Project Management: A Connected City Project for Melbourne, Australia

This project management assignment presents a charter for developing a connected city in Melbourne, Australia, aiming to connect the city regionally and globally. The project encompasses establishing a transport network, incorporating GPS tracking, and connecting Melbourne with major Australian cities and the Asia-Pacific region. The charter outlines project boundaries, key deliverables, high-level requirements, assumptions, constraints, and potential risks, including cost and schedule escalation. The project objectives include managing a budget of $2,552,800 and completing the project within 613 days. The report details a summary milestone schedule, activities with resource allocation and budget, and a stakeholder register. The project involves four phases: planning, project execution, monitoring and auditing, and project closure. The conclusion emphasizes the efficient and effective accomplishment of the project within the proposed planning, with a detailed bibliography of relevant project management resources.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT: - CONNECTED CITY
Project Management: - Connected City
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Executive Summary
Change has been always an important concern for the enhancement and development of
the human race in this new era of technology where “every new thing becoming old earlier.”
This project charter emphasizes on the theoretical concepts and aspects related to the
development of the project that can be helpful in changing the face of the Melbourne City. A
connected City, connect regionally and globally is the chosen topic for which every constraint
has been explained in this report. Proper managerial and leadership skills are helpful in
identifying all the aspects necessary for the development of a successful project. The proposed
project will be helpful in connecting the passengers of the Melbourne with the major cities of the
Australia and connecting to the Asia-pacific region. The charter concludes the schedule of the
project as 613 days and budget $ $2,552,800.00 that could be accomplished in an efficient and
effective manner through eliminating the identified risks.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Project Description..........................................................................................................................3
Project Boundaries...........................................................................................................................3
Key Deliverables.............................................................................................................................4
High – Level Requirements.............................................................................................................4
Assumptions and Constraints..........................................................................................................5
Overall Project Risk.........................................................................................................................5
Project Objectives and Related Success Criteria.............................................................................5
Summary Milestone Schedule.........................................................................................................6
Activities with resource and budget............................................................................................6
Stakeholder Register........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Project management can be described as a set of practices those could be accomplished in
a sequential manner that can lead to a successful daily operational activity or a big project. The
project charter has been presented considering the aspects and activities necessary for the
accomplishment of the chosen case study, which is a connected city ‘connect regionally and
globally.’ This project charter explains the constraints those could be utilized for the
development of project planning and executing a successful project that will be helpful in
developing a transport network for allowing the consumers to be connected with the major cities
and global world.
The purpose of this report is to explain the aspects of the project management those are
necessary for the successful deployment of the project a connected city in an efficient and
effective manner. This report presents the schedule, cost, activities, and risks associated with the
delivery of this project.
Project Description
The project will provide a transport network for the individuals of the Melbourne city to
be connected by road with the Australia’s major cities and Asian-pacific regions around the
world. Latest technologies will be utilized for allowing the implementation of this project in an
efficient and effective manner. Sensors and GPS tracking system will be incorporated within the
transport vehicles.

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Project Boundaries
The changes will be applied within the Melbourne city only and the boundaries of the
transportation and logistics services will be altered within the Australia. This project will allow
the Melbourne city to be connected with the world and allowing the individuals to avail better
and enhanced transport services. The project has been expected to be completed within 613 days
in around a budget $ $2,552,800.00. The legal authorities and expenses on the technology have
been out of scope for this project. The establishment has been estimated to being established
within the Melbourne City only, connectivity and network of the outside world has been out of
scope. Security aspects are out of scope for this project charter.
Key Deliverables
 Establishing a transport network that will allow the Melbourne citizens to be
connected with the world and the major cities of the Australia
 Establishment of the GPS tracking system that can track the vehicles and notify
local communities
 Establishing a better city that will be connected with the world allowing better
transport services
 Schedule of the project
 Budget of the project
 List of resources necessary for the development of the project
High – Level Requirements
Primary requirement will be the experienced leadership and managerial qualities for
leading the project towards the success. The airports will have connectivity with the global cities

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and major cities of the Australia for which legal agreements will be necessary for allowing the
airplanes to fly above their land. The human resources required for the project are project
manager, market analyst, resource manager, contractors, human labors, and material resources
necessary for the development of the project successfully.
Assumptions and Constraints
 The government will pass all the agreements
 The heads will approve the charter
 Human resource utilization in efficient manner
 Estimated price will not vary
 Schedule of the project will be 613 days
 Cost of the project will be $ 2552800
Overall Project Risk
Cost escalation: Budget of the project might increase due to certain uncertainties.
Schedule escalation: Schedule of the project might increase due to certain uncertainties.
Resource lagging: If not managed properly, the resource lagging can occur
Resource Jumping: Utilization of resources more than the application is another issue in
this project
Internal conflicts: since, the project will be a long duration project and thus, there are the
possibilities that the conflict occur within the project stakeholders

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Project Objectives and Related Success Criteria
Considerable objectives for the project can be described as follows
 To manage the budget up to $ 2,552,800
 To complete the project within or before 613 days
 To allow the regional and global connectivity
 To implement an airway network that can connect the major cities and outside
world with Melbourne
 Contribute in making the city better place
 Accomplish the milestones within the expected constraints
Summary Milestone Schedule
Task Name Duration Start Finish
A connected City 613 days Thu 5/17/18 Mon 9/21/20
Phase 1: Planning 225 days Thu 5/17/18 Wed 3/27/19
Phase 1 completed 0 days Wed 3/27/19 Wed 3/27/19
Phase 2: project execution 200 days Thu 3/28/19 Wed 1/1/20
Phase 2 completed 0 days Wed 1/1/20 Wed 1/1/20
Phase 3: Monitoring and Auditing 103 days Thu 1/2/20 Mon 5/25/20
Phase 3 completed 0 days Mon 5/25/20 Mon 5/25/20
Phase 4: Project Closure 85 days Tue 5/26/20 Mon 9/21/20
Project closure completed 0 days Mon 9/21/20 Mon 9/21/20
Activities with resource and budget
WBS Task Name Finish Resource Names Cost
1 A connected City Wed 1/1/20 $2,363,600.00
1.1 Phase 1: Planning Wed 3/27/19 $682,400.00
1.1.1 Analyzing problem Mon 6/18/18 $0.00

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1.1.2 Defining the problem statement Mon 7/16/18
Business Analyst,
Human resource,
Project manager
$104,000.00
1.1.3 Airways network for
establishing the network Wed 8/15/18
Business Analyst,
Human resource,
Project manager
$114,400.00
1.1.4 feasibility analysis Wed 9/19/18
Business Analyst,
Human resource,
Project manager
$130,000.00
1.1.5 Preparing project charter Wed 10/17/18
Business Analyst,
Human resource,
Project manager
$104,000.00
1.1.6 Scope Tue 11/20/18 Executives, Project
manager $48,000.00
1.1.7 budget Tue 12/25/18 Executives, Project
manager $50,000.00
1.1.8 Schedule Thu 1/24/19 Executives, Project
manager $44,000.00
1.1.9 Deliverables Wed 2/20/19 Executives, Project
manager $38,000.00
1.1.10 Risks Wed 3/27/19 Executives, Project
manager $50,000.00
1.1.11 Phase 1 completed Wed 3/27/19 Executives, Project
manager $0.00
1.2 Phase 2: project execution Wed 1/1/20 $874,800.00
1.2.1 Stakeholders roles and
responsibilities Tue 6/4/19 Project manager,
Executives $98,000.00
1.2.2 work breakdown structure Fri 7/5/19 Project manager,
Resource manager $64,400.00
1.2.3 New airport constructions Fri 9/13/19
Project manager,
Resource manager,
Architecture,
Human resource
$240,000.00
1.2.4 implementing GPS Tue 10/22/19
Project manager,
Resource manager,
Architecture,
Human resource
$129,600.00
1.2.5 Connecting via road Fri 11/29/19
Human resource, IT
team, Resource
manager,
resources[1]
$178,400.00
1.2.6 incorporating registrations Wed 1/1/20
Human resource, IT
team, Resource
manager,
resources[1]
$164,400.00
1.2.8 Phase 2 completed Thu 5/17/18 Human resource, IT
team, Resource
manager,
$0.00

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resources[0]
1.3 Phase 3: Monitoring and
Auditing Mon 10/8/18 $432,400.00
1.3.1 Real world application Wed 6/6/18
Business Analyst,
Executives, IT
team, Project
manager
$60,000.00
1.3.2 Identification of issues Mon 7/2/18
Business Analyst,
Executives, IT
team, Project
manager
$72,000.00
1.3.3 Management of the changes Fri 7/27/18
Business Analyst,
Executives, IT
team, Project
manager
$76,000.00
1.3.4 Changes idetification Fri 8/17/18
Business Analyst,
Project manager,
Resource manager
$66,000.00
1.3.5 Implementing changes Mon 10/8/18
Business Analyst,
Project manager,
Resource manager
$158,400.00
1.3.6 Phase 3 completed Mon 10/8/18
Business Analyst,
Project manager,
Resource manager
$0.00
1.4 Phase 4: Project Closure Mon 2/4/19 $374,000.00
1.4.1 Documentation Mon 11/19/18
Business Analyst,
Executives, Project
manager, Resource
manager
$132,000.00
1.4.2 sign-off Mon 12/17/18
Business Analyst,
Executives, Project
manager, Resource
manager
$88,000.00
1.4.3 lessons learned documentation Mon 1/14/19
Business Analyst,
Executives, Project
manager, Resource
manager
$88,000.00
1.4.4 releasing resources Mon 2/4/19
Business Analyst,
Executives, Project
manager, Resource
manager
$66,000.00
1.4.5 Project closure completed Mon 2/4/19
Business Analyst,
Executives, Project
manager, Resource
manager
$0.00

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Stakeholder Register
Stakeholders Responsibilities Roles Impact Interest
Project Manager Accomplish the
project
constraints
Manage the
project activities
Very High Very High
Project Sponsor Provide
necessary funds
Provide funds Low Very High
IT Architect Present a
sophisticated
model
Establish
hardware and
configuration
Medium High
Business
Analyst
Market research Analyze the
needs market
Medium Medium
Government Support legally Allow for the
establishment
Very High Medium
Common
Citizens of
Australia
Provide
feedback
Avail the
services
Very High Very High
IT technicians Accomplish
their roles
Implement the
technologies
Low Low
Conclusion
Following the above planning and activities could be helpful in establishing the transport
and logistic network globally and major cities of the Australia. Based on the above report it can

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be concluded that the project can be accomplished in an efficient and effective manner of the
above mentioned activities has been accomplished within the prosed planning. This is a bigger
project and so the project would be completed in 613 days with a total expense of $ 2,413.600

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