CC7169NI – Software Project Management – Islington College

MAIN SIT COURSEWORK: Autumn Semester 2023 

Module Code: CC7169NI Module Title: Software Project Management Module Leader: Ms. Mona Nyachhyon (Islington College)

Coursework Type: Individual 

Coursework Weight: This coursework accounts for 50% of your total module grades. 

Submission Date: Week 10 

When Coursework is given out: 

Submission 

Instructions: 

Week 6 

Submit the following to Islington College RTE department before the due date: 

1. Soft Copy of the Report 

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sternly. 

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CC7169NI – Software Project Management 

Assignment 

You are a project manager working for a large software development firm working to expand their business by developing a new product which is expected to contribute to the growth of the company. 

InfoWeb Solutions Inc. 

InfoSoft Solutions Inc. is a fairly large multi-national company having its development centres in USA and Nepal. The administrative departments: Finance, Human Resources Management, and Marketing are based at the Corporate Office in Florida, USA. 

Development centre is in Nepal and has its local president along with a pool of Managers and other required Development Team members. 

Board 

Joseph Clinton Chief Executive Officer 

Kelvin Williams Chief Operating Officer 

Brad Kasper Chief Financial Officer 

Julia Stephenson Chief HR officer 

Kevin Wilson Chief Technology Officer 

Robert Howles President – USA 

Manish Thapa President – Nepal 

Alan Jones Director of Project Management 

Sunny Walsch Director of Marketing 

Each country, region has their own management, engineering team. The company is planning to add a new product “Mero Institute”, an online web Learning and Training Platform. 

Outline Requirements for Mero Institute (Online Learning and Training Platform) 

This training platform has several features to provide users with a satisfying training experience, with online as well as offline usages and feedback mechanism to continuously improve the training. 

Features provided by Mero Institute 

● Enroll in free or paid courses in different categories 

● Student and teacher interaction 

● Recommendation and feedback

Functional Requirements for Mero Institute 

Students can: 

● View and choose courses from multiple categories 

● Add a course in wish list and view the list 

● Buy a paid course 

● Join a free course 

● Search for courses 

● View Ongoing and Completed Courses 

● Watch videos within the course 

● Download videos, materials, and transcripts from a course 

● Offline viewing of downloaded materials 

● Take tests 

● Submit assignments 

● Post in the course forum and reply in others’ posts 

● Provide feedback on the course and recommend course to a friend Trainers can: 

● Create and edit course content 

● Upload videos and materials in a course 

● Create forums 

● Design tests 

System should: 

● Send email to relevant users upon posts and submissions 

Non-Functional Requirements 

● The platform’s website should handle 100,000 users at a time without affecting its performance 

● Maximum 5 seconds of response time 

● Disaster recovery

As a Project Manager you are required to carry out number of tasks as listed below. A Written Report (80%) 

Title page 

Table of contents 

1. Write a brief memorandum on the setting up of a Project Management Team. [10 Marks] 

2. Consider the various approaches and system/software development methods that might be appropriate for this particular firm and developing this particular system. Explain in outline two substantially different methods – and compare their suitability for this case. Make recommendations in relation to this specific case – giving a full rational. [10 Marks] 

3. In line with the Prince2 methodology, produce a RACI Matrix chart giving a clear insight into setup of your project team, the chart should clearly identify the champions and their roles in the project. Useful templates can be found on the Official PRINCE2 website. (Note: Keeping in mind the case study, you are free to make assumptions when setting up your team members and their role). [8 Marks] 

4. Produce an outline plan for the development on the basis of your chosen system development method or methodology with justification of plan following the selected methodology. [7 Marks] 

5. Using relevant PRINCE2 templates produce a Project Brief which provides a foundation for the initiation of the project. Useful templates can be found via the Official PRINCE2 website. [20 Marks] 

6. Outline the subsequent stages the work will go through – taking into account the requirements of PRINCE2 and your chosen System/Software Development method – and relating these to the specific case study scenario. [20 Marks] 

7. References/Bibliography. [5 Marks] 

B. Spoken Presentation (20%) 

Present an overview to the management based on the report and be prepared to answer questions. [20 Marks] 

The style and format of all documents and the presentation should take into account the intended reader/listener – i.e. they should be appropriate for the business context.

Presentation of Assignment 

Your name and student id number should be printed on the front page of the report (Format Provided at the end of this assessment). 

You may produce diagrams: 

● by hand; 

● using a Word Processing package or other drawing application; Provided that the diagrams are clear and easy to read. 

Long items of text should be word-processed