ITC505 Project: Mobile Farmer Support Application Development Plan

This project outlines the development of a mobile application (MBFSA) designed to support farmers, focusing on increasing production while minimizing costs. The application allows the government to manage crop-related information, benefiting farmers, wholesalers, and the government. The pr...Read More

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Project management: Development of mobile farmer support application
Name of the Student
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Table of Contents
Introduction and project description................................................................................................2
Part 1: MOV....................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Desired area of impact...........................................................................................................2
1.2 Project value..........................................................................................................................2
1.3 Metrics...................................................................................................................................3
1.4 Timeframe..............................................................................................................................3
1.5 MOV statement......................................................................................................................4
Part 2: Scope....................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Definition of project scope....................................................................................................4
2.2 Scope management plan........................................................................................................4
2.3 Resource list...........................................................................................................................4
Part 3: Work breakdown structure...................................................................................................5
3.1 WBS.......................................................................................................................................5
3.2 Project activities.....................................................................................................................6
3.3 Project resources linked with activities.................................................................................7
3.4 Project schedule.....................................................................................................................8
3.5 Project budget........................................................................................................................9
Part 4: Risk analysis and plan........................................................................................................10
4.1 Assumptions........................................................................................................................10
4.2 Risk determination framework............................................................................................10
4.3 Risk analysis........................................................................................................................10
Part 5: Quality management plan..................................................................................................11
5.1 Project quality statement......................................................................................................11
5.2 Verification activities...........................................................................................................11
5.3 Validation activities.............................................................................................................11
Part 6: Closure and evaluation.......................................................................................................12
6.1 Closure checklist..................................................................................................................12
6.2 Annotated Bibliography.......................................................................................................12
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................13
Appendices....................................................................................................................................14
Appendix 1: Annotated Bibliography........................................................................................14

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Introduction and project description
The paper mainly reflects on the development of a mobile application for the farmers
with the help of the organization Globlex that generally aims to increase the production of the
farmers while minimizing the time as well as cost. It is found that with the application, the
government can add, update as well as delete information that is associated with the crops. The
application that is used by the farmers also provide benefit to the wholesalers as well as to the
government.
Part 1: MOV
1.1 Desired area of impact
Area Impact
Operational 1
Strategy 2
Financial 3
Customer 4
Social 5
1.2 Project value
 The developed application is considered to be better as it helps the farmers in increasing
their productivity
 The application manages the operations much faster

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1.3 Metrics
Area Metrics
Operational The efficiency of operation gets improved
Strategy The organization strategy changes due to
operation of the system
Financial The revenue of the organization gets
increased by 25%
Customer More customers get attracted due to the
development of the application
Social Use of social media increases the number of
the customer by raising awareness about the
application.
1.4 Timeframe
Area of impact Timeframe
Operational 1month
Strategy 2 months
Financial 2 months
Customer 3 months
Social 1 month

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1.5 MOV statement
The MOV statement states that proper benefits to the farmers must be provided with the
application of the new statement. Moreover, the utilization of MBFSA helps in increasing the
revenue of the organization.
Part 2: Scope
2.1 Definition of project scope
The scope of the project mainly involves proper development of mobile application that
provides proper support to the farmers by elaborating information related with the crops, quantity
and weather condition. Moreover, the project must also include development of proper detailed
reporting system.
2.2 Scope management plan
The steps which are utilized for managing the scope are listed below:
 Making proper plan for the project needs
 Gathering the needs of the project
 Development of work breakdown structure
 Scope validation procedure
 Adopting scope control procedures
2.3 Resource list
Human resources
Resource Name Max. Units Std. Rate
Project manager 100% $70.00/hr

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Finance manager 100% $65.00/hr
Supervisor 100% $65.00/hr
Developer 100% $55.00/hr
Application tester 100% $45.00/hr
Software and Other Requirements $10,000.00
Hardware and software
 Hardware: CPU, computer, hard disk and more
 Software: Android studio, SWL LIT
Part 3: Work breakdown structure
3.1 WBS
Development of MBFSA
Pilot Project
Gathering
requirements
Disussing project
needs
Recruiting
development team
Assiging team
Development of
prototype
Testing of prototype
Handover of the
prototype
Reviewing prototype
Prepraring full version of
the project
Defining needed
resources
Placing order for
resources
Receiving
resources from
vendors
Providing sufficient
funds for the mobile
application
Development of final
version of the application
Requirement
analysis
Installation of
software for the
application
development
Application
deveklopment
platform installation
Running platform
Development of
architechture
Proposed
application
development
Testing
Solving the issues
Continue to
developed the final
version
Detailed testing
Testing the user end
Go live
Project Closing
Project
documentation
Appraisal for the
project
Project sign off
Project closing
Figure 1: WBS
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3.2 Project activities
Figure 2: Project activities
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3.3 Project resources linked with activities
Figure 3: Project resources
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3.4 Project schedule
Figure 3: Project schedule
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3.5 Project budget
Figure 3: Project schedule
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Part 4: Risk analysis and plan
4.1 Assumptions
The access for the confidential information should not be provide to everyone and for
accessing those data permission from the government is needed.
4.2 Risk determination framework
The risks which are associated with the project include:
 Cyber security risk
 Technical risk
 Schedule slippage risk
 Improper budgeting risk
 Improper management risk
4.3 Risk analysis
Risk Impact Probability Responsible Strategy
Cyber security
risk
High High IT analyst Proper security
system should be
implemented
Technical risk High High Tester Proper testing of
the application
should be done
Schedule
slippage risk
Medium High Project planner Tracking of
schedule weekly
Improper High High Financial Undertaking

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budgeting risk manager earned analysis
for determining
cost variances
Improper
management risk
Medium Medium Manager Proper
utilization of
different types of
management
strategies
Part 5: Quality management plan
5.1 Project quality statement
The project manager should focus on the project quality and must track the quality of the
project on a weekly basis in order to avoid quality-based challenges. In addition to this, it is
found that proper quality standards must be followed within the entire project.
5.2 Verification activities
 Conducting proper testing based on requirement
 Proper project testing
 Undertaking testing for the MBFSA system
5.3 Validation activities
 The specification for the testing must be reviewed
 Proper testing facility should be provided after development

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Part 6: Closure and evaluation
6.1 Closure checklist
 Completion of the pilot project within the time period of 2 months
 Delivery of the project within the assumed time
6.2 Annotated Bibliography
Refer to appendices

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Bibliography
Andersen, E. S. (2016). Do project managers have different perspectives on project
management?. International Journal of Project Management, 34(1), 58-65.
Joslin, R., & Müller, R. (2015). Relationships between a project management methodology and
project success in different project governance contexts. International Journal of Project
Management, 33(6), 1377-1392.
Kaiser, M. G., El Arbi, F., & Ahlemann, F. (2015). Successful project portfolio management
beyond project selection techniques: Understanding the role of structural
alignment. International Journal of Project Management, 33(1), 126-139.
Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management metrics, KPIs, and dashboards: a guide to measuring
and monitoring project performance. John Wiley & Sons.
Kerzner, H. (2018). Project management best practices: Achieving global excellence. John
Wiley & Sons.
Martens, M. L., & Carvalho, M. M. (2017). Key factors of sustainability in project management
context: A survey exploring the project managers' perspective. International Journal of
Project Management, 35(6), 1084-1102.
Martens, M. L., & Carvalho, M. M. (2017). Key factors of sustainability in project management
context: A survey exploring the project managers' perspective. International Journal of
Project Management, 35(6), 1084-1102.

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Svejvig, P., & Andersen, P. (2015). Rethinking project management: A structured literature
review with a critical look at the brave new world. International Journal of Project
Management, 33(2), 278-290.

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Appendices
Appendix 1: Annotated Bibliography
Article 1: Svejvig, P., & Andersen, P. (2015). Rethinking project management: A
structured literature review with a critical look at the brave new world. International
Journal of Project Management, 33(2), 278-290.
The main focus on the paper is to showcase the rethinking of project management
aspects. It is found that the paper properly helps in reflecting the outcome that is generally
achieved after the rethinking of the PM based literature that is mainly dependent on the analysis
as well as classification of around 74 contributions. It is found that with the help of proper
analysis, it is found that a total of 6 overarching different types of categories that have generally
emerged.
Article 2: Kaiser, M. G., El Arbi, F., & Ahlemann, F. (2015). Successful project portfolio
management beyond project selection techniques: Understanding the role of structural
alignment. International Journal of Project Management, 33(1), 126-139.
The paper mainly showcases the successful as well as proper project portfolio
management beyond the utilization of proper selection techniques. It is identified that the project
portfolio management generally employs different types of techniques for aligning the project
management with the help of proper strategic goals. It is found that proper research that is
associated with the methodology of PPM suggests the optimization of the benefit with the help
of project portfolio.

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Article 3: Martens, M. L., & Carvalho, M. M. (2017). Key factors of sustainability in
project management context: A survey exploring the project managers'
perspective. International Journal of Project Management, 35(6), 1084-1102.
The paper generally showcases the key facts that are associated with sustainability of
project management context that generally explores different perspective of the project
managers. The paper generally elaborates the PM as well as sustainability related topics that are
generally addressed with the help of proper countless studies that further focuses on the
intersection of various types of topics that are generally required.