Information Technology Project Management: MBFSA Mobile Application

This document presents a comprehensive project management plan for the MBFSA (Mobile Based Farmer Support Application) project undertaken by Virtucon for Globex Corporation. The project aims to develop a mobile application to support farmers with crucial information regarding farming practices, crop selection, and market access. The plan includes a detailed overview of the project's measurable organizational value (MOV), scope, resources, work breakdown structure (WBS), deliverables, milestones, budget, risk assessment, team philosophy, and validation/verification activities. Key aspects covered are the impact area, stakeholder expectations, project timelines, resource allocation, and project closure checklist. The project is divided into phases, including requirement collection, planning and designing, prototype building, application launch, and project evaluation, with specific tasks and durations outlined for each phase. The document also addresses potential risks and assumptions, providing a framework for risk identification and mitigation.

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Information Technology Project Management: MBFSA Program
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Overview of MBFSA Program............................................................................................3
Part One: MOV....................................................................................................................3
1.1. Impact Area..............................................................................................................3
1.2. Value the project will bring......................................................................................4
1.3. Stakeholders’ Expectations and Target....................................................................5
1.4. Time calculated for achieving the MOV..................................................................5
1.5. Summary of the MOV..............................................................................................6
Part Two...........................................................................................................................8
2.1. Scope.........................................................................................................................8
2.2. Resources..................................................................................................................8
Part Three...........................................................................................................................10
3.1. Work Breakdown Structure....................................................................................10
3.2. Deliverable and Milestone......................................................................................14
3.3. Resource considered...............................................................................................18
3.4. Project Budget........................................................................................................21
Part Four............................................................................................................................27
4.1. Assumptions...........................................................................................................27
4.2. Framework for identification of the Risks..............................................................27

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4.3. Risk Assessment and Ownership Strategy.............................................................28
Part Five.............................................................................................................................30
5.1. Team’s Philosophy.................................................................................................30
5.2. Validation and Verification Activity......................................................................30
Part Six...............................................................................................................................32
6.1. Project Closure Checklist.......................................................................................32
6.2. Evaluation of Project MOV....................................................................................32
References..........................................................................................................................33
Appendix............................................................................................................................34
Appendix 1: Annotated Bibliography............................................................................34
Appendix 2: PM File.....................................................................................................36

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Introduction
The Globex Corporation has considered a strategic execution of a project to develop a
mobile support application that can be used by the farmers to collect and gather information
related to effective farming practises. The development of the application is crucial as Globex
anticipates that the developed application will be able to reduce the operational issues related to
farming business and the business of the Wholesalers. This report aims in development of a plan
for the entire MBFSA project execution by VIrtucon
Overview of MBFSA Program
The mobile support application that is planned to be developed will be capable of
fetching the weather details that has the capability of helping the farmers and the wholesalers to
plan the yield and the selling of the crops accordingly. The project has the support of the local
government who will help the completion of the MBFSA project by supporting the project with
the necessary data related to the weather. The plan that is prepared provides a detailed
description of the task to be conducted in execution of this particular project.
Part One: MOV
The value that a particular project or a product will bring to the organization can be
described as measurable organizational value (Tosti & Herbst, 2014).
1.1. Impact Area
Area of Impact Rank Effect
Financial 1 The financial area is anticipated
to have a high effect (positive)

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and the project is planned to be
executed in a much low cost
Customer 2 The area of the customer seems
to have a high effect as well since
it is being deployed for the
benefits of the local people
Social 3 The project will have a high
social effect as well, as the aim
of the project is to increase the
efficiency in farming business
Strategy 4 The strategic area will have a
high influence as well since a
mobile device is being used for a
critical task.
Operational 5 The operational area may not
have a high effect in the project.
However, it can improve the
efficiency of growing crops
Table 1: The Impact Area
1.2. Value the project will bring
On analysis of the impact of the project as identified in the previous section, it can be said
that the project will bring value of “Cheaper” and “Do More”. The management of the famring

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business will be cheaper, while the client can continue its growth by making use of the
application.
1.3. Stakeholders’ Expectations and Target
Stakeholders Expectations Target
Globex The expectations linked with
Globex is that the stakeholder
will deliver MBFSA in 6 months
6 months is dedicated to achieve
the expectations
Farmers Will provide the needed help
regarding the farm location and
quantity of expected crop growth
Two months, till the prototype is
prepared and delivered
Wholesalers Will provide the required
business details along with the
contact details
Two months till the development
of the prototype
Government Will provide the necessary
details of the weather and the
market demands
Within 2 months, till the
development of the prototype
Table 2: Stakeholders Expectations and Target
1.4. Time calculated for achieving the MOV
The time that is estimated for achieving the measurable organization value of the Globex,
from this project is estimated to be six months approximate. The time line for achieving each
task and the deliverable is indicated in the table below-
Task Name Duration Start Finish

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Project Schedule of MBFSA 118 days Mon 01-07-19 Wed 11-12-19
The phase of Requirement
Collection
11 days Mon 01-07-19 Mon 15-07-19
The phase of Planning and
Designing the MBFSA
29 days Tue 16-07-19 Fri 23-08-19
The Phase of Building the
Prototype and MBFSA
Application
68 days Mon 26-08-19 Wed 27-11-19
Phase of Application Launch 4 days Thu 28-11-19 Tue 03-12-19
The Phase of Project
Evaluation and Closure
6 days Wed 04-12-19 Wed 11-12-19
Table 3: Showing the time taken to achieve the MOV
1.5. Summary of the MOV
MOV elements Summary
Project Overview The project is being develop to provide support to
the farmers
Impact Area The area of customers and social will be highly
impacted by the project
Value The project will bring value of cheaper and DO
More
Stakeholders and their Target The maximum timeframe for the stakeholders to

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meet the target is 6 months
Time Required The project will be completed in Six months
Table 4: The MOV Summary

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Part Two
2.1. Scope
The deliverables that the project can deliver to the client can be defined as the scope of
any project (Harrison & Lock, 2017). Therefore, it becomes quite essential to identify the Scope
of the MBFSA project.
In-scope
 Time: The project is possible to be completed within 6 months Training: Training the users regarding the new application is needed and is considered as
a part of the project.
Out-Scope
 Maintenance is not considered within the time limit of 6 months It is not possible to provide training to all the farmers of the region
2.2. Resources
The Resources considered for this particular project and their rate of payment is indicated
in the table below-
Resource Name Std. Rate Cost/Use
Project Manager $25.00/hr $0.00
Business Analyst $20.00/hr $0.00
Globex $10.00/hr $0.00
Technical Writer $10.00/hr $0.00
Resource Allocator $25.00/hr $0.00

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Coder $40.00/hr $0.00
Technical Engineer $25.00/hr $0.00
Virtucon $10.00/hr $0.00
Testing Expert $25.00/hr $0.00
Manager of Quality Control $25.00/hr $0.00
Software Designer $40.00/hr $0.00
Hardware Cost $0.00 $20,000.00
Archive $0.00 $600.00
Software Cost $0.00 $18,000.00
Table 5: Showing the resources considered for MBFSA
The resource sheet generated from MS project is indicated in the following figure-
Figure 1: The Resource Sheet as generated from MS project
Since the project is undertaken by Virtucon, it is assumed that Virtucon will be equipped
with the needed technological requirements and therefore, no separate technology or facility is

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considered for execution of the project. Therefore, only the human resource and the material
needs are considered for execution of the project.
Part Three
3.1. Work Breakdown Structure
It is assumed that the project will be completed in six months and therefore, for better
management of the project, the entire project is divided into a number of manageable units (refer
to appendix 2), which is indicated in the table below-
WBS Task Name Duration
0 Project Schedule of MBFSA 118 days
1 The phase of Requirement Collection 11 days
1.1 Globex and Virtucon will be preparing the Business Case 2 days
1.2
The requirements will be gathered by Virtucon as
specified by Globex
1 day
1.3 The Scope of the Project will be Identified 1 day
1.4 Considering the Scope, the project plan will be prepared 2 days
1.5
The Risk management process linked with the project is
performed
2 days
1.6 The Test of the Application to be developed is conducted 1 day

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1.7
The Quality measure and the Quality Planning is
Identified
1 day
1.8 M1: Completion of preparing for the Project 0 days
2 The phase of Planning and Designing the MBFSA 29 days
2.1 Conceptual Design is developed by the Project Team 3 days
2.2 Sub phase of creation of Logical Design 25 days
2.2.1
Logical Design of the market information system is
developed
5 days
2.2.2
Logical design of the weather information system is
developed
5 days
2.2.3
Logical design of the farmer support application is
developed
5 days
2.2.4 Development of the whole sale management system 5 days
2.3 The Implementation Plan for the project is developed 1 day
2.4 The risk and the contingency plan is developed 1 day
2.5 M2: Completion of Planning and Designing Phase 0 days
3 The Phase of Building the Prototype and MBFSA 68 days