs. 150,000.00 Rs. 30,000.00
2.1 Selection of the supplier 10 Rs. 50,000.00 Rs. 5,000.00
2.2 Discuss and finalize the price and other details 6 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 4,166.67
2.3 Make the order 2 Rs. 500,000.00 Rs. 250,000.00
3.1 Checking the system trial by the top management and
selected employees 15 Rs. 50,000.00 Rs. 3,333.33
3.2 Send the feedback and asked to make changes 3 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 8,333.33
3.3 Make the payment and purchase the final system 3 Rs. 1,500,000.00 Rs. 500,000.00
4.1 Install the software and other services to the computers
of the company 5 Rs. 50,000.00 Rs. 10,000.00
4.2 Arrange the hardware of the severs and computers for
compatible with the tracker 4 Rs. 50,000.00 Rs. 12,500.00
5.1 Develop the plan of training all users of the system and
get is approved from the top management 3 Rs. 100,000.00 Rs. 33,333.33
5.2 Give the training of the software and manuals (and
other written guidelines) to customer service
4 Rs. 100,000.00 Rs. 25,000.00
5.3 Give the training of the software and manuals (and
other written guidelines) to operations group
4 Rs. 100,000.00 Rs. 25,000.00
6.1 Performing turnovers to operation of company 2 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 12,500.00
6.2 collecting documents and other information from the
customer service department in the form of stories and
narratives 5 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 5,000.00
6.3 Designing the system attributes and present it in the
form of flow charts
4 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 6,250.00
6.4 Converting the existing data to the new system data 2 Rs. 60,000.00 Rs. 30,000.00
7.1 Training the users regarding to system usage 3 Rs. 30,000.00 Rs. 10,000.00
7.2 Training the customer services persons to meet the
metrics and goals 3 Rs. 30,000.00 Rs. 10,000.00
7.3 Regarding trouble shooting, training the users in the
customer services and IT department 3 Rs. 30,000.00 Rs. 10,000.00
8.1 Obtaining information on feasibility of the system to
use as the primary call tracker from now 2 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 12,500.00
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8.2 Start using the system as the primary call tracker
7 Rs. 25,000.00 Rs. 3,571.43
8.3 Send the weekly feedback reports to the top
management 7 Rs. 100,000.00 Rs. 14,285.71
Rs. 3,125,000.00
(Upadhyay, 2013; Basheer, Hamid and Hasan, 2015; Kis and Alexandru, 2015; Iyama et al.,
2019).
5 Critical preparation of a sound quality management plan.
Quality management should be applied to the whole project of adaptation of a new call tracking
system to the company. The planning of the quality, assurance of the quality and control of the
quality can be presented as follows. Using the industry quality standards, writer has presents the
quality plan as follows (S旦derlund, 2005; Radujkovic and Sjekavica, 2017; Wanqing, 2018;
Tengan, Aigbavboa and Thwala, 2021).
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Having a quality and completed project proposal and keeping the all records on the project is
essential to enhance the plan quality management. Data collection and analysis can be applied to
project quality as collecting feedback from the users and collecting industry details through other
competitors. Moreover, support of industry consultants can be adopted to make the accuracy of
the data high. Moreover, collective decision making can be applied to the project and ideas of all
employees should be obtained to make sound decisions on the project. Then, through meetings
and brainstorming sessions, suggestions of the employees can be obtained by the top
management. Finally, updating of the project documents is essential to the plan quality of the
project since having the relevant or real time information can lead to make accurate decisions
(S旦derlund, 2005; Radujkovic and Sjekavica, 2017; Wanqing, 2018; Tengan, Aigbavboa and
Thwala, 2021).
In the quality planning, metrics for measuring the quality and goals needs to be developed. Then,
during the project and after the completion of the project, metrics can be compared with the
actual data and difference can be denied. Then, for fulfill the quality gaps, recommendations and
actions needs to be decided by the project manager with the support of the top management
(Upadhyay, 2013; Kis and Alexandru, 2015; Wanqing, 2018; Tengan, Aigbavboa and Thwala,
2021).
Metris and targets for each main activity or main phase can be identified as follows.
Stage Quality metrics Goal or target
1. Planning of the system Completion of the project
proposal
Within the time prescribed
2. Supplier side activities Quality score of the suppliers
Value to money paid ratio of
the software purchased
90% or higher score
90% or higher score
3. Testing and accepting
the system
Acceptance ratio or
percentage which should be
decided by IT manager
90% or higher score
4. Implement the new call
tracking system in production
N/A N/A
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5. Employee training on
the system
Employee knowledge score
on the system
Employee performance score
on the system
90% or higher score
90% or higher score
6. System conversion
activities
Compatibility ratio of data
conversion
100% compatibility is
required.
7. Addition user training
activities
Employee knowledge score
on the system
Employee performance score
on the system
90% or higher score
90% or higher score
8. Launch and usage of the
system
Initial feedback score of the
system users
95% or higher score
6 Preparation of risk management plan.
First, connected risks can be identified as follows.
Risk of employee resistance to the new system when the organization is going to convert the
existing call tracking system to a new one, role of the employees can be changed and there can
be a fair risk of loosing jobs of employees since technology of today is advanced than the past
and automation becomes a key driver. Then, some employees may not interested in using the
new system as the call tracker (Huljenic, Desic and Matijasevic, 2005; Upadhyay, 2013;
Georgieva, 2015; Anantatmula, 2020).
Possible software errors of the system in any information system, there is a risk of occurring
errors, crashes and satiations where system is not responding. In a such situation, organization
will have to wait until the system gets restored.
Then, assessment and mitigation plan for the identified risks are as follows.
Risk Probability
(1-10)
Impact
(1-10)
Score Mitigation plan
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Risk of
employee
resistance to
the new system
2 4 8 A plan to educate the employees on
adaptation of the new system is required and
through motivation strategies such as
incentives and promotions, loyalty of the
employees to the current project can be
enhanced.
Possible
software errors
of the system
1 6 6 QA or quality assurance on the new system
needs to be purloined by an independent IT
consulting firm.
7 Preparation of a strong communication plan
Target audience Goals Tools Time scale
Top management To present the current
status of the project
and to communicate
issues related to the
project
Direct discussions,
meetings and emails
Every week of the
month after the
project completes
Employees To enhance the
employee loyally of
the project, to
enhance the
employee
engagement of the
project and to
enhance the
employee motivation
on the project
Direct discussions,
meetings and group
activities.
Every week of the
month after the
project completes
(S旦derlund, 2005; Basheer, Hamid and Hasan, 2015; Radujkovic and Sjekavica, 2017;
Anantatmula, 2020).
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7.1 stakeholder management
The project manager should responsible to adopt the stakeholder matrix and apply the different
communication methods to enhance the contribution of all stakeholders to the project
(S旦derlund, 2005; Basheer, Hamid and Hasan, 2015; Radujkovic and Sjekavica, 2017;
Anantatmula, 2020).
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