Examine possible hardware and software solutions for identified problems

Prepare the Project Charter outlining identified needs and your proposed solution

• Examine possible hardware and software solutions for identified problems

• Specify the system improvements and additional capabilities needed to meet the identified needs

Course Outcomes:

IT499-2: Client Specifications: Analyze users’ technical issues.

IT499-4: Technology Analysis: Evaluate IT trends, practices, and products.

Assignment Instructions:

The Project Charter is the most important documentation for the course. This document will provide the

foundation for the entire project. This will be used to evaluate the success of your Final Project and

presentation. Your professor will use this document to assess whether the project objectives have been

completed in the Final Project. You will identify the project objectives, assumptions, scope, milestones,

deliverables, impact statement, roles and how success will be measured. It is substantial documentation and

will require a time investment. Do not rush through the file. There are ample resources available online for

completing a Project Charter. Please be sure to conduct the necessary research to complete quality

documentation.

Project Requirements:

Complete the Project Charter and address the following:

1. Project Objectives: Focus on how business needs are being solved. How do the objectives support

the business strategies?

Note: For Web projects in particular, this does not address interface designs or any design details at this point.

The Project Charter does not include any visual design aspects in terms of color palettes, fonts, or images

being used.

2. Assumptions: These will address circumstances and outcomes which can be taken for granted. You

will not have all concrete information to begin the project, but you can make some assumptions.

Examples may include vendor reliability and availability of resources.

3. Project Scope: Address the deliverables of the project. Options may include system upgrades, help

files, documentation, full source code, training and support. Also establish some boundaries. For

example, if you are developing a network, how many offices will it entail? If computer systems are being A