ICT Project Management: Analysis of Globex's MBFSA Application Project

This project management report details the development of a mobile-based farming application for Globex Corporation. The report begins with an introduction and project description, followed by an analysis of the Measurable Organizational Value (MOV), defining the project's impact, stakeh...Read More

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ICT Project Management
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Project Description..........................................................................................................................3
Part One: MOV (Measurable Organizational Value)......................................................................3
1. Impact Area of Given case Study:...........................................................................................3
2. Target and Expectation of Stakeholders:.................................................................................4
3. Timeframe Included:...............................................................................................................5
4. Summarization of MOV:.........................................................................................................5
Part Two: Defining Scope...............................................................................................................6
1. Defining Scope and Producing Scope Management Plan:......................................................6
1.1 Requirements of projects...................................................................................................6
1.2 In scope and project out Scope..........................................................................................6
2. Management of Scope:............................................................................................................6
3. Resources of Project:...............................................................................................................7
Part Three: Work Breakdown Structure..........................................................................................7
1. Milestones in project schedule:...............................................................................................7
2. Activities performed for each deliverables:.............................................................................8
3. Resources Used........................................................................................................................9
4. Estimating time for all activities..............................................................................................9
5. Project Budget.......................................................................................................................10

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Part Four: Risk Planning and Risk Analysis..................................................................................14
1. Assumptions made:................................................................................................................14
2. Risk Identification Framework:.............................................................................................14
3. Risk Management Strategy:...................................................................................................15
Part Five: Quality Management Plan.............................................................................................16
1. Philosophy of team:...............................................................................................................16
2. Ensuring Quality:...................................................................................................................17
2.1 Verification Activities:....................................................................................................17
2.2 Validation Activities:.......................................................................................................17
Part 6: Closure and Evaluation:.....................................................................................................17
1. Annotated Bibliography:.......................................................................................................17
2. Checklist:...............................................................................................................................17
3. Project Evaluation:.................................................................................................................18
Bibliography:.................................................................................................................................19
Appendix:......................................................................................................................................21

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Introduction
The report below describes the case study of Globex Corporation who is in charge to
make the mobile based farming application. This report states measurable organization value for
the application that is to be built while developing the system. This project also states the project
scope that will be used for developing the application software. There is also a WBS that states
the work breakdown structure of developing the project and risk framework is also identified that
might occur while project development. This report also contains a project evaluation and project
closure phase related with the project.
Project Description
The Globex Corporation is a company that is famous for its excellence and provides help
to the farmers to increase their production and their working efficiency. The application that is
being developed in this project will include technologies that will provide commercial solutions
to all farmers using the application. This project mainly aims to provide an application so that
they can make easy decisions and can handle the problem related to growing of crops.
Part One: MOV (Measurable Organizational Value)
1. Impact Area of Given case Study:
Operational: The application of Globex built will have accuracy related to the
functionality of the application and also includes high operational value.
Strategy: The strategy of the mobile based application is to manage all the farmers who
are associated with the system. The application will also help to monitor the farmers.

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Customer: The customers associated with the system are the farmers and the owner of
Globex will not be affected from the system.
Social: Mobile based application of Globex Corporation will help the organization to
efficiently manage all the operations related to farming.
Financial: The system of the MBFSA will help the organization to earn profit.
2. Target and Expectation of Stakeholders:
Stakeholders Expectations Target
(Need for
Improvement)
Virtucon The company that manages the project
along with Globex
High
Globex Corporation Globex need a mobile based information
system for helping the farmers
High
Development Team Develop the farmer mobile application High
Farmers and
Volunteers
Includes Communication Medium

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3. Timeframe Included:
Figure 1: Timeframe of the project
4. Summarization of MOV:
Serial
No
MOV Description
1 Project Description Defines the project aim and objective
2 Impact Area Identifying all impacts related to finance,
budget, risks and quality of the project.
3 Value of project Performance value should be provided.
4 Stakeholders expectation Helps to increase efficiency in the project
5 Timeframe 223 Days

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Part Two: Defining Scope
1. Defining Scope and Producing Scope Management Plan:
1.1 Requirements of projects
The requirement of the project includes that the project should be cost efficient, and
should maintain the time frame of the project. The project should have high performance value
and should be functional.
1.2 In scope and project out Scope
In scope of project is
 Developing the system within in the budget scheduled.
 Should be able the manage the team members of the project
 Should be able to farmers associated.
Project out scope
 Training should be provided to the employees of Globex for handling the system.
 Install the application system
2. Management of Scope:
All the activities should be followed so that the project can be competed in the give time
frame.

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3. Resources of Project:
Figure 1: Screenshot of resource Sheet
Part Three: Work Breakdown Structure
1. Milestones in project schedule:
Project WBS:
Development of Mobile
application
System Design
Requirement
Specification
Analysis of
requirement
Designing interface
prototype
Defining features of
prototype
Accessing roles
prototype
Finalysing the
prototype
Project Inititaion
Developing the
project charter
Project sign in
Project planning
Defining scope
Scope management
plan
Establish team for
project development
Developing WBS
Defining project
schedule
Establishing budget
Performing Analysis
of Risks
Quality management
Checklists
System Development
Developing the
coding
Debudding the
coding
System testing
Carrying out unit
testing
Component testing
Implementing
integration testing
User Testing
Acceptance Testing
Checklists
System installation
Deploying the
system
Employee training
Provide training
materials
Maintenance
Checklists
Project Closure
Checking all
contrainsts
Documentation
Project sign off
Handing over the
project

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Figure 2: Work Breakdown Structure
Project Milestones:
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Finalizing the prototype 0 days Tue 23/04/19 Tue 23/04/19
Project sign in 0 days Tue 30/04/19 Tue 30/04/19
Checklists 0 days Wed 10/07/19 Wed 10/07/19
Checklists 0 days Tue 15/10/19 Tue 15/10/19
Checklists 0 days Fri 15/11/19 Fri 15/11/19
Project sign off 0 days Wed 11/12/19 Wed 11/12/19
Handing over the project 0 days Wed 11/12/19 Wed 11/12/19
2. Activities performed for each deliverables:
Deliverables Activities
System Design
Requirement Specification
Analysis of requirement
Designing interface prototype
Defining features of prototype
Accessing roles prototype
Finalizing the prototype
Project Initiation
Developing the project charter
Project sign in
Project planning
Defining scope
Scope management plan
Establish team for project development
Developing WBS
Defining project schedule
Establishing budget
Performing Analysis of Risks
Quality management
Checklists
System Development Developing the coding
Debugging the coding
System testing Carrying out unit testing
Component testing
Implementing integration testing
User Testing

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Acceptance Testing
Checklists
System installation
Deploying the system
Employee training
Provide training materials
Maintenance
Checklists
Project Closure
Checking all constraints
Documentation
Project sign off
Handing over the project
3. Resources Used
Resource Name Type Material
Label Initials Group Max.
Units Std. Rate
Project Manager Work P 100% $110.00/hr
Quality manager Work Q 100% $90.00/hr
Financial manager Work F 100% $90.00/hr
Programmer Work P 100% $50.00/hr
Prototype designer Work P 100% $50.00/hr
Risk Manager Work R 100% $12.00/hr
Employees of Globex
Corporation Work E 100% $10.00/hr
Hardware Requirement Material H $1,500.00
Software Requirement Material S $2,000.00
Software Engineer Work S 100% $60.00/hr
System analyst Work S 100% $60.00/hr
Team members Work T 100% $10.00/hr
4. Estimating time for all activities
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Development of Mobile Application 223 days Mon 4/02/19 Wed 11/12/19
System Design 57 days Mon 4/02/19 Tue 23/04/19
Requirement Specification 10 days Mon 4/02/19 Fri 15/02/19
Analysis of requirement 10 days Mon 18/02/19 Fri 1/03/19
Designing interface prototype 10 days Mon 4/03/19 Fri 15/03/19
Defining features of prototype 15 days Mon 18/03/19 Fri 5/04/19

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Accessing roles prototype 12 days Mon 8/04/19 Tue 23/04/19
Finalizing the prototype 0 days Tue 23/04/19 Tue 23/04/19
Project Initiation 56 days Wed 24/04/19 Wed 10/07/19
Developing the project charter 5 days Wed 24/04/19 Tue 30/04/19
Project sign in 0 days Tue 30/04/19 Tue 30/04/19
Project planning 8 days Wed 1/05/19 Fri 10/05/19
Defining scope 5 days Mon 13/05/19 Fri 17/05/19
Scope management plan 8 days Mon 20/05/19 Wed 29/05/19
Establish team for project development 5 days Thu 30/05/19 Wed 5/06/19
Developing WBS 5 days Thu 6/06/19 Wed 12/06/19
Defining project schedule 5 days Thu 13/06/19 Wed 19/06/19
Establishing budget 5 days Thu 20/06/19 Wed 26/06/19
Performing Analysis of Risks 5 days Thu 27/06/19 Wed 3/07/19
Quality management 5 days Thu 4/07/19 Wed 10/07/19
Checklists 0 days Wed 10/07/19 Wed 10/07/19
System Development 30 days Thu 11/07/19 Wed 21/08/19
Developing the coding 15 days Thu 11/07/19 Wed 31/07/19
Debugging the coding 15 days Thu 1/08/19 Wed 21/08/19
System testing 39 days Thu 22/08/19 Tue 15/10/19
Carrying out unit testing 15 days Thu 22/08/19 Wed 11/09/19
Component testing 8 days Thu 12/09/19 Mon 23/09/19
Implementing integration testing 8 days Tue 24/09/19 Thu 3/10/19
User Testing 5 days Fri 4/10/19 Thu 10/10/19
Acceptance Testing 3 days Fri 11/10/19 Tue 15/10/19
Checklists 0 days Tue 15/10/19 Tue 15/10/19
System installation 23 days Wed 16/10/19 Fri 15/11/19
Deploying the system 2 days Wed 16/10/19 Thu 17/10/19
Employee training 10 days Fri 18/10/19 Thu 31/10/19
Provide training materials 1 day Fri 1/11/19 Fri 1/11/19
Maintenance 10 days Mon 4/11/19 Fri 15/11/19
Checklists 0 days Fri 15/11/19 Fri 15/11/19
Project Closure 18 days Mon 18/11/19 Wed 11/12/19
Checking all constraints 10 days Mon 18/11/19 Fri 29/11/19
Documentation 8 days Mon 2/12/19 Wed 11/12/19
Project sign off 0 days Wed 11/12/19 Wed 11/12/19
Handing over the project 0 days Wed 11/12/19 Wed 11/12/19
5. Project Budget
Task Name Cost

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Development of Mobile Application $471,180.00
System Design $119,472.00
Requirement Specification $20,960.00
Analysis of requirement $20,960.00
Designing interface prototype $20,960.00
Defining features of prototype $31,440.00
Accessing roles prototype $25,152.00
Finalizing the prototype $0.00
Project Initiation $117,920.00
Developing the project charter $10,400.00
Project sign in $0.00
Project planning $16,640.00
Defining scope $10,400.00
Scope management plan $16,640.00
Establish team for project development $10,400.00
Developing WBS $10,400.00
Defining project schedule $10,400.00
Establishing budget $10,880.00
Performing Analysis of Risks $10,880.00
Quality management $10,880.00
Checklists $0.00
System Development $46,700.00
Developing the coding $25,100.00
Debugging the coding $21,600.00
System testing $93,600.00
Carrying out unit testing $36,000.00
Component testing $19,200.00
Implementing integration testing $19,200.00
User Testing $12,000.00
Acceptance Testing $7,200.00
Checklists $0.00
System installation $59,248.00
Deploying the system $5,152.00
Employee training $25,760.00
Provide training materials $2,576.00
Maintenance $25,760.00
Checklists $0.00
Project Closure $34,240.00
Checking all constraints $20,160.00
Documentation $14,080.00
Project sign off $0.00

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Handing over the project $0.00

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Gantt chart
Figure 3: Screenshot of Gantt chart

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Part Four: Risk Planning and Risk Analysis
1. Assumptions made:
The assumptions that are made to develop the mobile farming application are:
 The transportation are to be carried out by the Virtucon and should be done within the
time frame.
 Training the farmers are to be done by the staffs of Globex. Virtucon does not provide
farmer training.
 The system will be built within 6 months after the prototype being designed.
2. Risk Identification Framework:
Number Risk Reference of cell
R1 Performance Issue: The priorities of the project
might not be managed while developing the system.
C4
R2 Technical Issue: There might be risk of failure of
the system.
C4
R3 Financial Issue: The cost of developing the system
might be increased and might not satisfy the budget
that allocated for the project.
C2
R4 Deadline Issue: Developing the mobile based
application might not be completed at the required
time.
B1
R5 Quality Issue: The quality of the project might not
be good and can might not meet all the requirement
of the project.
A2

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Risk
Identification
D
(Certain)
C
(Likely)
B
(Moderate)
A
(Unlikely)
5 (Fatal)
4 (Major) R1,
R2
3 (Lost Time)
2 (Minor) R3 R5
1 (Trivial) R4
3. Risk Management Strategy:
N
o
Ran
k
Risk Description Category Probability Impact Status
R1 3 Unacceptable
performance
The
priorities of
the project
might not
be managed
while
developing
the system.
Project
Performa
nce
Low High Meeting
should be
held with the
manager of
the project.
R2 4 Financial risk The cost of
developing
the system
might be
increased
and might
not satisfy
the budget
that
allocated
for the
Project
budget
Low
probability
High
impact
The project
manager
needs to
manage the
project
efficiently.

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project.
R3 1 Deadline risk Developing
the mobile
based
application
might not
be
completed
at the
required
time.
Time
schedulin
g should
be done
properly
Medium
probability
High
impact
Scheduling
time should
be done by
the owner of
the
company.
R4 2 Quality Risk The quality
of the
project
might not
be good and
can might
not meet all
the
requirement
of the
project.
Proper
schedulin
g was
needed
Medium
probability
High
probabil
ity
Quality
analyst
should be
included.
R5 5 Failure of
system
There might
be risk of
failure of
the system.
Technica
l
problem
Low
probability
High
impact
There should
be at leart
one back up
system to
continue
with the
work.
Part Five: Quality Management Plan
1. Philosophy of team:
Virtucon associated with Globex Corporation helps the organization to build up the
mobile based application so that they can help the farmers with growing the crops more
efficiently. The main philosophy of the members in the team is to develop the application
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2. Ensuring Quality:
2.1 Verification Activities:
For verification of the mobile based application system, the team of development should
ensure that the system that is developed satisfies all the requirements for the project for
developing the application software. The testing phase should also be verified in the verification
phase.
2.2 Validation Activities:
To validate the activities that are associated with project development, the employees
who has the responsibility to develop the system should ensure that the requirements of the
project are met and Globex Corporation is able to manage the system and the farmers efficiently.
The schedule and the budget of the project are also to be maintained.
Part 6: Closure and Evaluation:
1. Annotated Bibliography:
Refer to Appendix
2. Checklist:
Task Name Checklist
Planning Phase

Evaluating the Business Requirements

Documenting the user Requirement

Training Phase

Developing Functional Systems

Implementation Phase 

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Phase of Testing

Deployment Phase

3. Project Evaluation:
The project evaluation is to be done by checking of all the constraints of the project are
satisfied. A detailed project evaluation is provided in the appendix section.

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Appendix:
Mertens, D. M., & Wilson, A. T. (2018). Program evaluation theory and practice.
Guilford Publications.
Evaluation of a project mainly depends on all issues that are related with the project. The
professionals that are related with the project evaluation mainly have many specific definition for
project evaluation and the project evaluation has a specific meaning that helps to evaluate the
working process of the project. According to the authors Mertens & Wilson (2018), the
evaluation process is considered as the profession which includes many methodologies that
provides evidences that are needed for carrying out the project. The methodologies included in
project evaluation are associated with the public entities such as programs, products as well as
the performance of the project. The project evaluation is done in context of decision making used
in political and includes stakeholder’s conflicts in the project. This helps to keep the resources in
the project and also maintains the time pressure.
As stated by the authors Mertens & Wilson (2018), evaluation is mainly termed as the
main objective of the assessment and the systematic way to complete the ongoing project. The
evaluation of a project helps to determine the relevance and the fulfilment of all objectives in the
project development that increases the efficiency, effectiveness of project and project impact on
developer of the project and the users who is going to use the project application. Project
evaluation is conducted by the independent experts and external experts. The analysis of project
evaluation is complex issue that helps to capture the effects of the project.

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El Asmar, M., Hanna, A. S., & Loh, W. Y. (2015). Evaluating integrated project
delivery using the project quarterback rating. Journal of Construction Engineering and
Management, 142(1), 04015046.
The authors in this paper states the development of the project, validation of the project
and the implementation of the project that helps in project to increase its performance. The
performance areas of the project mainly includes the relations of customer, the project schedule
and the budget compliance, the financial metrics, quality as well as safety of the project statistics
and establish a communication among the people associated with the project.
Evaluation of project helps to develop the project and validate the performance model of
the project. Evaluation on the project delivery is an important part to carry out a project
successfully. The evaluation of project helps to achieve the project achievements, makes prompt
decision related with the project, helps in organization learning and help to study the impact of
the project.
Peters, L., & Moreno, A. M. (2017). Evaluating Software Project Managers: A
Multidimensional Perspective. IEEE Software, 34(6), 104-108.
Peters & Moreno (2017), stated that project evaluation is a systematic process to analyse
the data that is gathered as well as reveal the effectiveness as well as efficiency of the project for
managing the project. This evaluation process according to the authors helps to keep the projects
on track and also inform the stakeholders that are associated with the project.
According to the author, the project evaluation can be divided in three different stages,
pre-project evaluation, ongoing evaluation, as well as post-project evaluation. The evaluation
process in a project evaluation helps in planning, implementation, completion as well as

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reporting as well as dissemination of the project. In pre-project evaluation, the project manager
defines what is expected from the project; in ongoing evaluation, the project manager gets the
details about how the project is running and in the post project evaluation, the project manager
analyses all the facts that were considered in the project.