Project Plan: Developing an Online Food Delivery Application

This project plan details the development and implementation of a new online food delivery application for smartphones and computers. The scope includes website and app development, restaurant partnerships, hiring delivery personnel, and procuring necessary equipment. Key features of the app include user registration and login, profile management, restaurant listings, menu display, order placement, online payment options, delivery tracking, and delivery boy contact information. The plan outlines the work breakdown structure (WBS), project schedule, budget, quality management, risk management, and stakeholder communication strategies. Specific attention is given to the deliverable of booking selected food dishes and managing the delivery process, with a focus on quality assurance to ensure the app's functionality and reliability. The report concludes with considerations for procurement, emphasizing the need for upgraded hardware and properly licensed software.

Individual Assignment
1. Introduction
The proposed new business is an online food delivery application for smartphones and computer using
which, the customers will be able to search for nearby restaurants and food joints and order some food that
will be delivered directly to his location at minimal or even no cost. For this new business, a website for
access using computers and app for smartphones need to be developed. In addition to the development of
the app, some other requirements are to be fulfilled including sealing partnerships with various popular
restaurants and food joints for the including within the service scope and getting other service benefits.
In this report, a project plan has been developed for the development and implementation of the new
business venture.
2. Project scope
The overall scope of the project includes the following items.
 Development of an online website for the new food delivery business
 Development of a smartphone app for the food delivery business
 Contact with restaurants and food joints for license and partnership
 Hire delivery boys
 Purchase bikes for the delivery boys
 Purchase delivery bags and print company logos on the same
 Purchase company logo inscribed t-shirts for the delivery boys
In addition of the scope and objectives, the website and the app will need to have the following features.
Online registration system for new users and login system for already registered users
Enter information for personal profiles of the users
List of all restaurants in the selected area
Detailed food menu and prices of dishes under each restaurant
Selection of dishes from a restaurant
Place order
Make online payment / choose cash on delivery
Get contact details of assigned delivery boy
Track location of the delivery boy in the in-built map
The overall work breakdown structure is as follows.

Figure 1: Work Breakdown Structure
(Source: Created by Author)
2.1 Selected feature (s)/ deliverable(s)
The selected feature for this particular assignment is the booking selected food dishes and receiving
delivery from the delivery boy. The elaborated WBS for this deliverable is shown in the following diagram.
3. Project schedule to deliver a selected feature
Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names
Development of 96 days Mon Mon
Food Delivery
Service
Receive Order Assign Delivery
Boy
Track Delivery
Boy
Deliver Food to
the Customer

Food Delivery App 6/18/18 10/29/18
Project Planning 19 days Mon
6/18/18 Thu 7/12/18
Develop Business
Case 5 days Mon
6/18/18 Fri 6/22/18 Project Manager
Survey of Existing
Market 5 days Mon
6/25/18 Fri 6/29/18 Finance Manager, Project Manager
Determine Market
Competition 2 days Mon 7/2/18 Tue 7/3/18 Finance Manager
Prepare List of
Requirements 2 days Wed 7/4/18 Thu 7/5/18 IT Supervisor, Project Manager
Develop Project
Charter 2 days Fri 7/6/18 Mon 7/9/18 IT Supervisor, Project Manager
Prepare Schedule 1 day Tue
7/10/18 Tue 7/10/18 IT Supervisor, Project Manager
Prepare Budget 1 day Wed
7/11/18
Wed
7/11/18 IT Supervisor, Project Manager
Proceed with
Project 1 day Thu
7/12/18 Thu 7/12/18 IT Supervisor, Project Manager
Project Initiation 10 days Fri 7/13/18 Thu 7/26/18
Hire Developers
and System Testers 3 days Fri 7/13/18 Tue 7/17/18 Project Manager
Provide Budget for
Project 2 days Wed
7/18/18 Thu 7/19/18 Project Manager
Procure Hardware
and Software 5 days Fri 7/20/18 Thu 7/26/18 Procurement Manager, Hardware[1],
Software[1]
Project Execution 60 days Fri 7/27/18 Thu
10/18/18
Start Development 2 days Fri 7/27/18 Mon
7/30/18 Developer, Tester
Develop Online
Website 10 days Tue
7/31/18
Mon
8/13/18 Developer, Tester
Add Map 2 days Tue
8/14/18
Wed
8/15/18 Developer, Tester
Add Restaurant
Information and Food
Menus
5 days Thu
8/16/18
Wed
8/22/18 Developer, Tester
Develop Mobile
App 20 days Thu
8/23/18
Wed
9/19/18 Developer, Tester
Add Features 10 days Thu
9/20/18
Wed
10/3/18 Developer, Tester
Test the Website 5 days Thu
10/4/18
Wed
10/10/18 Developer, Tester
Test the App 5 days Thu
10/11/18
Wed
10/17/18 Developer, Tester
Project Handover 1 day Thu
10/18/18
Thu
10/18/18 Developer, Tester
Project Closing 7 days Fri Mon

10/19/18 10/29/18
Documentation 4 days Fri
10/19/18
Wed
10/24/18 Developer
Appraisal 2 days Thu
10/25/18 Fri 10/26/18 Project Manager
Sign Off 1 day Mon
10/29/18
Mon
10/29/18 Project Manager
Figure 1: Project Schedule
(Source: Created by Author)
4. Project budget for the commissioning of the selected deliverable
Task Name Duration Cost
Development of Food Delivery App 96 days $123,600.00
Project Planning 19 days $22,560.00
Develop Business Case 5 days $4,000.00
Survey of Existing Market 5 days $7,200.00
Determine Market Competition 2 days $1,280.00
Prepare List of Requirements 2 days $2,880.00

Develop Project Charter 2 days $2,880.00
Prepare Schedule 1 day $1,440.00
Prepare Budget 1 day $1,440.00
Proceed with Project 1 day $1,440.00
Project Initiation 10 days $31,600.00
Hire Developers and System Testers 3 days $2,400.00
Provide Budget for Project 2 days $1,600.00
Procure Hardware and Software 5 days $27,600.00
Project Execution 60 days $64,800.00
Start Development 2 days $2,160.00
Develop Online Website 10 days $10,800.00
Add Map 2 days $2,160.00
Add Restaurant Information and Food
Menus 5 days $5,400.00
Develop Mobile App 20 days $21,600.00
Add Features 10 days $10,800.00
Test the Website 5 days $5,400.00
Test the App 5 days $5,400.00
Project Handover 1 day $1,080.00
Project Closing 7 days $4,640.00
Documentation 4 days $2,240.00
Appraisal 2 days $1,600.00
Sign Off 1 day $800.00
Resource
Name Type Max.
Units Std. Rate Ovt.
Rate Cost/Use Accrue
At
Base
Calendar
Project
Manager Work 100% $100.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
IT
Supervisor Work 100% $80.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Finance
Manager Work 100% $80.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Procurement
Manager Work 100% $65.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Developer Work 100% $70.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Tester Work 100% $65.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Hardware Material $15,000.00 $0.00 Prorated
Software Material $10,000.00 $0.00 Prorated
5. Quality management plan for the selected deliverable

Quality assurance is required to deliver a suitable quality of smartphone app. The developed app must
run and provide all listed features. Furthermore, there should be no existing bugs and glitches and
regular patch updates should be provided.
6. Risk management plan
A risk register matrix is developed as follows.
Risk Effect on Project Chance of Occurrence Mitigation Plan
Scope Creep High Medium Develop scope
management plan
during project planning
Budget Risk High High Develop accurate
budget plan using
bottom up estimation
Schedule Risk Medium Medium Prepare Gantt chart for
time estimation
System Glitches and
Bugs
Very High High Conduct detailed
testing process of the
system
7. Stakeholder and Communication Management Plan
The stakeholders and the proposed communication plan is as follows.
Stakeholder Communication
Frequency
Communication
Medium
Role
Project Manager Weekly Status Report / Verbal Management and
control of project
IT Supervisor Daily Verbal Supervision of project
Finance Manager As Required Finance Report Control of budget
Procurement Manager As Required Requirement List Purchase of resources
Developer At start of project Verbal Development of the
app
Tester At start of project Verbal Testing of the app
8. Address decisions on procurement
For the procurement process, the hardware to be procured should be upgraded and running without
failures and the software to be procured should be properly licensed and of full version.
Conclusion
This report is used to present a project plan for the new business venture i.e. the online food delivery app. For
the purpose of the report, some details of the project including schedule, budget, risk plan and stakeholder
management plan have been developed and presented.

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