PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT
Project Cost and Schedule Control PM592
Instructor: Prof. Anoop Grover
Submitted by
Keerthi Kadam
Date: September 09, 2011
Keller Graduate School of Management
BACKGROUND/ PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The IT team has developed a problem solving website for people who can discuss problems and get a solution. The purpose of this website is- a platform for people who are seeking help and to those people who can help. People can use this website to post questions by choosing category from various lists that are available. Any individual who has a solution to a problem can reply to the question and get in touch with the problem seeker to resolve it. In addition, there is a “ask a professional” tab where a professional can answer questions. This website will not work as a forum where people can make multiple posts, instead it will work as a problem solving website. The website will work from community to global level.
As this website will be a work in progress, there will be many enhancements that will be done from time to time. Therefore, we will also do a gap analysis which will determine where the project is and where the project will be after 5 years.
PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
To make the website more appealing in terms of design, user-friendliness, and increase sign ups to 10,000 users and generate revenue of $100,000 within 6 months at a cost not to exceed $100,000 while using the existing team of 2 developers + 1 Database Administrator and adding not more than 3 more programmers and a Marketing & Sales team of 5 people.
DELIVERABLES o Revamp the design of the website o Build a revenue model o Online marketing/ site optimization/ advertisement o Partnerships/ Collaborations/ Affiliations with other websites o Leveraging social media- Facebook/ Twitter/ Linkedin/ Youtube o Brand building o Gap Analysis showing where dolphinsim.com will be after 5 years from now
MILESTONES o Complete the design by Sep 30th 2011 o Website architecture by Oct 31st 2011 o Conceptualize a revenue model by Nov 30th 2011 o Partnerships that help in getting more traction by Dec 31st 2011 o Press releases by Jan 31st 2012 o Reaching out to100 major universities across the US to spread the word out by Feb 29th 2011 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS o Browser compatibility o Testing/ reporting/ fixing bugs o Search Engine Optimization o Plug-ins o Web security- Secure Sockets Layer (256 bit/ 128 bit encryption) o Develop site map o Database server LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS o Risks involved/ flagging problems/ spam o Content issues, standard/ spell checks/ grammar- there are many errors that need to be taken care of. o Maintenance/ Support o Good programmers o Pushing Sales target o Bugs 