Project Management: Riverina Agriculture Lifestyle Show

This paper reflects the importance of developing online ticket booking system for the Riverina Agricultural and Lifestyle Show (RALS), arranged by a local business Virtucon and Globex Company. The measurable organizational value, the desired area for the impact, the accurate value for the project plan including the stakeholder involvement and needful timeframe and metrics are also elaborated in this report.

Running head: RIVERINA AGRICULTURE LIFESTYLE SHOW
Project management: Riverina Agriculture Lifestyle Show
Name of the student:
Name of the university:

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Table of Contents
Overview of the project.......................................................................................................3
1. Measurable Organizational value....................................................................................4
1.1 Desired area of impact...............................................................................................4
1.2 Value of the project plan............................................................................................5
1.3 Stakeholder involvement in the project plan.............................................................5
1.4 Accurate timeframe and metrics................................................................................6
2. Development of scope management plan........................................................................8
2.1 Scope of the project...................................................................................................8
2.2 List of the project resources.......................................................................................8
3. Project schedule and WBS...............................................................................................9
3.1 Project schedule.............................................................................................................9
3.2 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).........................................................................17
3.3 Milestones for the project plan................................................................................17
4. Project risk analysis and planning.................................................................................21
4.1 Project assumption...................................................................................................21
5. Quality management plan..............................................................................................23
5.1 Philosophy of delivering the quality system to the client........................................23
5.2 Develop and description of different activities........................................................23
Bibliography......................................................................................................................25
Appendix............................................................................................................................27
6. Closure and evaluation research plan...........................................................................27

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Overview of the project
This paper reflects the importance of developing online ticket booking system for the
Riverina Agricultural and Lifestyle Show (RALS), arranged by a local business Virtucon and
Globex Company. At the very initial phase, the company used to maintain a manual ticket
booking system for the consumers however the process of traditional ticket booking system was
not at all helpful from the consumers and business perspectives. In order to resolve the
challenges of traditional booking system, the RALS show is arranged accordingly.
The measurable organizational value, the desired area for the impact, the accurate value
for the project plan including the stakeholder involvement and needful timeframe and metrics are
also elaborated in this report. In addition to this, a scope management plan is also developed for
this project to assume the basic project need, budget and time allotted. In order to reduce the
work load from the project team members the total work is also divided in different small
segments. It is defined that with the help of proper time measurement the project manager would
be able to execute the project successfully. It is also assumed that with the successful
implementation of the project, the consumers will be able to buy desired number of tickets
regardless of their location and time as well.
1. Measurable Organizational value
1.1 Desired area of impact
From the consumers and business perspectives it has been defined that different desired
impact area are there those are required to be considered by the project manager and other
project team members. The desired impact areas are as follows:

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Consumers: After considering the consumer’s need and business outline it has been
found that, the newly developed online ticket booking system will be able to provide as per the
desire of the consumers.
Strategies: For tracking and monitoring both the financial and personnel details of the
consumers accurate strategies are needed to be evolved, With the help of these advanced
strategies the RALS project will be able to meet the requirements accurately.
Social: In order to make the communication much fluent and error free at the same time,
this particular system stands very helpful. The effectiveness and the efficiency of the system are
expected to be increased with the help of the system.
Operation: In order to store the financial and personnel details of the consumers and
employees rather volunteers this particular system is referred to as much beneficial and secured
as well. It means that as per the requirements of the users the employees and authenticated users
would be able to access information from the server. However, it is also expected that the
organizational and operational activities would also become much easier.
Financial: In order to convert the manual ticket booking system into the online ticket
booking system, financial support is very much important thus if proper financial support is
provided to improve the project then it would be able to meet the requirements of the consumers
and business owners as well.
1.2 Value of the project plan
Based on the project background the project plan is also illustrated below:

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Better: In order to serve accurate operational and business facilities to the consumers and
volunteers, a better project plan is needed to be implemented. In addition to this, for providing
accurate security to the consumers this online ticket booking system is very much helpful.
Cheaper: In order to gain consecutive and long term success the plan is needed to be
cheaper error free as well. The operational cost estimated for the online ticket booking system is
cheaper also.
Faster: Bedsides being efficient and cheaper the system is needed to be faster as well. It
is necessary for the system to deliver information to the employees whenever required. With
faster information delivery the efficiency of the system will automatically increase.
1.3 Stakeholder involvement in the project plan
In order to complete the project successfully, it is necessary for the project manager to
involve accurate project stakeholders. If all the project stakeholders play their job roles
accurately then it is expected that within the estimated time and budget they would be able to
deliver as per the desire of the project owners.
Name of the stakeholder Responsible
CEO The project manager is responsible to
control and monitor the project
Volunteers The volunteers are responsible to manage the
roles of the project team members accurately
Finance manager The finance manager is responsible to check
the financial requirement of the project and
the total budget needed to complete the

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project
Project team members Based on the skills and knowledge of the
project team members, the workload is
divided among the project team members.
1.4 Accurate timeframe and metrics
Impact Metrics Timeframe Rank
Operational With the usage of
proper business
operation the
functional efficiency
of the system will
increase.
3 months 1
Strategy Based upon the type
of the business
background proper
strategies are also
required to be
adopted.
2 months 2
Consumers With the
implementation of the
advanced online ticket
booking system,
1 month 3

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consumers would be
able to get frequent
response.
Social The relationship
between the
consumers and the
service providers’
increase with the
social factors.
2 months 4
Financial The cost allotted for
operating the system,
will be reduced after
the implem1entation
of the online ticket
booking system.
3 months
5
2. Development of scope management plan
2.1 Scope of the project
 To develop online ticket booking system for the consumers
 To increase the security of the system incorporating accurate encryption algorithm
 To complete the project within the estimated budget and time as well
Deliverable

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 Proper testing plan is needed to be developed for testing the system
 The complete development phase should be documented
 Budget plan and scope verification plan must be evaluated
 Accurate system requirement must be delivered
Resources Their roles
People Responsible to act their respective activities
Technology Hardware, software and many other
technologies
Facility Most of the team work will be done
according to the requirements
Others Travelling and training
2.2 List of the project resources
Resource Name Type
Material
Label
Initials Group
Max.
Units
Std. Rate Ovt. Rate
Project manager Work P 100% $20.00/hr $18.00/hr
finance manager Work f 100% $18.00/hr $12.00/hr
system developer Work s 100% $18.00/hr $12.00/hr
system analyst Work s 100% $18.00/hr $12.00/hr

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HR manager Work H 100% $15.00/hr $8.00/hr
application
programming
manager
Work a 100% $15.00/hr $15.00/hr
Operation manager Work O 100% $15.00/hr $18.00/hr
Business analyst Work B 100% $0.00/hr $0.00/hr
3. Project schedule and WBS
3.1 Project schedule
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
Predecessor
s
Resource
Names
Cost
Variance
0
Schedule
development for
RALS project
318 days
Mon
12/25/17
Wed
3/13/19
$80,392.00
1
Project
initiation
80 days
Mon
12/25/17
Fri
4/13/18
$16,088.00

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1.1
Determining
project
specification
10 days
Mon
12/25/17
Fri 1/5/18
Operation
manager ,Pro
ject manager
$2,800.00
1.2
Project
feasibility study
development
2 days
Mon
1/8/18
Tue
1/9/18
2
finance
manager
$288.00
1.3
Identification
of business
requirements
25 days
Wed
1/10/18
Tue
2/13/18
3
Project
manager
$4,000.00
1.4
SLA
agreement
24 days
Wed
2/14/18
Mon
3/19/18
4
Business
analyst ,Oper
ation
manager ,Pro
ject manager
$6,720.00
1.5
Arrangement
of meeting
19 days
Tue
3/20/18
Fri
4/13/18
5 HR manager $2,280.00
2
Milestone 1:
Completion of
project initiation
phase
0 days
Fri
4/13/18
Fri
4/13/18
6
Project
manager
$0.00

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3
Project
planning phase
37 days
Mon
4/16/18
Tue
6/5/18
$9,056.00
3.1
Developing
project team
10 days
Mon
4/16/18
Fri
4/27/18
7
Business
analyst ,HR
manager ,Op
eration
manager
$2,400.00
3.2
Identification
of project vendors
14 days
Mon
4/30/18
Thu
5/17/18
9
finance
manager ,Op
eration
manager
$3,696.00
3.3
Project task
schedule
development
8 days
Fri
5/18/18
Tue
5/29/18
10
HR
manager ,Pro
ject manager
$2,240.00
3.4
Budget
estimation
5 days
Wed
5/30/18
Tue
6/5/18
11
finance
manager
$720.00
4
Milestone 2:
Completion of
project planning
phase
0 days
Tue
6/5/18
Tue
6/5/18
12
Project
manager
$0.00

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5
Project
designing phase
68 days
Wed
6/6/18
Fri
9/7/18
$15,640.00
6
Milestone
3:Project
designing phase
0 days Fri 9/7/18 Fri 9/7/18 18
Project
manager
$0.00
7
Project
evaluation phase
95 days
Mon
9/10/18
Fri
1/18/19
$29,280.00
7.1
Risks
management plan
development
20 days
Mon
9/10/18
Fri
10/5/18
19
application
programmin
g
manager ,HR
manager
$4,800.00
7.2
Scope
management plan
23 days
Mon
10/8/18
Wed
11/7/18
21
Operation
manager ,Pro
ject manager
$6,440.00
7.3
Online system
modeling
25 days
Thu
11/8/18
Wed
12/12/18
22
Operation
manager ,Pro
ject
manager ,sys
tem analyst
$10,600.00
7.4 Procurement 12 days Thu Fri 23 HR manager $1,440.00

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management 12/13/18 12/28/18
7.5
Installing
proper hardware
and software
15 days
Mon
12/31/18
Fri
1/18/19
24
application
programing
manager ,Op
eration
manager ,Pro
ject manager
$6,000.00
8
Milestone 4:
Completion of
project
evaluation phase
0 days
Fri
1/18/19
Fri
1/18/19
25
Project
manager
$0.00
9 System testing 30 days
Mon
1/21/19
Fri
3/1/19
$8,688.00
9.1
System
analysis
8 days
Mon
1/21/19
Wed
1/30/19
26
system
analyst ,
system
developer
$2,304.00
9.2
System
modeling
6 days
Thu
1/31/19
Thu
2/7/19
28,18
system
analyst ,syste
m developer
$1,728.00
9.3 Unit testing 7 days Fri 2/8/19 Mon 29 Operation $1,848.00

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2/18/19
manager ,sys
tem analyst
9.4
Integrated
testing
6 days
Tue
2/19/19
Tue
2/26/19
30
application
programmin
g
manager ,sys
tem analyst
$1,584.00
9.5
Evaluating the
online system
3 days
Wed
2/27/19
Fri 3/1/19 31
Business
analyst ,Oper
ation
manager ,sys
tem
analyst ,syste
m developer
$1,224.00
10
Milestone 5:
Completion of
project
evaluation phase
0 days
Fri
3/1/19
Fri
3/1/19
32
Project
manager
$0.00
11
Project closure
phase
238 days
Fri
4/13/18
Wed
3/13/19
$1,640.00
11.1 Post project 3 days Mon Wed 33 application $720.00

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evaluation 3/4/19 3/6/19
programmin
g
manager ,HR
manager
11.2
Stakeholder
signoff
3 days
Thu
3/7/19
Mon
3/11/19
35 HR manager $360.00
11.3
Project
maintenance steps
identification
2 days
Tue
3/12/19
Wed
3/13/19
36
HR
manager ,Pro
ject manager
$560.00
11.4
Milestone 6:
Completion of
project closure
phase
0 days
Wed
3/13/19
Wed
3/13/19
37
Project
manager
$0.00
M1
Milestone 1:
Completion of
project initiation
phase
0 days
Fri
4/13/18
Fri
4/13/18
6
Project
manager
$0.00
M2 Milestone 2:
Completion of
project planning
0 days Tue
6/5/18
Tue
6/5/18
12 Project
manager
$0.00

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phase
M3
Milestone
3:Project
designing phase
0 days
Fri
9/7/18
Fri
9/7/18
18
Project
manager
$0.00
M4
Milestone 4:
Completion of
project
evaluation phase
0 days
Fri
1/18/19
Fri
1/18/19
25
Project
manager
$0.00
M5
Milestone 5:
Completion of
project
evaluation phase
0 days
Fri
3/1/19
Fri
3/1/19
32
Project
manager
$0.00
3.2 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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Figure 2: WBS for RALS project
(Source: created by author)
3.3 Milestones for the project plan
Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
Predecessor
s
Resource
Names
Auto
Schedule
d
M1 Milestone 1:
Completion of
project initiation
0 days Fri
4/13/18
Fri
4/13/18
6 Project
manager

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phase
Auto
Schedule
d
M2
Milestone 2:
Completion of
project planning
phase
0 days
Tue
6/5/18
Tue
6/5/18
12
Project
manager
Auto
Schedule
d
M3
Milestone
3:Project designing
phase
0 days
Fri
9/7/18
Fri
9/7/18
18
Project
manager
Auto
Schedule
d
M4
Milestone 4:
Completion of
project evaluation
phase
0 days
Fri
1/18/19
Fri
1/18/19
25
Project
manager
Auto
Schedule
d
M5
Milestone 5:
Completion of
project evaluation
phase
0 days
Fri
3/1/19
Fri
3/1/19
32
Project
manager
Auto
Schedule
d
M6
Milestone 6:
Completion of
project closure
phase
0 days
Wed
3/13/19
Wed
3/13/19
37
Project
manager

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Figure 1: Gantt chart for RALS project
(Source: created by author)

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4. Project risk analysis and planning
4.1 Project assumption
Time constraints have been assumed for the implementation of this project. In order to
declare a project as a successful one proper assumptions are needed to be highlighted. The triple
constraints consider for this project include scope, time and budget. It s expected that the project
should be completed within 300 days and the total budget estimated for the project is around $
Risk assessment
Rank Name of the
risk
Type Probability Impact Mitigation
strategy
1 Budget
failure
Internal High High Before
starting the
project the
project
finance
manager must
develop a
feasibility
study to
check that
whether the
project is
feasible or

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not.
2 Operation
failure
Internal Medium High The system
operation and
functionalities
should be
checked
before
execution
3 Scheduling
error
Internal Medium High In the project
initiation
phase the
project
manager
should divide
the workload
according to
the their skills
and
knowledge
4 Inaccurate
resource
management
Internal High High Correct
resources
should be
highlighted

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properly
5. Quality management plan
5.1 Philosophy of delivering the quality system to the client
In order to promote a business for measurable success and growth accurate project driven
philosophy and activities are need to be considered by the project manager. In order to grab more
number of consumers and for gaining competitive advantages the proper discipline is also
needed to be considered.
5.2 Develop and description of different activities
For this particular project the different project validation and verification activities are as
follows:
Verification
 Static analysis
 Proof for correctness
 Unit testing of the system
 Integrated testing
 Robustness analysis
Validation
 Goal analysis
 Model and analysis

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 System checking
 System implementation

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Appendix
6. Closure and evaluation research plan
Awang, Z., Hashim, N. N., Yaziz, N. M., & Asmuni, N. S. (2015). Assessing customer
intention towards the use of website on online air ticket booking. Editors, 686.
This article reflects the currently growing focus of the consumers on online ticket
booking system instead of manual and traditional ticket booking. The intention of purchase of
the consumers for online booking is faster and cheaper as well. Thus, for economic enhancement
and competitive advantages online ticket booking system stands very helpful. The purchase
intention of the consumers acts as a mediator between the growing relationships of the
consumers and the service providers. This article also elaborates the correlational analysis and
the mathematical analysis of the consumer’s requirement. Finally, it has been defined that, the
demand of the consumers rises varies with the quality of the consumers.
Molchanova, V. S. (2014). The use of online service booking in tourist activity. European
Journal of Social and Human Sciences, (2), 75-80.
This particular article serves the essence of importance for developing accurate online
ticket booking system for the consumers. With the help of the online ticket booking system,
different practical characteristics those are highlighted include booking hotels, travel Company,
tour booking with the help of internet service and online ticket booking system as well. The
inefficiency highlighted in the manual ticket booking systems is expected to be minimized

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completely with online booking. How the consumers would be able to book tickets regardless of
their location and time as well are also elaborated in this article.
Siddiqui, F., & Askari, S. M. (2016). Queue-less Local Railway Ticket Booking Using Wi-Fi
Router. Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(4).
The size of a queue for booking tickets reduces according to the service quality of the
providers. With the help of online ticket booking system, the size of the queue will reduce and
the time for waiting in the queue will also reduce accordingly. The different techniques used for
the online ticket booking system include GPRS/ EDGE both the 3G/4G technologies and
effective internet connection as well.