Case Study 1: Green Computing Research Project – Part 1
Due Week 3 and worth 70 points
Read the Green Computing Research Project, Part 1 in Appendix C. Assume the project budget is $500,000 and will take six months to complete and that you must select the project team as soon as possible. Use project charter examples from Chapters 3 and 4 as support in your answer.
Prepare a project charter for the Green Computing Research Project.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you include the following:
Project title and date of authorization
Project manager name and contact information
A summary schedule
Project budget summary
Brief description of the project’s objectives
Project success criteria
Summary of planned approach for managing the project
Roles and responsibilities matrix
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
GREEN COMPUTING RESEARCH PROJECT
Part 1: Project Integration Management
You are working for We Are Big, Inc., an international firm with over 100,000 employees located in several different countries. A strategic goal is to help improve the environment while increasing revenues and reducing costs. The Environment Technologies Program just started, and the VP of Operations, Natalie, is the program sponsor. Ito is the program manager, and there is a steering committee made up of ten senior executives, including Natalie, overseeing the program. There are several projects underneath this program, one being the Green Computing Research Project.   The CIO and project sponsor, Ben, has given this project high priority and plans to hold special interviews to hand-pick the project manager and team.   Ben is also a member of the program steering committee.   Before coming to We Are Big, Inc., Ben sponsored a project at a large computer firm to improve data center efficiency.   This project, however, is much broader than that one was.   The main…