Staffing Plan
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to provide the steps and resources
needed to achieve the project’s objectives. This plan identifies the
Green Team Innovations’ management, defines a communication plan,
and identifies related documents that are part of this overall plan.
Corporate Structure
The C3P management team is under the Old Dominion University
corporate structure. For this reason, management needs to be
informed of the project’s progress on a regular basis. The team is
expected to be able to receive resources from within the corporation to
staff the team. The C3P team is structured as follows:
Management Team
The core management team will consist of the team members
assigned in the CS410 group project. They will perform oversight and
participate in their respective responsibilities. These team members
included:
Project Manager & Risk Director
Name: Justin Brunelle
Annual Salary:
Project Manager: $75,616
Risk Director: $68,141
Background: Justin is a Virginia Beach local in his 3rd year as a
Computer Science major at ODU. He works on the iSTART research
project under Dr. Levinstein and plans on attending grad school at
ODU. His research interests include web programming and modeling
and simulation.
Responsibilities: The project manager’s responsibilities include
making sure that all tasks are assigned and are performed with high
quality. The project manager must also resolve difference between
team members and facilitate team member communications. The
project manager also must develop the WBS, assign resources,
prioritize tasks, and define task dependencies. In Phase 1, the Project
Manager will also take the roles of one of the developers to meet the
SBIR requirement.
The risk director assesses and manages all risks associated with the
project. He determines severity and probability of each risk. Mitigation
methods are developed and documented to help eliminate each risk.
The risks and mitigations are then documented and reported.
Marketing Director
Name: Nigel Tierney
Annual Salary: $95,703
Background: Nigel is an F1 international student from Ireland. He is
completing the accelerated Masters course in Computer Science at
ODU and is currently in his 4th year. He is currently doing voluntary
research under Dr. Jessica Crouch on creating a deformable finite
cataract surgery model. His research interests include computer
graphics and computer vision.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities include determining the target
market and supporting the marketing aspects of the project. The
marketing director will choose and manage the marketing vendor and
determine the overall marketing plan.
Financial Director
Name: Lisa Ortiz
Annual Salary: $108,901
Background: Lisa is from Northern Virginia and in her 3rd year at
ODU, majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Finance. During
the summer and winter breaks, she interns with Northrop Grumman
Mission Systems in Dahlgren, VA. She has been there since the
summer of 2004. She is also currently a member of the Society of
Hispanic Professional Engineers.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities include receiving funding,
creating the budget, and determining the product cost. The financial
director is responsible for the financial and funding plans.
Co-Technical Director / Webmaster
Name: Jason Benson
Annual Salary: $52,920
Background: Jason Benson is a senior in ODU’s computer science
program. He works for the systems group and has aspirations of being
a traveling mime.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities include determining the
functionality of the project components. The co-technical director is
responsible for defining the requirements from a user’s perspective.
As webmaster, the responsibilities include creating the team and
product websites, as well as managing the web developers in future
phases.
Technical Director
Name: Aaron Fowler
Annual Salary: $56,926
Background: Aaron is a senior at ODU majoring in Computer Science
with a minor in Computer Engineering. He transferred from VWCC with
associate’s degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering.
He works as a consultant for the ODU systems group.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities include determining the
technical requirements and managing the technical staff. The
technical director must determine has the problem with be solved from
a technical perspective.
Documentation Director/ Presenter
Name: Jeremy Archey
Annual Salary: $35,751
Background: Jeremy is a senior at ODU, majoring in Computer
Science with a minor in Information Technology. He has an interest in
sales and public speaking, and currently works full time at Kay
Jewelers. After graduation, he hopes to enter a career that involves
travel and personal interaction with clients.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the presenter are to make
sure power points and presentations are of high quality and to present
project information to board members. The responsibilities of the
documentation specialist are to proof-read and assemble all team
documentation.
Other Staff for Phases 1-3
Bookkeeper
Salary: $36,325
Responsibilities Maintains and records business transactions. Balances
ledgers and prepares reports. May require an associate's degree or its
equivalent with 2-4 years of experience in the field or in a related
area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures
within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to
plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks.
C3P Rep to Vendors
Salary: $25,944
Responsibilities Designs and coordinates company communications.
Responsible for maintaining policies and procedures, monitoring
company media, and utilizing electronic publishing technology.
Typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and
0-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Has knowledge
of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a
particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to
perform the functions of the job.
C3P Rep to Businesses
Salary: $25,944
Responsibilities Designs and coordinates company communications.
Responsible for maintaining policies and procedures, monitoring
company media, and utilizing electronic publishing technology.
Typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and
0-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Has knowledge
of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a
particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to
perform the functions of the job.
Web Customer Support Specialist
Salary: $31,638
Responsibilities Supports Web-based products and services through
email support, desktop support, and telephone support. Interacts with
customers and troubleshoots problems to provide a high level of
customer satisfaction. Requires a bachelor's degree with at least 4
years of experience in the field. Familiar with standard concepts,
practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience
and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Attorney II
Salary: $76,844
Responsibilities Prepares and examines contracts involving leases,
licenses, purchases, sales, insurance, etc. Provides legal advice to an
organization, prepares resolutions and forms, and participates in major
legal actions. Responsible for foreseeing and protecting company
against legal risks. Must be a graduate of an accredited law school with
0-3 years of experience. Familiar with standard concepts, practices,
and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience
and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of
tasks.
GUI Programmer
Salary: $46,282
Responsibilities Designs and develops business applications using a
number of visual components. May participate in the testing and
enhancing of components. May require a bachelor's degree in a related
area and 0-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Has
knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures
within a particular field (i.e., C, C++ language programming, XMotif
programming interfaces and GUI API packages). Relies on instructions
and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
Programmer II
Salary: $45,368
Responsibilities Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems
including encoding, testing, debugging and documenting programs.
May require an associate's degree in a related area and 2-5 years of
experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard
concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on
limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Performs a variety of tasks.
Database Administrator
Salary: $73,252
Responsibilities: Administers, maintains, develops and implements
policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the
company database. Implements data models and database designs,
data access and table maintenance codes; resolves database
performance issues, database capacity issues, replication, and other
distributed data issues. May require a bachelor's degree in a related
area and 2-4 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a
particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and
accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks.
Hard Resources
Product
TOTAL
Personnel Resources
Resource
Project Manager
Database Maintenance Team
Database Administrator
Technical Director
POS Terminal Programmers
Programmer III
Software Development Team
Web Developer
GUI Programmer
Programmer II
Risk Management Director
Documentation Specialist
Finance Director
TOTAL
# Units Cost/Unit Total
$0
#
1
Salary* Overhead Hourly Hours Total
$75,616 $105,862
$55
260
$14,336
2
1
$73,252
$56,926
$102,553
$79,696
$53
$42
148
285
$15,810
$11,830
2
$57,397
$80,356
$42
44
$3,683
2
1
3
1
1
1
$52,920
$46,282
$45,368
$68,141
$35,751
$108,901
$74,088
$64,795
$63,515
$95,397
$50,051
$152,461
$39
$34
$33
$50
$26
$79
105
439
319
16
239
161
$8,103
$14,815
$31,658
$795
$6,230
$12,785
$120,045
TOTAL Resources
*Salary.com
Hard Resources
Product
DELL PowerEdge 6800 Advanced
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Ed.
PowerVault MD3000 Disk Storage Array
Microsoft Project Server
RFID Cards
Card Programmer
Card Printer
Domain Name Registrations
TOTAL
Personnel Resources
Resource
Project Manager
Database Maintenance Team
Database Administrator
Technical Director
$120,045
# Units Cost/Unit Total
3
$17,605
$52,815
5
$3,295
$16,475
1
$6,338
$6,338
3
$999
$2,997
10000
$0.52
$5,200
10
$64
$640
5
$2,000
$10,000
1
$15
$15
$94,480
#
1
3
1
Dell.com
InternetSolutions.com
Salary* Overhead Hourly Hours Total
75,616
105,862
$55
403 22,220
$73,252
$56,926
$102,553
$79,696
$53 121.3 $19,442
$42
541 $22,456
Hard Resources
Product
Domain Name Registrations
TOTAL
Personnel Resources
Personnel Resources
Project Manager
Database Maintenance Team
Database Administrator
Technical Director
POS Terminal Programmers
Programmer III
Software Maintenance & Installation
Team
Web Developer
Programmer II
Risk Management Director
Documentation Specialist
Finance Director
Marketing Director
Bookkeeper
C3P Rep (Vendors)
C3P Rep (Businesses)
Customer Support Team
Web Customer Support Specialist
Attorney II
TOTAL
TOTAL Resources
*Salary.com
Communication
# Units Cost/Unit Total
1
$15
#
1
$15
$15
Salary* Overhead Hourly Hours Total
$75,616
$105,862
$55
257
$14,135
3
1
$73,252
$56,926
$102,553
$79,696
$53
$41
139
15
$22,048
$1,230
2
$57,397
$80,356
$41
208
$17,056
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$52,920
$45,368
$68,141
$35,751
$108,901
$95,703
$36,325
$25,944
$25,944
$74,088
$63,515
$95,397
$50,051
$152,461
$133,984
$50,855
$36,322
$36,322
$38
$33
$49
$26
$79
$69
$26
$18
$18
200
208
32
35
144
425
0
107
107
$7,600
$13,728
$1,568
$910
$11,376
$29,325
$0
$1,926
$1,926
3
1
$41,014
$76,844
$57,420
$107,582
$29
$56
139
30
$4,021
$1,680
$128,529
$128,544
Communication is vital in order for Green Team Innovations to meet
its goal. With this in mind, the team has determined a number of
different strategies to keep the team informed. These include:
Semi-weekly team meetings – these team meetings are on Sunday
from 8:00 – 10:30 PM, Wednesdays from 8:00 – 9:00 AM, and Fridays
from 9:00 – 11:00 AM. Team members have the opportunity to post
additions to the meeting’s agenda via the team website. This meeting
is used to respond to issues that need the majority to the team in one
place to resolve. The team meeting provides this opportunity. Broad
overall team status, issues, and risk are also discussed in this meeting.
Email – this is a fast and efficient way of communicating information to
team members. Emails are used to notify team members are issue or
statuses that do not involve their direct need to respond. Email also
provide the asynchronous communication that the team sometimes
requires due to the different schedules of each team member and
geographic distance between these members.
Website – the website provides the cornerstone of the team’s
communication. It not only is used for internal purposes, but it
provides team information for interested members outside the team as
well. Currently the website is used to post meeting minutes, news,
and assignments that the team is currently working on. There is a risk
management system that allows team members to enter risks by
category, so risks that pertain to individual group owners are quickly
and easily available in real time. The website also provides a
document management system. This allows team members to post
documents to the website for other team members and for the public.
Versioning is supported for the storage of updated documents.
Telephone – although it is generally a long distance phone call to
different team members, the telephone is another vital communication
tool. This tool is used when there is an urgent issue that a team
member needs to resolve.
MS Project w/ Project Server – the last form of communication is
Microsoft Project. We plan to setup a Project server and have the core
team members have the MS Project application. Other supporting
staff and team members will be able to update their project status
daily using a web interface. This tool is necessary so that
management will know the status of tasks in almost real time. When
the project plan starts to slip, management will already in aware of the
situation to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. Management
will regularly monitor the project via MS Project. MS Project will be
used to provide statuses and task issues to reduce the overhead of
status meetings.
Environment
The main project development will take place at Old Dominion
University in Norfolk, VA. All employees, except for the data center
support will operate out of the ODU facility. Overhead per employee
has been calculated at 40% to compensate ODU for utilities, office
space, etc.
Documents
The management plan contains the other project planning documents
to provide the detailed management plan. These documents include:
Staffing Plan – This document defines the organization of the project
team by phase. It also details the skills and responsibilities for each
team member by phase.
Resource Plan – This document defines the hard resources that will be
used in each phase of the project. These resources will be identified
and their use and needs will be defined.
Development Plan – This document details the requirements and
functionality of the project deliverables by phase. This plan
documents what will be accomplished and how it will be accomplished
by phase.
Funding Plan – This plan describes the financial aspects of the project.
This plan contains the budget for the hard and human resources, the
prototype and production component costs, cash flow analysis, and
break even analysis. This plan also identifies the funding agencies.
Marketing Plan – This plan describes the marketing plan for reaching
our target audience. Each marketing sub phases is defined with its
objectives.
Evaluation Plan – This plan determine how we will measure success in
each phase of the project.
Risk Management Plan – This document describes how we will manage
our risks. It also identifies the current risks that have been identified
and shows their potential impact to the project.
Management
Plan
Staffing
Plan
Development
Plan
Marketing
Plan
Risk Management
Plan
Resource
Plan
Evaluation
Plan
Funding
Plan