You will use your IT skills to make a business proposal to a client. You also need to demonstrate organizational abilities and good written communication skills to persuade the client about the merits of your proposal. Your proposal must be clear and with enough details as to have the client accept your proposal. You can contemplate and offer additional designs if you think that these will make your proposal more viable to the client. Nevertheless you need not to leave any doubts on the clients mind the way in which you will be executing and completing the project. Assignment Instructions Content Trisha George is a college English professor and an author who has written novels and books of poetry. She does not have a website but wants one. She will provide with content such as her professional resume information about her writings and details she wants her students to know about her classes. She would also like at least one page that highlights her college and department and asks that the information is gathered from her school. A shopping cart for her novels and poetry will be necessary. You have been hired as the IT Consultant and must prepare a project proposal for the website. Scenario No. 3 North Music Warehouse is a wholesale establishment that sells student-grade musical instruments to both music stores and individuals. The president of the company realizes that workers in the warehouse which is several buildings are slowed by having to return frequently to the main office to retrieve printed orders. Efficiency would be heightened with a mobile application designed to access the sales database and log the movement of instruments so these workers may locate instruments in the warehouse buildings and prepare them for shipping without having to spend the time returning to the office. You have been hired as the IT Consultant and must prepare a project proposal for this application. Assignment Requirements First: Choose one of the above scenarios. Use the given template for this Assignment. Submissions that are not submitted using the template will not be accepted. Project documents are not APA papers. You will note that paragraphs are single-spaced with one blank line between each. No indenting is applied. Follow all instructions below carefully including the length requirements where stated. Cover page Provide a suitable title for the project and complete the rest of the information shown on the page. Make up any information not already given to you (such as the name of your IT consulting company). Executive Summary Write a paragraph of 100200 words that explains (1) the problem (2) the recommendation and (3) the justification for your recommendation. Objectives Provide a bulleted list of project objectives. There must be at least three objectives listed. Strategies/Methods Write a paragraph or two that explains the project scope and how you plan to execute the project. Length requirement: 150250 words. Human Resources Provide a list or table of the people needed to complete this project. Include names and their job titles. There must be at least three people in addition to you; remember that you are the consultant and you are going to hire an IT team. Your project might require testers legal or other services. It is acceptable to invent names. Schedule Provide a Gantt chart using either the MS Project or MS Excel Project Planning Template that shows at least 12 major milestones the specific human resources needed for each milestone and the timing. Since embedding is not possible take a screenshot of your Gantt chart to place in your Word document and submit the Word document (project proposal). Costs Provide the following information in separate tables in this section: Objects: hardware cabling software or any other tangible items needed the cost per item quantity and total cost. Include hyperlinks (URLs or text links) to the sources that provided this information. Services: Internet hosting or other services not included as labor costs. This section may not apply to all projects. Labor: people cost of labor per hour estimated number of hours and total cost. Make sure you include yourself and all others listed in the Human Resources section. Either above or below your tables provide a total of all costs. Methods of Communication Write a paragraph of 50100 words that explains all methods of communication you intend to use with the client for this project. Approvals This section is provided for you. Make sure to sign and date [by typing] in both places.
