MBFSA Application Development: A Comprehensive Project Management Plan

This document presents a comprehensive project plan for the Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA), designed to enhance farmers' knowledge of optimal crop cultivation. The plan is structured into six key sections, beginning with the definition of Measurable Organizational Value (MOV), impact areas, and stakeholder expectations. It then outlines the project scope, resource allocation, and a detailed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) including deliverables and milestones. The plan further addresses critical assumptions, risk identification, and mitigation strategies. Quality management through verification and validation activities are also detailed, followed by a project closure checklist and MOV evaluation process. The plan aims to guide the Virtucon team through the successful execution and deployment of the MBFSA application, ensuring alignment with Globex's objectives.

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Description/Overview..........................................................................................................3
Part One: MOV....................................................................................................................3
1.1. Area of Impact..........................................................................................................3
1.2. Project Value............................................................................................................5
1.3. Stakeholders’ Expectations and Target Metric.........................................................5
1.4. MOV Timeframe......................................................................................................6
1.5. Summary of the MOV..............................................................................................6
Part Two...........................................................................................................................7
2.1. Scope.........................................................................................................................7
2.2. Resources..................................................................................................................7
Part Three.............................................................................................................................9
3.1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)..........................................................................9
3.2. Deliverable and Milestone........................................................................................9
3.3. Resource Assignment.............................................................................................12
3.4. Project Budget........................................................................................................13
Part Four............................................................................................................................16
4.1. Assumptions...........................................................................................................16
4.2. Risk Identification Framework...............................................................................16

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4.3. Risk Ownership Strategy........................................................................................16
Part Five.............................................................................................................................19
5.1. Team’s Philosophy.................................................................................................19
5.2. Verification Activities............................................................................................19
5.3. Validation Activities...............................................................................................19
Part Six...............................................................................................................................20
6.1. Project Closure Checklist.......................................................................................20
6.2. Evaluation of Project MOV....................................................................................20
Bibliography......................................................................................................................21
Appendix............................................................................................................................23
Annotated Bibliography.................................................................................................23

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Introduction
The plan for project execution is developed which will be followed by the Virtucon team
members to execute and deploy the MBFSA project application. The plan that is developed
provides a description of the project to be implemented, the MOV linked with the project, the
impact area and the project value identified. The plan is divided into six distinct parts. The
second part of the plan identifies the scope and the resources need of the project while the third
part of the project plan provides the scheduling details of the project to be implemented. It is
vital to identify the risks linked with the project and therefore the detailed risk assessment and
management process is covered in the fourth section of the report. The fifth section provides
details of the quality management plan and the sixth section of this project plan provides the
needed details of project evaluation and closure.
Description/Overview
Globex has identified the need of increasing the knowledge of the farmers regarding
which crop is to be grown in a particular time of year so that it can provide maximum benefit.
The Globex farming has named this program to be Mobile Base Farmer Support application
(MBFSA) and to manage this entire program, a proposal of developing a MBFSA application is
made. A project plan for this proposed project is discussed in the following section.
Part One: MOV
The measurable organization value defines the value that a project is expected to bring to
its clients or the related organization.
1.1. Area of Impact

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Area of Impact Rank Effect
Customer 1 The MBFSA will have a large
effect on customer and hence it is
ranked one. The effect will be
positive and the success of
project will largely help in
reducing the loss.
Financial 2 The project will have a large
financial benefit since the
execution of the project will
considerably reduce loss incurred
by the farmers growing crops.
Operational 3 The application will have less
operational issues as it is
developed by Virtucon and
therefore is ranked in third
position
Social 4 The application will have major
social benefits and therefore, it is
ranked four.
Strategy 5 Globex has identified a good
strategy of educating the farmers
and hence it is ranked in the fifth
position.

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1.2. Project Value
The project values that are linked with the project include Do more and Faster. The
execution of this application will help in further growth as farmers will have a better idea of the
weather related data needed for crop growing. The project further helps in increasing the
efficiency of the crop growth and therefore, the value of faster is identified.
1.3. Stakeholders’ Expectations and Target Metric
Stakeholder Expectations Metric
Virtucon To deliver a complete MBFSA
application to Globex and
Farmers
To deliver the same within 6
months.
Globex To make the MBFSA program
successful by providing
necessary training to the farmers.
To complete the same within 1
month after the launch of the
MBFSA application
Farmers Will show maximum enthusiasm
in learning about the application
It should start from the 1st month
Wholesalers Along with the farmers, the
wholesalers too need to show
enthusiasm in execution of the
project
Right from the beginning of the
project
Government To offer maximum financial
support and support with the
information need regarding the
execution of the project
Right from the start of the
project, from the first month

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1.4. MOV Timeframe
The timeframe of achieving this MOV is represented in the figure below-
Figure 1: The Timeframe of MOV
1.5. Summary of the MOV
MOV Summary
Description This section provides a detailed description of the
project MBFSA.
Impact Area The impact on MBFSA is indicated in this section
Value The values that MBFSA will bring to the client will
identified in this section
Stakeholder In this section, the target of the stakeholders are set
Timeframe No more than 6 months

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Part Two
2.1. Scope
The scope of the project identifies the opportunity linked with the execution of a project.
The in-scope and Out-scope of the project is indicated as follows-
In-scope
 The development of the MBFSA application within the constrained time of six months Training a specific group of farmers for the MBFSA project
Out-scope
 Checking if all the group of farmers are accustomed to use of mobile Cross-checking the accuracy the weather data provided by local government
2.2. Resources
The resources considered for deployment of the MBFSA application are indicated as
follows-

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Figure 2: Showing the Resource sheet as generated from MS project

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Part Three
3.1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Certain assumptions are considered in developing the work breakdown structure. These
assumptions include completion of project within 6 months and continuous resource availability.
The WBS of MBFSA project is illustrated in figure 3-
Figure 3: Illustrating the WBS
3.2. Deliverable and Milestone

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The task activities represents or the deliverables and the milestone linked with the
MBFSA program are indicated in figure 4.

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