Project Charter: Developing a Farm Management System for Stud Farm

This project charter outlines the development of a farm management system for a stud farm, focusing on improving operations and online services. It details the project's measurable organizational value (MOV) across operational, strategic, customer, social, and financial areas, emphasizing better, faster, cheaper, and more efficient processes. The scope includes prototype formation, operation improvement, system requirement identification, and database facilitation, while excluding transportation and supplier procurement. Key assumptions involve timely project completion and resource availability, with constraints related to budget, timeframe, and security. The charter also covers scope management, resource planning, milestones, activities, time estimation, budget allocation, risk assessment, and quality assurance, providing a comprehensive framework for project execution. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

Student
Name ID Farm
Management
System for
Stud Farm

Table of Contents
Project Overview...................................................................................................................................3
Project Background...............................................................................................................................3
1. Part One.............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 MOV - Measurable Organisational Value.....................................................................................3
1.2 Value............................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Measurable Metrics for MOV......................................................................................................3
2. Part two.............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Scope...........................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Out of Scope................................................................................................................................4
Assumptions..........................................................................................................................................4
Constraints............................................................................................................................................4
Scope Management Plan – 10 Marks....................................................................................................4
2.6 Resource Plan (from MS-Project)....................................................................................................5
3. Part Three..........................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Milestones...................................................................................................................................6
3.2 Project Activities..........................................................................................................................7
3.3 Project Resources........................................................................................................................8
3.4 Time Estimation.........................................................................................................................10
3.5 Project Budget...........................................................................................................................11
3.6 Time Phased Budget..................................................................................................................13
4. Part Four..........................................................................................................................................13
4.1 Assumptions..............................................................................................................................13
4.2 Risk............................................................................................................................................13
5. Part Five.......................................................................................................................................14
5.1 Statement of quality..................................................................................................................14

5.2 A set of verification activities.....................................................................................................14
5.3 A set of validation activities.......................................................................................................15
6. Part Six 6.1 Annotated Bibliography............................................................................................15
6.2 Closure Checklist........................................................................................................................15
6.3 Project Evaluation......................................................................................................................15
Bibliography.........................................................................................................................................16
Appendix.............................................................................................................................................17

Project Overview
The project would involve the use of the project management principles and the alignment of the
strategies for developing the effective alignment of the project integration and development. The
deployment of the project activities would be supported by the analysis of the operations for listing
the management of the Farm management system for Stud Farm.
Project Background
The Stud farm deals with the breeding and livestock trading of horses in New South Wales of
Australia. The development of the improved information system would be eased for the implication
is deployed for manually deploying the information system development for the Stud farm. It would
allow the utilization of the effective operations for online booking and payments processes.
1. Part One
1.1 MOV - Measurable Organisational Value
Area of Impact Rank (1 to 5)
Operational 1
Strategy 2
Customer 3
Social 4
Financial 5
1.2 Value
Better: The implementation of the Farm Management System would help in offering online services
to the clients for their booking and data management system
Faster: Activities of stud farm would be faster after the implementation of the Farm Management
System in compare to traditional activities.
Cheaper: The overall cost of the activities of Stud Farm would be decreased by the implication of the
Farm Management System
Do More: The Farm Management System would ease the access of information, form the single
platform for managing activities
1.3 Measurable Metrics for MOV
Rank Impact Metrics Timeframe
1 Operational Successful completion of project 4 months
2 Strategy Implementation model for the strategies 2 months
3 Customer Increment of number of customers 5 months

4 Social Followers and subscriber of website 12 months
5 Financial Net income from the project 3 months
2. Part two
2.1 Scope
 Formation of the Prototype for Farm Management System
 Improvement of the operations at Stud Farm
 Identification of the system development requirements
 Facilitation of the Stallion and Mare owner’s database
 Breed Checking register development
2.2 Out of Scope
 Transportation requirements for the project is not included in this project
 Supplier Procurement has been pre-fixed and no changes have been considered in this
project
Assumptions
 Completion of the project in the estimated time duration of 92 working days from the start
date
 All resources have been set for working at a standard rate and the calculation of the project
budget is being done
 Customers would readily accept the implication of the online farm management system
Constraints
 Approval for the project plan and budget is constraint for the project
 Timeframe and estimated budget is a constraint for the activities of the project
 Security considerations for the project is another major consideration for the project
Scope Management Plan – 10 Marks
The scope management plan forms the utilization of activities and knowledge for management of
the project scope. The following are the considerations for the project scope management,
 Understanding the scope of the project is a crucial factor for the alignment of the scope
management plan
 Consuming the time required for the development of knowledge and skill is another major
factor for the project

 Communicating the requirements to the project team members and avoid the scope creep
2.6 Resource Plan (from MS-Project)
People
ID Resource Name Work
1 System Analyst 16 hrs
2 Budgeter 32 hrs
3 HR Manager 32 hrs
4 Planner 64 hrs
5 Designer 56 hrs
6 Project Manager 80 hrs
7 System Developer 104 hrs
8 UI Designer 24 hrs
9 Database Admin 72 hrs
10 Database Vendor 32 hrs
11 IT Engineer 152 hrs
12 Risk Analyst 24 hrs
13 Contractor 32 hrs
14 Trainer 144 hrs
15 Trainees 104 hrs
Details
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
F T S W S T M F T S W S
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16h
16h 16h
32h
56h 8h
56h
40h 8h 32h
16h 88h
24h
48h 24h
32h
96h 56h
24h
16h 16h
96h 48h
56h 48h
Technology
Hardware Desktop, RAM, NIC, Equipments
Software Programming platform, OS
Network Server network, Firewall
Facilities
The workstation for the project would be offsite. However, the implication and the testing would be
done at the onsite of the Stud Farm
Other
Travel Requirements  Na
Training Requirements  Proper Training of staff for dealing with the effective
and improved utilization of the Farm Management
System

3. Part Three
3.1 Milestones
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
M1 Milestone 1 completed 0 days Wed 2/14/18 Wed 2/14/18
M2 Milestone 2 completed 0 days Tue 2/27/18 Tue 2/27/18
M3 Milestone 3 completed 0 days Thu 3/15/18 Thu 3/15/18
M4 Milestone 4 completed 0 days Thu 5/3/18 Thu 5/3/18
M5 Milestone 5 completed 0 days Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18
M6 Project Closure 0 days Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18

3.2 Project Activities
ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration
0 0 Farm Management System
for Stud Farm
100 days
1 1 Kick off 10 days
2 1.1 Requirement Analysis 2 days
3 1.2 Resource Accumulation 4 days
4 1.3 Human Resource Employment3 days
5 1.4 Holding Kick off meeting 1 day
6 M1 Milestone 1 completed 0 days
7 2 Project Plan 9 days
8 2.1 Activity Scheduling 2 days
9 2.2 Analysis 2 days
10 2.3 Formation of complete plan4 days
11 2.4 Plan Review 1 day
12 M2 Milestone 2 completed 0 days
13 3 System Design 12 days
14 3.1 Design Platform 1 day
15 3.2 Design Outline 3 days
16 3.3 Design Review 3 days
17 3.4 Design Completion 5 days
18 M3 Milestone 3 completed 0 days
19 4 System Development 35 days
20 4.1 Interface Development 3 days
21 4.2 Testing of interface 2 days
22 4.3 Database Development 4 days
23 4.4 Testing of database 2 days
24 4.5 Data Migration 3 days
25 4.6 Function Integration 2 days
26 4.7 Functions Programming 7 days
27 4.8 Testing of Programs 2 days
28 4.9 System Development 8 days
29 4.10 System Prototyping 2 days
30 M4 Milestone 4 completed 0 days
31 5 System Deployment 34 days
32 5.1 Planning for deployment 5 days
33 5.2 Analysis of risk 3 days
34 5.3 Scope Change Management4 days
35 5.4 System Integration 4 days
36 M5 Milestone 5 completed 0 days
37 5.6 Staff Training 18 days
38 5.6.1 Study Materials 3 days
39 5.6.2 Training Schedule 2 days
40 5.6.3 Training Class 10 days
41 5.6.4 Staff evaluation 3 days
42 M6 Project Closure 0 days
System Analyst
Budgeter,Database[1],System[1],Platform[1],Contractor
HR Manager
HR Manager
2/14
Planner,Documents[1]
Planner
Planner
Project Manager
2/27
Designer,Design Tools[1]
Designer
Designer
Project Manager
3/15
UI development tools[1],UI Designer
System Developer,Testing Tools[1]
Database Admin,Database Vendor
Database Admin,Testing Tools[1]
Database Admin
System Developer
System Developer,Programming Tools[1]
System Developer,Testing Tools[1]
IT Engineer
IT Engineer,Testing Tools[1]
5/3
IT Engineer
Risk Analyst
Project Manager
IT Engineer
5/25
Trainer,Documents[1]
Trainer
Trainer,Trainees
Trainer,Trainees
5/25
W S T M F T S W S T
Nov 19, '17 Jan 14, '18 Mar 11, '18 May 6, '18 Jul 1, '18

3.3 Project Resources

TEAM MEMBER Role in Project
Loveleen Samra Project Manager
Claire Cho Programmer
David Alejandro Designer
Jaswinder Singh Software Developer
Mohammad Talha Database Administrator
Jagjeet Singh Tester

3.4 Time Estimation
ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 0 Farm Management System
for Stud Farm
100 days Thu 2/1/18 Wed 6/20/18
1 1 Kick off 10 days Thu 2/1/18 Wed 2/14/18
2 1.1 Requirement Analysis 2 days Thu 2/1/18 Fri 2/2/18
3 1.2 Resource Accumulation 4 days Mon 2/5/18 Thu 2/8/18
4 1.3 Human Resource Employment3 days Fri 2/9/18 Tue 2/13/18
5 1.4 Holding Kick off meeting 1 day Wed 2/14/18 Wed 2/14/18
6 M1 Milestone 1 completed 0 days Wed 2/14/18 Wed 2/14/18
7 2 Project Plan 9 days Thu 2/15/18 Tue 2/27/18
8 2.1 Activity Scheduling 2 days Thu 2/15/18 Fri 2/16/18
9 2.2 Analysis 2 days Mon 2/19/18 Tue 2/20/18
10 2.3 Formation of complete plan4 days Wed 2/21/18 Mon 2/26/18
11 2.4 Plan Review 1 day Tue 2/27/18 Tue 2/27/18
12 M2 Milestone 2 completed 0 days Tue 2/27/18 Tue 2/27/18
13 3 System Design 12 days Wed 2/28/18 Thu 3/15/18
14 3.1 Design Platform 1 day Wed 2/28/18 Wed 2/28/18
15 3.2 Design Outline 3 days Thu 3/1/18 Mon 3/5/18
16 3.3 Design Review 3 days Tue 3/6/18 Thu 3/8/18
17 3.4 Design Completion 5 days Fri 3/9/18 Thu 3/15/18
18 M3 Milestone 3 completed 0 days Thu 3/15/18 Thu 3/15/18
19 4 System Development 35 days Fri 3/16/18 Thu 5/3/18
20 4.1 Interface Development 3 days Fri 3/16/18 Tue 3/20/18
21 4.2 Testing of interface 2 days Wed 3/21/18 Thu 3/22/18
22 4.3 Database Development 4 days Fri 3/23/18 Wed 3/28/18
23 4.4 Testing of database 2 days Thu 3/29/18 Fri 3/30/18
24 4.5 Data Migration 3 days Mon 4/2/18 Wed 4/4/18
25 4.6 Function Integration 2 days Thu 4/5/18 Fri 4/6/18
26 4.7 Functions Programming 7 days Mon 4/9/18 Tue 4/17/18
27 4.8 Testing of Programs 2 days Wed 4/18/18 Thu 4/19/18
28 4.9 System Development 8 days Fri 4/20/18 Tue 5/1/18
29 4.10 System Prototyping 2 days Wed 5/2/18 Thu 5/3/18
30 M4 Milestone 4 completed 0 days Thu 5/3/18 Thu 5/3/18
31 5 System Deployment 34 days Fri 5/4/18 Wed 6/20/18
32 5.1 Planning for deployment 5 days Fri 5/4/18 Thu 5/10/18
33 5.2 Analysis of risk 3 days Fri 5/11/18 Tue 5/15/18
34 5.3 Scope Change Management4 days Wed 5/16/18 Mon 5/21/18
35 5.4 System Integration 4 days Tue 5/22/18 Fri 5/25/18
36 M5 Milestone 5 completed 0 days Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18
37 5.6 Staff Training 18 days Mon 5/28/18 Wed 6/20/18
38 5.6.1 Study Materials 3 days Mon 5/28/18 Wed 5/30/18
39 5.6.2 Training Schedule 2 days Thu 5/31/18 Fri 6/1/18
40 5.6.3 Training Class 10 days Mon 6/4/18 Fri 6/15/18
41 5.6.4 Staff evaluation 3 days Mon 6/18/18 Wed 6/20/18
42 M6 Project Closure 0 days Fri 5/25/18 Fri 5/25/18
System Analyst
Budgeter,Database[1],System[1],Platform[1],Contractor
HR Manager
HR Manager
2/14
Planner,Documents[1]
Planner
Planner
Project Manager
2/27
Designer,Design Tools[1]
Designer
Designer
Project Manager
3/15
UI development tools[1],UI Designer
System Developer,Testing Tools[1]
Database Admin,Database Vendor
Database Admin,Testing Tools[1]
Database Admin
System Developer
System Developer,Programming Tools[1]
System Developer,Testing Tools[1]
IT Engineer
IT Engineer,Testing Tools[1]
5/3
IT Engineer
Risk Analyst
Project Manager
IT Engineer
5/25
Trainer,Documents[1]
Trainer
Trainer,Trainees
Trainer,Trainees
5/25
W S T M F T S W S T M
Nov 19, '17 Jan 14, '18 Mar 11, '18 May 6, '18 Jul 1, '18 Aug 26, '18

3.5 Project Budget
WBS Task Name Cost
0 Farm Management System for Stud Farm $92,000.00
1 Kick off $12,110.00
1.1 Requirement Analysis $640.00
1.2 Resource Accumulation $8,270.00
1.3 Human Resource Employment $2,400.00
1.4 Holding Kick off meeting $800.00
M1 Milestone 1 completed $0.00
2 Project Plan $4,550.00
2.1 Activity Scheduling $950.00
2.2 Analysis $800.00
2.3 Formation of complete plan $1,600.00
2.4 Plan Review $1,200.00
M2 Milestone 2 completed $0.00
3 System Design $10,490.00
3.1 Design Platform $1,610.00
3.2 Design Outline $1,440.00
3.3 Design Review $1,440.00
3.4 Design Completion $6,000.00
M3 Milestone 3 completed $0.00
4 System Development $39,980.00
4.1 Interface Development $1,000.00
4.2 Testing of interface $2,580.00
4.3 Database Development $5,760.00
4.4 Testing of database $2,340.00