Use Case: Project Progress Reports One of the biggest problems with project management is updating, monitoring, and communicating the progress of a project. How often should progress be updated? How often should progress reports be distributed? To whom should the progress reports be distributed? In what form should the progress reports be distributed? What software programs can or should be used? What is the security level of project progress? As part of developing the need in the initial investigation step in the systems development life cycles (SDLC) process, a constructive method is use case. Use case is a technique for capturing requirements with written scenarios in non-technical terminology that describe how a system interacts …show more content…
A use case for Generate and Distribute Project Progress Reports will summarize the actors tasks and goals. Generate and Distribute Project Progress Reports Use Case Diagram. Use Case General Description. The process to Generate and Distribute Project Progress Reports requires gathering information on progress of work accomplished, reviewing, analyzing and inputting the information into software by personnel reviewed for permission for input, generating progress reports, review of progress by management, review of distribution recipients of progress reports for security, and receipt of progress reports for review and comparison to the project schedule and goals. Use Case Actors, Tasks, and Goals. Ï Work accomplished by field personnel according to project schedule Ï Project Engineer gathers what and how much work progress has been accomplished from field engineers and work foreman on a daily basis Ï Project Engineer reviews, analyzes, inputs relevant progress information on a daily basis into scheduling program and into financial software Ï Information technology system personnel periodically reviews input permissions Ï Project Engineer generates Gantt Chart and Goal Comparison reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis Ï Project Manager reviews and analyzes Gantt Chart and Goal Comparison reports for adherence to schedule and financial goals on a monthly basis. When necessary, questions and/or revision requests are sent to
The major purpose of the Project Closure Report is to inform the stakeholders as to why the project is closing; is it complete or not; has the budget been expended; did it fail or was it terminated for other reasons? The closure report can efficiently cover the information that is pertinent to the Project Sponsor and the Project Manager without being long and drawn out with excessive details.
The deliverable for Part 1 is a written proposal for the project selection criteria and a high level description of a proposed portfolio management process. You may also be expected to make an informal presentation of the report in class.
| Manage the project and contribute to the project requirements. Authorize any changes to the project. Oversee all project work as it relates to the project plan, budget, and schedule. Manage communications between all parties involved.
‘Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements’ (Project Management Institute, 2009, p12). Once a project has been approved a project manager is assigned to the project, and ‘is expected to integrate all aspects of the project, ensure that the proper knowledge and resources are available when they are needed, and ensure that the results are produced in a timely, cost-effective manner’ (Meredith and Mantel, 2010, p5). In order to allow this to happen there are several key aspects of a project which need to be carefully thought out and controlled.
In scheduled summary include each and every week schedule even they have each month schedule. Milestone report should have date when report was created, statues of component, who is responsible person he/she can make each component and general component. They include sign-in, sign-off of design.
In order to keep our staff and team members updated on the project progress and timelines we will be utilizing Microsoft Project software. We will also designate a project team member to handle all questions any of our staff may have.
Assist the project managers in meeting their project’s goals and deliver milestones within budget, time, and scope
This artifact was completed as a team assignment for the PMGT 614 course. The dashboard report serves as evidence of work performance report during the monitor and control process
The contractor shall document monthly progress of tasks and deliverables. These reports will be established by the contractor and government within the first week of award. The monthly progress reports will document contractor performance and deliverable schedule, due on the 15th of each month after the award, will be reviewed and accepted by the COR. The status reports contain the following as applicable:
While projects can be similar in some instances, no two projects are ever the same. For this reason, management of projects requires the application of tools and techniques to meet the goals of the temporary endeavor. Project managers apply these tools and techniques to determine what is required for project delivery such as the list of activities to completed, the time required to complete the activities, resources needed and the various risks associated with the deliverable and efforts. A multitude of tools and techniques are employed by the project manager based on the need of the effort to organize, identify and communicate the various aspects of the project. While in contrast, the repetitive nature of operations activities
It is clear to see that throughout the project the tasks and progress were monitored very closely. The project is heavily dependent on the resources provided by its shareholders and in turn they rely on regular updates to reassure them on their investment. In the construction and building industry the methods and application of project management tools are very reliable and well tested. Therefore, it could benefit the project if the it was managed with detailed and defined practises and also follow standards set and agreed upon on a international level.
We will submit weekly milestone reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The milestone repost for the project will base on information in the Gantt chart. An agenda for the project team meeting will develop to work through some of the challenges while facing in executing the project. Update the scope of the project while having some changes in the executing phase. We will develop detailed lists of assumptions and questions that all the project team has related to the new scope of the project.
Project Manager is responsible for performance measurement which includes finding variances between planned and actual work, cost and schedule. The project manager assigns the tasks to the team members and they follow the required course of action. The project manager provides the status reports to all the vital stakeholders in order to provide visibility. The Stakeholders review the metrics and variance and initiate necessary steps for the variances determined in order to complete the project within budget and time.
• who will be responsible for planning and management of project operations as well as the roles of other bodies and organizations associated with the project