Development Of A Web Application For The Social Media Research Centre

Project Charter

Title of the project: Development of a Web Application for the Social Media Research Centre

Name of the project Manager: Insert your name

E-mail Id of the Project Manager: Insert your Email Address

Duration of the project: Three months are allocated for the completion of the project.

High level budget: The available budget for the project is 50000 AUD.

The main objectives for the project are:

Developing an efficient web application for the research centre.
The application should have a user friendly interface hence, it would help the people to connect to the social media research centre very efficiently.
The website should be able to provide various kinds of useful information to the people.
The website should also efficiently describe the organizational procedures of the social media research centre.
In addition to this, the project should also help the members of the research centre.
The project should also perform the tasks of completing the assigned tasks within the allocated time and budget efficiently.
In addition to this the project should enhance the overall functional strategies of the organization.
The research centre should be able to obtain various forms of information regarding the research projects and the programs of the centre.
In addition to this the website is being designed to enhance the reputation of the research centre.

Measurable Organizational Value

Impact in areas	Ranking
Financial	High
Strategy	Medium
Social	Low
Operational	High
Customer	High

Table 1: Areas of impact

Type	Value of the project
Better	The improvement in the project is done with the development off web application which is quite significant. The clients can get information about various projects, publications as well as research easily. With the help of web application the research centre can promote them.
Faster	The customer wants to enhance the efficiency of the system so that they can use the system properly for remaining in the connection of the research centre. In addition to this the staffs of the research centre would also be benefitted from the project as the website would make the communication procedures of the organization faster and smoother. Hence, this would enhance the overall reputation of the organization.
Cheaper	The web application must be developed within the estimated budget. If the project is completed within the allocated budget and at a cheap rate, then the surplus budget can be used for improving the other parts of the organization.
Do more	The organization must create new ways in so that they can promote their business. This would help the clients to get connected to the organization very easily. In addition to all this the website should also have various other functions which would help the people associated with it perform several multipurpose activities.

Table 2: Type of values

The appropriate metric for the project includes:

The allocated budget of the project is 50000 AUD. Hence the project must be completed within the allocated budget.

The project should be completed within a duration of three months.
The project should enhance the reputation of the research centre.
The project should be designed in a way so that it can promote the research centre.
All the updating and maintenance processes of the organization should be handled by the website very efficiently.
In addition to this the project should be completed within the allocated time and budget and according to the deliverables that were received by the project manager.

Acceptance Criteria

The acceptance criteria of the project is associated with the project meeting the required criteria of the organization. In the present situation the website should meet the criteria of the social media research centre. The requirements of the website should meet the requirements of the social media research centre. In addition to this the web application should work for promoting the social media research centre. In addition to this the website should also help the clients to be able to understand the functioning of the research centre. In addition 0t this, the project should be delivered within a span of three months and should also be completed within the allocated budget. The project manager has to sign off all the related documents for testing the website. David wright has to accept all the factors that are to be included such as, the involvement of the stakeholders, the IT requirements, the resources as well as needs of IT staffs and management.

Assumptions and Constraints

There are three main constraints that are required in the implementation of web application include:

Cost: The allocated budget of the project is 50000 AUD. The project should be completed within this allocated budget. No extra budget allocation can be done for the project.

Schedule: The allocated time for the completion of the project is 3 months. The project has to be completed within the allocated time. No extra time can be provided for the project to be completed.

Efficiency: The website increase the overall efficiency of the organization. It should increase the speed of the performance of the organization. In addition to this the system should also be scalable and flexible. In addition to this the system should also provide security of data to the clients and the associates.

Scope: The project should be completed within the estimated and the estimated time of the project. In addition to this, the project should perform all the tasks efficiently that is expected from it.

Project Objectives

Stakeholder List

Name of the stakeholder	Roles and Responsibilities
Sonia Reed (Application Manager)	The main role of the application manager is to manage and update the application regularly. In addition to this, the application manager should also look enhance the research and the publications methods of the organization with the website. In addition to this she is also responsible for the monitoring procedure of the website.
Bruce (Program manager)	The program manager manages the project development for the research centre. They should monitor and keep track of the programs that are being scheduled within the organization.
David Wright (Executive Officer)	The executive officer administers all the functions of the social media research centre. He should also keep in mind the mission and goals of the organizations. In addition to this he should also see to it that the overall procedures of the organization are carried out keeping in mind the objectives of the organization.
Insert your name (Project Manager)	The project manager manages the development of the web application for the research centre. The main responsibility of the project manager is to deliver the project on time and within the allocated budget. In addition to this the overall efficiency of the project is also to be monitored by the project manager.

Table 3: The Stakeholder List

Lessons Learned

The project needs to meet the requirements of the social media research centre efficiently. The websites should promote the research centre efficiently. In addition to this the website that is developed should have an efficient user interface so that the clients do not face any difficulties in accessing the website. The website should also be very effective for the staffs of the organization. The website should cover all the basic necessities of a typical website. In addition to this clients should be provided a scope where they can create an account and maintain and update their details. In addition to this the staffs of the organization should also be perform the same actions and also get the details about the clients and also the research programs. The website needs to maintain all these data efficiently and also it should provide security to the user data efficiently. So that the data of the clients are not leaked to the outsiders. The research data should also be protected efficiently by the website. In addition to all theses it should also be kept in mind that the allocated time and money are not be exceeded by the project.

Charter Sign Off

Stakeholder	Signature of the stakeholder	Comments
Executive Officer	David Wright	The project would increase the overall performance of the project. Hence, it would be very beneficial for the organization. The project would make the processes of the company faster and also increase the efficiency of the organization.
Program Manager	Bruce	The project would help the organization to enhance the program procedures. It would help to perform the research tasks of the organizations very efficiently. In would also help in promotion of the research centre. Hence, this would increase the overall reputation of the organization.
Project manger	Enter your name	The project is very efficient and necessary for the organization. This would enhance the overall performance of the organization.
Application Manager	Sonia Reed	The application would be very help to perform the operations of the IT sector very efficiently. It would help in data storing and updating methods of the organization.

Table 4: Charter Sign Off

Plan Purpose

The communication plan for Social Media research centre is provided below:

Identification of stakeholders	Information to be shared	Frequency of information exchange	Location of information exchange	purpose of communication	Mechanism of communication	Type of communication
Executive Officer	The Executive Officer should have knowledge about the various types of the procedures of the organization.	The information about the project should be provided to the Executive Officer on Monthly basis	The venue should be the Conference hall.	The main purpose of the communication is that the executive officer is would be having the information about the different sectors of the project. This would help the executive officer to monitor the overall procedures of the project.	An E-mail should be sent in which the venue and the date should be mentioned.	This type of communication is upward communication.
Project Manager	The activities that are performed during the project are discussed with the project manager and also the time and budget allocations are notified to the project manager.	The information about the project should be provided to the Executive Officer on Weekly basis	The venue should be the Conference hall.	The meetings would be helpful to make the project manager aware of the situation of the organization and also help them to make him aware of the budget and the time constrains of the organization. These would eliminate the risk of the project being incomplete and also the risk of the budget being exceeded than the estimated one.	A face to face conversation should be conducted with the project manager.	Lateral communication procedures can be followed for this purpose.
Program manager	The resources, budget and time required for developing the web application for the research centre is discussed with the project managers.	The information about the project should be provided to the Executive Officer on Weekly basis	The venue should be the Conference hall.	Proper communication with the program manager is very essential so that, he has knowledge of the overall procedures of the company and also the progress report of the project.	The communication process can be conducted both by an email conversation or a face to face conversation.	Lateral communication procedures can be followed for this purpose
Application manager	Information related with the research, project are required to be discussed with the application manager	The information about the project should be provided to the Executive Officer on Weekly basis	The venue should be the Conference hall.	This discussion would be helpful in updating all the important information related to research and also the publications in the website.	The conversations can take place with via an email.	Lateral communication procedures can be followed for this purpose
Team member	The progress of the project and problems related with the project are discussed properly with the team members.	The information about the project should be provided to the Executive Officer on Daily basis	The venue should be the Departmental hall.	This would help in identifying the risks that are related to the project and rectifying them efficiently.	Face to face conversations	Downward communication protocol is to followed for this purpose.

Table 5: Communication plan for the project development

The changes that are required in the project are provided in the table:

Changes required	Procedure of making changes	Impact
Proper management of resources	The resources are to be managed properly and should be allocated according to their time and scope of requirement.	It would help in completing the task within the allocated time and also prevent the use of extra money for the implementation of the project.
Additional features in the website.	Additional feature in the website are present for providing reviews to the documents that are present there on the website. In addition to this the website also should provide account creation and information updating facilities.	This would be very helpful for both the clients and the authorities as this would attract more clients to the organization and also help the client in having an idea about the organization from the website.
Connecting the web application with the social media	The web application is connected with the social media in order to advertise the research centre.	This helps in promoting the organization and also help in enhancing the reputation of the organization.

Meeting Agenda

Meetings	Objectives	Actions of the team members
Meetings for planning the project in between the team members are to be organized	The project plan is to be developed for implementation of the website of the organization.	The team members and the leaders would discuss the implementation of the project, identify the requirements and plan the project accordingly.
Meeting for discussing the progress of the project	In this meeting the overall progress of the project would be discussed. In addition to this the leftover budget and the time should also be discussed in with respect to the overall progress of the project.	The project manager would be provided with the information about the project by the team members of the project team.
Meetings for developing change management	The changes that would be required to be implemented in the project are discussed in this meeting.	The employees meet and discuss the various types of change that can be incorporated within the project.
Meetings for analysing the risks in the project	The meeting is held to analyse and identify the risk that are involved with the project and also proper risk management techniques are that can be implemented are discussed with the peers and the subordinates.	The team members would perform the task of informing about the system and also who be responsible for the analysing the system and informing their superiors about the risks that are involved with the implantation of the project so that the higher official can arrange for changes within the organization.

Table 7: Meeting Agenda table

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