Team 13 Darius Zakeri – Quality/Consistency Control Officer Esther Quintero – Secretary/Presentation Leader Justus Karban – Project Leader Matt McCloy – Web Master Tariq Jabbar – Editor /Project Advisor

Project Goals Research project management solutions available in the market. Find the appropriate solution for practical cases Show relationship between cases needs and tools

Dimensions Matrix DimensionsDescriptions Resource Management Resource Management Human Equipment Time Cost Estimation System Requirements Platform: The operating system that the system can perform on (example Windows, Mac, Linux). Platform type single and multiple. Hardware: physical requirements such as hard drive space and amount of memory. Installation/access: How and where the software is installed. Types of installations stand alone, server based, web portal. Support 24/7 or restricted schedules Online or web help Built-in Help i.e. MS Office On location assistance Training on-site/off-site Collaboration Group Size: The number of users that software supports list Revision Control Charting Document versioning Document retention Document sharing Document repository Evaluation and survey

Use case # 1 description User Jared Dryer Equity Financial Exchange Company Size: 400 Regulatory Division Trading activity on the exchange to comply with Equity Exchange rules and regulations. Collaborating with his development team Confidential, access control is a priority, they prefer to have a client server type application. Interoperable with MS office.

Requirements description Must have Project Tracking Resource Management Access Control Server/Client File/Document Sharing Nice to have Evaluation Tools Document Repository

Solution Based on the previous analysis the solution must match the following criteria according to the user needs: Proprietary Web Based Server/Client capable ASP module (web access) Issue Tracking Issue and request tracking Collaboration Tools Projects with multi-nested tasks Portfolio Management Resource Management Provides users with complete task schedule Detailed statistics and reports Document Management Team members can share files notifications in real time Message boards

Use case # 2 description Paul Roberts Project Manager Swift IT Consulting Company Size: 500 employees Locate and implement software to improve the ability for teams in our two locations to collaborate and manage projects. Paul manages 6 projects managers working in two different locations. The software has to be able to track, import, and change resources such as humans, equipment, and time. Software has to interact with their current environment

Requirements description Must to have Synchronous connection Supports groups large and small 24/7 support Run on or interact with Windows Server or web based Document Sharing Nice To Have Onsite support Training Multilingual interface Document Repository Budgeting capabilities Voice and data communications

Based on the previous analysis the solution must match the following criteria according to the user needs: Proprietary Web based solution It can be integrated with many other types of software including: Outlook, Sales Force, SAP, People Soft, and Oracle financial. Issue Tracking Trends and projections to avoid possible issues Collaboration Tools Scheduling resources on prioritized projects Resources pools to better utilization of capabilities. Multilingual Portfolio Management Planning schedules projects by priority determining earliest start date for each project within the portfolio. Resource Management Current vs planned costs to indicate performance. Evaluation of estimated value, costs, risks, and alignment to strategic and financial goals. Document Management Document Storage Automatic Notifications

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