PROJECT CHARTER
Project
• Title: Develop Integrated software
solution for Motel Management
• Start Date: February 7, 2002
• Projected Finish Date: April 25, 2002
• Manager: Atul Jha , 832-722-4986,
atul.jha@usa.net
Project Objective
• The objective of this project team is to
develop software that will provide Front
Desk Check-in all the way to Back
Office Motel management.
• This simple "one" solution approach will
provide efficiency for the business so
that management will have more time to
serve the guests instead of having to
maintain information manually.
Objective continued…
• The project has been budgeted
$11,000.00 for software, hardware and
labor costs.
Approach
• Analysis of the manual Front Desk
check-in process as well as existing
software that supports this process in
order to get a better idea of what we
should consider while designing our
product.
• Develop detailed cost / time estimate for
project and report it to Sponsor.
Approach continued…
• Research on software and request for
the quotes in order to decide on which
software to use for the product
development.
• Decide on Team and their
responsibilities.
• Design, develop and test
implementation in order to be ready to
market the product.
Project Role Chart
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Deputy Project Manager /
Technology Lead
DBA / Programmer
Programmer
Business Analyst
Roles Description
• Project Sponsor: Monitor and provide
funds for the project.
• Project Manager: Plan and execute
project. Responsible for the overall
success of the project.
• Deputy PM: Act as Project Manager in
the absence of Project Manager. Also,
lead the architecture and design efforts.
Description continued…
• Business Analyst: Gather information,
analyze system and prepare a detailed
technical document, and provide forms,
reports and testing specification.
• DBA / Programmer: Design, develop
and maintain Database and write
programs. Will assist in testing.
• Programmer: Write programs.
Responsible for developing forms and
reports. Will assist in testing.
Assigned Roles
ROLE
PHASE I
[FEB 07 – MAR 14]
PHASE II
[MAR 14 – APR 25]
Project Sponsor / CIO
Dr. Rob A. Mohammad
Dr. Rob A. Mohammad
Project Manager
Atul Jha
Mohsin Ibrahim
Deputy PM / Tech. Lead
Mohsin Ibrahim
Atul Jha
Business Analyst
Samuel Liong
Mohammad Chowdhury
DBA / Programmer
Ashfaq Ahmed
Samuel Liong
Programmer
Mohammad Chowdhury
Ashfaq Ahmed
Project Contacts
NAME
Email
Dr. Rob A. Mohammad
rob@cl.uh.edu
Atul Jha
atul.jha@usa.net
Mohsin Ibrahim
mohsin_ib7@hotmail.com
Samuel Liong
lionsamu@hotmail.com
Ashfaq Ahmed
ashfaq_amd@yahoo.com
Mohammad Chowdhury
babarchy@hotmail.com
Comments and Assumptions
• This project must be completed within
twelve weeks at the absolute latest.
• IT infrastructure and team will be
available until the end of the project.
• Development of this software was not
based on any Motel customer request.
Sponsor wanted team to develop this
software in order to market the product
in the future.
Sign-Off
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Dr. Rob A. Mohammad-Project Sponsor
Atul Jha-Project Manager
Mohsin Ibrahim-Technology Lead
Samuel Liong-Business Analyst
Ashfaq Ahmed-DBA / Programmer
Mohammad Chowdhury-Programmer