This Competency Assessment assesses the following outcome(s):
IT301M6: Practice global interconnectedness as it applies to your field of study.
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to understand the contributions by many resources in a complex project. Global interconnectedness refers to the global nature of resources located across the world that can make up a project team and the communication required to ensure global teams can work well together. You should complete the reading before attempting this assessment. The reading materials will be useful in identifying the criteria required in a communication plan.
Assignment Instructions
You are managing a server installation project that has globally interconnected stakeholders in San Jose, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; St. Louis, MO; Nashua, MA; Rhos-on-Sea, Wales; and Ljubljana,Slovenia. Stakeholders in San Jose build the individual machines that will comprise the kluge of boxes that will make up your install project in Rhos-on-Sea and Ljubljana. Your systems engineers are located in Colorado Springs and your system testers reside in St. Louis.
The contracted vendor assembles the various CPUs, processors, file servers, drives, and cabling that make up your server network. Rhos-on-Sea and Ljubljana will provide the necessary technicians, on site, to do the installation under the supervision of the systems engineers, followed by systems testing by your testers.
Use the Communications Plan template to build a Project Communication Plan that encompasses the information requirements as outlined in the PMBOK Guide Chapter 10. Be sure to complete the communication matrix to identify the right information and interaction methods that are necessary for global teams.
