Project Plan
Project Plan, Titan Apparel(please change this name)
University of Phoenix
Project Planning and Implementation
CMGT 410
January 11, 2005
Background and Statement of Need
The name of this company is Titans Apparel. It is a large clothing manufacturing store with four major branches in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Miami. The amount of the business that they are accumulating is growing fast, and the current network that they use is not enough to keep up with consumer demand. This is costing the company major amounts of money, which, in turn, is making the company slowly fail in its mission. The network is becoming slower due to the demands brought on by the lack of networking update. If this networking update is completed the company will run faster and smoother to allow better communication and enable the company to communicate easier and faster between localities and through the consumer. This will help the company make money instead of losing money through there networking upgrades.
Project Objectives In order to achieve business requirements, several objectives must be realized. We will be looking at the project's objectives in terms of performance, budget, and timeframe. First the underlying symptom which deemed this project vital was the unacceptable system speeds. Because of antiquated equipment the infrastructure of Titan Apparel has severely limited its ability to do business effectively. As a benchmark for system performance, a two second delay to receive data requested is the maximum allowable wait time. This time extends for all intranet terminals, from the point of sale bar-coding system, through to the inventory tracking and shipping aspects of Titan Apparel. In addition, the system must retain its current functionality and redundancy structure while achieving processing delay acceptability. This project concerns itself with the entire upgrade of the infrastructure at a pilot Titan Apparel location. Management has
University of Phoenix
Project Planning and Implementation
CMGT 410
January 11, 2005
Background and Statement of Need
The name of this company is Titans Apparel. It is a large clothing manufacturing store with four major branches in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Miami. The amount of the business that they are accumulating is growing fast, and the current network that they use is not enough to keep up with consumer demand. This is costing the company major amounts of money, which, in turn, is making the company slowly fail in its mission. The network is becoming slower due to the demands brought on by the lack of networking update. If this networking update is completed the company will run faster and smoother to allow better communication and enable the company to communicate easier and faster between localities and through the consumer. This will help the company make money instead of losing money through there networking upgrades.
Project Objectives In order to achieve business requirements, several objectives must be realized. We will be looking at the project's objectives in terms of performance, budget, and timeframe. First the underlying symptom which deemed this project vital was the unacceptable system speeds. Because of antiquated equipment the infrastructure of Titan Apparel has severely limited its ability to do business effectively. As a benchmark for system performance, a two second delay to receive data requested is the maximum allowable wait time. This time extends for all intranet terminals, from the point of sale bar-coding system, through to the inventory tracking and shipping aspects of Titan Apparel. In addition, the system must retain its current functionality and redundancy structure while achieving processing delay acceptability. This project concerns itself with the entire upgrade of the infrastructure at a pilot Titan Apparel location. Management has