MIS 4596
Project Charter
Project Title
Start Date
Target Completion Date
BookzBrotherz Application and
Website Implementation
02/01/2016
04/20/2016
Application
Implementation
Temple University
Anthony Messina
Product/Process Impacted
Organization/Department
Champion
Description
1. Project Description
The Temple University Facebook group is flooded with hundreds of posts from students, trying to sell
and buy textbooks. Very few students are successful in filtering through the Facebook posts to find the
correct book and price. This project will improve the process and efficiency of buying and selling
textbooks among students. Students will be able to search books available by school, major, course,
professor, and book condition on the application and/or website. We will have each new member create a
login. Students will pay a minimal fee to become a member of the website for a year. The student will be
able to pay this fee with a debit or credit card.
2. Project Scope
Inside the work of the team is the creation of website, phone application prototype, and business plan.
Outside the work of the team is the implementation of the application. We will focus on creating a way
for students who are unable to find peers who have the book they need, to find the book they need.
3. Project Goal and Deliverables
Mobile Appication Development
Website Development
Launch App & Website
App & Website are in sync
Metrics
Baseline
Current
Goal
Post
implementation:
Customer Survey:
Very difficult to
find the book you
need
Post
implementation:
Customer Survey:
Fairly difficult to
find the book you
need
Post
implementation:
Customer SurveyVery difficult to
buy and sell books
Post
implementation:
Customer SurveyFairly difficult to
buy and sell books
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39.4%
Very Easy/
Fairly Easy
100%
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34.6%
Very Easy/
Fairly Easy
100%
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27.9%
Very
Easy/Fairly
Easy
100%
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20.2%
Very Easy/
Fairly Easy
100%
Attractiveness/Popularity of App/Website
4. Business Results
Expected
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Functional prototype of the phone application and website.
Competitive Analysis
Basic Financials for year 1,2,3
Implementation plan
5. Team members
6. Support Required and
risks
Name
Bridgette Weirich
Role
Project Manager
Piya Mewa
Business Analyst
Tasks
Responsible for timely completion
of all project deliverables
Presentation Preparation
Troy Gillispie
Business Analyst
Project Documentation
Karan Patel
Programmer/Developer
Mobile application development
Dave Gubitosa
Programmer/Developer
Website development
Will need to create a domain name for our website.
Risks:
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7. Customer Benefits
8. Technology
Architecture
Inability to add particular feature desired on prototype.
Making the website and mobile application identical.
Lack of expertise in Just in Mind.
Higher than expected implementation costs.
Longer than expected implementation time.
Technical performance of application or website below estimate.
Customers do not use application or website.
Project must be completed by April 19, 2016.
The project will help the customer because they will have the ability to buy/sell books
more efficiently. The improvements may have a negative effect on a customer because
they may pay a membership fee to sell a book and may not be able to sell their book. In
contrast, a customer may pay the membership fee to buy and may not be able to find the
book they are looking for.
Will use JustInMind software to create the prototypes for the phone application and website.
Experience:
 Karan: Beginner/Moderate
 Dave: Beginner/Moderate
9. Overall schedule/Work Breakdown Structure
(Key milestones & dates)
Responsible
Individual
Output (notes,
diagrams,
interviews, screen
prints)
Date started if in
progress
Or Expected
completion date
Date
completed or
date
completion is
expected
2/15/2016
Planning
Bridgette
Project
Schedule,
documentation
Expected
Completion date:
2/9/16
Analysis
Troy
Documentation
Expected
Completion date:
2/16/16
2/26/2016
Design
Piya
Expected
Completion date:
2/24/16
3/21/2016
Implementation: Construction
Karan &
David
Documentation,
outline of
application and
website,
preparation for
presentation
Website and
mobile app
prototype
Expected
completion date:
03/22/2016
3/30/2016
Implementation: Testing
Karan &
David
Website and
mobile app
prototype
Expected
completion date:
03/31/2016
4/04/2016
Installation
All
Project
Presentation
Expected
completion date:
4/10/2016
4/19/2016