Create a budget table that includes expenses for software licenses, computers, storage devices, number of digital forensics examiners, digital forensics examiners’ labor hours, examiner hourly pay rate, including time spent for each phase of the investigation process

Please review the attached “Detailed Project Instructions” and “Guidelines for Investigation Project Plan” documents before you start. This project will consist of 4 Steps. Please ensure proper In text citations thought the paper. The more the better.

In Step 1, get started on the plan by creating an interview form to record questions, key words, and authorization information, and to complete the legal forms needed in this case.

Step 1: Create and Gather Forms

Your tasks in Step 1 are to create interview forms to record questions, key words, and authorization information, and to designate other legal forms that will be needed in this case. It is important for you to describe the importance of each form that you create in the body of your final Project Plan assignment and include in-text reference citations for all of your content. The forms that you complete as part of Step 1 will be included in your Investigation Project Plan

Step 2: List Required Forensic Equipment, Software, and Labor Expenses

In this step, you will consider the types of equipment and human resources needed to conduct the investigation and create a budget table that includes expenses for software licenses, computers, storage devices, number of digital forensics examiners, digital forensics examiners’ labor hours, examiner hourly pay rate, including time spent for each phase of the investigation process in gathering evidence analysis, reporting, presentation preparation and court appearance(s).

Step 3: Plan Your Investigation

In this step, you will develop a plan for managing the investigation. The requirements for writing case reports reflect the step-by-step rigidity of the criminal investigation process itself. Being able to articulate time, task, money, and personnel requirements is essential.

Step 4: Prepare and Submit Completed Investigation Project Plan

For your final assignment, you will combine the results of the previous three steps into a single planning document—an Investigation Project Plan—with a title page, a table of contents, and a distinct section for each of the three steps. The plan should include:

Forms documenting key people, meeting agenda, key activities and reporting, key words, investigation timeline narrative, visual graphic timeline chart, authorization confirmation (e.g., ownership, jurisdiction), and related investigations. Designation of the legal forms required for criminal investigations should also be included. (Step 1)
Resource checklist for equipment, human resources and labor expenses (Step 2)
Management plan (Step 3)
Search and seizure form(s)
Chain of custody form