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What Is The Verizon Billing System

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INTRODUCTION Currently, Verizon Wireless has two major billing systems: I2K and VISION. In accordance with the strategic goals of the company and taking into consideration the corporate vision and credo, The executive management decided that having one billing system would be congruent with the objectives of the organization as a whole and the IT group in particular. After several months of deliberation, using techniques such as brainstorming, receiving expert opinions of SME (Subject matter experts) and taking into consideration the Payback period and ROI (return on Investment) it was decided that the I2K customers would be converted into the VISION billing system. There will be 20 million customers that will be converted with the data …show more content…

A statement of Work (SOW) and work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is identified, which includes a hierarchical set of phases, activities and tasks that needs to be performed. After the WBS has been agreed, an assessment of the effort required to undertake the activities and tasks is made. The activities and tasks are sequenced, resources are allocated and a detailed project schedule is formed. This project schedule will become the primary tool for the Project Manager to assess the progress of the project. In estimating timeframes the Critical Path Method (CPM) will be used. The Critical Path is the chain of activities that links the start to the finish of the project, and for which any delay will cause the project to be delayed by the same amount of time. 2. Develop Resource Plan We will allocate the resources required to undertake each of the activities and tasks within the Project Plan. As it is estimated that an additional 20 head-count will need to be hired for this project and a server farm (5 Servers) need to be purchased for the new platform, a detailed resource assessment is required to identify the resource needed. A schedule for each type of resource will ensure that the resource can be assessed at each stage in the project. 3. Develop Financial Plan With a proposed budget of $5M, a Financial Plan is prepared to identify the quantity of money required for each stage in the project. The total cost of

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