You are the project manager for the POQ Organization and you're working with Sam, the

business analyst for your organization. Your company traditionally sells running shoes through

your retail stores, but a new approach will allow customers to access your inventory and order

your shoes online. Sam reports that he has captured the requirements from the project

stakeholders and they've approved his final documentation of the requirements. The stakeholders

are excited about this new project, which will create software for their online web presence.

Your project must create a web site that meshes with your existing colors, brands, and feel of the

POQ organization. The web site will allow users to access an online catalog of running shoes,

keep a history of shoes they've ordered in the past, and purchase shoes from the online store. The

web site should be secure, should calculate shipping costs, and should recommend related items

to the customer based on what they've added to their shopping carts.

Management has approved the requirements with the demand that the solution not cost more than

$75,000 and must be done within three months. Sam also tells you that some of the retailers are

concerned that people will just order the shoes online rather than visit their locations. You need

to create monthly calendar for each shoe retailer in your company that encourages people to

visit the stores in addition to your online presence.

To help you write the project scope, answer these questions based on the POQ Organization's

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1. What is the primary goal of this project?

 2. What are some characteristics of the product scope?

 3. What are the primary deliverables of the project?

 4. What type of constraints will this project need to plan for?

 5. What assumptions are in the scenario?

 6. What elements could become part of the project scope that wouldn't necessarily be part of the product scope?

 7. What conditions must be true for this project to be considered done?

 8. What type of skills would you need on your project team to help create this project scope?

 9. What additional information would you need from Sam in order to write the project scope?

 10. Are there any initial risks that you see in the project?

 

Answer:

1. The goal is to allow customers to access the organizations inventory and make orders of the shoes online.

2. The website will have an interface that allows customers to view available products.

The website will allow customers to make orders online.

The website must keep history of all ordered products and the products that have been purchased.

The website should have security controls and be able to do shipping costs calculations and thereafter give recommendations on to customers regarding the items that they have purchased.

3. A website that allows online access of the organizations' inventory and purchase of products which is shoes in this case.

The customers can review the orders and purchases that they have made in the past.

Secure website that is able to do calculations on shipping costs and do recommendations to customers based on what has been added to their carts.

4. Business and technical constraints.

Constraints like:

Few customers coming to the business physically

 Usage of the site by the customers will arise.

The budget schedule will be a problem if cheap labor is not found.

5. It is hypothesized that customers will be okay with using online websites, that customers wil know how to use the website comfortably, that the website will be secure and no customers will be lost because of the website, instead there might be an improvement in sales.

That all resources will be found, labor will be cheap and available, stakeholders will cooperate, team members have skills that equipment is available and usable and that suppliers will supply all materials.

6. Adding more money to the budget, adding more skilled labor, adding more time to construct the website and adding suppliers of materials.

7. The website must be accepted by the stakeholders.

The website must meet the functionality requirements like security, access to online inventory, online order, purchase, review of past and current orders and purchases.

The budget should not exceed 75000.

8. I would need: database skills like sql language skills, php language skills, JavaScript, html and css skills, I would also need to know server skills, like xamp and mamp and some hosting skills for cloud and online access.

9. I would need the overall description of the project and all inclusions to be added and what to be excluded from the project.

10. The budget schedule is a risk as not all may go as planned regarding no costs are guaranteed, scope may not be well defined, changes may occur and may not be well handled, resources like team human and time shortfalls, architecture misunderstandings, miscommunication by members, stakeholders cooperation.