Project management assignment 2
Project management in action
Introduction
I have been recruited by a software development company as a trainee project manager and
have been asked to manage my first software development project and will be working
alongside Brunel University who is creating a library catalogue system. I will be doing this by
researching and evaluating two workable solutions to solve the IT problems. I will also be
identifying and evaluating the project risks and constraints and suggesting viable solutions to
control these risks. After that I will be creating a feasibility study of the hardware and software
needed for these solutions and how much it will cost for the library to implement.
List of problems
There are many problems that Brunel University’s library has, these are:
They are unable to store details of books in the library. These details include the book's
title, author, and genre in one place.
Student details can get lost as their details are stored on paper
When new books arrive, it is hard to add them to their system as it is on paper
Students are unable to look for books, reserve them, return, and borrow books
It is difficult to track fines as they are all on paper and details of fines can be lost
Difficult to know which books are past due as there is no system to check borrow and
return dates
Scope of the system
The scope of the system for the library is:
To store details of books in the library
To store student details so they do not get lost
To ensure librarians can find books easily
To allow students to find books, reserve, return and borrow them
To be able to track fines
To be able to see if a book borrowed is overdue
Key drivers
Problems Objectives Benefits
Unable to store details of To be able to store details of Details of books will
books in the library such as books in the library. be able to be stored
, book titles, author details Be able to store
and genres in one place. details much faster
which increases
efficiency
It will be easier to
store details which
will increase
productivity
Details of books will
be more organized so
people will be able to
find them more easily
Student details can get lost To be able to keep student Student details will be
as their details are stored on details secure. secure and will not
paper. get lost
Students will feel
secure that their
details are stored on a
secure system
Increases productivity
as librarians can
access the student
details on a system
rather than looking
for them
It is hard to add new books to For librarians to find and add Librarians will be able
the library system as the books easily. to add and find books
system is on paper more efficiently on
their system
It will be less time-
consuming for
librarians to find and
add books
The books will be
more organized as
librarians will be able
to access the books
more easily.
Students are unable to look To allow students to find Students will be able
for books, reserve them, books, reserve, return and to find, reserve,
return them, and borrow borrow them. return and borrow
them books at any time
Record of students
will show if anyone
Project management in action
Introduction
I have been recruited by a software development company as a trainee project manager and
have been asked to manage my first software development project and will be working
alongside Brunel University who is creating a library catalogue system. I will be doing this by
researching and evaluating two workable solutions to solve the IT problems. I will also be
identifying and evaluating the project risks and constraints and suggesting viable solutions to
control these risks. After that I will be creating a feasibility study of the hardware and software
needed for these solutions and how much it will cost for the library to implement.
List of problems
There are many problems that Brunel University’s library has, these are:
They are unable to store details of books in the library. These details include the book's
title, author, and genre in one place.
Student details can get lost as their details are stored on paper
When new books arrive, it is hard to add them to their system as it is on paper
Students are unable to look for books, reserve them, return, and borrow books
It is difficult to track fines as they are all on paper and details of fines can be lost
Difficult to know which books are past due as there is no system to check borrow and
return dates
Scope of the system
The scope of the system for the library is:
To store details of books in the library
To store student details so they do not get lost
To ensure librarians can find books easily
To allow students to find books, reserve, return and borrow them
To be able to track fines
To be able to see if a book borrowed is overdue
Key drivers
Problems Objectives Benefits
Unable to store details of To be able to store details of Details of books will
books in the library such as books in the library. be able to be stored
, book titles, author details Be able to store
and genres in one place. details much faster
which increases
efficiency
It will be easier to
store details which
will increase
productivity
Details of books will
be more organized so
people will be able to
find them more easily
Student details can get lost To be able to keep student Student details will be
as their details are stored on details secure. secure and will not
paper. get lost
Students will feel
secure that their
details are stored on a
secure system
Increases productivity
as librarians can
access the student
details on a system
rather than looking
for them
It is hard to add new books to For librarians to find and add Librarians will be able
the library system as the books easily. to add and find books
system is on paper more efficiently on
their system
It will be less time-
consuming for
librarians to find and
add books
The books will be
more organized as
librarians will be able
to access the books
more easily.
Students are unable to look To allow students to find Students will be able
for books, reserve them, books, reserve, return and to find, reserve,
return them, and borrow borrow them. return and borrow
them books at any time
Record of students
will show if anyone
