Baderman Island Resort: Software Upgrade
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Baderman Island Resort: Software Upgrade
Project Overview
In this project, Team B will evaluate the current word processing solution and offer a detailed outline to upgrade the word processing software at each building in the Baderman Island Resort. The Baderman Island Resort is a huge complex that consists of twelve separate buildings. The buildings are individually owned and operated but still fall under the control of Boardman Management Group. Each business building was opened at a different time and there are several different word processors on different operating systems at each building. In all there are 26 computers running Windows XP with Word XP, 38 computers running Windows 2000 with Word 2000 and 6 computers running Windows 98 with Word 97.
Boardman Management Group has expressed their desire to have all of the new and enhanced features that are only available with a newly released word processing program. This will require an upgrade to several operating systems because of the incompatibility between new programs and Windows 98 (Microsoft Corp., 2011). The variety of hardware used does pose interesting obstacles and will force the Boardman Group to make further decisions to fully upgrade the word software as desired. Microsoft Word 2011 requires Windows XP with service pack 3, so to meet the service request additional upgrades must be made (Microsoft Corp., n.d.).
Team B will address the complexity of multiple issues and answer the following questions: What is the purpose for the upgrade? Why is the upgrade a good business decision? Are there other viable options? What are the initial costs for such an upgrade? What benefits and features will come with the new software? What is the expected timeline for project completion? Other issues that will be explained will include; maintenance, training, testing, and Team B’s recommendation.
Gathering information on the each of the twelve buildings will help determine project scope. Each...
Project Overview
In this project, Team B will evaluate the current word processing solution and offer a detailed outline to upgrade the word processing software at each building in the Baderman Island Resort. The Baderman Island Resort is a huge complex that consists of twelve separate buildings. The buildings are individually owned and operated but still fall under the control of Boardman Management Group. Each business building was opened at a different time and there are several different word processors on different operating systems at each building. In all there are 26 computers running Windows XP with Word XP, 38 computers running Windows 2000 with Word 2000 and 6 computers running Windows 98 with Word 97.
Boardman Management Group has expressed their desire to have all of the new and enhanced features that are only available with a newly released word processing program. This will require an upgrade to several operating systems because of the incompatibility between new programs and Windows 98 (Microsoft Corp., 2011). The variety of hardware used does pose interesting obstacles and will force the Boardman Group to make further decisions to fully upgrade the word software as desired. Microsoft Word 2011 requires Windows XP with service pack 3, so to meet the service request additional upgrades must be made (Microsoft Corp., n.d.).
Team B will address the complexity of multiple issues and answer the following questions: What is the purpose for the upgrade? Why is the upgrade a good business decision? Are there other viable options? What are the initial costs for such an upgrade? What benefits and features will come with the new software? What is the expected timeline for project completion? Other issues that will be explained will include; maintenance, training, testing, and Team B’s recommendation.
Gathering information on the each of the twelve buildings will help determine project scope. Each...