Development of Mobile Based Farmer Support Application

In this project proposed by Globex, a company dedicated to provide specific solutions to the farming communities, a new mobile application will be developed that will be run by collaboration between Government, Wholesalers, Farmers and Globex teams.

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Development of Mobile Based Farmer Support Application
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Table of Contents
Introduction and Project Description...............................................................................................2
Part 1: MOV....................................................................................................................................2
Desired Area of Impact................................................................................................................2
Value for the Project....................................................................................................................2
Metric...........................................................................................................................................3
Timeframe....................................................................................................................................3
MOV Statement...........................................................................................................................3
Part 2: Scope....................................................................................................................................3
Project Scope Definition..............................................................................................................3
Scope Management Plan..............................................................................................................3
Resource List...............................................................................................................................4
MS Project Resource Sheet Screenshot.......................................................................................4
Part 3: Work Breakdown Structure..................................................................................................5
Work Breakdown Structure.........................................................................................................5
Part 4: Risk Analysis and Plan.........................................................................................................9
Assumptions................................................................................................................................9
Risk Identification Framework..................................................................................................10
Risk Analysis.............................................................................................................................10
Part 5: Quality Management Plan..................................................................................................11
Project’s Quality Statement.......................................................................................................11
Verification Activities...............................................................................................................11
Validation Activities..................................................................................................................11
Part 6: Closure and Evaluation......................................................................................................12
Annotated Bibliography.............................................................................................................12
Closure Checklist.......................................................................................................................13
Project Evaluation......................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction and Project Description
In this project proposed by Globex, a company dedicated to provide specific solutions to
the farming communities, a new mobile application will be developed that will be run by
collaboration between Government, Wholesalers, Farmers and Globex teams. The mobile
application will include a database that will contain relevant details of crops, weather conditions,
crop demands and other major factors such that the crops can be grown in specific regions in
specific weather conditions. In addition to viewing the data from the database, the application
users will also be able to update the data, register new farms and others. Globex has handed over
the project to Virtucon and they will develop the application at much low costs. As per the
agreement, 2 months will be consumed for the pilot project and 4 months for the development of
the final version.
This report is based on the development of a basic project plan that Virtucon can use for
managing the development of the proposed mobile application.
Part 1: MOV
Desired Area of Impact
The desired areas of impact in terms of importance are shown as follows.
Strategy  Customer  Operational  Financial  Social
Value for the Project
The value for this project is better – the customers will have access to better technology
that will help them access various data related to farming and crop production.

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Metric
The revenue generation of Globex will rise by 30% within 1 year of completion of the
project as the number of users of the application will increase with sufficient promotion
conducted by the marketing department of Globex.
Timeframe
The project will be completed in 6 months and the timeframe set for achieving the MOV
is 1 year from the completion of the project.
MOV Statement
This project aims to provide a simplified solution to farmers and wholesale groups to
analyze farming and weather data such that they can grow and sell crops accordingly; meanwhile
Globex will be able to generate revenue from the usage of the application as it will be completely
online based.
Part 2: Scope
Project Scope Definition
The scope of this project involves the development of the proposed mobile application in
two stages – the pilot stage in which the prototype will be developed and tested and the final
stage in which the full version of the application will be developed and will be allowed to
download for the farmers and other relevant users.
Scope Management Plan
Scope management is required in the project is order to ensure the prototype is delivered
within 2 months and the final version within 6 months. Scope creep is to be avoided in order to

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overcome the issues of unnecessary expenses, budget overshoot, schedule overshoot and others.
The head of the project needs to control the project for ensuring it remains within the scope
determined at the start of the project.
Resource List
The resource list for the project is given below.
Resource Name Type Max. Units Std. Rate
Project Head and Supervisor Work 100% $85.00/hr
Head of Finances Work 100% $75.00/hr
Supervisor of IT Work 100% $70.00/hr
Mobile Application Developer Work 100% $60.00/hr
Application Tester Work 100% $50.00/hr
Software and Other Requirements Material $3,000.00
MS Project Resource Sheet Screenshot
Screenshot for MS Project resource sheet is provided below.

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Part 3: Work Breakdown Structure
Work Breakdown Structure
The work breakdown structure is given below.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 MBFSA Development for Globex 139 days Mon 7/1/19 Thu 1/9/20
1 Pilot Project 46 days Mon 7/1/19 Mon 9/2/19
1.1 Gathering of Project Requirements during Team
Meeting 3 days Mon 7/1/19 Wed 7/3/19
1.2 Discuss Project Requirements 2 days Thu 7/4/19 Fri 7/5/19
1.3 Recruit Development Team for Application
Development 4 days Mon 7/8/19 Thu 7/11/19
1.4 Assign Team to Develop Application Prototype 3 days Fri 7/12/19 Tue 7/16/19
1.5 Prototype Development 15 days Wed 7/17/19 Tue 8/6/19
1.6 Prototype Testing 14 days Wed 8/7/19 Mon 8/26/19
1.7 Prototype Handover 2 days Tue 8/27/19 Wed 8/28/19
1.8 Review Prototype and Approval for Development of
Final Version 3 days Thu 8/29/19 Mon 9/2/19
2 Preparation for Development of Full Version 9 days Tue 9/3/19 Fri 9/13/19
2.1 Define Resource Requirements for the Project 3 days Tue 9/3/19 Thu 9/5/19
2.2 Place Order for the Resources 1 day Fri 9/6/19 Fri 9/6/19
2.3 Receive Resources from Vendor 3 days Mon 9/9/19 Wed 9/11/19
2.4 Provide Sufficient Funds for the Team for
Development 2 days Thu 9/12/19 Fri 9/13/19
3 Development of Final Version of the Application 73 days Mon 9/16/19 Wed 12/25/19
3.1 Requirement Analysis by the Team 3 days Mon 9/16/19 Wed 9/18/19
3.2 Installation of Application Development Software in
the System 2 days Thu 9/19/19 Fri 9/20/19
3.3 Installation of Application Development Platform 2 days Mon 9/23/19 Tue 9/24/19
3.4 Run Prototype in the Platform 3 days Wed 9/25/19 Fri 9/27/19
3.5 Develop the Architecture of the Overall System 6 days Mon 9/30/19 Mon 10/7/19

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3.6 Implementation of Proposed Application Features in
the Architecture 3 days Tue 10/8/19 Thu 10/10/19
3.7 Preliminary Testing and Issue Identification 3 days Fri 10/11/19 Tue 10/15/19
3.8 Solving the Identified Issues 3 days Wed 10/16/19 Fri 10/18/19
3.9 Continue to the Development of Final Version 25 days Mon 10/21/19 Fri 11/22/19
3.10 Detailed Testing of the Application 15 days Mon 11/25/19 Fri 12/13/19
3.11 Testing from User End 6 days Mon 12/16/19 Mon 12/23/19
3.12 Go Live and Hand Over the Project 2 days Tue 12/24/19 Wed 12/25/19
4 Project Closing 11 days Thu 12/26/19 Thu 1/9/20
4.1 Submit Documentation of the Project 6 days Thu 12/26/19 Thu 1/2/20
4.2 Conduct Appraisal of the Project 3 days Fri 1/3/20 Tue 1/7/20
4.3 Sign Off from the Project Stakeholders 2 days Wed 1/8/20 Thu 1/9/20
4.4 Closing of the Project 0 days Thu 1/9/20 Thu 1/9/20
The budget is developed from the work breakdown structure as shown below.
WBS Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost
0 MBFSA Development for Globex 139 days $109,840.00
1 Pilot Project 46 days $31,800.00
1.1 Gathering of Project
Requirements during Team Meeting 3 days Project Head and Supervisor $2,040.00
1.2 Discuss Project Requirements 2 days Project Head and Supervisor,
Supervisor of IT $2,480.00
1.3 Recruit Development Team for
Application Development 4 days Project Head and Supervisor,
Supervisor of IT $4,960.00
1.4 Assign Team to Develop
Application Prototype 3 days Project Head and Supervisor,
Supervisor of IT $3,720.00
1.5 Prototype Development 15 days Mobile Application Developer $7,200.00
1.6 Prototype Testing 14 days Mobile Application Developer $6,720.00
1.7 Prototype Handover 2 days Mobile Application Developer $960.00

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1.8 Review Prototype and Approval
for Development of Final Version 3 days Project Head and Supervisor,
Supervisor of IT $3,720.00
2 Preparation for Development of
Full Version 9 days $7,880.00
2.1 Define Resource Requirements
for the Project 3 days Mobile Application Developer $1,440.00
2.2 Place Order for the Resources 1 day Supervisor of IT $560.00
2.3 Receive Resources from Vendor 3 days Supervisor of IT, Software and
Other Requirements[1] $4,680.00
2.4 Provide Sufficient Funds for the
Team for Development 2 days Head of Finances $1,200.00
3 Development of Final Version of
the Application 73 days $64,240.00
3.1 Requirement Analysis by the
Team 3 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $2,640.00
3.2
Installation of Application
Development Software in the
System
2 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $1,760.00
3.3 Installation of Application
Development Platform 2 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $1,760.00
3.4 Run Prototype in the Platform 3 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $2,640.00
3.5 Develop the Architecture of the
Overall System 6 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $5,280.00
3.6
Implementation of Proposed
Application Features in the
Architecture
3 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $2,640.00
3.7 Preliminary Testing and Issue
Identification 3 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $2,640.00
3.8 Solving the Identified Issues 3 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $2,640.00
3.9 Continue to the Development of
Final Version 25 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $22,000.00
3.10 Detailed Testing of the
Application 15 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $13,200.00
3.11 Testing from User End 6 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $5,280.00
3.12 Go Live and Hand Over the
Project 2 days Application Tester, Mobile
Application Developer $1,760.00

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4 Project Closing 11 days $5,920.00
4.1 Submit Documentation of the
Project 6 days Mobile Application Developer $2,880.00
4.2 Conduct Appraisal of the Project 3 days Supervisor of IT $1,680.00
4.3 Sign Off from the Project
Stakeholders 2 days Project Head and Supervisor $1,360.00
4.4 Closing of the Project 0 days Project Head and Supervisor $0.00
MS Project file screenshots are given below.

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Part 4: Risk Analysis and Plan
Assumptions
The assumptions made in the project are given below.

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 Globex has sufficient relationship with government bodies to access various data
that are required for improving the database of the applications.
 Virtucon team has sufficient expertise and requirement gathering tools and
techniques for developing this application.
Risk Identification Framework
Some of the risks identified with the project are follows.
 Threats like hacking, phishing, malware injection and others that occur through
online sources
 Breach and misuse of personal data of the customers
 Budget overshoot that may occur due to uncontrolled expenses
 Late delivery of project due to technical issues
 Lack of expertise among Farmers to use the application
Risk Analysis
Strategy for managing each risk is as follows.
Risk Stakeholder Strategy
Online threats Developer Installation of internal firewall
for the application
Breach of personal data Developer Installation of internal firewall
for the application
Overshoot of budget Head of Project Scope management with
restriction of use of funds
Late delivery Developer Scope management with

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emphasis on meeting deadlines in
the project
Lack of expertise Head of Project Provide training program for
farmers
Part 5: Quality Management Plan
Project’s Quality Statement
Quality standards are to be set during the start of the project and the head of the project
should ensure these quality standards are met through supervision and project control.
Furthermore, there are several IT quality guidelines set by the government that are to be fulfilled
as well.
Verification Activities
The verification activities are:
 The prototype can be demo tested for trying the features.
 The final version is working as per the requirement
Validation Activities
The validation activities are:
 All features are implemented in the application.
 The application is supported by low and medium range smartphones.

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Part 6: Closure and Evaluation
Annotated Bibliography
Annotation 1 – Todorović, M. L., Petrović, D. Č., Mihić, M. M., Obradović, V. L., &
Bushuyev, S. D. (2015). Project success analysis framework: A knowledge-based approach in
project management. International Journal of Project Management, 33(4), 772-783.
The author discussed about project evaluation and stated that it a systematic review of the
project after it is handed over to the owner / project manager. Generally, the review is done to
ensure all the milestones are delivered in the project and the expected goals and outcomes for the
project are reached. The authors said that like project execution, evaluation is also an important
and integral part of any project.
Annotation 2 – Hornstein, H. A. (2015). The integration of project management and
organizational change management is now a necessity. International Journal of Project
Management, 33(2), 291-298.
According to the authors, project evaluation ensures the project is delivered to the owner
correctly without any issues or problems. If there are any residual issues and problems, they can
be detected during the evaluation phases and can be fixed before final delivery to the project
owner.
Annotation 3 – Eskerod, P., & Jepsen, A. L. (2016). Project stakeholder management.
Routledge.
In their works, the authors said that any project must have an evaluation phase in order
determine any shortcomings remaining within the project. Unless these issues are solved, the

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project cannot be handed over to the owner and hence, project evaluation plays a very significant
role in this regard.
Closure Checklist
The project checklist is as follows.
 The application is delivered on time
 The application has all features enabled and running
 The application is downloadable in low and medium ranged smartphones
Project Evaluation
After the project is completed, Globex needs to monitor the usage of the application by
the target user groups. The usage of the application along with the monitoring in revenue growth
are required to ensure the MOV is reached and fulfilled.

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References
Eskerod, P., & Jepsen, A. L. (2016). Project stakeholder management. Routledge.
Hornstein, H. A. (2015). The integration of project management and organizational change
management is now a necessity. International Journal of Project Management, 33(2),
291-298.
Todorović, M. L., Petrović, D. Č., Mihić, M. M., Obradović, V. L., & Bushuyev, S. D. (2015).
Project success analysis framework: A knowledge-based approach in project
management. International Journal of Project Management, 33(4), 772-783.