Project Management: Mobile based Farmer support system

This paper focuses on the development of a new Mobile based farmer support system (MBFSA) with the help of Globlex for the farmers so that they can be able to gather required data as well as information including weather conditions, preferred crops they will grow as well as information about the capacity and crops that the farmers grows.

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Project management: Mobile based Farmer support system
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Project description...........................................................................................................................2
Part 1:MOV.....................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Desired area of impact...........................................................................................................2
1.2 Project value..........................................................................................................................3
1.3 Metric.....................................................................................................................................3
1.4 Timeframe..............................................................................................................................4
1.5 MOV statement......................................................................................................................4
Part 2: Scope....................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Definition of project scope....................................................................................................4
2.2 Scope management plan........................................................................................................5
2.3 Resource list...........................................................................................................................5
Part 3: Work breakdown structure...................................................................................................6
3.1 Work breakdown structure....................................................................................................6
3.2 Project activities.....................................................................................................................7
3.3 Resource estimate..................................................................................................................8
3.4 Gantt chart.............................................................................................................................9
3.4 Project budget......................................................................................................................10
Part 4: Risk analysis and plan........................................................................................................11
4.1 Assumption..........................................................................................................................11
4.2 Risk determination framework............................................................................................11
4.3 Risk analysis........................................................................................................................11
Part 5: Quality management plan..................................................................................................13
5.1 Project quality statement......................................................................................................13
5.2 Verification activities...........................................................................................................13
5.3 Validation activities.............................................................................................................13
Part 6: Closure and evaluation.......................................................................................................14
6.1 Closure checklist..................................................................................................................14
6.2 Project evaluation................................................................................................................14
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................15
Appendices....................................................................................................................................17

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Introduction
The main focus of the paper is on a new Mobile based farmer support system (MBFSA)
development which is mainly assisted by Globlex for the farmers so that they can be able to
gather required data as well as information including weather conditions, preferred crops they
will grow as well as information about the capacity and crops that the farmers grows. In addition
to this, Virtucon aims to provide training to the framers from different geographical area who
would further able to train as well as assists other farmers of their area.
Project description
The project aims to develop MBFSA with the help of the organization “Globlex”. It is
found that the development of the mobile application is considered as one pf the collaborative
work among the farmers, governments as well as wholesalers. In order to utilize the mobile
application, both the farmers as well as wholesalers needs to open their account and add
important data including the details about the generation of the crops, production of the sales as
well as about weather forecast. With the help of the application, the wholesalers can provide
information related with the name and quantity of the produced crops required within a specific
area. In addition to this, they will generally able to download the data which will further assists
them in analyzing sales as well as production of the crops.
Part 1:MOV
1.1 Desired area of impact
The desired impacts in context to its significance are generally reflected below:
Strategy > Social > Customer > Operational > Financial

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1.2 Project value
The values that are linked to the project are elaborated below:
Better: The mobile application is better as the farmers can be able to analyze different
types of information including weather forecasting, needed crops, suitable crops needed to grown
and more.
Faster: The wholesalers can easily reach to the farmers for the quantity of the products
that they required by using the mobile application.
1.3 Metric
Area of impact Metric
Strategy It is found that development of proper
strategy for the business is helpful and will
enhance the organization’s revenue by 5%
Customer Because of the applications of the new
system, more farmers get attracted with the
application that will be profitable for both the
organization as well as the farmers.
Financial Due to MBFSA, the revenue that s generated
by the organization gets enhances by 10%.
Operational The operation of the business gets improved
because of the utilization of the new
application.
Social Integration of social media with the

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application will increase the number of users.
1.4 Timeframe
Area of impact Timeframe
Strategy 1month
Customer 2 months
Financial 2 months
Operational 3 months
Social 1 month
1.5 MOV statement
The development of the new system will generally beneficial in giving a number of
benefits to the farmers, government as well as the wholesalers regarding data updating, handling
as well as uploading. Moreover, it is analyzed that the organization “Globlex” aims to generate
proper amount of revenue due to the utilization of application by large number of wholesalers as
well as farmers.
Part 2: Scope
2.1 Definition of project scope
The scope includes the development of a mobile support system by Globlex for
providing support as well as help to the farmers in order to properly collect, gather as well as
contribute valuable data to the farmers that would guide them in farming. This will be beneficial
for other parties including the government as well as wholesalers who generally wants to get
access of the farming details.

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2.2 Scope management plan
The scope should be accomplished effectively by using proper monitoring of the project
progress on a weekly basis. In addition to this, the other steps that are essential to be utilized are
are elaborated below:
 Planning the scope properly be defining, managing and validating requirements
 Collecting the needs of the project by using interviews, surveys as well as group
discussion
 Defining the scope by involving the project staffs
 Creating a work breakdown structure of the project
 Validating the scope of the project by accepting the project deliverables
 Lastly, the scope should be controlled effectively by taking the assistance of the project
team
2.3 Resource list
People
Technology

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Hardware Computer, desktop, harddisk
Software MS project software, Android Studio
Other
 Training: Proper training opportunity will be given to the team in order to improve their
skills and knowledge in app development
 Travel: Travelling allowances will be given to the team if the team member work after
their shift hours.
Part 3: Work breakdown structure
3.1 Work breakdown structure
Figure 1: Work breakdown structure
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3.2 Project activities
Figure 2: Project activities
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3.3 Resource estimate
Figure 2: Resource activities
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3.4 Gantt chart
Figure 3: Gantt chart
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3.4 Project budget
Figure 4: Project budget
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Part 4: Risk analysis and plan
4.1 Assumption
It is assumed that access of some confidential data will only be approved with the help of
the project government
4.2 Risk determination framework
The five different risks that generally can occur due to the mobile support application
development are listed below:
 Cyber attack
 Data breach
 Schedule slippage
 Budget shortage
 Quality risk
4.3 Risk analysis
Risk Description Impact Probability Responsible Strategy
Cyber attack It is found
that due to
cyber-attack,
confidential
data of the
clients can be
hacked.
High High IT manager Installation of
proper
security
system will
be helpful in
avoiding such
issues.

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Data breach Due to
improper
maintenance
of the system,
the problem
of data
breach occur
that further
causes a
number of
challenges.
High Medium Mobile
application
developer
It is
identified that
installation of
firewalls are
generally
helpful for
avoiding such
issues.
Schedule
slippage
If the project
schedule is
not managed
then delay
will be faced
by the project
team
Medium High Project
manager
Tracking
schedule on a
weekly basis
would be
helpful.
Budget
shortage
If the budget
of the project
is not
managed then
it causes
High High Financial
manager
Proper
management
of project
budget is
necessary

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financial risk.
Quality risk If the
hardware
quality gets
compromised
then a
number of
quality issues
occurs.
Medium Medium quality
analyst
Utilization of
proper
quality
standards are
helpful in
resolving the
risks
Part 5: Quality management plan
5.1 Project quality statement
The quality of the project must be properly managed with the help of the project manager
before the delivery of the developed mobile application by following different kinds of quality
standards and metrics in the project. They generally needs to ensure that proper quality of
resources is generally used in the project.
5.2 Verification activities
The verification activities include:
 Undertaking proper requirement-based testing
 Proper testing in the project
 Proper testing the mobile application implementation
5.3 Validation activities
The project validation activities include:

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 Reviewing the testing specification
 Testing the procedure of development
Part 6: Closure and evaluation
6.1 Closure checklist
The checklist of the project includes:
 Completion of the pilot project on time
 The mobile application will be delivered on time
6.2 Project evaluation
Refer to appendices

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Appendices
Appendix 1:Badewi, A. (2016). The impact of project management (PM) and benefits
management (BM) practices on project success: Towards developing a project benefits
governance framework. International Journal of Project Management, 34(4), 761-778.
The paper focuses on the PM importance as well as the benefits that are linked with the
benefit management on the project success and achievements of the project. Both the benefit
management as well ad project management are considered vital for the success of the project.
The literature generally does not have proper empirical evidence that helps in highlighting the
value that is mainly associated with the application of different types of BM practices. As the
results of the entire research are generally based on the valid response therefore it is suggested
that proper proportion of the organization should adopt both the PM and BM practices.
Appendix 2: Papke-Shields, K. E., & Boyer-Wright, K. M. (2017). Strategic planning
characteristics applied to project management. International Journal of Project
Management, 35(2), 169-179.
The paper mainly reflects on the strategic planning-based characteristics that are mainly
associated with the PM. It is identified that the paper examines the importance of strategic
planning in context to project management from proper research perspective. The result that
refers to the rational adaptive approach generally helps in assessing various types of empirical
data for proper evaluation of PM that is mainly associated or linked with the varying degrees of
the adaptive approach,

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Appendix 3: De Carvalho, M.M., Patah, L.A. and de Souza Bido, D., 2015. Project
management and its effects on project success: Cross-country and cross-industry
comparisons. International Journal of Project Management, 33(7), pp.1509-1522.
The paper generally reflects on PM and its impact on the entire project sucess. This paper
generally investigates the effects of PM on the success of the project by including various types
of parameters including the cost, scheduling as well as quality. It is quite important to adopt
proper contingency based approach that is helpful in properly evaluating the complexity of the
entire project as per the four different categories. The results of the paper suggest that proper
relationship between the schedule variable as well as the enables of project management and
schedule are generally required.