question: Prepare a time-phased project office staffing plan for the PickPocit p
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question: Prepare a time-phased project office staffing plan for the PickPocit project. Identify people and provide some rationale for your choices. CONTRACT ANNOUNCEMENT Inventory Specialists Inc. (ISI) has recently been awarded a $9M contract by OK.COM to design, produce, and demonstrate a prototype automated inventory picker and mailer for their company. OK.COM is attempting to rival Amazon in its ability to quickly get orders in the hands of their customers as quickly as possible. The system architecture is based on inventory management hardware and software (IMS) developed by ISI and must take inputs from the Automated Order Taking (AOT) software developed for OK.COM by SAP Software and Solutions. AOT can take orders from both customers on-line as well as from company customer service personnel. If the merchandise is in stock, AOT then generates an order output that the PickPOCIT system must be able to process. PickPOCIT will then automatically locate the product in the warehouse; select the product off the warehouse shelve; box it if necessary, and, depending on the customer selected shipping method (2-day or standard delivery), generate and paste a UPS or USPS mailing label on the box before delivering it to the shipping department. If the shipment is less than 5 lbs, and it is being delivered to an address within 15 miles of the shipping facility, the package will be prepared for delivery to the customer using a drone that ISI will purchase from Drone Delivery Systems, Inc. If the package is to be delivered by the drone, it must be delivered within 30 minutes of the customer’s order. OK.COM will provide the AOT software as “customer furnished equipment (CFE) at no cost to ISI. ISI proposed the PickPOCIT System concept based on the adaptation of its well-proven and low cost IMS hardware and software, and a well-planned OK.COM system integration and performance demonstration program. Previous versions of IMS have been able to: Take in and process 200 orders a minute Utilizing “First-In/First-Out” logic, process, locate, package, and prepare for Shipping an order within three minutes Mean Time Between Repairs – 2500 hours of continuous operation Software will run on existing OK.COM computer hardware These performance specifications are not to be compromised as a result of this application for the PickPOCIT Project. In short, ISI proposed a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Best Commercial Practices, Event Driven approach to the development, production, and demonstration of the prototype system. OK.COM stipulated in their Request for Proposal (RFP) that industry specifications and standards be used and that the prototype system must accept input form the AOT software provided as CFE from OK.COM. ISI is formally certified ISO9000 compliant. ISI proposed a project of twelve (12) months duration and was the lowest price bid. The contract is fixed price ($9M) with a potential additional award fee of 3%, split 60/40 on schedule and performance. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES OK.COM seeks to acquire, install, and test an automated stock picker and mailer capability to get orders to their customers via a drone, UPS, or USPS depending on the size of the package and/or the 2 delivery time the customer selects. The system must be installed, tested, and operational by next spring in its Baltimore, Maryland warehouse in time for an operational test already coordinated and scheduled for month 11 providing validation two months in advance of “Black Friday” 2017. . If this prototype capability works, OK.COM will purchase 50 PickPOCIT systems for each warehouse, of which there are 50 warehouses around the United States and Canada, in time for the “Black Friday” sales rush in 2018. PROJECT PLAN SUMMARY ISI will develop, install, train operators and administrators, and support the demonstration test of the PickPOCIT system. The PickPOCIT project will consist of: 1. Software refinement in order to implement the SAP AOT software. 2. PickPOCIT installation and test at the OK.COM warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland. 3. System Administrator Training. 4. Providing technical and training support during of an operational test during month 11. Major Milestone Events for the PickPOCIT project are: Event Date Contract Award August 31, 2016 Project Baseline 1 month after award SEMP (System Engineering Master Plan) 2 months after award TEMP (Test & Evaluation Master Plan) 3 months after award PDR (Preliminary Design Review) 4 months after award CDR (Critical Design Review) 6 months after award System Integration Tests 7 months after award Full System Demonstration Tests 8 months after award System Installation 9 months after award Operator and System Administrator Training 10 months after award Support Operational Test 11 months after award Contract Test Report and all Final Documentation 12 months after award (31 Jul 2017)
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In software development llife cycle developing a project plan is not an easy thing while comparing with othe phases. Project plan usually involves selecting members and assembling them as team, staff generally involves to know that when and how to meet the requirements of project
Below is the list of items wich are considered in the project planning:
Process of getting staff
Duration of requirements that will be of staff
Skills that team would be looking for
Level of training.
As we discussed staff is one of the most essential tasks in software development cycle, it can used to identify the requirements to procure the staff.Involvement of sponser and manager is desirable.The main purpose is to provide sufficient skilled staff
Here are the steps to do it:
Defining specific skill set- Based on task and its structure,we need to refine description of roles and their responsibilities.
Determining the timetable - Throughout the project, and time , the skill set required by the team.
Availablity of staff- While working with management team that staff is availablity in needed timeframe id very important.
if adequate staff is not available we need to alert the project manager.
In some cases the business units must determine the priority of this projects relative to other.
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