iCrop- Online cash marketplace platform

The project management of iCrop- Online cash marketplace platform is discussed in detail in this document. It includes the project charter, communication plan, roles and responsibilities, and more. The project aims to develop an online cash marketplace platform for the agricultural industry. The project team consists of members with practical and global logistics and finance backgrounds. The project manager should have leadership, IT, communication, and interpersonal skills. The project budget is AUD $100,000. The project is expected to start on 12th August, 2018, and end on 12th November, 2018.

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iCrop- Online cash marketplace platform
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Part one: Project Charter............................................................................................................2
1.1 Project name.....................................................................................................................2
1.2 Team name, list of team members and contact details.....................................................2
1.3 Overview of the project....................................................................................................2
1.4 Project description............................................................................................................3
1.5 Skills and knowledge inventory.......................................................................................3
1.6 Roles and responsibilities.................................................................................................4
1.7 Meeting times and location..............................................................................................4
1.8 Team values.....................................................................................................................4
1.9 Code of ethics...................................................................................................................4
1.10 Rules and expectations...................................................................................................5
1.11 Signatures.......................................................................................................................5
Part two:.....................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Learning cycles................................................................................................................5
2.2 Assign of roles to the team...............................................................................................6
Part three:...................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Communication plan........................................................................................................7
Part four: Reflection...................................................................................................................8
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The project management is evaluated as standard tool to plan and manage the project
from various industries. The project is based on dealing to improve the project management
with successful completion of the project development work such as implementation of
online cash marketplace platform-iCrop. The app will maintain of the existing period of the
grain into the warehouse for the money contacts. iCrop is implemented in Globex for
providing of superiority agricultural results that are dependable, cost for money besides
exceed the opportunities of their customers. Virtocon is developed of iCrop website as well
as app for delivering the solutions on time to meet with project requirements.
Part one: Project Charter
1.1 Project name
iCrop- Online cash marketplace platform
1.2 Team name, list of team members and contact details
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1.3 Overview of the project
The project work is focused on development of the project tasks, its activities,
resources, project milestones and project budget.
The start date of the project is: 12th August, 2018.
The end date of the project is: 12th November, 2018.

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Budget is: AUD $100,000.
The key stakeholders into the project are: Employees, project manager, vendors,
project suppliers and admin staffs.
1.4 Project description
Globex Corporation was being founded in the year 2013 through its merger in two of
the larger local trades, Riverina Precision Farming, besides B T & Sons Farming Equipment.
Globex Corp. Globex is a client of Virtocon. The project is based on handling the expansion
of an online cash marketplace platform which is named as i-Crop. There is development of
iCrop as well as application in the house for delivering solutions on time. It is a new system
which is not able to replace any existing system. iCrop is added value for the clients of
Globex who grow as well as purchase of grain. I-Crop is easier to use interface as well as it is
a mobile enabled platform which can enable easier access to both domestic as well as export
opportunities.
1.5 Skills and knowledge inventory
Half of the project team members are from the practical background while rest of the
members are expert to deal with the global logistics as well as finance work into the project.
Experience: The practise of the project team supports to make improvement into the
plan developments. Most of the team members have knowledge to contract with the
development activities.
Personal skills: There are various skills which are to be into the project members
such as those can maintain good responsibilities towards their work along with this project.

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1.6 Roles and responsibilities
Roles Responsibilities
Team leader The team leader can guide the project members through weekly
meeting and verified the project work. After completion of this project
work, the leader can summarize the project outcomes.
Project manager The project manager can plan, control and monitor entire project work
based on objectives and goal of the project. The manager can guide
through the project guidelines.
Project recorder The recorder can able to maintain the project meeting and project
activities for future referring.
Financial analyst The financial analyst can estimate the project budget and gather fund
for the project work.
1.7 Meeting times and location
The meeting among the project team member and project manager is conducted into
the meeting room of Virtucon twice a week.
1.8 Team values
The team values each other suggestions towards development of online cash
marketplace platform. The team members can share of information through mobile phones
for the purpose to interact with each other’s.
1.9 Code of ethics
The organizational rules are to be followed by the project team members. They should
obey the rules and strict orders are provide to them to obey the rules.

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1.10 Rules and expectations
 The team members must attend the team meeting each time when it should
conduct.
 The team members should participate into each project activities.
 The members should not share the personal details related to the client and any
details of project to others.
1.11 Signatures
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Part two:
2.1 Learning cycles
A proper learning cycle is required for the software people those help to understand
the project life cycle. Initial movement to conduct of next meetings are done with two of the
roles such as: scribe, where the documents ideas are used to point the action of the project
progress and organizer can organize the ideas of the project team members as well as their
feedback.
Into the project, there are functional as well as non-functional requirements such as:
Functional requirements:
1. The customers can able to access to both domestic as well as export opportunities
from anywhere and at any time.
2. The clients can agreed cash price they need to trade current season warehoused grain.
3. The purchasers can list the cash values as well as tonnes they want to purchase.

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4. The growers can able to view as well as compare the bids created on the price besides
payment terms besides sell the grain in simple phases.
Non-functional requirements:
1. There are various transactions which are handle by the computer systems.
2. Internet payments are done though use of secured internet connections.
3. Currency converters are done into the online cash marketplace platform.
4. The online services are provided to the customers 24*7.
2.2 Assign of roles to the team
The team development is required to evaluate roles as well as their respective
responsibilities for this project work such as:
RESPOSBIBLE-(R)
ACCOUNTABLE-(A)
CONULTED-(C)
INFORMAED-(I)
Project Requirements Financial
Analyst
Project
Manager
Client Project
Team
IT
Manager
Manage the entire project
plan
A C R A R
Provide the project report
on weekly basis
A R R I AND A C
Data type R R R A AND I C

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Process the entire online
work
R R R I C
Review the marketplace R R R R C
The milestone of the project work is:
Project activities Start date End date Budget
Planning phase 12-08-2018 03-09-2018 $42,000
Development phase 04-09-2018 25-10-2018 $28,000
Implementation phase 26-10-2018 12-11-2018 $30,000
TOTAL $100000
Part three:
3.1 Communication plan
Name of
the project
stakeholde
r
Information to
be shared
Frequency Location to
exchange
of
informatio
n
Purpose of
communication
Mechanism of
communication
Project
manager
Informed about
everyday
development
activities
Weekly
basis
Office
meeting
Assessment of the
response from the
development
meetings
Face-to-face
interaction
Software
developer
team
Planning and
development of
the project
Daily basis Mobile
phone and
email
Organizing the
programming
activities
Mobile and
presentation
Testing
team
Software
project related
Weekly
basis
Cloud
storage and
Identification of
the project issues
Email and video
calling

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codes the system
server
to develop the
stage
Marketing
team
Resource the
project
administration
Weekly
basis
Meeting
into the
office
Evaluation of
availability of the
project resources
Face-to-face
meeting
R & D
team
Design the
software
Weekly
basis
Office
conference
room
Reduction of the
project delays to
solve the testing
Face-to-face
meeting
Client Progress into
the project
Weekly
basis
Office
conference
room
Assessment of the
project on
delivered time
Face-to-face
meeting
Financial
team
Update about
the project
related
transactions
Daily basis Office
conference
room
Assess the project
transactions as
per estimated
budget
Face-to-face
meeting and
presentation,
email
Part four: Reflection
The leadership qualities are required into the project to monitor the project
governance. Based on the personal experience to work in this field, it terminates the project
leadership skills which are required to manage the project team members. In following ways,
the project leader should govern the project team such as:
 The team members should have some remarkable communicational as well as
interpersonal skills.
 Each of the team members should part the positive approaches concerning other team
members.
 Inspire as well as part of the vision to the development team members.
 The project manager should solve any type of problems which are raised into the
project team members.

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 The team members can able to take quick decisions towards their project as per its
requirements.
 The team members should follow each of the organizational rules and regulations and
strict to them so that no problems are come.
The project manager should require to have leadership skills to manage the project
team members. The manager should also have IT, communication and interpersonal skills
to plan, monitor and control each of the project activities to successfully complete the
project work on time. Based on IT experience, the manager can make the project work
easier to implement of online cash marketplace platform-i-Crop. The project manager is
dealt with some of the project related techniques such as risk management, allocation of
project budget, schedule the project, human resource management and work breakdown
of the project.
The project manager can communicate with each of the project team members on
weekly basis to understand their problems, and share of each other’s suggestions related
to the project. They have ideas to distribute as well as commend on the information. They
should use of communicational channels such as video calling, email to communicate.

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