Strategic Project Management

This document provides an overview of strategic project management, focusing on a project plan for Woolworths. It includes information on the objectives, approach, roles, and responsibilities of the project, as well as a preliminary schedule and budget estimates.

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1. Introduction and Objectives of the Project Plan
1.1 Overview of the Organisation
Woolworths is a supermarket chain business that primarily operates in various parts in
Australia. Woolworths is one of the most successful supermarket chains in the whole world and
specifically the largest chain in Australia.
1.2 Current Situation and Problem / Opportunity Statement
Woolworths has always applied updated technology for enhancing their business
operations and performance. Now, the company wants to solve the problem of large queues and
delayed payment processes in the stores and is looking to develop a mobile application that will
enable the customers to just grab the products from the store and leave without standing in long
queues for the payment purposes. This will be achieved using high level machine learning
techniques on computer AI and will be integrated with the mobile application.
2. Project Charter
2.1 Project Information
The project involves the development of a mobile application that will be used by the
customers to check in to the retail store and walk away with the products of their choice without
standing in the queue for making payments.
2.2 Project Objectives
The objectives of the project are as follows.

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 To implement the computer vision deep learning algorithms to develop an AI
capable of developing virtual cart for the customers within the store
 To develop a mobile application that will help the customers to simply check in to
the store for purchasing products
2.3 Project Approach
For this project, agile methodology will be utilized in order to develop the mobile
application for checking in to the store.
2.4 Roles and Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities of the project stakeholders are as follows.
Stakeholders Roles and Responsibilities
Technical Manager Supervision, management and reporting of the
technical aspects of the project
Sponsor / Woolworths CEO Funding for the research and development of the
project
Mobile Application Developer Development of the mobile application as per
specification
System Tester Testing of the mobile application
2.5 Project Constraints
One major constraint for the project is that it is an entirely new technology and will
require considerable amount of funding especially since agile methodology is used. Another

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constraint is that the technology is not yet tested and tried and hence, unnecessary issues may
arise during the project.
2.6 Assumptions
It has been assumed that the project can be completed within the time as per the given
specifications and a fully functional “Grab and Go” Woolworths Store will be opened within 1
year.
2.7 Preliminary Schedule and Budget Estimates
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Development of the Mobile Application for
Woolworths 250 days Mon 1/6/20 Fri 12/18/20
Development of Mobile Application Architecture 15 days Mon 1/6/20 Fri 1/24/20
Development of Application Prototype 15 days Mon 1/27/20 Fri 2/14/20 1
Testing of the Prototype 15 days Mon 2/17/20 Fri 3/6/20 2
System Layout Designing 25 days Mon 3/9/20 Fri 4/10/20 3
Development of the Beta Version 20 days Mon 4/13/20 Fri 5/8/20 4
Testing of the Beta 15 days Mon 5/11/20 Fri 5/29/20 5
Design of the Features 30 days Mon 6/1/20 Fri 7/10/20 6
Design User Interface 10 days Mon 7/13/20 Fri 7/24/20 7
Development of Final Version 60 days Mon 7/27/20 Fri 10/16/20 8
Connect with the AI 15 days Mon 10/19/20 Fri 11/6/20 9
Final Testing 30 days Mon 11/9/20 Fri 12/18/20 10
The budget plan for the project is shown in the following table.
Cost Element Budget (AUD $)
Developer Fees 200,000
Tester Fees 150,000
Research and Development Costs 650,000

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TOTAL AUD $1 million
2.8 Plan Modification Rules
There might be needs for modifications of certain features of the mobile application
owing to changing requirements and scope change. In that case, the changes will have to be
reported to the technical manager who will review the same and gain approval from higher
management to proceed with the signatures.
2.9 Approval Signatures
_______________________ (CEO)
_______________________ (Technical Manager)
_______________________ (Developer)
_______________________ (Tester)

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