MANAGEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION - Artifact 2: Project Definition

     The project definition marks the starting point of a project. This document defines the goal and scope of the project as well as all other crucial aspects, such as the project team, budget, and timeline. The following example is a short version of such a document. The project plan detailing the timeline was submitted and approved separately.
Context
  • This project definition was created in February 2003 to kick off the development of a new course evaluation system.
  • The project was sponsored by the Office for Distributed and Distance Learning and managed by me under the supervision of Dr. B. Armstrong.
   
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Conditions
  • The web-based system was designed in order to replace an outdated method for providing course evaluations.
  • The target deadline of Fall 2003 was negotiated between my supervisor and the director of our unit.
Scope
  • The course evaluation application offers online ordering of course evaluation packets and online access to course evaluation reports to the faculty and administrators of the university.
  • For more information, please visit: http://assessmentservices.fsu.edu.
Role
  • I was the project manager and designer of the system and supervised two programmers who implemented the design.
  • In my role as project manager I created the project definition presented here.

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