Exploring AI's Role in Transportation: Project Management and Research

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Managing a Successful Computing
Project

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
LO1 (The project management plan)...............................................................................................2
P1 Devise project aims and objectives for a chosen scenario.....................................................2
P2 Produce a project management plan.......................................................................................3
P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart........................................................5
M1 Produce a comprehensive project management plan, milestone schedule and project
scheduling for monitoring............................................................................................................7
LO2 (The project logbook)..............................................................................................................8
P4 Carry out small-scale research................................................................................................8
M2 Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of different research methods applied......................10
LO3................................................................................................................................................12
P5 Analyse research and data using appropriate tools and techniques......................................12
P6 Communicate appropriate recommendations as a result of research and data analysis to
draw valid and meaningful conclusions....................................................................................17
M3 Evaluate the selection of appropriate tools and techniques for accuracy and authenticity to
support and justify recommendations........................................................................................17
LO4 (The performance review).....................................................................................................18
P7 Reflect on the value of undertaking the research to meet stated objectives and own learning
and performance........................................................................................................................18
M4 Evaluate the value of the project management process and use of quality research to meet
stated objectives and support own learning and performance...................................................18
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................20
References......................................................................................................................................21

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Costing...............................................................................................................................3
Table 2: Gantt chart.........................................................................................................................6
Table 3: Project Logbook..............................................................................................................10
Table 4: Performance review.........................................................................................................19

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Work breakdown structure...............................................................................................5

Introduction
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a way to make the computer, or a computer controlled a robot or
any software which thinks intelligently and reduces the efforts of a human being. The computing
report will mainly focus on the AI contribution in the transportation sector for which example of
Tesla automobile industry will be taken. The report will provide an appropriate project plan
through which project scope, time, resources, cost etc. will be analysed. The research will also be
conducted to collect the quality of information on the AI impact, usage and user experience. The
report, in the end, will also provide some recommendations through which improvement in the
transportation sector will be implemented.
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LO1 (The project management plan)
P1 Devise project aims and objectives for a chosen scenario
The project is conducted to explore the artificial intelligence impact on the system. The project
and research also explore the usage of artificial intelligence and the experience gain by the users
after using artificial intelligence. The computing project mainly focuses on analysing the major
impacts of artificial intelligence on the transportation sector industry such as- Tesla. The project
identifies the usage of artificial intelligence or software or machine on the growth of Tesla, the
contribution of artificial intelligence on transportation and its future impact on the daily lives of
the people (Russell and Norvig, 2016).
Project aim: The computing project devises aim is to understand the usage and impact of AI on
the environment, brand expansion, technology innovation and daily lives of the people. The
project aim is set to analyse the impact of AI on the transportation sector after new technology
innovation and its impact on the customer’s daily life.
Project objective:
 The project objective is to analyze AI as the aid for the environment protection.
 Is to identify the key role of AI played for organization such as- Tesla for their brand and
production promotion.
 The devise objective is to explore the contribution of AI to the technology innovation
mainly for the transportations sector.
 The project objective also focus on identify the future influence of AI on the routine lives
of the people.
 The project objective is also related to collect the accurate and reliable information from
the effective research.
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P2 Produce a project management plan
Computing project is planned to achieve the set aims and objectives in which all the important
stages of the project plan are covered. The computing project help to identify the project scope,
the time required, budget, resources needed, risk, quality management techniques and
communication process. The project mainly focuses on analyzing the impact and usage of AI on
the transportation sector along with experience gain by users after using AI.
Scope: The computing project scope is wide as it focuses on many aspects of AI that help to
understand the current impact of AI on the transportation sector, environment, business
expansion and daily activities (Nicholas and Steyn, 2017). The success criteria for this project
are to complete the project with limited resources and time and deliver the positive outcome to
attain the project aim and objective.
Cost: Cost cover all the requirements along with investment for this computing AI project. The
project manager and its team estimate all the figures and amount as per the requirement of the
project and research. The estimated budget for this computing project is- £4,000 in which all the
requirements are covered.
For example,
Table 1: Costing
Specification Estimated cost
AI expert (1) £550
Technical resource (Hardware
and software)
£800
Project team (5) £700
Market research £300
Secondary research £500
Primary research £600
Testing and monitoring £350
Project document in Microsoft
Excel
£200
Total £4000
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Time (schedule): The major requirement of this project is to complete in limited resources and
time so it is important to manage the whole project in a short period. The project manager
estimates that at least 1 month and 15 days require for this project that is 6 weeks in total.
Quality management technique: Quality management technique helps the project manager to
achieve a positive outcome with effective quality (Fleming and Koppelman, 2016). To manage
the project quality they can use- control chart, fishbone diagram and flowchart tools. The chart or
diagram prepared in this technique will help to analyze the area of the problem through which
further action can be planned.
Communication: The communication flexibility is required between the project manager and
team, project manager and external stakeholders, the project manager and respondents. By using
the e-mail, fax, online conferences, internet and mobile phones, the interaction can be done.
Questionnaire survey can be sent on the respondent's e-mail address to save the time, cost and
efforts (Eskerod and Jepsen, 2016).
Resources: Resources are the assets through which project will be initiated for its competition.
For this project limited resources are required such as- computing system, human resource,
financial resources for funds and other technical resources.
Risk: Sometimes uncertain and unplanned events may be observed which becomes threat or risk
during the project such as- scarcity of resources, delay in the project, lack of stakeholders interest
and funding pressure (Heagney, 2016).
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P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart
Work breakdown structure: WBS explains the major activities for this computing project
along with its sub-activities for different departments. This will help to delegate equal
responsibilities between the employees to manage the time, resources and money. Following is
the WBS for AI computing project:
Figure 1: Work breakdown structure
Gantt chart: Gantt chart is mainly prepared to distribute the WBS activities in proper time and
duration so that the project must be completed on time and with full effectiveness. The estimated
time for the project is 6 weeks for following Gantt chart will distribute all WBS activities within
6 weeks:
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Create plan
Estimate the
time
Analyze the
project scope
Conduct market
analysis to
understand AI
potential
Specific
requirements
Fund
arrangement for
investment
Analyze
competitive
aspects
Estimate risk
Previous
designing
Alternative
method or
strategy
Create project
proposal
Project design
and its
implementation
Appoint
employees and
delegate roles
Manage project
quality
Discussion with
stakeholders
Report
documentation
Final
implementation
Monitor and
testing of
project
Monitor the
progress
Upgrade and
update the
computing
resources
Test the
quality
Post actions
Overcome the
risk
Training to
employees
Review from
stakeholders
Finish project

Table 2: Gantt chart
Specifications Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
Create plan
Estimate the time
Analyze the project scope
Conduct market analysis to
understand AI potential
Specific requirements
Fund arrangement for investment
Analyze competitive aspects
Estimate risk
Previous designing
Alternative method or strategy
Create project proposal
Project design and its
implementation
Appoint employees and delegate
roles
Manage project quality
Discussion with stakeholders
Report documentation
Final implementation
Monitor and testing of project
Monitor the progress
Upgrade and update the computing
resources
Test the quality
Post actions
Overcome the risk
Training to employees
Review from stakeholders
Finish project
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M1 Produce a comprehensive project management plan, milestone schedule and project
scheduling for monitoring
Following table will cover comprehensive plan with proper milestone and its scheduling as
per the estimated time:
Additional activities/
weeks
1 2 3 4 5 6
Milestone 1 (Planning )
1. Project scope
2. Market research
Milestone 2 (Set goal)
1. as per competitive
analysis
2. as per budget
Milestone 3 (Arrange
resources)
1. Appoint employees
2. Hardware and software
Milestone 4 (Project
design)
1. Delegate roles
2. Report documentation
Milestone 5
(Implementation)
Milestone 6 (Monitoring)
1. Progress
2. Update computing
system
Milestone 7 (end the
project)
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LO2 (The project logbook)
P4 Carry out small-scale research
Qualitative and quantitative research approaches are used in the computing project to analyze the
AI impact, usage and experience gain by users. The quantitative method provides numerical
information, and qualitative research includes theoretical information about AI. So, mixed
research method helps the researcher to collect both types of information and data to get accurate
and reliable information (Brannen, 2017).
Primary and secondary data collection methods are used to collect the data effectively. With the
help of primary method fresh and new information is collected and with secondary method past
information is collected. For the primary method in quantitative research questionnaire survey
method is used and for secondary research in qualitative research books and journals sources are
used.
Qualitative research for artificial intelligence
AI is the new technology which is used in many sectors and also in the transportation sector so
that new features can be added. As per Russell and Norvig (2016), AI as the technology can be
used in the detection of the environmental condition so that pollution created by the
transportation can be reduced. AI helps transportation industries to use the electric grid for their
renewable technology and that help to protect the environment. As per Sładkowski and Pamuła
(2016), AI introduced many technologies that help organisations to promote their product and
services in the market online chart box through which quires can be collected for improvement
and online marketing for brand promotion.
According to Hussain (2018), AI mainly contributed in the technology innovation for the
transportation sector such as- safety airbags, a navigation system, AC, biometric technology,
fingerprint sensors and Voice recognition. This additional feature in the car models of the
automobile industry will help the customer to make their travelling more comfortable and easy.
Apart from this, AI also helps to improve the user’s experiences by reducing their efforts through
new technology. According to Makridakis (2017), self-driven cars are innovated through AI
which reduces the driving efforts of users and makes their experience useful.
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