Blazekewski Incorporated Information Technology Executive

Discussion on IT leadership and executive strategies at Blazekewski Inc.

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Project PlanProject Name:Blazekewski Incorporated Information TechnologyExecutivePrepared By:Name1-Project ManagerTitle:Project ManagerDate:Write a 1,200-word college-level essay analyzing the project plan for"Blazekewski Incorporated Information Technology Executive." Your analysisshould address the following questions:1.How effectively does the project plan outline the background, goals,objectives, and scope of the project?2.Evaluate the clarity and appropriateness of the roles and responsibilitiesassigned to the project team members. Are they well-aligned with the project'sobjectives and deliverables?3.Discuss the potential risks, constraints, and assumptions identified in theproject plan. How might they impact the project's success, and what mitigationstrategies could be implemented?4.Analyze the comprehensiveness of the project work plan, including thework breakdown structure, staffing plan, schedule, and budget. Does the planprovide a realistic roadmap for project execution?5.Provide recommendations for enhancing the project plan to ensure bettercommunication, stakeholder alignment, and overall project success.Ensure your essay is well-organized, provides evidence from the project plan tosupport your analysis, and demonstrates critical thinking and academic writingskills.

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ProjectPlanApproval SignaturesProject Name: Project Management ImprovementProject Manager_________________________________________________________(Signature)(Date)Name1-Project ManagerDoIT Project ManagerDivision of Information TechnologySystems Engineering and OperationsProject Sponsor_________________________________________________________(Signature)(Date)Name2-Project SponsorDoIT Process ManagerDivision of Information TechnologyCIO OfficeExecutiveSponsor_________________________________________________________(Signature)(Date)Name3-Executive SponsorAssociate CIODivision of Information TechnologyCIO Office

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Document Change ControlThe following is the document control for revisions to this document.VersionNumberDate ofIssueAuthor(s)Brief Description of ChangeV1.0Name1-Project ManagerApproved version.Table of Contents1. Project Plan Overview1.1 Background1.2 Project Description1.3 Goals and Objectives1.4 Scope1.5 Roles and Responsibilities1.6 Constraints and Assumptions1.7 Risks1.8 Project Deliverables2.Project Work Plan2.1Work Breakdown Structure2.2 Staffing Plan2.3 Project Schedule2.4 Project Budget3.Solution Provider4. Database and Data warehousing5. Infrastructure and Security6.AppenidxThe Project Plan defines the following:BackgroundProject DescriptionBusiness and project goals and objectives

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ScopeRoles and responsibilitiesAssumptions and constraintsProject budgetProject timelineThe conceptual design of new technology1. Project Plan Overview1.1BackgroundInformation is a significant component of any trusted business activity. Information isuseful across the entire organization for number of purposes and isstored in anassortment of information systems. Modification to any of these information systemsmust be firmly controlled and managed to evade those loss of important information thatcannot be recovered. System owners must lay strong emphasis on impacts and risks thatare mitigated due to implementation of change. Their emphasis must compriseof thefollowing areas:Hardware and Technical configurationSoftware and Application configurationSecurity, Governance, policies, and proceduresBusiness benefitsCostsEnd UsersHealth, safety, and equality

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The policies and procedures generally define the technique for managing all (softwareand hardware) modifications made to the information systems and technical infrastructureof an organization.In aglobalized market of today, companies are faced with challenges in each and everystep of their business. Our analytics and research services are geared towards giving thosecompanies that extra edge over the competition. We process and analyze terabytes of dataand break down all the fuzz and chatter around it to give our customers meaningfulinsights about their competition and the market they are engaged in.By leveraging our data collection, processing, and research and analytics expertise and byfocusing on operational excellence and an industry standard delivery model, we help theleading companies making insightful business decisions.A comprehensive portfolio of our services include, Market, Business and financialresearch, Domain based analytics and Data processing services. Our industry wide focusis into Banking, Finance, FMCG, Insurance, Retail and Manufacturing industries.The project will make use of methodology which is designed to build, test and assess apractical approach, constructing on existing tools.1.2Project DescriptionThe Company has online database for processing data, messages, batch and manual datainput processing. It has two integrations: Vertical integration where processing of data is

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done for office area (ERP) and Horizontal integration where archival of data of variousarchival system takes place.Databases include the open SQL database where process values, batch data and messagesarestored.Itprovidesclient-serverarchitecturefordisplayingdata.Alongwithdisplaying of data, user can also evaluate data, analysis data and generate reports1.3Goals and ObjectivesThe main goalof the Project Plan is torepresent thecompletedetailneededtosuccessfullydeployandmanagethe project,make possiblecommunication amongproject stakeholders, and documentdescribingapproved schedule baselines. The projectplan is a living document and islikelytovaryover time as more informationregardingproject becomes available.The project goalThe project aims at upgrading the company’s information systeminfrastructure which provides data collection and analysis services.Following are the goals and objectives of project:Thegoal of this project istosupport the vision, mission, and goals oforganization,helpingpeoplerealize their visions through the use of information technology.The projectshould helpfirm toachieve its goal of outstanding customer service.The framework deliverableof project shouldavoid excessofdetail to ensuremutualunderstanding,adoption andflexibility.The deliverables of the projectshould beimplementedorganization wide,providingsupporttomostoftheassortedfunctionalgroups,customersandprojects.

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1.4ScopeApplications-In order to achieve its goals, company uses following tools:a)Data collection toolsb)Web Analytics toolc)Resource tracking applicationInformation System specialist will be responsible for carrying out these tasks.Sites-At offshore, data collection is being carried. Data processing and analysis is doneat onsite. Project managers at both sites will prepare the project plan for their respectivesites.Process Re-engineering-IT Re-engineering implementation can be divided into threephases: before the process is defined, during process designing and after the process isdesigned. Re-engineering will include defining new business opportunities by re-definingthe processes, proficientdatabase utilization and data mining.InformationSystemSpecialist will be responsible for it.Customization-Customizations will be limited to improvement of old hardware withnew infrastructure. Network engineer along with Information System Specialist will beresponsible for this task.Interfaces-The company’s IS has interfaces for evaluating data i.e. reports defined byusers with MS Office (Excel and Microsoft word), standard components of software likeCrystal reports and Business Objects. Licensed software will deal by the human resourceteam.

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ArchitectureApplicationandtechnicalarchitecturewillbedesignedoncetherequirements are approved by the senior management.Application architecture:Presentation Layer(Web User-Interface)Query ProcessorPersistence LayerTechnical architecture:Windows GUIInternet BrowserWindows DevicesCustom MacrosInterfacesCommon Business Logic Interface (API, XAPI)Distributed Process ServerCommon Database Server Interface (API)MySQLConversion-Since company is not very old, so all of the online data will need to beconverted in new format as per the upgraded infrastructure.Testing-It will include integration testing, load testing, tuning and network testing

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Funding-It is limited to $1millionTraining-Itwillbeincludesessionsonusingnewhardware’s,software’s,andtechnologies. Functional lead will lay down the training plan.Education-It will include Bachelors of Engineering and certification in informationsystems.1.5Roles and ResponsibilitiesOn studying the company’s profile, it seems that company has following resources whichform the personnel of its information systems:a.Chief Information Officer-It provides assistance to senior management on ITrelated tasks.b.Develop and maintain IT infrastructure.c.Develop efficient design to implement operations of the company.d.Information System specialist-It designs and administers infrastructuredevelopment and support.e.Database administration-Storing data and mining it for future goals of thecompany.f.Project Manager-He/She will be responsible for managing the project issues.g.System Analyst-He/She analyzes the whole system and conducttechnicalresearch. Also prepares documentation for future goals.h.System Administrator-He or she will be responsible for resolving internalnetwork issues of the company.
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