Info system and project management
1. Choose an entertainer for whom you would like to design a site. You can redesign a bad entertainment site you reviewed, or you can develop an entirely new site.
Liverpool FC, LiverpoolFC.tv
Spotify
Three Days Grace, threedaysgrace.com
New York Yankees, www.mlb.com/yankees
2. Develop your project charter. Typical parts of a project charter might include
Project name
• Project sponsor
Assigned project manager
Project team members and their role in the project
Statement of purpose (i.e., overarching goals, including what entertainer you are focusing on)
Statement of features, including
What features seem to be important for entertainment websites?
What features seem to be less important?
Do certain features seem to be more appropriate for different types of celebrities?
Are some features incompatible (e.g., if you do one thing, should you not do another)?
Statement of objectives (i.e., specific high- level project deliverables)
Stakeholders
A basic statement of how the team will approach the work
Authorized project resources (i.e., people, budget—for your case the budget may be based on hours, and you can assign a base rate to all of your work)
Technology you are going to use for the website
Site map, describing the various pages your site will contain and how they are relate
Screen mock-ups (essentially, samples of what your screens will look like, easily done in Microsoft PowerPoint)
Basic project timeline (which can be substantially refined in the project plan to follow.
