Assignment 2 Report

This report discusses the development of a cloud-based mobile application called Cardio Health for processing ECG test data. It covers the life cycle phases, kick-off meeting document, stakeholder register, project charter, and work breakdown structure. The project aims to provide better ECG test services for cardiovascular diseases.

Assignment 2 Report
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Description of the life cycle phases for this project....................................................................3
Kick off meeting document.........................................................................................................6
Stakeholder Register....................................................................................................................7
Project Charter.............................................................................................................................8
Detailed (Multilevel) Work Breakdown Structure diagram........................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Projects are the planned work with the help of which the any task or problems are carefully
analysed and resolved by the project managers (Grantcharov and et. al., 2019). After analysing
the increasing number of patients of cardiovascular diseases, a heart surgeon John Price and
physicist Ben Williams decided to work on a Machine Learning project which will facilitate
them in processing of ECG test data. For this they are planning to develop a cloud based mobile
application under a business venture called Cardio Health. In this report various steps of
developing such mobile application are discussed in which the system development life cycle
stages are discussed, various documents related to the meetings are enclosed, all the stakeholders
are identified. Along with this a project charter is developed and work breakdown structure is
also prepared which facilitate completion of the project effectively.
MAIN BODY
Description of the life cycle phases for this project
The process of developing the software has to pass through various steps as it has a
complex process which has to be dealt with. Any in appropriate step can affect their quality and
the outcome both. For this it is important for the managers to have dedication and expertise in
developing the software. Software development life cycle has various phases which the
development has go through (Kerzner, 2017). Various phases that the development of mobile
application is given below that support the ECG test are given below with the help of which an
effective application can be developed:
 Planning: The planning phase of the life cycle defines the calculation of the strengths
and weaknesses of the project that is to be undertaken. In this phase the objectives of
undertaking the project is defined. This phase is considered to be the brainstorming phase
in which all the requirements of the project are identified and for which effective
communication must be done with the stakeholders of the project. For developing the
mobile application consultation need to be taken from Information system services which
will enable them in determining and planning various actions for the projects. In this
phase a model is developed about how such application will work which includes that the
application will directly read the digital signals from the ECG devices, which will further
be sent to the cloud based application where it can be processed and results can be drawn.
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In addition to this source of resources will be identified such as for this project John and
Ben involved Arthur Davis for funding their project and they have also applied for the
biomedical government grant. On the basis of the consultation and discussion it is
identified that the duration of the project will be for a period of one year that will be from
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 (Leach, 2016).
 Feasibility Analysis: In this phase the details related to the project will be discussed in
details and this will enable in analysing the feasibility of the project. The entire project
will be divided into smaller segments so that tasks can be allocated to different people
associated with the project such as developers, testers, designers etc. For this work
breakdown structure is used as with the help of this all the work can be divided into
various activities which reduce the chances of redundancy of the activities. The project of
developing mobile application has various requirements that must be identified in detail
so that the viability of the project can be analysed. The tasks which are to be performed
are identified which includes purchasing of various ECG devices which has to be
installed at the centres where the test can be done. Along with the software must be
installed within such devices so that they can take the signals and can transfer them to the
cloud. This will increase the requirement of trainings to the staff as they need to have an
understanding of various concepts and how the system works. All these will lead to some
cost to them which is estimated to be around £100000 which is quite high. But this
business has possibility of recovering the cost efficiently as the number of patients is
increasing (Li and et. al., 2019).
 Designing: After completing the analysis the development of the software come down in
the stage of designing in which the focus is on the architecture of the project. This is one
of the crucial phase as in this the application is developed on the basis of the requirement
of the client. For this project after indentifying 20 centres of ECG data collection
software as a service will be design on the cloud. In this a web server will be establish
that will keep all the centres connected, will receive signals from the ECG devices and
from this all the data will be transferred to the cloud from it will be stored. A Machine
learning application and data mining application will be installed which will facilitate in
extracting the data by analysing the signals of the test (Mall, 2018). On the basis of the
demand or requirement the practitioners and the cardiologists the data can be downloaded
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from the cloud. Along with this the conclusions so made by the cardiologists can also be
downloaded by the general practitioner. This is how the application is designed and will
work. For this various coding need to be written down with the help of Information
system services.
 Development and implementation: In this phase of the development of the software
actual coding is done by the programmers so that the design can be converted into an
application that can be run. For this various blocks are developed such as a block for
collecting the signals and then storing them on the cloud, conditions for processing and
extracting results of the tests etc. All the coding will be done and the application pages
will be designed and developed. Once all the blocks are developed they are integrated
into one application which can be operated (de Vasconcelos, and et. al., 2017). To
develop and set-up this mobile application web server will be developed which will store
all the data of the ECG test. For this coding will done for the database with the help of
which the ECG data be uploaded. In addition to this Data Mining and Machine Learning
Applications will be developed with the database that will enable the general practitioner
and cardiologists to download the data required by them. This is because with the help of
these two the queries can be generated for fetching the required data. The system
software will enable to download the general practitioner and cardiologists to download
the reports on the basis of the information so filled by them in the database.
 Testing: After the implementation phase the testing of the application so developed is
undertaking and for this the users are provided the application to use them. For this
project the doctors will be informed for the application so that they can conduct test with
application and download the reports. This will enable them to identify bugs in the
software which are to be managed and removed. By recording the conclusion so made by
the cardiologists and uploading their reports the efficiency of the application can be
tested so that the changes required can be made in it (Razi and Shariat, 2017).
 Maintenance: Maintenance phase is the one in which the application will be manage
after it is put in use. The maintenance of the application includes that all the up
gradations and updates are installed in the application so that they can be made efficient.
Along with this if any problem is faced by the client then customisation can be made in
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the application as per their need and with the help of all these phases of the life cycle
mobile application will be developed (Aga, Noorderhaven and Vallejo, 2016).
Kick off meeting document
Kick off meeting document is the one which is prepared for the first meeting of the project
team and the client which will facilitate the initiation of the project. The aim of this is to let the
team introduce itself and to understand what has to be done, how has to be done etc. For
undertaking this project a kick off meeting was organised in which the agenda were set and
communication strategy was formulated (Seimetz, 2019). The document for the same is given
below:
Kick-Off Meeting Document
Project Name: Cardio Health
Department: Software Development
Project Number: 152364
1) INTRODUCTION
1.1. PROJECT TEAM REVIEW
For undertaking this project the consultation of Information System Services
consultation will be taken by the IT project manager of Cardio heath. For this various
persons from the organisation will be part of this project such as Michael Flynn is Chief
Information Officer of the ISS who will manage their teams.
1.2. ROLES
Various roles will performed by the person associated with the project such as:
 IT manager will be responsible for developing the entire application,
 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Group will facilitate in
implementing the data mining, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
algorithms in the application of the business,
 Cloud Computing Group will enable the IT manager in providing mitigations to
the clouding services for the project,
1.3. CONTACT INFORMATION
All the person can be contacted in the working hours through their official mail address.
2) STATUS OF THE CONTARCT
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1.1. SIGNED CONTARCT DOCUMENT
A contract document is signed by the John and Ben with the ISS Chief Information
Officer which includes the consultation fee charged by them, the kind of assistance that
they will provide and the duration of the contact.
3) PROJECT CHARTER REVIEW
1.1. PROJECT PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND
The project aims to develop an application for providing better ECG test services as the
number of patients of Cardiovascular diseases are increasing. The initiative for
undertaking this project is taken by the Professor John Price who is a heart surgeon and
Dr Ben Williams who is a physicist.
1.2. PROJECT LIMITS
The limit of the project is that it focus upon one test i.e., ECG while for diagnosing
cardiovascular diseases there are various other tests which a patient has to undergone
through.
1.3. PROJECT COMMUNICATION PLAN
All the team can communicate with each other as and when required within the working
hours. The researchers can communicate to the project team through emails, telephone
etc. But the head of the departments can be directly be communicated by interns working
under the IT manager.
1.4. PROJECT SCOPE
The scope of this project is wide as with this application conducting this test on the
patients will become convenient for the doctors as well as for the patients. The doctors
can take the reports as and when required.
Stakeholder Register
A stakeholder register is the one which describes that which stakeholders is affected by the
project and to what extent. It also facilitates the project managers in identifying the influence of
the stakeholders on the project (Sonnemann and et. al., 2018). The stakeholders register for this
project includes:
STAKEHOLDERS REGISTER
CATEGORY POWER INTEREST NEEDS AND CONCERNS
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(H/L) (H/L) WANTS
Investors H H The investment so
made by them must
provide them better
returns.
Effectively completion
of the project and
efficient utilisation of
the funds.
Team mates L L To have better
workplace
environment and
opportunity to grow.
They are given
opportunity to express
their opinions and
different ways of doing
the programming and
its testing.
Doctors L L They expect an
efficiently working
app which can
facilitate them in
conducting the test
and fetching reports.
They results so
obtained by the
machine learning must
be accurate and for
these expert
programmers must be
employed.
Project Charter
Project charter is a document that describes the entire project briefly in which objectives of
the project, time frame, how that activities to be performed, stakeholders information etc. will be
included (Stark, 2017). The project charter for this project is given below:
Project Charter
Project Name Cardio Health
Project Description The project is to develop an application with the help of which the ECG
tests can be conducted on the patients from different centres. All the
information will be stored on cloud so that it can be accessed by the
general practitioner and the cardiologists.
Scope of the The scope of the project is high as with the requirement of maintaining
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project the records will reduces and it will make the entire procedure convenient
for the doctors and even for the patients.
Constraints Time The project duration is expected to be of
one year from 1 January 2020 to 31
December 2020.
Sources of funds The funds will be gathered from the
investors and an application is given to the
government for a biomedical start-up
grant.
Project
Deliverables
The final application will be the deliverable which will be based upon the
machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Key stakeholders Key stakeholders of the project include the investors, team mated, interns,
researchers and the doctors.
Detailed (Multilevel) Work Breakdown Structure diagram
A work breakdown structure is prepared as with the help of which all the activities to be
performed are identified in a sequence. Also this reduces the chances of the redundancy of the
tasks and the activity (Walton and et. al., 2017). The WBS for this project is given below:
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CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that for developing the software the project need to
pass through various phases which enables the project managers in undertaking the project
effectively. With the help of various documents such as project charter, stakeholders analysis and
kick-off documents the projects are benefited as they defines all the requirement of the project.
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