Econsultancy Project Plan

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7 Month Project Plan Template

1 Preproduction
1.1 Project Clarification
1 day
1.1.2 Clarify/Audit Creative requirements/objectives
1 day
1.1.3 Clarify/Audit Technical requirements/objectives
1 day
1.1.4 Clarify/Audit Content requirements/objectives
1.1.5 Creation of Project Brief
2 days
1.1.6 Internal and Client Review/Iteration of Project Brief
2 days
1.1.7 Creation of Detailed Preproduction Project Schedule and outline full Proj
10
1.1.8 Analysis of resourcing needs
11
1.1.9 Creation of Pre-Production Budget (Work Stages 1.1-1.3)
2 days
12
1.1.10 Internal and Client Review/Iteration of Project Clarification documents
2 days
13
1.1.11 Sign off Project Clarification Work Stage and Documents
15
1.2.1 Project Management Solution Definition
0 days
10 days
2 days
2 days
18
1.2.1.3 Agree contact points/reporting and sign off
19
1.2.1.4 Set up Working Environment
3 days
20
1.2.1.5 Fallback and Recovery Plans
3 days
21
1.2.1.6 Document Recommended Project Management Solution and App
2 days
22
1.2.1.7 Review/Iterate Creative Solution with Client
1.2.2.1 Brainstorming / Brand Interpretation for online

1.2.2.2 Tone and Editorial Voice
26
1.2.2.3 Initial 'look and feel' concepts/moodboards
27
1.2.2.4 Usability review (inc. customer feedback)
28
1.2.2.5 Document Recommended Creative Solution and Approach
29
30
1.2.2.6 Review/Iterate Creative Solution with Client

1.2.3 Content Solution Definition
1 day
3 days
15 days
2 days
1 day
3 days
1 day
2 days
3 days
18 days
31
1.2.3.1 Information Architecture/Content Structure
32
1.2.3.2 Usability review (inc. customer feedback)
33
1.2.3.3 Content Sources & Formats
3 days
34
1.2.3.4 Content Tagging and Metadata approach
2 days
35
1.2.3.5 Editorial Schedule
2 days
36
1.2.3.6 Publishing Procedures/Workflow
3 days
37
1.2.3.7 Document Recommended Content Solution and Approach
2 days
38
1.2.3.8 Review/Iterate Content Solution with Client
39
1.2.4 Technical Solution Definition
3 days
1 day
3 days
17 days
40
1.2.4.1 Technical Architecture
3 days
41
1.2.4.2 Hosting
2 days
42
1.2.4.3 Hardware & Software (application/web/mail servers etc.)
4 days
43
1.2.4.4 Security
44
1.2.4.5 Data Management and Back up
45
1.2.4.6 Set up development environment (inc. practices & processes)
46
1.2.4.7 Define programming languages, coding standards
47
1.2.4.8 Document Recommended Technical Solution and Approach
3 days
1.2.4.9 Review/Iterate Technical Solution with Client
3 days
48
49
50
1.2.5 Sign Off Solution Definition Work Stage
1.3 Project Specification
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25 days
1.2.1.2 Set up regular internal and client meetings
25
2 days
17
24
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0.5 days
1.2.1.1 Resourcing
1.2.2 Creative Solution Definition
1 day
16
23
12.5 days
1.1.1 Clarify/Audit Commercial (inc. Marketing) requirements/objectives
1.2 Solution Definition
158.5 days
81.5 days
14
1 day
1 day
3 days
1 day
0 days
44 days
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Task Name
1.3.1 Project Management
1.3.1.1 Critical Path
31 Dec '01
Duration
M T W
38.5 days
37.5 days
53
1.3.1.1.1 Critical Path for Production phase (First Draft - estimated)
2 days
54
1.3.1.1.2 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (First Draft)
2 days
55
1.3.1.1.3 Critical Path for Production phase (Final version - Based on
2 days
56
1.3.1.1.4 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (Final Version
57
1.3.1.2 Production Phase Budget
2 days
33.5 days
58
1.3.1.2.1 Budget for Production phase (First Draft - estimated)
2 days
59
1.3.1.2.2 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (First Draft)
2 days
60
1.3.1.2.3 Budget for Production phase (Final Version - Based on Ful
2 days
61
1.3.1.2.4 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (Final Version
62
1.3.1.3 Risks and Issues Register
63
1.3.1.3.1 Perform Risk Analysis
64
1.3.1.3.2 Create Register for Managing Risks & Issues
65
1.3.1.3.3 Review/Finalise Register with Client/Project team prior to P
66
1.3.1.4 Change Control
67
1.3.1.4.1 Specify Change Control Procedures
68
1.3.1.4.2 Create Change Control Documentation
69
1.3.1.4.3 Review/Iterate/Agree Change Control with Client
70
1.3.1.5 Testing Plan
2 days
4 days
2 days
1 day
1 day
4 days
1 day
1 day
2 days
9 days
71
1.3.1.5.1 First Draft Testing Plan (UAT, Usability, Functional, Securit
3 days
72
1.3.1.5.2 Internal/Client Review and Iteration
2 days
73
1.3.1.5.3 Second Draft
2 days
74
1.3.1.5.4 Internal/Client Review and Iteration
75
1.3.1.5.5 Final Testing Specification
76
1.3.1.6 Contracts
77
1.3.1.6.1 Terms and Conditions/Service Level Agreement/Contractua
78
1.3.1.7 Cross-functional integration (ongoing - keeping the discipline
79
1.3.2 Content/Functional Specification
1 day
1 day
20 days
20 days
36 days
23 days
80
1.3.2.1 Site Map
81
1.3.2.2 Review/Iterate Site Map
82
1.3.2.3 Storyboards (inc. User Action/System Response)
7 days
83
1.3.2.4 Mapping Key Use Cases/Key User Journeys
2 days
84
1.3.2.5 Usability Test (inc. user feedback on paper prototypes)
85
1.3.2.6 First Draft Content/Functional Specification (inc. integration of Sol
5 days
86
1.3.2.7 Internal/Client Review and Iteration
2 days
87
1.3.2.8 Second Draft
1 day
88
1 day
89
1.3.2.10 Final Content/Functional Specification
90
1.3.3 Design Specification
2 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
20 days
91
1.3.3.1 Navigation and User Interface
3 days
92
1.3.3.2 Page Templates/Layouts
4 days
93
1.3.3.3 Styles (CSS/Style Guidelines)
2 days
94
1.3.3.4 Example Pages showing Key User Journeys
2 days
95
1.3.3.5 Usability Test (inc. user feedback on paper prototypes)
96
1.3.3.6 First Draft Design Specification
3 days
97
2 days
98
1 day
99
1 day
100
1.3.3.10 Final Design Specification
101
1.3.4 Technical Specification
1 day
1 day
18 days
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1.3.4.1 Database Schemas
31 Dec '01
Duration
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3 days
103
1.3.4.2 Systems Integration Spec
104
1.3.4.3 Specifications (more detailed) from Solution Definition work (hosti
105
1.3.4.4 First Draft Technical Specification
3 days
106
2 days
107
1 day
108
1 day
109
1.3.4.8 Final Technical Specification
110
1.3.5 Sign Off
111
1.3.5.1 Review all documents internally (inc. cross-team debrief)
112
1.3.5.2 Present Project Specification to Client
113
1.3.5.3 Sign off - Project Specification
114
1.3.5.4 Sign contracts
4 days
10 days
1 day
5 days
2 days
1 day
0 days
0 days
115
2 Production
65 days
116
2.1 Content
45 days
117
2.1.1 Agree Content Formats [Text/Imagery/Audio/Video]
118
2.1.2 Agree Method of Content Delivery
119
2.1.3 Ongoing: create, collect, source, reformat, tag, manage, track etc.
120
121
2.2 Design & Construction

2.2.1 Project Management (ongoing tasks and responsibilities)
3 days
2 days
40 days
60 days
60 days
122
2.2.1.1 Managing Critical Path
60 days
123
2.2.1.2 Team Communication & Briefings
60 days
124
2.2.1.3 Resource Management & Scheduling
60 days
125
2.2.1.4 Content Provisision
60 days
126
2.2.1.5 Budget Tracking
60 days
127
2.2.1.6 Change Control & Reporting
60 days
128
2.2.1.7 Documentation (inc. audit trail of decision making)
60 days
129
2.2.1.8 Risk Management
130
2.2.2 Prototyping
60 days
10 days
131
2.2.2.1 Build functional HTML prototype
5 days
132
2.2.2.2 Usability testing (inc. customers)
1 day
133
2.2.2.3 Review of Prototype
1 day
134
2.2.2.4 Fine tune Prototype
3 days
135
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137
138
139
140
2.2.3 Design Implementation

2.2.3.1 RAD: Iterate Create/Develop, Review/Test, Amend/Change, (Sign
2.2.4 Technical Implementation
2.2.4.1 RAD: Iterate Create/Develop, Review/Test, Amend/Change, (Sign
2.3 Testing, Launch & Handover

2.3.1 Testing
141
2.3.1.1 Copy proofing/Amends (inc. Legal/Compliance)
142
2.3.1.2 User acceptance testing
143
2.3.1.2.1 User group 1
144
2.3.1.2.2 Collation of comments
145
2.3.1.2.3 Amends as necessary
146
2.3.1.2.4 User group 2
147
2.3.1.2.5 Collation of comments
148
2.3.1.2.6 Amends as necessary
149
2.3.1.3 Usability Testing (with real end users)
30 days
30 days
35 days
35 days
20 days
10 days
10 days
7 days
2 days
0.5 days
1 day
2 days
0.5 days
1 day
7 days
150
2.3.1.3.1 Test with Users
3 days
151
2.3.1.3.2 Review Results/Make Recommendations
2 days
152
2.3.1.3.3 Incorporate changes
2 days
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2.3.1.4 Functional testing (inc. Cross-Browser testing) + Bug Fixing
31 Dec '01
Duration
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7 days
154
2.3.1.5 Scenario / Load testing
2 days
155
2.3.1.6 Security / penetration attack testing
2 days
156
2.3.1.7 Testing Sign off
157
158
2.3.2 Launch
0 days
14.5 days
2.3.2.1 Launch Preparation
6 days
159
2.3.2.1.1 Prepare Launch schedule
160
2.3.2.1.2 Review/Iterate Agree Launch schedule
1 day
161
2.3.2.1.3 Warn ISP of launch date and expected traffic
1 day
162
2.3.2.1.4 Check/Update Meta Tags
1 day
163
2.3.2.1.5 Register with Search Engines
1 day
164
2.3.2.1.6 Check DNS Entries
165
166
167
2.3.2.2 Soft Launch

2.3.2.2.1 Transfer of files from Staging to Production/Live server
2.3.2.3 Final Live Testing
2 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
3.5 days
168
2.3.2.3.1 Run check on all links
0.5 days
169
2.3.2.3.2 Check Statistical Software is Running and Reporting correc
0.5 days
170
2.3.2.3.3 Check Page Names, ALT Tags, File Sizes
171
2.3.2.3.4 UAT
1 day
2.5 days
172
2.3.2.3.4.1 User group 1
173
2.3.2.3.4.2 User group 2
174
2.3.2.3.4.3 Collation of comments
0.5 days
2.3.2.3.4.4 Amends as necessary
1 day
175
176
2.3.2.3.5 Functional testing
177
2.3.2.3.6 Scenario / load testing
178
2.3.2.3.7 Security / penetration attack testing
179
2.3.2.3.8 Final Copy proofing prior to sign off
180
181
2.3.2.4 Hard Launch / Go Live!

2.3.3 Handover
1 day
1 day
1 day
0.5 days
1 day
1 day
0 days
20 days
182
2.3.3.1 Complete Project Documentation (inc. Systems Documentation, D
183
2.3.3.2 Prepare User Manual as necessary for staff
184
2.3.3.3 Training as necessary
185
2.3.3.4 Supply complete Project Documentation
0 days
186
2.3.3.5 Return Assets
5 days
187
188
189
2.3.4 Sign Off Production Phase
3 Maintenance
3.1 Example: Basic Update Cycle
20 days
5 days
10 days
0 days
9 days
9 days
190
3.1.1 Review SLA
1 day
191
3.1.2 Prepare 'Cycle' of updates
1 day
192
3.1.3 Agree 'Cycle' of updates
193
3.1.4 First Cycle [Weekly or Fortnightly]
1 day
5 days
194
3.1.4.1 Amends collated
195
3.1.4.2 Amends submitted to maintenance team
196
3.1.4.3 Amends reviewed by maintenance team and quote supplied [as n
197
3.1.4.4 Design resources as required
198
3.1.4.5 Technical resources as required
1 day
199
3.1.4.6 Amends reviewed & tested
1 day
200
3.1.4.7 Amends signed off on development/staging server
201
3.1.4.8 Amends go live
202
4 Evaluation
1 day
0 days
1 day
0.5 days
1 day
0 days
0 days
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7 Month Project Plan Template

1.1.2 Clarify/Audit Creative requirements/objectives

1.1.3 Clarify/Audit Technical requirements/objectives

1.1.4 Clarify/Audit Content requirements/objectives

1.1.5 Creation of Project Brief

1.1.6 Internal and Client Review/Iteration of Project Brief

1.1.8 Analysis of resourcing needs

1.1.9 Creation of Pre-Production Budget (Work Stages 1.1-1.3)

1.1.10 Internal and Client Review/Iteration of Project Clarification documents

1.1.11 Sign off Project Clarification Work Stage and Documents

1.2.1 Project Management Solution Definition

1.2.1.3 Agree contact points/reporting and sign off

1.2.1.4 Set up Working Environment

1.2.1.5 Fallback and Recovery Plans

1.2.1.6 Document Recommended Project Management Solution and App

1.2.1.7 Review/Iterate Creative Solution with Client

1.2.2.1 Brainstorming / Brand Interpretation for online

1.2.2.3 Initial 'look and feel' concepts/moodboards

1.2.2.4 Usability review (inc. customer feedback)

1.2.2.5 Document Recommended Creative Solution and Approach

1.2.2.6 Review/Iterate Creative Solution with Client

1.2.3.1 Information Architecture/Content Structure

1.2.3.2 Usability review (inc. customer feedback)

1.2.3.3 Content Sources & Formats

1.2.3.4 Content Tagging and Metadata approach

1.2.3.5 Editorial Schedule

1.2.3.6 Publishing Procedures/Workflow

1.2.3.7 Document Recommended Content Solution and Approach

1.2.3.8 Review/Iterate Content Solution with Client

1.2.4 Technical Solution Definition

1.2.4.1 Technical Architecture

1.2.4.3 Hardware & Software (application/web/mail servers etc.)

1.2.4.5 Data Management and Back up

1.2.4.6 Set up development environment (inc. practices & processes)

1.2.4.7 Define programming languages, coding standards

1.2.4.8 Document Recommended Technical Solution and Approach

1.2.4.9 Review/Iterate Technical Solution with Client

1.2.5 Sign Off Solution Definition Work Stage

1.3 Project Specification

1.2.1.2 Set up regular internal and client meetings

1.2.2 Creative Solution Definition

1.1.1 Clarify/Audit Commercial (inc. Marketing) requirements/objectives

1.2 Solution Definition

1.3.1.1.1 Critical Path for Production phase (First Draft - estimated)

1.3.1.1.2 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (First Draft)

1.3.1.1.3 Critical Path for Production phase (Final version - Based on

1.3.1.1.4 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (Final Version

1.3.1.2 Production Phase Budget

1.3.1.2.1 Budget for Production phase (First Draft - estimated)

1.3.1.2.2 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (First Draft)

1.3.1.2.3 Budget for Production phase (Final Version - Based on Ful

1.3.1.2.4 Review/Iterate with Project Team and Client (Final Version

1.3.1.3 Risks and Issues Register

1.3.1.3.1 Perform Risk Analysis