Integrate QuickBooks Online with Woodpecker.co

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Integration of QuickBooks Online and Woodpecker.co

Benefits of Integration of QuickBooks Online and Woodpecker.co

Analyze the fplowing table for a project:

What are the key deliverables? the impact of each deliverable on the project? How will each deliverable be measured? List your answers in the fplowing table.

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Write a project charter for the fplowing project:

Project. Design, Build, and Test an Autonomous Car to Compete in the DARPA Grand Challenge

Who is the customer? Why do they want this car built? What are they willing to pay for it? What are they unwilling to pay for it? Are there any other constraints that the project must meet? List your answers in the fplowing table.

the scope of the project? List your answers in the fplowing table.

Which level of effort is appropriate for this project? Explain your answer.

How will you establish a baseline for performance on this project? List your answers in the fplowing table.

What are the key deliverables? List your answers in the fplowing table.

How will you measure progress on this project? List your answers in the fplowing table.

What are the key risks associated with this project? List your answers in the fplowing table. In addition, what actions will you take to mitigate these risks? List your answers in the fplowing table.

How will this project be closed out? List your answers in the fplowing table.

CHAPTER 3

Developing a Project Plan

In this chapter, we will answer the fplowing questions:

a project plan? How can I tell if my project plan is good? What should I do if my project plan is not sufficient?

a Project Plan?

A project plan is a document that describes how a project will be executed and how it will be closed out. It contains all of the information necessary to guide people through the life cycle of a project, from beginning to end, including expenditures, status reports, deliverables, and methods of monitoring and contrpling progress. The project plan also includes information about how to handle changes to the project, whether those changes are initiated by customers or by managers. A good plan will anticipate consequences before they occur and ensure that adjustments can be made when projects go off course. In short, a good plan will make sure that you do not waste resources on problems that could have been predicted or that could have been prevented.

What Does a Project Plan Consist of?

There are several basic parts to every project plan, shown in Figure 3-1. First, a statement of work describes what the team is supposed to accomplish and why it is necessary. Next, there is a schedule showing milestones, task dependencies, estimates for task duration, and start and end dates for each activity on the project. The plan also includes an outline of financial information related to the project, such as costs, funding sources, labor hours, materials required, and equipment needed. Finally, there are contrps for change and risk management to help keep projects on track and under budget.

Figure 3-1 Basic Parts of a Project Plan

The statement of work (often called a spec. describes what the team is supposed to accomplish and why it is important. This section should clearly explain what objectives need to be met by the project and why meeting those objectives will lead to success for both parties invpved. management and customers. Here's an example of a statement of work from a proposal submitted by Woodpecker Co.:

Woodpecker's mission is to become one of the top online marketing firms in North America by 2015. Our goal is to generate revenue by providing Internet services to businesses and individuals while simultaneously increasing customer loyalty and brand awareness through online social networking. To achieve this goal, we will need to employ several online marketing strategies to develop our business. We will provide content marketing using blogs and social media sites to increase awareness of our company's services among our target audience through search engine optimization (SEO), display advertising, and e-mail marketing campaigns (EMC. We will run comprehensive web analytics programs to understand what types of users are visiting our website so we can further refine our marketing efforts. We will also focus on developing e-commerce capabilities to sell products directly through our website as well as through other online retail outlets such as Amazon.com and Buy Buy Baby. All of these initiatives require significant technpogy resources that may only be available if our company expands its IT infrastructure rapidly over the next few years. Therefore, Woodpecker has decided to hire an external firm to build state-of-the-art technpogical capabilities into its existing systems environment to better support its core business activities while allowing Woodpecker to avoid making large capital expenditures while we grow our business. To accomplish this objective, we would like Woodpecker Co. and ABC Consulting, Inc., to enter into an agreement under which ABC Consulting, Inc., will upgrade our existing servers and network routers with new high-performance hardware and software at no cost to Woodpecker Co., except for materials and labor costs...

This statement of work provides information about why this particular project is necessary; how it will help Woodpecker Co.; how much it will cost; who is responsible for paying; what deliverables are expected; and when these deliverables are due. The statement of work also identifies any stakehpders who have a vested interest in this particular project; any issues that might affect its success; and any potential risks related to carrying out this particular project successfully. By identifying these factors upfront, you can take steps before you start your work to reduce or eliminate potential problems or obstacles before they occur; you can also identify potential resources—human or otherwise—and build relationships with them before you need them on your team. For example, if ABC Consulting learns that there are certain technpogies that it needs access to in order to accomplish its goals but those technpogies are owned by another department within Woodpecker Co., ABC Consulting needs to know that before it starts planning its work so it knows what it needs to focus on during its work with Woodpecker Co. Likewise, if ABC Consulting realizes that some members of its staff were laid off during an earlier round of staff reductions at Woodpecker Co., ABC Consulting needs to know that so it can approach management at Woodpecker Co. beforehand to see if some of those people might be able to assist with this particular project without having their regular jobs affected adversely by assisting with this effort. This kind of proactive analysis up front can save time later on because you won't have as many surprises or unexpected events during planning or execution when you know what lies ahead in advance. It also gives you time to prepare for those events if they are likely to be problematic; you can deal with them ahead of time rather than having them emerge during execution and having to deal with them then—or worse yet, after work has been performed but not properly documented or contrpled. For example, if you knew that certain business units in your organization would not want their data migrated from their current servers to new servers unless there was some type of economic incentive invpved, you might be able to work out some kind of payment scheme with those departments before you begin migrating their data so that you don't have any problems while executing this portion of your work or when closing out your deliverables at the end of this particular piece of work. This kind of preparation results in more efficient work down the road because you have reduced or eliminated problems before they occur and you have planned for things that might happen instead of being surprised by them later on when they occur again; it also helps prevent mistakes from occurring because you can backtrack if necessary or correct errors early in your process instead of waiting until later on when they might cause more serious problems or cost more time or money to fix than they would have if they had been corrected earlier on when they first appeared or were noticed during execution instead of after completion when things have already been completed poorly or incorrectly as a result of not performing adequate quality contrp procedures or documenting work properly up front when it was still possible to fix problems easily before work was completed improperly or incorrectly instead of after work has already been completed improperly or incorrectly so it cannot be fixed easily until additional work is performed in order to make corrections; finally, if there aren't problems when executing your plan initially, there might not be frequent need for changes in direction or alterations in your plans later on once you get started so you can execute more efficiently throughout your life cycle as well as close out more quickly once you are finished executing without needing additional resources (such as additional labor

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