Team 15The IT Crowd

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Who We AreBrittany Little—Project Manager Planning

Phase, Team Website DeveloperPhilip Knouff—Project Manager

Requirements Phase, PresentationStephen Mustgrave—Project Manager Design

PhaseWilliam Whelchel—Project Manager

Development Phase

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Association for Computing MachineryMr. Alex Meade,

Current President ACM Radford Chapter and ITEC student.

ACM is a Scientific and educational organization for advancing Information Technology

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ACM’s Current Website

Proposed template*

*Color scheme subject to change to National ACM website’s colors

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Our ProjectBuild a new website for Radford’s ACM using

Joomla CMSInspired by the National ACM websiteFeatures

A Game Development RepositoryA YouTube Tutorial Section created by ACMPast and Current Officers InformationAn embedded ACM Google CalendarPhoto GalleryACM History Section

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Featured Plug-insA Game Development

Repository and YouTube Tutorial SectionSimple File Upload: Easy File Management

An embedded ACM Google CalendarGCalender:

Photo GalleryCSS Gallery:

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Some Foreseeable Problems/RisksTechnology

Incompatible plug-ins from JoomlaRequirements

Scope CreepEstimation

Underestimate resources and abilities availablePeople

No communication between team members

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Risk ManagementTechnology

Research Plug-ins and their compatibilitiesRequirements

Clearly define project goals and specifications before starting development

EstimationPractice “one-off” rule

PeopleUse Skype or other telecommunications if

needed

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TimelineFinish Date: April 28

We will know that our project is a success, when we have deployed a stable Content Management System (CMS) that is easily managed, accessible, meets all the requirements established by Mr. Meade.