Deliverable #6

Deliverable #6 project manager: Emett Koller

Introduction

Worldwide Sports is a company in Shippensburg, PA that provides sporting equipment to the community. Some of their big customers include local sports teams, like little league baseball and high school football. The current website for Worldwide Sports does not allow any customer interaction. Customers can view items that the store sells but there is no indication to whether those items are in stock. The paper based system used for inventory also makes it difficult for employees to keep track of product on hand.

Worldwide Sports Online Site

Worldwide Sports Online Site is a temporary endeavor to evaluate what features to use for their website and any alternatives. The purpose of this evaluation is to understand all alternatives and find the best solution to Worldwide Sports current problems. The most important aspects of this website will be allowing customers to buy products online and employees being able to update the inventory. These goals will be realized through the Worldwide Sports Online Site (WSOS) project.

The goal of the Worldwide Sports Online Site project is to help them to become one of the leading retailers in the sporting goods industry by:

• increasing the customer base by 40% in 24 months
• increasing sales by 50% in 24 months
• increasing inventory by 25% in 18 months
• reducing inventory shrinkage by 25% in 12 months

The MOV table lists in summary of the measurable organizational value of Worldwide Sports Online Site. 

Organizational Impact	Value	Metric	Time Frame
Customer	Provide more merchandise for customers.	Increase inventory by 25% Increase online shopping website 75%	18 months 28 months
Financial	Reduce cost inventory control by going paperless.	Reduce inventory costs by 25%	12 months
Operational	Increase loss prevention.	Reduce inventory shrinkage by 25%	12 months
Social	Increase the number of customers to purchase online.	Increase the number of customers served online from 0 to 200.	12 months.

Table 1 WSOS- MOV

Estimation Techniques

The LEMM Solutions Team used two techniques to come up with time estimates of the activities and tasks in the Work Breakdown Structure. The top-down technique was used in the “Business Case” and “Project Charter & Plan” deliverables. We felt the top-down necessary to be used for these deliverables because of our experienced top and middle managers to determine the overall budget and cost for the project.

The next technique that was used was the bottom-up technique, which was used throughout the rest of project. We felt the bottom-up approach would be more effective and decrease the chance of incorrect estimations. The below Work Breakdown Structure and Gantt chart will illustrate  how the work will be subdivided and show the start & finish dates of the project.

Work Breakdown Structure

The Project Life Cycle and System Development Life Cycle phases and deliverables are outlined in the Deliverable Structure Chart which is a part of the Scope Management Plan. Below is a more detailed description of the phases, milestones, deliverables and activities / tasks that need to be achieved during this project.  

Project Phases (Gantt Chart) – Tasks, Deliverables, and Milestones

The table below illustrates a visual of the major phases, deliverables, milestones, and tasks for the Worldwide Sports Online Site (WSOS) project. The table also lists the identified resource assignments and the estimated time frame to complete each desired task.