Project Plan: Astra PLC's Health App Development and Launching

This project report details the plan for Astra PLC, a vitamin and mineral supplement company, to launch a new health and fitness app. The plan includes project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure phases, outlining tasks such as team development, stakeholder identification, layout design, communication and risk management, resource allocation, and quality control. The project scope covers app design and launch costs, social media integration, in-app purchases, app customization, and testing. Risk assessment identifies potential issues like higher costs, design delays, brand image impact, technical glitches, competition, and data privacy. Success measurement methods include conversion rates, bounce rates, user retention, and return on investment. The report concludes that effective project management is crucial for a successful app launch, emphasizing the importance of monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure the app meets organizational goals. Desklib provides similar solved assignments for students.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Project plan..................................................................................................................................3
Project scope...............................................................................................................................5
Project Risk.................................................................................................................................5
Project Success............................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Project management is related with systematic procedure which is related with the
leading the work of team to achieve all the organizational objectives. The present report is based
on on Astra PLC which is mall-sized company that is having greater specialization in vitamin
and mineral-based food supplements so launching new app. Current report will aim at providing
the significant information that pp will help providing features such as setting fitness targets,
reminding of goals, etc. The currents study will pay attention on giving information about project
plan, scope, risk and success measuring.
MAIN BODY
Project plan
Task Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
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Scheduled Project initiation 8 days Fri 5/6/22 Tue 5/17/22
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Scheduled
Identification and
development of team 2 days Fri 5/6/22 Mon 5/9/22
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Scheduled
identifying stakeholder
for launching app 6 days Tue 5/10/22 Tue 5/17/22 2
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Scheduled Project planning 8 days Wed 5/18/22 Fri 5/27/22
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Scheduled
Designing of layout of
app 3 days Wed 5/18/22 Fri 5/20/22 3
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Scheduled Communication plan 2 days Mon 5/23/22 Tue 5/24/22 5
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Scheduled Risk management plan 3 days Wed 5/25/22 Fri 5/27/22 6
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Scheduled Project execution 10 days Wed 5/25/22 Tue 6/7/22
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Scheduled Assigning resources 6 days Wed 5/25/22 Wed 6/1/22 5,6
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Scheduled
Installing of tracking
system 4 days Thu 6/2/22 Tue 6/7/22 7,9
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Scheduled Project monitoring 3 days Wed 6/8/22 Fri 6/10/22
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Scheduled
installing of quality
deliverables 3 days Wed 6/8/22 Fri 6/10/22 10
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Scheduled Project closure 1 day Mon 6/13/22 Mon 6/13/22
Auto Final installation of app 1 day Mon 6/13/22 Mon 6/13/22 12

Scheduled

Project scope
App design and launch cost
In the present case the app design is the most essential aspect as in case the design will
not be good then it will not be attracting the consumers. Hence, for this the design will involve
mixture of user experience and user interface. Also the approximate cost for the app will be
£500.
Social media integration
For the effective launch of the app the social media integration is very important. In order
to launch the health and fitness app by Astra plc the use of social media is very important as
currently most of the people are active on social media (Al-Rubaiei, Nifa and Musa, 2018).
Hence, the launch of this app in integration with social media will provide high profits to
company.
In- app purchase
The in- app purchase are the different types of the benefits which are provided with the
use of the app. In the present case of health and fitness app many extra benefits will be provided
like help from experts, many tutorials for the different exercises will be provided in accordance
to the requirement of the person.
App customisation
Astra plc will also provide the facility of customisation of app as well. in this the
customer or the user set the wallpaper according to them. Also in addition to this they can start
many different options as well like measuring heartbeat, BP and other health related aspect.
Testing of app
For the testing of the app, the app will be provided to a sample of 15 people and they will
be using the app (Abdilahi, Fashina and Fakunle, 2020). After the use, their experience will be
taken and according to this suggestion changes will be made within the app.
Launch of app
After making the changes final launch of the app will take place by Astra plc and there they
will be providing the app to every user. The people can use the app and try to manage and
maintain their health in proper and effective manner.
Project Risk
Risk Impact Likelihood Mitigating action

Higher cost This can impact in largely
run as cost can be inclined
and affect the efficiency of
operational practice.
Medium Proper implementation of cost
leading strategy to have
significant allocation and
controlling of resources to avoid
such negative impact.
Delay in app
design
This can affect the
customer target as inability
to coordinate with
prevailing competition via
meeting customer
requirements.
Medium This can be overcome by paying
attention on having effective
planning process by gaining
greater technical competitiveness
(Ullah and et.al., 2021. ).
Design and
compatibility
issues
Decrease the brand image
and impact financial
position as well
High Proper customer survey taking
can provide assistance in gaining
reliable information to have
relevant functioning in turn
accomplishing objective of
eliminating compatibility issue
can become possible..
Technical speed
issue
Create frustration among
targeted audience due to
waste of time and inability
to attain gaol which can
adversely affect target
audience
Medium Proper execution of settings in
app via technical team to avoid
irrelevant speed related issues
Competition from
other apps
Losing of profitability due
to diverting of customer
attention from this app can
affect sustainability
High Effective marketing and
promotion to increase attention of
customer to get profitability.

Hacking and
misuse
Data privacy of customer
can lead to legal issues w
which can negatively
impact
Medium Data encrypted system to avoid
data privacy issue.
Project Success
There are different form of the methods which can be taken into the consideration for
measuring the performance of particular app. Conversion, bounce, retention, churn daily active
users, monthly active users, return on investment, cost per acquisition and average revenue per
users are the methods which can be used for evaluating the performance of the company (KPIs:
How to Measure the Success of An App, 2022). In the current era, it is important for having
significant management of project so that reliable working can be executed. With help of the
provided information regarding the articulated techniques that can help in ascertaining that users
are happily using the particular implemented plan or not. KPIS as mentioned pay crucial role in
assessing the actual performance so that comparing with standards for identifying deviation can
become possible. If the derived results are as per the expectations then the particular app is
performing good and helping to attain the organizational gaol of success. Causes of the lacking
areas by identifying deviation through having benchmark execution in turn greater ability to
meet the organizational objective of higher effectiveness. With help of these mentioned rates,
the company can get the idea that its app is gaining success or not.
CONCLUSION
In the end it is concluded that the launching the app is very tough task and includes
several steps. With the above analysis it is inferred that app provides the facility of customisation
and also different in- app purchase option as well like video tutorial and others. In the end it was
analysed that several risk are faced like .

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Abdilahi, S.M., Fashina, A.A. and Fakunle, F.F., 2020. An overview of the applications of
project scope management in Somaliland telecommunication industry: Approaches,
impacts, constraints and practices. PM World Journal, IX, pp.1-17.
Al-Rubaiei, Q.H.S., Nifa, F.A.A. and Musa, S., 2018, September. Project scope management
through multiple perspectives: A critical review of concepts. In AIP Conference
Proceedings (Vol. 2016, No. 1, p. 020025). AIP Publishing LLC.
Ullah, F. and et.al., 2021. Risk management in sustainable smart cities governance: A TOE
framework. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 167. p.120743.
Online
KPIs: How to Measure the Success of An App. 2022. [Online]. Available through:
<https://gearedapp.co.uk/kpis-how-to-measure-the-success-of-an-app/>