(d) Software Development Project Plan – 4 page

The foundation of a software development project is the project plan. A good project manager will prepare a plan that is a roadmap for all the activities in the project. This plan will ensure all the members of the software development team understand their tasks and the due dates for these tasks. The plan will also account for the unknown by including a thorough risk analysis. For this assignment, you will be preparing a project plan for your Microsoft System Center Service Manager (SCSM). Because many of the steps in the plan have already taken place in previous assignments, your project plan will be largely a matter of documenting the steps, but this exercise will provide good practice in preparing these plans and should also help you understand what should be included. 

The project deliverables are:

• Table of Contents
• Project Plan
  • Prepare a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the project. Include time estimates for the activities.
  • Identify the major project milestones and deliverables.
  • Prepare a project timeline that reflects the tasks and milestones. The timeline should be represented as a Gantt chart and pasted into your document.
  • Identify the resources required for the project and prepare a resource usage analysis.
  • Include a discussion of the critical path for the project and evaluate the sensitivity of the critical path.
  • Prepare a risk analysis for the project. The risk analysis should identify key risk factors and mitigation strategies.

One client had indicated that they were interested in purchasing $35,500 worth of products. However, the client has not actually committed to the purchase.The bookkeeper may have made a mistake when computing cost of good sold. She included total production costs for 2011 and did not adjust ending inventory for the $35,500 worth of units left at the end of the year. The amount of ending inventory was determined using a physical count. Additional information for module 3:The company made a secondary offering of stock and raised an additional $250,000.The company had already paid $24,000 in dividends before deciding on the offering.The company now has cash to invest in a piece of raw land on which to build in the future. The investment takes place before year end. The cost of the land is $500,000, the downpayment is $50,000 and a note to the bank covers the rest.Nybrostrand Company31-Dec-11Trial Balance (accounts in alphabetical order)Debit CreditAccounts payable 67,000Accounts receivable 24,500Cash 16,700Common stock 10,000Depreciation expense 24,350Cost of goods sold 254,000Equipment (net of depreciation) 425,000Insurance 1,400Inventory 25,000Long-term debt 145,000Marketing 4,500Paid-in capital 90,000Property taxes 8,900Rent 18,000Retained earningsRevenues 456,000Salaries 67,500Utilities 6,700Total 876,550 768,000Prepare a balance sheet for the company in good format. Update the balance sheet for the changes to income in module 2 and also consider the effect of paying the dividend. You do not need to include the income statement.