Project Charter for Mobile Based Farmer Support Application

Project Charter
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1. Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction.......................................................................................................... 3
2.0 Project description.................................................................................................. 3
3.0 PART 1: Measurable Organizational Value (MOV).........................................................4
MOV Statement........................................................................................................... 4
4.0 Part 2: Scope......................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Scope Management Plan....................................................................................... 5
4.2 Project Resources................................................................................................ 5
5.0 Part 3: WBS.......................................................................................................... 6
5.1 Gantt Chart........................................................................................................ 7
5.2 Assumptions...................................................................................................... 7
5.3 Cost Estimates.................................................................................................... 7
6.0 Part 4: Risk analysis & Plan...................................................................................... 7
6.1 Assumptions and Constraints.................................................................................. 7
6.2 Risk Identification Framework................................................................................8
6.2.1 Project Risks................................................................................................ 8
1.1 Risk Response and Control.................................................................................... 8
7.0 Part 5: Quality management plan................................................................................9
7.1 Quality Assurance (Verification activities).................................................................9
7.2 Quality Control (Validation activities)......................................................................9
8.0 Part 6: Closure and Evaluation.................................................................................11
8.1 Closure checklist............................................................................................... 11
9.0 Project evaluation: Annotated Bibliography.................................................................11
References............................................................................................................... 13

1.0 Introduction
Globex, a Farm Equipment and Precision Farming company, aims to help farmers to increase
their productivity while reducing the required time and cost. To that end, the management of the
company has decided to initiate a project that seeks to develop a mobile-based farmer support
application (MBFSA) that would help farmers plan their crops every season. The envisioned App
will link farmer to information about weather, market demands and the market for their produce.
This report aims to develop a project charter for the proposed mobile based farmer support
application (MBFSA). The report details the project background, identifies Measurable
Organizational Value (MOV) of the project, defines the scope, and outline Quality and risk
management plans, as well as a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the project
2.0 Project description
Globex, a Farm Equipment and Precision Farming company, aims to help farmers increase their
productivity while reducing the required time and cost. In an effort to provide better services to
farmers and the entire farming community, Globex seeks to develop a mobile based farmer
support application (MBFSA). The envisioned App would ease information dissemination to
farmers and help them gain knowledge and information on appropriate crops to grow for a given
season. The motivation towards this project is the need to help farmers deal with the problem of
over growing a particular crop, manage the delivery and minimize the losses which impacts
small farmers tremendously if they over grow a crop or grow a wrong crop.
Once implemented, MBFSA will bring together Globex representatives, the Local Government,
wholesalers and the farmers in a mutually beneficial collaboration. MBFSA will maintain a
database of locations and crops grown. The Local Government will provide information relating
to weather and market demands for particular crops. The Wholesalers and Markets would feed
the MBFSA with information on specific produce demands.
3.0 PART 1: Measurable Organizational Value (MOV)

Developed by Jack Marchewk, MOV “measures a project's success or failure in terms of the
project's desired impact, which can be stated in financial or nonfinancial terms” (Walker & Hills,
2017)
For this project, the desired area of impact is on the customer; who for this case is the farmer.
The project will primarily solve major problems faced by farmers, particularly;
 Reduce losses emanating from over growing a particular crop
 Ease the delivery of produce to the right markets
 Inform farmers on the right crop to grow and the appropriate quantities.
The ranking of the desired impact is as follows;
Ranking Priority Area of Impact
1. Customer
2. Social
3. Strategy
4. Operations
5. Financial
The core value of the project is in eliminating farmers’ losses; by informing them of the right
crop to grow and to which market the produces should be taken to. The project therefore ensures
better farming approach and faster marketing of the produce.
The success of the project will be measured on the percentage of losses incurred by farmers
when using the project, compared to amount of losses before the inception of the MBFSA
platform. To facilitate this, an initial benchmark study will be necessary; to establish percentage
of produce lost due to over production and lack of proper market.