Hire Food Truck to Serve Singaporean Street Food

The assignment content provides information on a project to hire a food truck, build websites and mobile apps, train employees, conduct online marketing, finalize deals with suppliers, and close the project. The total revised project budget is $119,400. A risk management strategy is also discussed, highlighting potential risks such as communication issues, delayed permission, poor publicity, and cultural implications. The key deliverables include securing agreement with stakeholders, acquiring survey responses from customers, and establishing exact marketplace location. The project is expected to be completed by the end of September 19 without any major challenges or budget constraints.

Assignment 1: Applied Workplace Practice
Workplace Project Status Report 2
BSMAN 3193
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Table of Contents
0. Executive Summary....................................................................................0
1. Background................................................................................................. 0
2. Project Status.........................................................................................1
2.1 Progress............................................................................................2
2.2 Performance.....................................................................................2
2.3 Issues................................................................................................ 2
2.4 Timeline.............................................................................................2
2.5 Budget...............................................................................................2
2.6 Risk................................................................................................................2
3. Key Deliverables....................................................................................2
4. Conclusion & Key Reflections.............................................................2
5. References..............................................................................................3
6. Appendices.............................................................................................3
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Project name: Singapore Street Food Market Stall
Business Name: Street Café 46
Date of status report: 13 September 2016
Author: Aarty Shammbasivan
0. Executive Summary
The project is concerned with the development of food truck business in
Singapore. It is the second status report on the project which has found out
that the project is moving ahead appreciably well. Some of the team issues
came up that had been managed effectivley. The project has considered
development of websites and mobile apps along with the consulting various
suppliers of food truck and food products. The project will finish within the
budget.
1. Background
The project is about the food truck business establishment in Singapore. The
food truck will be established along with the important components that can
kick start the business. The food industry is challenging and one can always
find businesses entering the market with new concepts and failing which
eventually results in huge losses (McLaughlin, 2009). It has been considered
that the food truck will be a cost effective method to enter into the food
business and earn profit. The food truck will highly movable and provide
enough flexibility to the owner along with the abilty to satisfy variety of
marketplaces (Weber, 2012). Food insdustry is the attractive sector and
anyone would prefer to venture into it (Goodacre, 1993).
2. Project Status
The project has crossed the initiation stage and this status report has been
developed to understand the progress. The project has considered consulting
with the food truck providers. It is expected that the project will be operational by
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the end of the September 19, 2016. Mentioned below is the project scope:
- To hire a food truck for one location
- Build websites and mobile apps for marketing and online order booking
- Training employees for different business functions
- Finalizing deal with the suppliers of various food products
Synopsis of Project Limits and Exclusions
Project Assumptions Project Constraints Project Exclusions
- Team will act in
coordination
- Enough budget
availability for the
project
- No time constraint
- Sponsors will be
supportive
- Developed project is
expected to attract
more customers due
to its effectiveness
- Further expansion of
menu in coming years
- Lack of
experience in the
food truck
business
- Understanding
marketing
dynamics
important
- Thorough
market
assessment
- Publicity and
press releases
2.1. Progress
Project is in its infancy and the planning and the preparation of the project is
going on. The locations for the food trucks have been decided and the budget of
$120,000 has been allocated. Though food truck is the easiest way to enter into
the business, there are certain limitations considering the existing players. The
exploration of market condition will be in progress to tackle the challenges apart
from the activities mentioned in this plan.
2.2. Performance
The project is yet to take off which will start from the last week October 2016. It is
expected that the project will stand on all the assumptions that have been made
earlier such as the team coordination, sponsor support, and enough budget.
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2.3. Issues
The management of team was found to be challenging which has been handled
effectively by the project manager. Apart from this, none of the issues have been
identified till date.
2.4. Timeline
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Street Café 81 days Mon 01-
08-16
Mon 21-11-
16
1. Initiate Project 5 days Mon 01-
08-16
Fri 05-08-
16
1.1 Develop Project Charter 5 days Mon 01-
08-16
Fri 05-08-
16
2. Plan the Project 15 days Mon 08-
08-16
Fri 26-08-
16
2.1 Develop Work Plan 10 days Mon 08-
08-16
Fri 19-08-
16 2
2.2 Develop Project Control
Plan 2 days Mon 22-
08-16
Tue 23-08-
16 5
2.3 Finalize Project Plan 3 days Wed 24-
08-16
Fri 26-08-
16 6
3. Execute and Control
Project 61 days Mon 29-
08-16
Mon 21-11-
16
3.1 Hire Food Truck 21 days Mon 29-
08-16
Mon 26-09-
16
Consult Food Truck
Companies 3 days Mon 29-
08-16
Wed 31-08-
16 7
Take quotation 5 days Thu 01-09-
16
Wed 07-09-
16 10
Choose best quotation 5 days Thu 08-09-
16
Wed 14-09-
16 11
Finalize deal 6 days Thu 15-09-
16
Thu 22-09-
16 12
Hire truck 2 days Fri 23-09-
16
Mon 26-09-
16 13
3.2 Build websites and
mobile apps 38 days Mon 29-
08-16
Wed 19-10-
16
Consult developers 3 days Mon 29-
08-16
Wed 31-08-
16 7
Decide money 2 days Thu 01-09-
16
Fri 02-09-
16 16
Hire developer 3 days Mon 05-
09-16
Wed 07-09-
16 17
Finalize building 30 days Thu 08-09-
16
Wed 19-10-
16 18
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3.3 Train employees 23 days Thu 20-10-
16
Mon 21-11-
16 19
Prepare module 5 days Thu 20-10-
16
Wed 26-10-
16 7
Train on the job 15 days Thu 27-10-
16
Wed 16-11-
16 21
Conduct Assessment 3 days Thu 17-11-
16
Mon 21-11-
16 22
3.5 Conduct online
marketing 33 days Mon 29-
08-16
Wed 12-10-
16
Hire SEO analyst 3 days Mon 29-
08-16
Wed 31-08-
16 7
Improve on website keyword 15 days Thu 01-09-
16
Wed 21-09-
16 25
implement marketing tools 15 days Thu 22-09-
16
Wed 12-10-
16 26
Assess Ranking peridically 0 days Wed 12-
10-16
Wed 12-10-
16 27
3.4 Finalize deals with food
suppliers 21 days Mon 29-
08-16
Mon 26-09-
16
Consult suppliers 3 days Mon 29-
08-16
Wed 31-08-
16 7
Finalize items and rate 15 days Thu 01-09-
16
Wed 21-09-
16 30
decide periodicty and
duration 3 days Thu 22-09-
16
Mon 26-09-
16 31
4. Close the Project 6 days Tue 27-09-
16
Tue 04-10-
16
Pay all the stakeholders 2 days Tue 27-09-
16
Wed 28-09-
16 32
Receive acceptance from
sponsors 2 days Thu 29-09-
16
Fri 30-09-
16 34
Project close report 2 days Mon 03-
10-16
Tue 04-10-
16 35
Gantt Chart
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Network Diagram
2.5 Budget
Project is under the control and will be completed within the finalized budget of $120,000.
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Budget
Line Item Baseline
Labor Material Other FY Total
Phase I
1. Initiate Project
1.1 Develop Project Charter $3,400 $0 $3,400
2. Plan the Project
2.1 Develop Work Plan 2500
2.2 Develop Project Control Plan $13,500 $0 $13,500
2.3 Finalize Project Plan $4,800 0 $5,000
3. Execute and Control Project
3.1 Hire Food Truck $5,000 $0 $5,000
3.2 Build websites and mobile apps $29,000 $0 $3,500 $32,500
3.3 Train employees $24,000 $0 $2,500 $36,500
3.5 Conduct online marketing $10,000
3.4 Finalize deals with suppliers $19,000 $0 $3,500 $22,500
4. Close the Project $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000
Total $112,200 $0 $9,500 $119,400
Total Revised Project Budget
$119,400
2.6. Risk Management Strategy
There are no major risks related to the project progress. However there is
some doubt on the popularity of the project
RISK EXPOSURE: KEY RISKS
R1. R2. Cost R3. Logistics R4. Workplace
Health & Safety
R5. Cultural
Implications
1. Issues in
communication
2.Delayed
permission to
open the food
truck business
3.Poor publicity
There is no
risk related to
budget and
project will
complete
under budget
Suppliers are
ready to
supply food
materials
without
major issues
Employees safety
are under
consideration
No cultural
challenges
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3. Key Deliverables
The deliverables are:
Initiation Phase
Approval of food truck theme and target location (Singaporean Street
Food – Mount Gravatt Marketta
Planning Phase
securing agreement with stakeholders and possible sponsors
Establishment Phase
Securing exact marketplace location
Implementation Phase
Acquiring survey responses from customers (on what their initial opinion of
“Street Café 46, is”
4. Conclusion & Key Reflections
.
It has been found that the project will be completed by the end of September 19
without any major challenges on the part of the budget. Moreover, it can be
stated that project is moving appreciably well and all the constraints have been
managed effectively. Apart from that, the assumptions related to the project is
has been true to the nature. The only issue came in the team coordination that
had been managed effectively well.
The project is achieving all its scope very well and it is expected that the project
will reach the completion stage effectively.
5. References
Goodacre, C. (1993). Links for the food industry. Food Control, 4(1), 9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0956-7135(93)90121-4
Esparza, N., Walker, E. T., & Rossman, G. (2013). Trade associations and the
legitimation of entrepreneurial movements: Collective action in the emerging
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gourmet food truck industry. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly,
0899764013512723.
Weber, D. (2012). The Food Truck Handbook: Start, Grow, and Succeed in the
Mobile Food Business. John Wiley & Sons.
McLaughlin, K. (2009). Food truck nation. Wall Street Journal.
Williams, C. T. (2012). Hungry Industry on Rolling Regulations: A Look at
Food Truck Regulations in Cities across the United States, A. Me. L. Rev.,
65, 705.
11. Appendices
Project Controls
The project control had been installed which was to periodically assess the project
progress and improve the areas that require attention. It has been observed that till
now, all the project is moving with appreciable pace and none of the issues have
cropped in.
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