Animal Finder Database Project Charter

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Table of contents
1 Candidate Topics for Project Charter
2 Project Charter

2.1 Purpose
2.2 Scope

3 Animal Finder Directory


Candidate Topics for Project Charter

  • Resources for Project Charter Topics
    • Misc. [1] (http://www.projectperfect.com.au/info_project_documentation.php)[2] (http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c010218a.asp)[3] (http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/project_charter.html)[4] (http://www.pmi.org/info/PP_WBSProjectCharter.asp)[5] (http://www.eclipse.org/birt/index.php?page=project/charter.html)[6] (http://www.itds.treas.gov/it06chtr.html)
    • ReadySet (http://readyset.tigris.org/) Ready-to-use Software Engineering Templates
  • Define needs/purpose/mission
  • Define benefits
  • Define assumptions (may become risks)
  • Define objectives
  • Define project name consistent with objectives
  • Define Stakeholder requirements
    • Customer requirements
    • Owner requirements
    • Partner requirements
  • Define scope
  • Define contraints
  • Define risks and issues
  • Define priorities
  • Define communication plan
  • Define documentation
  • Define security
  • Define resources needed at high level (detailed in project plan)
    • human resources
      • skills and availability
      • roles, responsibilities, and authorities
      • structure and organization
    • budget
    • tools & techniques
    • facilities & equipment
  • Define deliverables
  • Define timeline
    • Readiness
    • Phase deliverables
    • Milestones
  • Define Evaluation Criteria for Quality Assurance
  • Define success
    • Define stakeholder satisfaction
  • Define requirements for continued support after delivery

Project Charter

Purpose

  • Several dozen sites have been established to help pets of Hurricane Katrina connect with their owners. People need to search dozens of separate databases and message forums for their pets. This project is a centralized repository, where you can search the data from all of these sites at one time.
  • The project team will collaborate with many partners to design and build an information management & communication framework that will improve animal rescue and relief efforts requiring rapid access to relevant data.

Scope

  • Animal Rescue and Relief
  • Coverage: USA (Canda?)
  • Conditions: Disasters and Routine situations



Animal Finder Directory

  1. Animal Rescue Resources Wiki in use by the public
  2. Animal Finder Project Wiki in development
    1. Animal Finder Assignments ++
    2. Animal Finder Contributors Pages ++
    3. Animal Finder Coordination ++ Provides a high-level view of the status and activities for the various projects under the Animal Finder Project umbrella
    4. Animal Finder Data Entry Tips ++
    5. Animal Finder Funding Plan ++ A plan to explain the value of this project and pursue funding to build out these tools and services.
    6. Animal Finder Future Developments
    7. Animal Finder Future Users Page
    8. Animal Finder Interchange Format or AFIF
    9. Animal Finder Mission ++
    10. Animal Finder Outreach ++ Outreach/marketing and press information about the project
    11. Animal Finder Outreach Lists ++
    12. Animal Finder Privacy Statement ++
    13. Animal Finder Task List ++
    14. Animal Finder Tech ++ automate data interchange between animal shelter databases
    15. Animal Finder Tech Structured Data Sets
    16. Animal Finder Volunteer ++ volunteer effort to input unstructured data by hand
    17. Animal Finder Volunteer Instructions ++
    18. Animal Shelter Finder ++ project gathering shelters and shelter contact info
    19. Animal Shelter Finder Usability Issues ++
    20. Animal Shelter Local Coordination ++
  3. Animal Finder Database Project Application in development
    1. Animal Finder Database ProjectMain Wiki Page
      1. Animal Finder Database Project Charter
    2. Animal Finder Database Project Forums
      1. Technical Forum (http://groups.google.com/group/katrinadev-petfinder)
      2. General Forum (http://groups.google.com/group/DataTrackers-AF) - for community involvement
  4. Animal Finder Templates:
    1. Animal Finder Directory (this template)
    2. Animal Finder Menu ++
    3. AnimalFinder-stub
    4. Animal Finder Project Participation

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