You are part of the HR Team for a large retail company which employs some 1500 employees. The HR department is identifying annual project proposals.
The HR Director has proposed a project to establish a staff training centre with the intention of delivering the following objectives in the corporate/HR transition plan.

Objectives:

•Overall providing a well informed/well trained workforce with the intention of becoming a learning organisation.
•Specifically providing the right knowledge and skill mix required to ensure the future academic portfolio is achieved
•Specifically ensuring the right leadership, management and administrative knowledge and skills are acquired and developed
You are asked to provide the following input as part of the Proposal Document. Remember this is a proposal only at this time:

•Considerations, assumptions and constraints.
•Some of the factors to be included on the statement of requirements.
•Identify other issues your team would consider as part of the business case for this project.



The following considerations, assumptions and constraints could serve as input for the proposal document


Project Assumptions

•Accuracy of the project plan
•Project will start at the given dates
•Project phases start dates will be followed
•Belief that the staff members will perform adequately after the training
•Delivery time of the project will be kept
•The staff training centre is ready on time
•The contractor handling the staff centre is available and will deliver the project on time
•The objective of carrying out the project will be met
•The project plan will be approved by the appropriate authorities
•That the proposal will be approved by management

Project Constraints

The following could either restricts the actions of the project team or the way the project is perfomed

•Scope (the magnitude or the size of the project)
•Quality (the performance constraints)
•Schedule (time required for the project)
•What is the Budget (capital and material cost) for the project
•What are the Resources( the labour cost)
Project Considerations:

Some considerations that could be addressed

•Social considerations
•Economic considerations

•Technical considerations
•Environmental considerations
Some of the factors to be included on the statement of requirements are

•Scope (what is included in and what is excluded from the project)
•Overview and Objectives (why is the project important)
•Business Justification (why the company needs this)
•Timeline and schedule (how long will it take to deliver the project)
•The cost estimates
•The stakeholders, vendors, contractors handling the project
•The roles and responsibility of the project manager and team members
•Constraints, assumptions, dependencies, risk.
Other issues to be considered as part of the business case for this project include

• Summary including quantified financial and non-financial benefits of the staff training centre (quantified, where possible, over time)

• Implementation tasks and project plan


References:

HELDMAN, K. and MANGANO, V., 2009.PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide. Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing.

LEWIS, J.P., 2005. Project planning, scheduling, and control: a hands-on guide to bringing projects in time and on budget. New York: McGraw-Hill.

KENDRICK, T., 2009.Identifying and managing project risk: essential tools for failure-proofing. New York: AMACOM.

http://www.teamplan.co.uk/products/pdf/Guide%20to%20Creating%20Statement%20of%20Requirement.pdf accessed on October 30 2009.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3049961/Statement-of-Business-Requirements-SoBR-Template accessed on October 30 2009.