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Project Plan
Learning Objects for Our Nation and Society
Compiled by: Delroy Sinclair
Walden University
EDUC-6145-1 Project Management in Ed. & Training
Dr. Raymond Pastore

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PROJECT CHARTER
SCHOOLSONLINE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Background .......................................................................................................... 4
Rationale.......................................................................................................................................... 4
PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................... 5
OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................................... 5
CONSTRAINTS ................................................................................................................................... 6
ASSUMPTIONS ................................................................................................................................... 6

PROJECT AUTHORIZATION ................................................................................................................ 8

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Introduction and Background

Scott Allen and his design team were given the responsibility to work with a project

manager and instructional designers to design learning objects for Primary Learners within K-12
classroom in Australia. Each team was given various briefing on expectations and to meet and
come up with possible solutions for the finish product. During various briefings, members of the
design team express their disagreements with the expectations and voiced their concerns about
constraints and limitations that this project would encounter.
The design team members have vast experiences in various areas relating to the projects
expectations. SchoolsOnline requires learning objects to be developed so as to actively engage
learners and can be used by teachers and students either on a small scale basis or utilized within a
classroom setting.

Rationale

Within an Australian educational context, SchoolOnline requires a project team to
develop educational learning objects for K-12 learners, as opposed to full DVD or web based
project. These learning activities should be on a small scale to incorporate delivery in a small
class as well as for students to work with independently. Assigned teams should meet to read
through briefing to derive the most appropriate solution to design the learner object. The objects
designed must be reusable within the scope of this project; Our Nation and Society-suitable for
an Australian national curricular needs.

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PURPOSE

To design learning objects to accommodate teachers and learners within an Australian K12 national curriculum; with the aim of actively engaging teachers and students either on
a small scale basis or to be utilized within a classroom setting.

OBJECTIVES

To develop learning objects for K-12 learners within an Australian educational learning
context.

To design learning object that will cater for learner active involvement in the classroom

To design learning object on a small scale-resource that are flexible enough for a teacher
to use with a whole class or for a student to work with independently.

To design learning objects which are practical and relates to the learners experiences.

To convert the traditional K-2 Social Sciences curricular into a web-based and CD-ROM
format.

To enable Constructivist learning theory that will engage learners actively and will
reconstruct knowledge out of experiences in the world.

Learners of online learning environments can construct meaning by reflection of their

lifes experiences and then through examining how their experiences shape their
understanding

To create mockup/layouts for conversion of Kindergarten, first and second grade.

To develop values, understandings, skill, disposition, and behavior associated with civic
decision making and with principles of the democratic process, sustainable futures, and
social justice
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To develop understanding about contemporary society as a springboard for

understanding self and others and for examining the contribution needed to bring about
preferred futures (Ertmer, Quinn & Glazewski, 2014).

CONSTRAINTS

A three (3) months time line.

Working with a development team that they team has not previously worked with.

Team working independent of each other with little or no interactions.

Concepts that are outlined in the briefing literature are different from what are required.

Learning objects will have consistent technical requirement

Learning objects will need to be appropriate to Australia setting and be less usable in
other national contexts.

The writing team has experience in technical and creative writing but do not have
educational background.

Teams are working with each other for the first times and have no prior interaction.

Iteration timeline or time limit is not established or known.

Limit consultation among groups

ASSUMPTIONS

Fixed Timeline
The project and the development of learning objects can be completed within three (3)
months.

Simple makes perfect

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SchoolsOnline wants to avoid using full color graphics so as to decrease the size of the
file of the learning objects.

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PROJECT AUTHORIZATION

Executive Sponsor:


[Name]

[Title]

[Date]

[Title]

[Date]

[Title]

[Date]

[Title]

[Date]

Stakeholders:


[Name]

[Name]

[Name]

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SCOPE OF WORK
&
WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (WBS)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Background 11

Rationale11
Scope of Work..12
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)..13
Schedule Overview .................................................................................................................... 13
Schools Online Project .............................................................................................................. 13
Appendix: Diagramatic view of WBS...15

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Introduction and Background

Scott Allen and his design team were given the responsibility to work with a project

manager and instructional designers to design learning objects for Primary Learners within K-12
classroom in Australia. Each team was given various briefing on expectations and to meet and
come up with possible solutions for the finish product. During various briefings, members of the
design team express their disagreements with the expectations and voiced their concerns about
constraints and limitations that this project would encounter.
The design team members have vast experiences in various areas relating to the projects
expectations. SchoolsOnline requires learning objects to be developed so as to actively engage
learners and can be used by teachers and students either on a small scale basis or utilized within a
classroom setting.

Rationale
Within an Australian educational context, SchoolOnline requires a project team to
develop educational learning objects for K-12 learners, as opposed to full DVD or web based
project. These learning activities should be on a small scale to incorporate delivery in a small
class as well as for students to work with independently. Assigned teams should meet to read
through briefing to derive the most appropriate solution to design the learner object. The objects
designed must be reusable within the scope of this project; Our Nation and Society-suitable for
an Australian national curricular needs.

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Scope of Work
The Project Manager has completed and gotten approval for the initial phase of the project for
SchoolsOnline. The next stages will involve defining and performing assessment for the work
needed to get done to finish the project. The project management initial phrases included;
Meeting with clients from SchoolsOnline
Gather and Analyze information received
Write Charter Analysis or Statement of Work
Client Review Approval
This project is being undertaken to develop online digital learning resources (learning objects) in specific
curricular areas. It should support the study of history, geography, cultural science and the study of civics
life of particular regional and rural people. The deliverables and majors phases left to undertake the
completion of the project includes;

Project Initiation and Implementation Document

Designing Learning Resources

Testing the Develop Application

Deliver Application

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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Schedule Overview
Project Initiation
Planning
Needs Analysis
Design and Development
Implementation
Evaluation

Schools Online Project

1.0
Initiate Project
1.1
Launch meetings
1.2
Create project planning chart
1.3
Create work breakdown structure
1.4
Conduct kick-off meeting
1.5
Project Charter Signed/Approved
2.0

Planning
2.1
Preliminary project scope
2.2
Meeting with S.M.E
2.3
Define learners and contents
2.4
Develop Project Plan

3.0

Conduct Needs Analysis

3.1
Analyze content, audience, environment, and delivery methods
3.2
Identify performance gaps
3.3
Conduct needs assessment
3.4
Determine appropriate content

4.0

Design and Development

4.1
Define goals/concepts
4.2
Gather source documents
4.3
Write storyboards
4.4
Create writing plan
4.5
Create web interface and front end
4.6
Conduct unit testing
4.7
Code web pages
4.8
Modify, verify and validate application
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5.0

Implement Application
5.1
Obtain user acceptance of the application
5.2
Log issues
5.3
Audit learning objects

6.0

Evaluate Application
6.1
Conduct one-on-one evaluation
6.2
Compile feedback
6.3
Modify application

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Appendix: Diagramatic view of WBS

SchoolsOnline
Learning Resources

Project Ini,a,on
1.0

Launch Mee,ngs
1.1
Create project
planning chart
1.2
Create WBS
1.3
Conduct kick-o
mee,ngs
1.4

Conduct Needs
Analysis
3.0

Planning
2.0

Preliminary project
scope
2.1

Mee,ng with S.M.E

2.2

Dene learners and

contents
2.3

Develop Project Plan

2.4

Project Charter
Signed/Approved

Analyze content,
audience,
environment, and
delivery methods
3.1
Iden,fy perfromance
gaps
3.2

Conduct needs
assessment
3.3

Determine
appropriate content
3.4

Design and
Development
4.0

Implementa,on
5

Dene goals/
contents
4.1

Gather source
documents
4.2

Write storyboards
4.3

Evalua,on
6

Obtain user
acceptance of
applica,on
5.1

Conduct one-on-
one evalua,on

Log issues
5.2

Compile feedback
6.2

Audit learning
objects
5.3

Modify applica,on
6.3

6.1

Create wri,ng plan

4.4

Create web interface

and front end
4.5

1.5

Conduct unit tes,ng

4.6

code web pages

4.7

Modify, verify and

validate applica,on
4.8

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PROJECT SCHEDULE
&
RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLAN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction and Background 18

Rationale.19
Project Schedule.20
Resource Allocation Plan21
Cost Baseline 22
Appendix 1: Schedule Table 23
Appendix 2: Gantt chart.25

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Introduction and Background

Scott Allen and his design team were given the responsibility to work with a project

manager and instructional designers to design learning objects for Primary Learners within K-12
classroom in Australia. Each team was given various briefing on expectations and to meet and
come up with possible solutions for the finish product. During various briefings, members of the
design team express their disagreements with the expectations and voiced their concerns about
constraints and limitations that this project would encounter.
The design team members have vast experiences in various areas relating to the projects
expectations. SchoolsOnline requires learning objects to be developed so as to actively engage
learners and can be used by teachers and students either on a small-scale basis or utilized within
a classroom setting.

Client:

Australia Department of Education (ADE) and SchoolsOnline

Project Name:

Our Nation and Society K-2 Social Science Web-based & CDROM Social Science Curricula

Duration of Project:

3 months (92 days)

Start Date:

June 29, 2015

End Date:

September 29, 2015

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Rationale
Within an Australian educational context, SchoolOnline requires a project team to
develop educational learning objects for K-12 learners, as opposed to full DVD or web based
project. These learning activities should be on a small scale to incorporate delivery in a small
class as well as for students to work with independently. Assigned teams should meet to read
through briefing to derive the most appropriate solution to design the learner object. The objects
designed must be reusable within the scope of this project; Our Nation and Society-suitable for
an Australian national curricular needs.

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Project Schedule
The SchoolsOnline project will take the effort of all team members involved for the duration of
the project. This project is schedule to last for three (3) months. Activity sequencing will be used
to determine the order of work activities to complete each deliverables; and also assign
relationships between project activities.
The project schedule of SchoolsOnline will be created using MS Project 2013 online and Open
Project or Samrtsheet starting with the deliverables identified in the Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS). Once a preliminary schedule has been developed, it will be reviewed and resources will
be assigned to the tasks.
See Appendix 1 and 2 for scheduling.

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Resource Allocation Plan

Australia Department of Education (ADE) and SchoolsOnline are responsible for
approving all quality standards for Our Nation and Society K-2 Social Science Web-based &
CD-ROM Social Science Curricula.
The Project Manager is responsible for seeing the overall completion and communications
among stakeholders within the project.
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) is responsible for reviewing the content matter of the Our
Nation and Society K-2 Social Science Web-based & CD-ROM Social Science Curricula
The Writing team will be responsible for writing design briefs for the curricular.
The Design team will be responsible for designing the specification for the learning objects for
Our Nation and Society K-2 Social Science Web-based & CD-ROM Social Science Curricula.
The Development Team will be responsible for developing the final leaning objects for Our
Nation and Society K-2 Social Science Web-based & CD-ROM Social Science Curricula.
The Implementation Team will be responsible for implementing the developed project of Our
Nation and Society K-2 Social Science Web-based & CD-ROM Social Science Curricula.
The Evaluation Team will be responsible for evaluating and closing out the finished project of
Our Nation and Society K-2 Social Science Web-based & CD-ROM Social Science Curricula.

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Cost Baseline

Project Phase

Budgeted Total

Comments

$AUD
Initiate Project

$50,000

Includes work hours for all project team members

for gathering requirements and planning project

Conduct Needs Analysis

$30,000

Includes work hours for all project team members

for work on SchoolsOnline curriculum

Planning

$75,000

Includes all work hours for Project Steering

Committee, SME and Project Manager of
SchoolsOnlinecurriculum design

Design

$275,000

Includes all work hours for designing briefs and

specifications of SchoolsOnline curriculum design

Development

$350, 000

Includes all work hours for developing learning

objects of SchoolsOnline curriculum design

Implementation

$175, 000

Includes all work hours for implementing the

learning objects of SchoolsOnline curriculum
design

Evaluation
Total Estimated Budget

$20,000

Includes all work hours for project closeout

$975, 000

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Appendix 1: Schedule Table

Task Name

Start
Date

End
Date

Durati
on

Initiate Project

06/29/15

07/16/15

18d

100%

06/29/15

06/29/15

1d

100%

PM + other
teams

Create project
planning chart

06/30/15

07/07/15

8d

100%

PM + other
teams

Create work break

down structure

07/08/15

07/09/15

2d

100%

PM + other
teams

Conduct kick-off
meeting

07/14/15

07/15/15

2d

100%

PM + other
teams

Project Charter
Signed/approved

07/16/15

07/16/15

1d

100%

PM + other
teams

Conduct Needs
Analysis

07/17/15

07/22/15

6d

100%

Analyze content,
audience,
environment

07/17/15

07/18/15

2d

100%

SME

Identify
perfromance gaps

07/21/15

07/21/15

1d

100%

SME

Conduct needs
assessment

07/17/15

07/22/15

6d

100%

SME

Determine
appropriate content

07/17/15

07/22/15

6d

100%

SME

Planning

07/27/15

08/16/15

21d

Preliminary project
scope

07/27/15

07/31/15

5d

100%

Meeting with SME

08/03/15

08/07/15

5d

0%

PM

Define learners and

contents

08/10/15

08/11/15

2d

0%

PM + SME

Develop project
plan

08/11/15

08/16/15

6d

0%

Developers

Launch meetings

Predeces
sors

%
Complete

Assigned To

28%
PM + other
teams

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Design and
Development

08/19/15

09/25/15

38d

0%

Define
goals/concepts

08/19/15

08/19/15

1d

0%

Designers +
developers

Write story boards

08/20/15

08/21/15

2d

0%

Designers +
developers

Create writing plan

08/24/15

08/26/15

3d

0%

Designers +
developers

08/27/15

09/12/15

17d

0%

Designers +
developers

Conduct unit test

09/21/15

09/22/15

2d

0%

Designers +
developers

Code web page

09/23/15

09/25/15

3d

0%

Designers +
developers

Modify, verify and

validate application

09/25/15

09/25/15

1d

0%

Designers +
developers

Implement
Application

09/25/15

09/27/15

3d

0%

Obtain user
acceptance of
theapplication

09/25/15

09/25/15

1d

0%

Developers

Log issues

09/26/15

09/26/15

1d

0%

Developers

Audit learning
object

09/27/15

09/27/15

1d

0%

Developers

Evaluation and
close out

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

0%

Conduct one-onone evaluation

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

0%

PM

Compile feedback

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

0%

PM

Modify application

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

0%

Developers

Create web
interface and front
end

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Appendix 2: Gantt chart

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COMMUNICATION PLAN
&
PROJECT MONITORING MATRIX

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Rationale.28
Communication Plan 28
Project Responsibility Matrix 30
Project Monitoring Matrix.31
Reference34

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Rationale

Scott Allen is a part of a highly acclaimed team of multimedia designers. SchoolsOnline has
recently awarded the multimedia team, the project tasks are compromised of researching design
briefs and designing learning objects. The highly skilled team is limited to using "simple
animation, text, and audio... specifically developed in Flash, context free and constrained to a
smaller file size". The team that is used to developing highly context driven courses with DVD
videos has a timeline of three months to review and effectively design the learning objects to
"Australian K-12 students".

Communication Plan

Program Manager/Sponsor:

Steering Committee (SchoolsOnline)

Approve, recommend, and sign off every step of the project until closure

Project Manager-

Gordon Anderson

Attend meetings hosted by SchoolsOnline, seeks and get approval on project

levels/phases

Writing Team-

Steve Keller & Co.

To develop and outline curricular outlines, flowchart, and teacher support materials.
Work in linear ways to develop each grades curricular with Kindergarten through to K-2.

ISD-

Scott Allen, Jeff Parker & Tracey Ward etc.

Development Team-

ScarletMedia

SME-

Jim, Jessica & Tom

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Project Communication Plan

Target
Audience

Message (What)

Project
Team

Check progress,
common inquiry,
share outcome

Face-toFace

Weekly

PM

Designers

Follow up on design
work, discuss
obstacles, check
progress
Reporting on the
progress, present
common issues

Face-toFace

Daily

PM

Written
report

Weekly

PM

Project
Team

Where there is a popup changes, events or

obstacles

E-mail

Urgent
cases

PM

Client

Show the progress

status

Face-toFace

Monthly

PM

Project
Team

Method

Frequency

Responsibility Notes

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Project Responsibility Matrix

Task/Phase

Person

Initiate Project

Steering
Committee
P

Conduct Needs
Analysis
Planning

PM
A

Writing
Team
P

Design
Team
P

Designing and
Development
Implement Application
Evaluation and Closeout

Review
Team
P

Development
Team
P

R
P

P= Participate; A= Accountable; R= Review; I= Input; S= Sign off required

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Project Monitoring Matrix

CA= cancelled

06/29/15

07/16/15

Launch
meetings

06/29/15

06/29/15

1d

1d

06/29/15

06/29/15

PM + other
teams

Create project
planning chart

06/30/15

07/07/15

8d

8d

06/30/15

07/07/15

PM + other
teams

Create work
break down
structure

07/08/15

07/09/15

2d

2d

07/08/15

07/09/15

PM + other
teams

Conduct kickoff meeting

07/14/15

07/15/15

2d

2d

07/14/15

07/15/15

PM + other
teams

Project Charter
Signed/approved

07/16/15

07/16/15

1d

1d

07/16/15

07/16/15

PM + other
teams

Conduct Needs
Analysis

07/17/15

07/22/15

6d

6d

07/17/15

07/22/15

Analyze
content,
audience,
environment

07/17/15

07/18/15

2d

2d

07/17/15

07/18/15

SME

Identify
perfromance
gaps

07/21/15

07/21/15

1d

1d

07/21/15

07/21/15

SME

Conduct needs
assessment

07/17/15

07/22/15

6d

6d

07/17/15

07/22/15

SME

Determine
appropriate
content

07/17/15

07/22/15

6d

6d

07/17/15

07/22/15

SME

Planning

07/27/15

08/16/15

21d

21d

07/27/15

08/16/15

07/27/15

07/31/15

5d

5d

07/27/15

07/31/15

Preliminary

Notes

Code

18d

Assigned
To

18d

Estimated
Duration

07/16/15

End Date

06/29/15

Start Date

Initiate Project

Task Name

Actual Date
Finished

OH= on hold

Actual Date
Started

C= completed; IP= in progress; NS= not started;

Actual
Duration

Codes:

C
PM + other

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project scope

teams

Meeting with
SME

08/03/15

08/07/15

5d

5d

08/03/15

08/07/15

PM

Define
learners and
contents

08/10/15

08/11/15

2d

2d

08/10/15

08/11/15

PM + SME

Develop
project plan

08/11/15

08/16/15

6d

6d

08/11/15

08/16/15

Developers

Design and
Development

08/19/15

09/25/15

38d

Define
goals/concepts

08/19/15

08/19/15

1d

Write story
boards

08/20/15

08/21/15

Create writing
plan

08/24/15

Create web
interface and
front end

IP

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Designers +
developers

IP

Project are
on target
as
estimated

2d

Designers +
developers

IP

Project are
on target
as
estimated

08/26/15

3d

Designers +
developers

IP

Project are
on target
as
estimated

08/27/15

09/12/15

17d

Designers +
developers

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Conduct unit
test

09/21/15

09/22/15

2d

Designers +
developers

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Code web
page

09/23/15

09/25/15

3d

Designers +
developers

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Modify, verify
and validate
application

09/25/15

09/25/15

1d

Designers +
developers

NS

Project are
on target
as

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estimated
NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Developers

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

1d

Developers

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

09/27/15

1d

Developers

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Conduct oneon-one
evaluation

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

PM

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Compile
feedback

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

PM

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Modify
application

09/29/15

09/29/15

1d

Developers

NS

Project are
on target
as
estimated

Implement
Application

09/25/15

09/27/15

3d

Obtain user
acceptance of
the application

09/25/15

09/25/15

1d

Log issues

09/26/15

09/26/15

Audit learning
object

09/27/15

Evaluation and
close out

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Reference

Ertmer, P., Quinn, J. (Eds.) & Glazewski, K. (2014). The ID casebook: Case studies in
instructional design (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

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PROJECT CLOSE-OUT CHECKLIST

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Rationale.37
Team Members and Stakeholders...37
Approval and Sign off Matrix .40
Cost (Budget) Baseline...41
Project Close-out Report42
Project Close-out Sign off Form43
Reference...45

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Rationale

Scott Allen is a part of a highly acclaimed team of multimedia designers. SchoolsOnline has
recently awarded the multimedia team, the project tasks are compromised of researching design
briefs and designing learning objects. The highly skilled team is limited to using "simple
animation, text, and audio... specifically developed in Flash, context free and constrained to a
smaller file size". The team that is used to developing highly context driven courses with DVD
videos has a timeline of three months to review and effectively design the learning objects to
"Australian K-12 students".
Team Members and Stakeholders

Project Close Out

Purpose:

To develop online digital learning resources (learning objects) in specific

curricular areas. This project focuses on Our Nation and Society for years
K-12 (Ertmer, Quinn & Glazewski, 2014).

Overview:

Scott Allen is a part of a highly acclaimed team of multimedia designers.

SchoolsOnline has recently awarded the multimedia team, the project
tasks are compromised of researching design briefs and designing learning
objects. The highly skilled team is limited to using "simple animation,
text, and audio... specifically developed in Flash, context free and
constrained to a smaller file size". The team that is responsible for
developing highly context driven courses with DVD videos has a timeline
of three (3) months to review and effectively design the learning objects to
"Australian K-12 students".
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Project Name:

Learning Objects for Our Nation and Society

Project Manager:

Gordon Anderson

Sponsor:

SchoolsOnline

Objectives:
To convert the traditional K-2 Social Sciences curricular into a web-based and CD-ROM
format.
To enable Constructivist learning theory that will engage learners actively and will
reconstruct knowledge out of experiences in the world.
Learners of online learning environments can construct meaning by reflection of their
lifes experiences and then through examining how their experiences shape their
understanding
To create mockup/layouts for conversion of Kindergarten, first and second grade.
To develop values, understandings, skill, disposition, and behavior associated with civic
decision making and with principles of the democratic process, sustainable futures, and
social justice
To develop understanding about contemporary society as a springboard for
understanding self and others and for examining the contribution needed to bring about
preferred futures (Ertmer, Quinn & Glazewski, 2014).
Participants:

Program Manager/Sponsor:

Steering Committee (SchoolsOnline)

Project Manager-

Gordon Anderson
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Writing Team-

Steve Keller & Co.

ISD-

Scott Allen, Jeff Parker & Tracey Ward etc.

Development Team-

ScarletMedia

SME-

Jim, Jessica & Tom

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Approval and Sign off Matrix

Objectives
All deliverables and
goals have been met
by team
All deliverables and
goals have been met
by designers
Objectives of the
project meet or exceed
customer expectations
All meetings were
held and carried out as
planned
The content of the
application meets the
expected requirements
Conduct Follow up
session

Responsible

Complete?

Signer(s)

Comments

PM

Incomplete

PM +
Stakeholders

Project is still
work in progress

PM + ISD

Incomplete

PM

Project is still
work in progress

Steering
Incomplete
Committee + PM

PM

Project is still
work in progress

ALL

Incomplete

PM

Project is still
work in progress

Writing Team +
SME + PM

Incomplete

Steering
Committee +
PM

Project is still
work in progress

Steering
Incomplete
Committee + PM
+ ISD

Steering
Committee +
PM

Project is still
work in progress

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Cost (Budget) Baseline

Expenditure ($AUD)
Initiate Project
Conduct Needs Analysis
Planning
Design
Development

Planned
50,000
30,000
75,000
275,000
350, 000

Implementation

175, 000

00, 000

20,000

00, 000

Evaluation
Total

Actual
50,000
30,000
75,000
275,000

Variance
00, 000
00, 000
00, 000
00, 000
00, 000

Explanation

Has not started as

yet
Has not started as
yet
Has not started as
yet

975, 000

Funding Source ($AUD)

Australian Government
Sponsorship
Grants

Planned
750, 000
105, 000
120, 000

Actual
750, 000
105, 000
120, 000

Total

975, 000

975, 000

Variance
00, 000
00, 000
00, 000

Explanation

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Project Close-out Report

Project Title:

Learning Objects for Our Nation and Society

Project working Title:

SchoolsOnline- Our Nation and Society

Prepared by:

Delroy Sinclair

Agency: SchoolsOnline

Date:

Deliverables
Initiate Project
Create work break down structure
Conduct kick-off meeting
Project Charter Signed/approved
Conduct Needs Analysis
Analyze content, audience,
environment
Conduct needs assessment
Determine appropriate content
Planning
Meeting with SME
Define learners and contents
Develop project plan
Design and Development
Write story boards
Create web interface and front end
Code web page
Implement Application
Log issues
Audit learning object
Evaluation and close- out
Conduct one-on-one evaluation
Compile feedback
Modify application

Date Accepted
06/29/15
07/09/15
07/14/15
07/16/15
07/17/15
07/17/15

Contingencies or Conditions

07/22/15
08/07/15
08/11/15
08/16/15
08/20/15
08/24/15
09/23/15
09/26/15
09/27/15
09/29/15
09/29/15
09/29/15

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Project Close-out Sign off Form

Project Close out Sign off Form

For
Phase of the project

Project Name:

Learning Objects for Our Nation and Society

I have reviewed the following deliverables as of Phases 1-3

Initiate Project

Conduct Needs Analysis

Planning

I have found these deliverables to meet with my approval, with the following exceptions:

Meeting with SME ( There were a few unfinished business with the meeting of the
Subject Matter Experts (SME) that needs to be taken in account

Define Learner and Content (Much more can be done in terms of identifying the learners
needs thus defining the appropriate and much more challenging content. Content
identified could have been on a broader scope.

I hereby give my approval to proceed with the evolution of these deliverables to the next stages
of development in order to meet the project objectives in a timely fashion.

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I understand that any changes (addition, deletions, or modifications) to the fundamental

structure, underlying design, or the specific features of these deliverables might result in:

Slippage of the completion date for the deliverables

Additional resource requirements

Additional costs

Signed:

Gordon Anderson

Project Manager
Date: ___________________________________

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Reference

Ertmer, P., Quinn, J. (Eds.) & Glazewski, K. (2014). The ID casebook: Case studies in
instructional design (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

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