Project Management for MBFSA Application Development - Part One

This assignment outlines the development of a Globex MBFSA application, detailing the project's objectives, team structure, and roles. The project aims to create an application providing farmers with crop-specific information based on geographical and weather conditions. The assignment includes a team charter with a skills and knowledge inventory, defining roles and responsibilities, communication plans, and team rules. The document further analyzes learning cycles, addresses project management techniques, and reflects on the leadership qualities required for successful project completion. The student emphasizes the importance of IT professional skills, including technical expertise, communication, and project management, to ensure the application's effectiveness and timely delivery. The project also includes a communication plan outlining the frequency and method of reporting to various stakeholders, ensuring project progress transparency.

Teamwork and reflection – Project Management
for development of MBFSA application

Part One:
Project Name / Team / Description
Table 1: List of team members
Team Name: Globex MBFSA
application
Team:
Team Member Name: Mobile: Email ID:
Overview:
This report shows the development of a practical and impactful application that will have
comprehensive details about MBSFA program from the company Globex. It will have data
regarding the type of crops the farmer needs to grown and as per the weather conditions of a

geographical area. The application will be made by Virtucon and must be able to cater
requirements of a high number of farmers.
Description:
Globex has been a well-known organization that also works towards helping farmers for
enhancing their productivity and simultaneously bringing a cost reduction. They have two major
products that include farm equipment and precision equipment. The project objective revolves
around the development of an innovative all-inclusive application that will also manage the
complete MBFSA program from Globex. There will be details regarding the geographical area,
weather condition and need of the specific crop to be grown as per the demands of the market.
Virtucon has been given the responsibility for the application development, and it has to be
completed within a time frame of six months.
Team Charter
Table 2: Team Charter
Features Team members Comment
Skill and knowledge inventory
Member 1 Motivation and
communication for the quiet
working environment.
Member 2 Technical knowledge for
project development.
Member 3 Decision skill to make good
decisions.
Member 4 Interpersonal skills for proper

bonding between the team.
Member 5 Marketing skills for applying
to traditional marketing
Roles and Responsibility
Member 1 Project Manager
Member 2 Application developer
Member 3 Application Designer
Member 4 Quality assurance specialist
Member 5 Sales and marketing
personnel
Team communications
Week 5 10:30 am- conference room
Week 6 01:00 pm- Video calling
Week 8 11:00 am- on a computer via
email
Communication and sharing methods
Team rules and expectations
Member 1 Previous experience for
resolving team conflicts.
Member 2 Team values for a good
working atmosphere.
Member 3 Work ethics for team
harmony and optimized work
atmosphere.
Member 4 Code of ethics and honesty.
Member 5 Team oriented mindset
Signatures
Member 1 <signatures>
Member 2 <signatures>

Member 3 <signatures>
Member 4 <signatures>
Member 5 <signatures>
Skills and Knowledge Inventory :
Sl.
No
Full Name Skill Knowledge
Technical Communicati
onal
Leadership
1 Member 1  Hardware
interaction
 Memory
allocation
 Activity
Indicators
Active
listening
 Security
 Database
management
 Time
management
 Having in-depth
knowledge in project
management
 Work distribution
 Risk management
 Team management
2 Member 2  C# and
Java
 Application
Programmin
g Interfaces
(API)
Analytical
approach to
convey an
idea
 Take
responsibly
 Knowledge in
different computer
language
3 Member 3  HTML 5 and
CSS
 UI designing
Conflict
management
 Decision-
making skill
 Graphical
manifestation
knowledge

 unified colour
scheme idea
4 Member 4  Interpersonal
skill
 Critical
thinking while
handling the
pressure
 Customer service
standard
 Complete knowledge
of quality
requirement.
5 Member 5  Digital
marketing
 IT
 Mechanical
 Programmin
g languages
 Mechanical
equipment
and tools
 Business
savvy
 Creativity
and
imagination
 Influencer
abilities
 Project
management
 People
management
 Knowledge of
principles and
methods for
showing, promoting
and selling products
 Communication and motivation:
For effective teamwork, there are a requirement of the team working together on the
communication of all kinds be it verbal, written or listening skills (Piers et al. 2017).
 Technical knowledge:
It is absolute importance that the members of the team must have good technical
knowledge that is needed for project development (Hupfer et al. 2016).
 Leadership skills:

This is one quality that is crucial for the team managers and leaders while a team is
working on the project (Gibert et al. 2017).
 Interpersonal skills:
All team members must have good interpersonal skills and must try to work on
improving them. There is a requirement for building strong relationships amongst the
team and the manager (Mărginean et al. 2017).
Roles and Responsibilities
S.no Full Name Roles Responsibilities
1 Team Member 1 Project Manager: The primary role in any project is
done by the project manager of the
team, and they are the ones that
are responsible for the project
completion in a successful manner.
The work of a manager is ensuring
that the project is moving forward in
the time frame that has been
specified by the client.
2 Team Member 2 Application
Designer
The various features and the look of
the application are developed by
the application designer.

3 Team Member 3 Application
developer
Application developer handles
complete work that is related to the
Information technology languages
like Java and observes the
functioning of the application on
various smartphones.
4 Team Member 4 Quality assurance
specialist
There has to be feedback provided
by the Quality assurance specialist
with regards to the project and the
improvements that need to make in
order to complete the project.
5 Team Member 5 Sales and marketing
personnel
This person will be in touch with the
client and bring more brand
awareness regarding the project for
people that will benefit from the
project.
Team Communications
 Meetings and conference:

The team can share the thoughts and procedures regarding the project through
meetings that are held from time to time. The communication is quicker and more
reliable in this manner.
 Via Emails:
The general information that needs to be known by the entire team can be taken
forwarded by communication through emails.
 Instant chats:
Although this is a more informal way of communication, it is a faster one. The team is
well aware of it, and general information can be shared through this medium for quicker
responses.
Team Rules & Expectations
 Team Value:
For efficient working function team value is crucial. Every team member should have excellent
team values. They must have an open mind while they listen to the team members so that
important decisions are easier to take for the application development (Wachs, 2017). .
 Code of ethics:
The code of ethics has to be maintained by all team members the entire time. They have to be
honest and perform safety measures (Huang et al. 2018). It builds healthy relationships between
the team.
 Rules and expectations:
All team members must follow some general rules and expectations strictly, and it includes:
1. They must contribute to the project effectually.
2. All meetings have to be attended by all team members.
3. For the project, improvement decisions must be listened to carefully by the team.

4. Continually working to find ways by which any issues within the team can be resolved.
5. They must use repeatable and measurable sales process and review their objectives.
Part Two:
Learning Cycles:
Learning cycle helps project managers to understand the facts of the project. For application
development, this will lead to solutions after careful situation analysis.
Meeting Facts Assumptions Questions to be
answered
Meeting 1 MBSFA application
requires internet
connectivity; rural area
network is not that
strong.
The MBSA application
will provide information
on crops to be grown
to farmers.
Can a way be found for
the app to work in low
connectivity?
For the GLOBEX
clients, this will work as
value added service.
The application will be
free for farmers.
This application should
work on Windows, iOS,
and Android.
Meeting 2
MBSFA application
would work on several
methods of
monetization including
subscription payment,
Market will pay for
similar services
What will be the pricing
strategy?

traditional paid apps
and ad-revenue.
This will help in making
money from the
application.
The application will
earn high profit.
How much profit will it
earn?
Part Three:
Communication Plan
Project name: Globex MBFSA application Beginning date: 6/5/2019
Project manager: Completion date: 6/6/2019
Plan owner:
Planning
Project Objectives:
 Developing an application for complete MBFSA program.
 Farmers and wholesalers will get details on the crop to be grown and sold.
Stakeholders
 The project sponsors
 Clients
 Application designer and developer
 Entire Project team

 Local communities
Outline
Frequency Report Stakeholder Reporting
requirement
Reason
6/05/2019 –
11/05/2019
Project budget The project
sponsors
Meetings and
video
conferencing
It is done to
maintain the
investment for
the project to run
smoothly.
12/05/2019 –
19/05/2019
Project summary Clients Through emails
and fax.
It will assist in
sharing project
information with
the clients.
20/05/2019 –
30/05/2019
Project blueprint Application
designer and
developer
Meeting, emails,
chats
For keeping a
track on app
development
and time
required for
project
completion.
31/05/2019 –
6/06/2019
Project
summary,
Critical task,
Time plan
The project
manager and
project team
Emails, video
conferencing,
Instant
messaging
There is a
requirement for
developing an
effective

relationship
between the
project manager
and the team.
Part Four:
Reflection
How did your experience compare to your understanding of the leadership qualities
required to successfully lead a project?
Project management is of absolute importance to this project. Being the team leader; it is
important for me to take care of that project requirement and the resource requirements of the
team. This helps in smooth project completion. Team maintenance can be easily done with the
use of the prior experience that will be needed for project development. Any conflicts or issues
that develop during the project should be resolved in the right way by the team manager with
the help of effective communication skills. It is also crucial to state here that theoretical
knowledge is important to grasp the idea of leadership; however, the experience is important to
establish authority. With the experience, I can understand the different requirements of my team
member. This allows me to make a strategy regarding how to pull the best out of them. My
experience also teaches me to lead from the front by setting an example and taking
responsibility on behalf of my team member.
Based on your experience, what are necessary techniques, skills, methods and ICT project
manager requires in the IT profession?
The project requires the involvement of the IT professionals for the development of MBFSA
application as there must be all the best features that reflect the market requirements and
important information for the farmers. As per my view, the IT professionals should also

understand the internet connectivity and network of the specific area for all the transactions that
will take place through the app. Apart from the above-mentioned skill, in my view, it is also
important for an IT professional to have a thirst for knowledge as well as working as a member
of a team mentality. Project management skill is also vital for delivering a project within the
deadline. Good communication skill, as well as interpersonal skill, is also necessary for smooth
ongoing of the project and on time delivery. However, the most important skill that the IT
professional should process that is immense knowledge in the field they are working.

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