For your assignment, please address the following:

1.Draws upon material from Chapter 5 of the Bennatan text. You are a project manager for a communications project linking all the stores in a large department store chain. Each store currently has its own computer, which is connected to the checkout registers. The management of the chain wants to install a central computer in the main office, and to connect all the store computers to the central computer via a wide area network. The central computer will receive real-time information on the transactions at the stores and will update a central inventory data base. Propose the structure of the development and support teams for the project. Explain the structure you have chosen and why it is the most appropriate structure. Do you foresee a need for any expert teams during the development of the project?

2. Describe various estimation techniques that could be applied to the problem in Question 1 to produce estimates of the time, cost, materials, and manpower required to complete the project.

3.Draws upon material from Chapter 7 of the Bennatan text. The New York Municipal Library is replacing its information system. Until now, the library has operated using a central computer with terminals in each reading room and in each book check-out center. This old system is now being replaced by a client/server system. Explain the advantages that will now be available to the library readers and librarians in moving from the old system to the new. Are there any disadvantages?

4.Draw upon material from Chapter 8 of the Bennatan text. You have been designated project manager for the development of an inventory system for a large manufacturing company. The inventory system to be developed is to be based on the sS ordering method (when the inventory level for any item drops below s, then a quantity is ordered that will raise the level to S; each item has its own sS values). Suggest four intermediate versions of the system to be released internally for system testing, alpha testing, beta testing, and final release. What will be the functional difference between each version?

5.As project manager, define the configuration management and quality assurance organizations for the inventory system described in Question 4. How many people are required for these tasks, and what will the responsibilities of each person be? Explain your decisions. Now, explain why quality assurance and version control are important.

6.Draws upon material from Chapter 10 of the Bennatan text. Propose a CMM-type model for executive management. How would the five levels of CMM be applied to the measurement of the performance of a senior executive? Describe each level in detail, and provide key process areas for improvement at each level.