Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) Project

This document provides information about the Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) Project, including its team details, project description, team charter, learning cycles, stakeholders and communication, and a reflection on the project.

Assignment-2
Coversheet
(All members’ details – student id, name, lecturer name)

Part 1 (Group)
1.1 Project name: Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) Project
1.2 Team details: A group of 4 members in a team is developed for the MBFSA
project. The team details of MBFSA project are indicated below-
First Name Last Name Mobile Email
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name)
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M2 (Please
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M3 (Please
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M4 (Please
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1.3 Project description: Globex took in charge of the MBFSA project. MBFSA
project is being executed by a client of Globex, Virtucon. The mission of Globex firm
is to enable farmers increase farmer’s productivity by reducing the time needed
along with the project cost. Globex is currently working with two main products which
includes Farm Equipment and Precision Farming.
Globex aims in finding solutions to one of the consistent problems faced by the
farmers, which include deciding which crops to grow in a particular season. As a
solution to the problem, Globex has decided to develop an application that will assist
the farmers to plan their crops in every season. The application is designed to help
farmers make a strategic decision related to growing and over growing of crops.
The application that is proposed to be developed will enable the local government on
the weather conditions along with the demand of a particular crop in a particular
area. The proposed application will collect names and geographical locations of a
particular area, names of the crops to be grown. On basis of the collected data, the
application will provide suggestions to the farmers related to the planning of crops.
The proposed project is expected to help the farmers to yield more profit in less time.
The system that is being proposed is expected to include a detailed reporting system
related to the crops required in a particular geographical area, the farmers registered
in a particular geographical area along with the requirements of all the registered
wholesalers of a particular area. All these information will enable the application to
perform all the tasks that it is expected to perform in a seamless manner. The
system will be designed and developed by Virtucon.

1.4 Team charter: MBFSA project team is formed who will be responsible for
managing and executing the MBFSA project. Their roles and responsibilities, skills
and knowledge are documented in the team charter. The team charter is
documented in the table below
Skills & knowledge
inventory
Member 1 Skills: Coding and
Management
Knowledge:
programming
languages and PMBOK
Member 2 Skills: Skills of
resource allocation
and resource
management.
Knowledge:
Knowledge about the
resource needs and
allocation processes in
the project
Member3 Skills: This member is
skilled in Software
Testing
Knowledge: This
member has
knowledge about
various software
testing mechanisms
Member4 Skills: Skilled in
database
management
Knowledge: This
member is
knowledgeable in SQL
Roles and
Responsibilities
Member 1 Since this member has
sound project
management
knowledge, this
member is given
project manager’s role
and need to assists
team in coding the
software to be
developed.

Member 2 The second member is
considered to be the
resource manager.
This resource will
manage all the
resources associated
with the project
Member3 This member has a
role of managing the
testing process of the
software to be
developed and is
responsible for
software testing
Member4 This member is
responsible for
managing the
database and
therefore has the
responsibility of the
software
implementation
process.
Team
communications
Week-5 Time and location:
Teleconference
meeting from place of
convenience. The
meeting will be held at
11 am
Week-6 Time and location:
Campus at 3pm
Week-7 Time and location:
Project Site at 1 pm
Communication and sharing methods
The communication vehicle that is chosen by
the project team members include email and
telephonic conversation. Apart from that a
communication plan will be prepared that will
enable the project team members in engaging
themselves in effective communication with
the team and the stakeholders of MBFSA
project.
Team rules &
expectations
Member1 The member is
experienced in team
management and
follows the set team
rule. The tem rule set
for the project involves

maintaining honesty
among the team
members.
Member 2 The member has
experince in resource
allocation and will
ensure effective team
management. The
member is expected to
follow the set team
rule and team
expectations.
Member 2 The member has
experince in software
testing process and is
expected to follow the
rule of data integrity in
testing phases
Member 2 This team member is
responsible for
management of the
database. The rule set
for the project team is
to deliver a system
that will maintain data
confidentiality. It is
expected that the
system will be
delivered within the
time.
Signatures Member1 Please Insert
Member2 Please Insert
Member3 Please Insert
Member4 Please Insert
Part 2 (Group)
Learning Cycles
Week-5 Organiser Scribe
Planning and Initiation Member 1 Member 2: A meeting

is held to discuss the
process of project
planning. A software
system is being
developed that will
enable the farmers to
plan their crops. The
project that is
proposed involves
development of an
application that will
help them in planning
their crops. The
meeting that is being
held is expected to
discuss the planning
and in initiation of the
project. It is decided
that a plan will be
developed that will be
followed by the entire
team during project
execution.
Week-6 Organiser Scribe
Communication and
Scheduling
Member 2 Member 4: The aim of
the meeting is to
discuss the
communication and
the scheduling needs
of the project that is
proposed. As per the
team rules, an efficient
communication is to
be maintained among
the project team. A
communication plan
will be made and
agreed among the
project team.
Along with that the
project scheduled will
be prepared which will
be executed and
followed by the entire
team in development

and execution of
MBFSA project.
Week-7 Organiser Scribe
Project Designing Member 1 Member 3: This is an
important meeting as
it deals with project
designing the software
that is to be
developed. It is
important to agree of
a suitable designing
framework that will
ensure effective
execution and
management of the
project. Member 1 has
arranged this meeting
particularly because it
will help in effective
project execution and
management. The
MBFSA project is
associated with
development of a
project that has a high
importance for Globex
firm and the farmers.
This is one of the most
important meetings
related to the project
mainly because it
helps in execution of
the project in the later
stages.
Part 3 (Group)
3.1. Stakeholders and Communication
It is essential to manage the project stakeholders and the communication within the stakeholders’
group of the project. In order to ensure easy communication among the members of the project

team, it is quite necessary to develop an appropriate team communication. The following table
provides an idea of the communication plan that is developed for the MBFSA project.
Communication plan ensures that the project stakeholders are informed with the project progress
and the issues associated with the project. Development of a communication plan is quite necessary
to ensure that project stakeholders are engaged with the particular project. The following table
provides an idea of the name of the stakeholders, the information that can be shared shared, the
communication frequency, communication purpose along with the mechanism of the
communication. The communication plan prepared for the project are as follows-
Stakehol
der
name
Informati
on to be
shared
Frequen
cy of
informat
ion
exchang
e
Location
of
informat
ion
exchang
e
Purpose of
communica
tion
Mechani
sm
Who what when Where Why How
Globex The
requireme
nt
Once in
a Month
Head
Office of
Globex
To clarify
their
expectation
from the
MBFSA
project
Hard
copy and
ppt
Virtucon The Plan Weekly Virtucon
Project
developm
ent site
For
discussing
the process
of project
implementat
ion and to
communicat
e the project
plan
Pdf and
soft copy
Project
Team
The
specificati
ons and
progress
Bi
Weekly
Project
developm
ent site
The project
progress
along with
the issues
faced will be
discussed
DOC
Farmers Expectati
ons and
Issues
Monthly Globex
Office
The farmers
will
communicat
e their
expectations
from the
project that
is being
proposed.
Hard
copy

The above table identifies the communication plan that is prepared for the project. The
communication plan that is prepared will ensure effective communication among the project tea
members. This is necessary to ensure that all the necessary data related to planning and execution
of a project is rightly communicated to the project team. The communication plan further ensures
that the project stakeholder are kept informed about the project progress and execution of the
project.
Part 4 (Individual)
4.1 Reflection
This project has been a great learning experience. The project involves planning and implementation
of a software system that will help the farmers in gathering weather related data and will assist the
farmers in management and execution of the project. The project is undertaken by Globex, whose
vision is to increase the productivity of the crops by reducing the time and cost required for the
project. The Globex Farm has over 30 years of experience in agricultural business and the
organization has planned an implementation of an application that will help in better management
of the crop growing process. While working in this assessment, I have understood the importance of
project leadership. There are certain qualities that enables a project leader to complete a project
successfully.
A leader is necessary to be a good motivator. A leader generally should have an efficient
communication skills and should be an active listener as well. It is quite essential for a leader to
identify the major issues related to the project and find a solution to the problem. These leadership
qualities ensure effective execution and management of MBFSA project.
Team building is an important role of a project manager. A project manager is required to
understand and identify the skills required by his team in appropriate execution of a project. The
project manager of an IT project should be able to make sure that the capability of each member of
the project team and should assign roles to them accordingly. An IT project is mainly subjected to a
number of risks. A project manager should be capable of identifying and managing those risks so
that the issues in the project can be eliminated.
This project has therefore help me to learn about the different issues related to management and
project execution. The project has significantly helped me in learning about various tools and
techniques used in management and execution of a project.

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