Gesture-Controlled Drone Project: A Comprehensive Guide

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Project Management
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
1. Initiation of project......................................................................................................................3
2. Work Breakdown structure..........................................................................................................6
3. Risk register.................................................................................................................................7
4. Report to project sponsor...........................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................17
Reference List................................................................................................................................18
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Introduction
Project management explains the practice of initiating, planning and executing projects so that it can be
completed on time. In addition to that, projects can be conducted with the help of team members.
Furthermore, project manager heads project management teams so that their needs can be catered.
Effectiveness of project team helps to meet organisational aims and objectives. During initiation, teams
need to be segregated as per efficiency of team members so that project quality deficit can be met.
However, project management teams face challenges while fulfilling project aims and objectives due to
intense market competition. The present study will shed light on the objectives of the project.
Additionally, stakeholders mapping will be presented so that value of stakeholders within project can be
pointed. On the other hand, risk register will also be designed so that challenges faced during project
initiation can be overcome. In the final stage of the study budget calculation will be presented so that
budget constraints can be mitigated in mid project. Lastly, timeline needs to be designed so that project
activities can be conducted as per their value. The aim of the study is to develop gesture-controlled
drone within an organisation.
1. Initiation of project (PID)
Budget of the project
As asserted by Banica et al. (2017), budget calculation plays a crucial role while initiating new
projects within business ventures. Furthermore, budgeting prevents unnecessary cost so that
resources can be allocated corresponding to the needs of the team members. Project manager can
recruit a finance expert while initiating a project so that expenditure of project can be minimised.
Brhel et al. (2015) has mentioned that project team members along with project manager need to
prepare budget well in advance so that they can seek financial aid from banking institutions.
At the time of launching gesture controlled drone within the business firm, project manager need
to invest capital on recruiting project team members. In addition to that, some amount of money
needs to be investment at the time of purchasing the software. Moreover, at the time of
purchasing the software, it is expected that project team will possess some knowledge of IT. The
team members are expected to collected articles from database like Google scholar so that their
technical knowledge can be fathomed for future benefits. The project team needs to invest a
certain amount of capital while purchasing motion controller. Further, team members need to
allocate financial resources while purchasing antivirus so that mal attacks can be prevented.
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Particulars amount
Recruiting team members 200 pounds
Purchasing of motion controller 700 pounds
USB port and Wi- Fi system 100 pounds
Implementation of antivirus 100 pounds
Miscellaneous 100 pounds
Table 1: budget preparation
(Source: Created by the learner)
From, the above mentioned budget table it has been pointed that an organisation needs to spend 1200
pounds at the time of launching gesture driven drone within the organisation.
Time scale
The required time needed to complete the project has been discussed below:
Tasks Start date End date
Project initiation 26.06.2019 4.7.19
Resource allocation 4.7.19 11.7.19
Risk register 11.7.19 2.8.19
Auto pilot design 2.8.19 21.9.19
Submission of the report 21.9.19 26.9.19
Table 2: Time scale
(Source: Created by the learner)
Approaches
At the time of launching gesture, driven drone within an organisation project team needs to follow
appropriate techniques so that the project can be concluded in a systematic manner. For example, in this
study, PRINCE 2 methodology has been included because it divides tasks into several subtasks so that
project can be initiated in a simpler manner. However, before initiating prince 2 methodology, the project
manager can arrange a training session so that team members can gain knowledge about its concept. After
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conducting the training session, brainstorming will be initiated so that team members will get a scope to
share their ideas regarding the project (Banica et al., 2015) On the other hand, system testing will be
indulged in order to discuss the reliability of the drone. Further, platform will be designed so that drone
can be implemented systematically. In a further stage, documentation will be done in order to innovate
new designs of the drone. After documentation process, a testing period will be initiated so that
challenges and benefits of the drone can be pointed. Testing process will help to accumulate feedback of
the users so that further improvement can be indulged within the system. Through testing technical
glitches of drone will be mitigated. The drone can be accessed through gestures and postures of the team
members and other employees. Finally, the project manager will recruit maintenance team to maintain the
drone on regular basis.
Key staff
At the time of launching the drone, management of the organisation need to recruit project team so that
related activities can be completed successfully. The project manager will head the project team.
Furthermore, team segregation needs to be implemented based on skills in order to conclude activities on
time (Chadli et al., 2016). On the contrary, team members can face issues while completing the study
because of communication lack backs. The project manager is responsible to cater the needs of team
members so that their focus level can be boosted. A technical head can also be recruited so that technical
loopholes of project initiation can be solved. System architects are also responsible to implement USB
and speed controller within the drone. They also initiate codes so that speed of the drone can be altered.
Additionally, system architects also assist employees while they use the drone. Lastly, the quality
assurance cell is responsible in collecting quality raw materials while launching the drone within business
venture.
Stakeholder’s analysis
Hornstein (2015) has mentioned that stakeholders are a group of individuals associated to an
organisation. Two types of stakeholders are internal and external. Internal stakeholders include
employees and members of management. However, external stakeholders include includes
employees and investors. Among stakeholders, investors play a crucial role because they invest
in organisations so that their profitability can be fathomed. In this project, the project team and
project manager is considered as internal stakeholders and end users are referred to as external
stakeholders. The team members need to be monitored on a regular basis so that their loopholes
can be monitored. The authority of team members is less as compared to end users because they
have the right to discuss success rate of projects. The satisfaction level of end-users determines
utility of the project (Elbanna and Sarker, 2015). Thus, it can be stated that supremacy of end
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users are directly proportional to the success rate of projects. On the other hand, team member
can change the components of projects in order to boost its competitive position. At the time of
initiating the project, investors also play a crucial role because they invest in the project. In this
case, the management of the venture need to maintain cordial relation with internal and external
stakeholders because they influence the outcome of the project.
Figure 1: Stakeholders analysis
(Source: Created by the learner)
2. Work Breakdown structure
S.I Activities Start date Duration
End
date
1 Initiation of the Project work 26.6.19 8 4.7.19
1.1 Conducting team Meeting 26.6.19 1 27.6.19
1.2 Making project Proposal 27.6.19 2 29.6.19
1.3
Getting the Approval from the higher
authority 29.6.19 5 4.7.19
2 Allocation of the necessary resource 4.7.19 7 11.7.19
2.1 Financial resource allocation 4.7.19 2 6.7.19
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2.2 Allocating Human resource 6.7.19 5 11.7.19
3 Preparation of the Risk register 11.7.19 22 2.8.19
3.1 Identification of the risk factors 11.7.19 5 16.7.19
3.2 Risk Evaluation 16.7.19 7 23.7.19
3.3 applying mitigation strategy 23.7.19 10 2.8.19
4 Designing the online database 2.8.19 50 21.9.19
4.1 Specification of the requirements 2.8.19 10 12.8.19
4.2 System design 12.8.19 5 17.8.19
4.3 Report design 17.8.19 6 23.8.19
4.4 Designing of the basic data 23.8.19 7 30.8.19
4.5 Designing the table 30.8.19 7 6.9.19
4.6 Testing 6.9.19 10 16.9.19
4.7 Rechecking the requirements 16.9.19 5 21.9.19
5 Submission of Report 21.9.19 5 26.9.19
5.1 Final report preparation 21.9.19 1 22.9.19
5.2 Report submission 22.9.19 1 23.9.19
5.3 Receiving team feedback 23.9.19 1 24.9.19
5.4 Making changes 24.9.19 1 25.9.19
5.5 Resubmission 25.9.19 1 26.9.19
Table 3: Work Break Structure
(Source: Created by the learner)
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Initiation of the Project work
Making project Proposal
Allocation of the necessary resource
Allocating Human resource
Identification of the risk factors
applying mitigation strategy
Specification of the requirements
Report design
Designing the table
Rechecking the requirements
Final report preparation
Receiving team feedback
Resubmission
26.6.19 16.7.19 5.8.19 25.8.19 14.9.19 4.10.19
Figure 3: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by the learner)
3. Risk register
Risks Responsib
le person
Mitigation Contingency Pre
actio
n
weig
ht
Post
actio
n
weig
ht
Pre
action
score
Post
action
score
Issues of
budget
Project
manager
Budget needs
to be
prepared
beforehand so
that
constraints
can be
mitigated in
10 pounds
assistance
can be taken
from
financial
institutions
so that
budget issues
4 1 High Mediu
m
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future can be
mitigated.
Time issues Project
manager
The tasks
needs to be
completed as
per their
priority to
solve time
management
issues
Timetable
can be
formed so
that the
project is
launched on
time. In
addition to
that 12
pounds can
be invested
to recruit
team
members so
that project’s
deadline can
be met.
9 8 High Mediu
m
Communicati
on issues
Protect
manager
Communicati
on issues can
be mitigated
by
maintaining
interaction
with project
manager
Individual
and group
communicati
on can be
established
between
team
managers
and members
after every
6 5 Mediu
m
Low
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four weeks.
Speed
manipulation
IT
manager
In order to
mitigate
speed issues
larger size
RAM can be
implemented
The size of
ram needs to
be increased
so that speed
controller
can be
boosted.
7 6 High Mediu
m
Scope issue Project
manager
Scope issues
can be solved
by providing
more
information
to the team
members and
managers.
The scope of
the project
needs to be
explained in
a clear way
to team
members.
8 4 High Mediu
m
Issues in
design
IT
manager
Innovation
needs to be
implemented
within
venture so
that new
designed can
be launched.
The issues in
design can be
mitigated by
arranging
training for
team
members on
a quarterly
basis.
8 4 High Low
Quality
failure
Project
manager
Quality of
raw materials
such as RAM
and speed
Quality
control team
is recruited
within the
8 4 High Low
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controller
needs to be
improved.
venture so
that quality
of drone can
be boosted.
Failure of
testing
Project
manager
The drone
needs to be
tested by the
tester so that
its challenges
can be
mitigated
prior to
further use.
Testing team
can be hired
within the
organisation
so that
quality
discrepancy
can be
mitigated
9 5 High Low
Requirement
failure
Project
manager
Requirement
of team
members
need to be
fulfilled by
project
managers so
that their
performance
can be
fathomed.
Positive
performance
of team
members also
boosts the
quality of the
The needs
should be
given
primary sol
that the
project can
be launched
timely
8 5 High mediu
m
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drone.
Decision
making
Project
manager
The team
managers can
conduct
meeting by
including
team
members so
that they can
also take part
in decision-
making.
Team
meeting can
be arranged
in order to
take proper
decision.
9 7 High Mediu
m
Table 4: Risk register
(Source: Created by learner)
4. Report to project sponsor
Introduction
In the present section of the study, the role of project manager has been discovered. Further, it
has been noted that project manager need to look after the issues and recruitment of team
members so that coordination among the team can be boosted. In this section, the importance of
leadership within the team will be focused. Further, various project management methodologies
will be observed by presenting their differences. The methodologies that can be used are Prince
2, Waterfall and Agile.
a. An explanation of the need for quality leadership on the project
A successful project manager needs to initiate effective project plans so that its competitive
position in the market can be boosted. In addition to that, effective project managers need to
explain the objective of the project to team members. Before initiating the project the project
manager, need to form a proposal and get it approved by the project manager. After the higher
authorities approve the concept of project, responsibilities need to be divided as per skills of
team members. Furthermore, after task allocation, project management has the responsibility of
launching meetings in order to gain knowledge regarding the progress of the project.
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