SCENARIO and OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT PLAN:

Objective:

1. In the role of IT Director of a large international university you aim to implement a Learning Management System (LMS) for the entire university. 
2. The University consists of 21 colleges and schools and several administrative units.
3. You will establish the strategic objectives, budgets, quality standards, technology considerations, administrative needs, content strategy, software development and rollout of the entire project.
4. This will be a huge game-changer for the entire business of the Instituition - because it will change all aspects of the business. 
5. It will be a major USP of the university, it will change the complete student lifecycle - enrollment, education, administrative tasks and tools.

-------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:

1. Complexity: COMPLEX Level
2. Task Items: <~200 / ~1 year
3. File Type: Ready
4. Domain: IT/Software
5. Project Management Phases: Execution & CONTROL, CLOSING
6. Key Concepts Learned [ADVANCED]: REVIEWING Project Schedule and Status, Project Execution (tracking and impacts), Reporting

-------------------------------------------------
NON FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

1. LMS capability: support upto 10,0000+ students, 500+ instructors and administrative staff
2. Availability: 99.999% uptime on campus (LAN); 99% online (internet)
3. Security: Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Encrypted student data
4. Social Media: Integration with Open Access framework, Open Badges
5. Accessibility: Compliance with W3C – Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
6. Integration (with existing systems): Student Information System (SIS), Accounting Software, Outlook Server

-------------------------------------------------
Project Plan Design/Philosophy

• Complete "soup-to-nuts" plan required. So you will start with defining the objectives
• Every phase should be reviewed, revised if necessary - and approvals sought
• You have decided upon "Waterfall" based development/implementation methodology
•  It has been already decided to go with Open Source tech stack (Moodle LMS has been finalized)
• Quality (Testing functions), non-functional requirements, documentation - are of great importance
• Engage Vendors wherever possible - both digital and otherwise - to minimize inhouse effort
• Launch iteratively to maximize "learnings"
• Migrate digital content that is available in SCORM format
• Handover to maintenance team should be done at the end

-------------------------------------------------
ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOU:

1. Basics: Review the basics of this project
2. Resources: Experiment with different resource costing - and its various impact to the project
3. Reports: Experiment with different reports on this project - various dashboards, inprogress reports, resource reports and cost reports
4. Project Tracking: Complete the project tracking to 100%
5. Monitoring: Analyze Critical Path in MS Project

-------------------------------------------------
The WBS / Task list

• A plan completed 100% has been given to you. See Assignments above that you have to look into. 
• Focus is on Project Execution (tracking and impacts), reporting