Assessment 1 Information

Your Task

Your first assessment in this subject requires you to study a case in the assessment instruction and create a project business case which includes key elements (such as problem statement, project benefits, and stakeholders) and SWOT Analysis for recommendations to support your project getting approved.

Assessment Description

A business case is a project management document that explains and justifies the reasoning for initiating a project. It is often presented in a well-structured written document to the key business stakeholders such as project sponsor(s) to get approval and funding. A thorough understanding of how to write a business case must be demonstrated in this assessment. A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool used to assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of your project. Developing a SWOT analysis can help you look at your project from different directions. It can also help you to come up with recommendations to support the project.

The learning outcomes you will demonstrate in performing this assessment includes:

Assessment Instructions

 The Case

GoNative Pty.Ltd.is based in Melbourne, Victoria. The business was established in 2015 to cater for the demand for Australian native food products. The company manufactures and retails a range of certified, organic, Australian native foods.  

Currently ,the business is selling its products through several small supermarkets and health food stores throughout Australia. The company also has a basic website that includes only four pages:

home, about us, products and contact details.The company launched this simple website just after opening, but there has been very little traffic to the site except during Christmas and Mother’s Day. This is because of poor design, a limited shopping cart and no call to action or active social media networks.

The company’s overall business objectives for the next three years are to increase sales, create brand awareness and develop a broader product range. The company’s target market are customers aged between 35 and 60 years old, who are looking for Australian organic gourmet foods.

As a contracted IT Project Manager (Subject Matter Expert in IT solutions for business problems), you have been asked by the Operations Manager to propose an IT solution, which will be a critical part of the company’s strategy. You will be managing the project and reporting to the project sponsors (CEO and Operations Manager) and informing project team members of the project’s progress after the business case is approved.

Based on the above case, you are required to create a business case to cover the following:

1. Problem Statement

   1. Describe the problem that your project will overcome, and
   2. The opportunity that your project will take advantage of

2. Project Summary

   1. Discuss what this project hopes to achieve.
      • Project benefits(atleast3)
      • Proposed IT solution
      • Brief cost, resources, and schedule
      • A2-levels WBS.

3. SWOT Analysis

   1. Create a SWOT Analysis Matrix for your proposed project to cover:
      • Strengths
      • Weaknesses
      • Opportunities
      • Threats
   2. Provide atleast 3 recommendations based on the SWOT Analysis

4. Stake holders

   1. Identify key atleast 5 projects take holders and their roles

Submission Instructions

• Name your document“Assessment 1_[Student ID]”
• Save it as a Word or PDF document format
   

As this assessment falls under the Amber category (Level 2) in Gen AI traffic light system, use of generative AI is at your discretion. Unauthorised use of GenAI is strictly prohibited, such as copy and pasting assessment instructions in to GenAI tools. You may wish to use GenAI to build your own knowledge, however copy and pasting the responses from GenAI into this assessment is considered unauthorised without cross referencing with scholarly articles and appropriate citation.

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