CQUniversity Project Proposal: Homelessness Laundry Service

This project proposal outlines a plan to implement a free laundry service for homeless individuals in Brisbane, focusing on those affected by natural disasters. The project aims to address the critical need for clean clothing among the homeless population, providing a mobile laundry service to various locations. The proposal details the project's objectives, strategic alignment with CQUniversity's goals, stakeholder roles, project approach with a detailed timeline, resource allocation, risk management strategies, and ethical considerations. The project involves laundry cars equipped with washing and drying machines, scheduled stops, and an estimated 40-day duration from start to finish. Stakeholders include the project team, government sponsors, and the homeless users, all playing crucial roles in the project's success. The proposal also addresses potential risks, such as safety threats and ethical responsibilities, along with mitigation strategies. The project is designed to be innovative and socially impactful, offering a practical solution to a pressing community need.

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PR2: Proposal Report
Project name: Homelessness in Brisbane
Scheduled start: 8/5/19 Scheduled finish: 9/27/19
1 Project Description (3 marks)
1.1 Opportunity/Problem (1 mark)
For the majority of the Australians, a common threat which is proposed by the natural calamities to all the
people staying in varied regions of Australia. All of these natural disasters include the likes of tornados, taking
place of storms and fires getting caught within bushes. All of the mentioned threats which are proposed by the
natural calamities lead to mass breaking of the houses and the properties which leave most of the of the
population homeless. There exists currently the need of the laundry service which is free for the people who
become homeless due to the destruction caused by all these natural calamities. All the clothes belonging to the
homeless people have to be cleansed by the service provided by the laundry. The laundry as a method of free
service is to be taken as a project as to consider the facts that when natural calamities hit a person, it is necessary
for the country or the state to be able to deal with such conditions as to ensure the safety of their regional
population.
All the stakeholders related to the project have been the connected members of the formed group who will
make a provision for the service provided by the laundry, the sponsors who have provided money to the
organization to carry out the necessary project, the homeless people as well as the government ensures profit if
the project gets carried on successfully. Since, there are times when an initiative is taken aimed for the general
public in concern but the project gets stuck midway due to devoid of funds by the project team by whom the
initiative was taken. In such conditions or cases, there are times when certain stakeholders or sponsors in this
case step forward to help the project team with the provision of such funds in order to have a better future for the
people who undergo sufferings due to calamities in which no individual is responsible for.
This particular project is aimed to target the set value as well as those of the people who have lost their home
belonging to Brisbane. There is a prevalent crisis for the people who are homeless, living in varied regions of
Brisbane and to those people who are in need for the service of laundry to clean all of their clothes. The laundry
service which is free is to be clean clothes for all the people so that they can be in possession of clean clothes and
wear them in need. This laundry service is aimed at having a better future for the assurance of the general public
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who are staying at such regions which are prone to such natural calamities taking place and hence, situations can
arise when the control over such proceedings go out of hand. Hence, no initiative taken against such happenings
can lead to a darker tomorrow if not taken into urgent consideration.
1.2 Proposed Project (1 mark)
This project which has been briefly described within this proposal puts forward the implementation of the
laundry service which is free to all the people living in Brisbane who have become homeless and are in dire need
of urgent attention after being hit by such natural calamities. All of these people will get to experience the service
of moneyless laundry service that might in case help the homeless people and be in possession of clean clothes.
The project which has been proposed will be in possession of laundry cars with various machines which have been
implemented within them.these cars will travel from one place to another and will again take stops at places for
the cleaning of clothes of the homeless people hit by the natural calamities s. The process for the washing of
clothes will consume an hour of time and the entire procedure for the cleaning process as well as that of the
drying process will take the same amount of time all together.
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1.3 Strategic Alignment (1 mark)
Strategic Direction Project alignment
(a) The CQUniversity Strategic
Intent 2017-2027
Strategy intent related particularly to this project is to possess a proposal
that is innovative for the project within the procedure of developing a
social service for it. This particular project provides satisfaction to the
intent related to that of the project by initiating the development of a
laundry service which is free aims for the homeless people of Brisbane who
have been hit with such types of calamities.
(b) Unit learning outcomes Related to this particular project, all of the stakeholders that share a
connection with this project can be learnt as well as the risks that have
been related to this particular project specifically.
2 Alternative (1 mark)
A different solution to this particular project is the procedure for the development of a conversation with the
already set value of the people as well as that of the homeless part of the population who live in varied
regions of Brisbane.
3 Stakeholders (4 marks)
Name Category Role in Project Project Impact to stakeholder
Members of the
group
Member The members included within
the group provide with their
Is responsible for completing the
project initiating from the first
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Name Category Role in Project Project Impact to stakeholder
helping hand in proceeding
with the project of allowing
service to every stakeholder
playing a part within this
project
process of documentation to the
implementation of the project
The Government Sponsor Particularly the government
provides all the funds if there
arises a shortage in money
and provides with a helping
hand within the project
The government receives all the
profits which gets generated as the
population of Brisbane receives
benefits from this project
Homeless People User The homeless people are the
implementations of this
particular project. The
homeless people receive
benefits from the project
All of the homeless people get
served with this project. They get
all the services which this
particular project presents
Sponsors Sponsor This project reaches its
completion with the help of
the funds which it gets from
the sponsors.
The sponsors who provide funds to
this project does social service by
funding this particular
implementation
4 Project Approach (2 marks)
ID Stage, Activity and milestones
Weekly Schedule Expected Duration
Start date End Date
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0 Free Laundry Project 40 days 8/5/19 9/27/19
1 Initial Phase 4 days 8/5/19 8/8/19
1.1 Creating Association 1st week 8/5/19 8/6/19
1.2 Team Discussion 1st week 8/7/19 8/7/19
1.3 Process Planning 1st week 8/8/19 8/8/19
2 Development phase 13 days 8/9/19 8/27/19
2.1 Documentation of Collected Data 1st and 2nd week 8/9/19 8/14/19
2.2 Data Analysis 2nd week 8/15/19 8/15/19
2.3 Making List of Raw Materials 2nd week 8/16/19 8/19/19
2.4 Laundry Car Designing 2nd week 8/20/19 8/22/19
2.5
Assigning individual roles to team
members
2nd week 8/23/19 8/27/19
3 Implementation phase 18 days 8/28/19 9/20/19
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3.1 Creating Car Designs 2nd and 3rd week 8/28/19 9/2/19
3.2 Procurement of Raw Materials 3rd and 4th week 9/3/19 9/9/19
3.3 Evaluation of live work 5th week 9/10/19 9/13/19
3.4 Final Work Listing 5th week 9/16/19 9/20/19
4 Final Phase 5 days 9/23/19 9/27/19
4.1 Evaluation of completed work 6th week 9/23/19 9/25/19
4.2 Documentation of Work Completed 6th week 9/26/19 9/26/19
4.3 Final Project Sign Off 6th week 9/27/19 9/27/19
5 Resources, Cost & Funding Source (2 marks)
Resource Category Cost Funding
Source
Member
Number 1
Human resource $60.00/ hr The
stakeholders
along with the
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government
provides fund
Group Number
2
Human resource
$60.00/hr
The
stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
Group Number
3
Human resource
$60.00/hr
The
stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
Group Number
4
Human resource
$60.00/ hr
The
stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
Developer of
System
Human resource
$60.00/hr
The
stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
Designer of
Machine
Human resource
$60.00/ hr
The
stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
System Analyst Human resource $30.00/hr The
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stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
Raw Materials
Material Resource
$1,000.00/hr
The
stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
Vehicles
Material Resource
$60.00/ hr
The
stakeholders
along with the
government
provides fund
6 Risk Management and Ethics (3 marks)
Risk Impact Mitigation
A threat to safety (physical or emotional) Relative threats which exists is
relative to this project might occur at
the time of project delivery on time
specified. The project delivery needs
to be done within the specified time
because of the reason that homeless
people can get the service very fast.
This particular project is to be
segregated into smaller parts so
that there exists no extra time to be
taken for the completion of the
project.
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Risk Impact Mitigation
Breach of legal or contractual or ethical
responsibility
All the rules as well as regulations
related to this project has to provide
maintenance so that this laundry
service get to success. There exists
no legal issues related to the
completion of this particular project.
Before the initiation of this project,
all of the rules as well as the
regulations related to such of this
project has to be studied and
examined in detail so as to ensure
that the team does not face any
complications in near future related
to the completion of this project.
Client dissatisfaction and/or unfavorable
publicity
The publication of this project after
the plan has been passed should be
done with utmost care so as to make
an assurance that the project is
known by all the people for whom
this is to be aimed so that the project
does not fail.
To ensure the publicity and
renounce of this project to touch the
sky of success, proper advertising is
to be done keeping in mind the
satisfaction of the customers.
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