Information Technology Project Management

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CIS498002VA016-1196-001 INFORMATION TECH. CAPSTONE WEEK 2 WEEK 2 DELIVERABLE 1 Show Course Menu CIS498002VA016-1196-001 (Information Tech. Capstone) Course Home Student Center Mobile Learn Lynda.com Announcements Email Gradebook Capstone Wiki Media Gallery Strayer Writing Standards Class Introductions Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 CIS Tutoring Supplemental Learning Week 2 Project Deliverable 1 Submission Click the link above to submit your assignment. Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Project Deliverable 1: Project Plan Inception Due Week 2 and worth 50 points This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a project introduction and a Gantt chart or project plan. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment for which it is written. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. You have been made the Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer (CIO / CTO) of an innovative e-Commerce start-up company that a venture capital group has funded.

The CEO has given you sixty (60) days to deliver an information technology project plan in anticipation of the company locating to a new facility. Since this is a start-up company, there is currently no building or technology infrastructure to support the business. All information technology (hardware and software) must be implemented in either a hosted solution, on-site solution or a hybrid model. The CEO is expecting you to integrate different technologies from different partners and incorporate industry best practices in connection with the development of technological systems. The new facility is a two-story stand-alone building. The company currently consists of ten (10) employees with revenues of $5 million but is expected to grow to thirty (30) employees with revenue of $30 million over the next two (2) years. Section 1: Project Introduction 1.Write a two to four (2-4) page project introduction that includes the following: a.Background information of the company. b.The type of business in which the company is involved. c.A description of the information systems that the company should have to support the business. The description should include the following: i.databases ii.systems analysis iii.security iv.networking v.computer infrastructure vi.human computer interaction vii.Web design d.The use of at least