Investigation on Outblaze Impacting the Technological Environment in Hong Kong

Topic: An investigation on Outblaze impacting the Technological environment in Hong
Kong- A case study of OutBlaze

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Section A Project management plan......................................................................................3
Task 1.....................................................................................................................................3
1.1. Devise project aims and objectives for investigating Outblaze impacting the
technological environment in Hong Kong (P1).................................................................3
1.2. Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality,
communication, risk and resources (P2 and M1)...................................................................4
1.3. Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart to provide timeframes and
stages for completion and management process (P3 and D1)............................................7
Section B: Project findings, research and analysis.....................................................................9
Task 2.....................................................................................................................................9
2.1. Carry out small-scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research
methods appropriate for meeting project aims and objectives (P4 and M2)......................9
Task 3...................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Analyse research and data using appropriate tools and techniques (P5 and M3)......10
3.2 Communicate appropriate recommendations as a result of research and data analysis
to draw valid and meaningful conclusions (P6 and D2)..................................................15
Conclusion................................................................................................................................16
Section C Performance review.................................................................................................18
4.1 Reflect on the value of undertaking the research to meet stated objectives and own
learning and performance and evaluation of the project management process (P7 and M4)
..............................................................................................................................................18
References................................................................................................................................20
Appendix-1: Questionnaires for the users of Outblaze............................................................21
Appendix-2: Interview Questions for the project managers of Outblaze................................21

Introduction
The business conditions of the Hong Kong market is very much dynamic in nature
and there are regular technological advancements in the field of cloud computing (). Outblaze
is a holding business organization that was set up in Hong Kong having the primary motive
of providing business related solutions with the proper utilization of digitalized media and
cloud computing depending completely upon the web based applications (Meredith, Mantel
Jr and Shafer, 2017). Outblaze had begun services in the year of 1998, when Outblaze served
all of its clients with web-hosted services such as webmail, chat, file sharing, messages and
lists of mailing. However, with the solutions related to the digitalized field, Outblaze had a
major impact upon the technological environment of Hong Kong prevailing towards the
positive aspects of evolution in the business world. In relation to the impact that Outblaze had
upon the business environment of the Hong Kong, the project has been undertaken by clearly
mentioning the entire plan upon which the project has been done (Kerzner, 2017). In addition
to this, the objectives, resources, costs, time and the risks related to the project have been
clearly stated in accordance to the undertaken project.
Section A Project management plan
Task 1
1.1. Devise project aims and objectives for investigating Outblaze impacting the
technological environment in Hong Kong (P1)
In order to develop the project, the researcher need to identify the specific aim of
objective for narrow down the research area (Schwalbe, 2015). The aim of the undertaken

research is to identify the underlying impact of the current growth of Outblaze on the
technological environment in Hong Kong.
Identified Objectives
The objectives of that this project are:
 To investigate the current situation of Outblaze in Hongkong technological
environment?
 To identify the impact of Outblaze on other business organizations in Hong kong
technological environment?
 To find out the challenges faced by Outblaze
 To identify the ways by which Outblaze can improve their existing services
Identified Research Questions
 What is the current situation of Outblaze in Hongkong technological
environment?
 How Outblaze is having its impact on other business organizations in Hongkong
technological environment?
 What are the existing challenges of Outblaze?
 How Outblaze can improve their existing services
1.2. Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality,
communication, risk and resources (P2 and M1)
Project Management Plan: This project had been initially undertaken to
successfully meet the objectives laid down during the initial phase of the same. In addition to
this, the project plan has been properly analysed and undertaken having a complete

accordance to the same. The objectives aligned to the project such as carrying out a brief
study of the current situation of Outblaze prevailing in Hong Kong, how Outblaze had an
impact on the business environment as well as the challenges being posed towards the
succession of Outblaze on impacting Hong Kong and the related business organizations
(Heagney, 2016). Aim of the project has been devised in regards to the objectives that have
been stated. Costs and the time taken for the project have been briefly identified and stated
with correct facts and figures. Along with this, quality of the project, the communication that
shall be efficiently carried out as well as the potential risks posed towards the project have
been stated. Lastly, the resources gathered and required for the project has also been taken
into consideration (Harrison and Lock, 2017). The project has been planned and categorized
under primary phases namely, Proposal Phase, Reviewing the Literature, Collection of Data,
Data Analysis and developing the final research of the project.
Project Cost: The cost of the project is HKD 25,500. There are many activities carried
out to complete the project and the project cost is divided into several parts to complete the
project.

Project Scope: The primary scope of this project is the identification of the
technological impact of Outblaze in Hongkong.
Project Time: The time required for this 160 days, the detailed scheduling of this
project shall be illustrated in the Gnatt chart table which will be presented in the later section
of this paper.
Project Quality:
Quality referring to a project needs to be considered in order to successfully deliver
the project by adhering to the successful completion of the same. The limitations that have
been identified while carrying out the project in terms of Outblaze have been properly treated
with the required techniques of mitigation (Kerzner, 2018). In addition to this, all of
resources have been properly listed down that will be required while carrying out the project
in order to nullify further delays to the project. Along with these, specific decisions have been
properly taken so that the entire project ends in a successful venture on project closure.
Communication: Communication with the team members are essential part of the
project to ensure the proper flow of information with all the members associated for the
completion of the project (Binder, 2016). Here, the researcher has chosen, email and phone as
the mode of communication.
Risk and Resources:
There are different variants of resources who are primarily involved within this
project such MS Excel which will be required for analysing the primary data (Kerzner, 2019).
Peer reviewed articles are the other resource associated with this paper. Further, Google
Online Survey Form will be used for collecting the primary data from the employees.