Project Management Plan: Mobile App for African Style Haircut Shop

This project focuses on developing a project management plan for a mobile application designed for an African Style Haircut shop. The project includes a detailed project scope statement outlining the objectives, importance, and scope of the mobile app development. The work breakdown structure (WBS) is created to identify key activities and responsibilities. A network diagram is developed to estimate project timelines, determine task dependencies, and identify the critical path. The project also includes risk identification and the development of a contingency plan. The project aims to attract customers and enhance customer service through the mobile application. The project will provide the top management with a detailed project plan for the app development.

Mobile application development in African
Style Haircut Shop

Brief Description
• The paper mainly reflects on the development of a mobile
application for “African Style Haircut shop” which is
mainly located in 126B Henley Beach Road, Torrrensville,
in Australia.
• It is found that shop helps in providing high quality of
hair cutting services to the people.
• The services that are provided by well trained workers in
proper ambience helps in providing proper hair cutting and
facial experience to the people of Australia.

Project objectives
The objectives are:
• To develop a mobile application for the African Style
Haircut shop
• To attract a large number of customers for flourishing the
business and for gaining profitability
• To provide speedy and quick customer service

Importance of the project
• It is found that “African style Haircut Shop” wants to
flourish its business in the Australian market
• This is needed for attracting a large number of customers
and therefore the shop aims to build a mobile app for the
business.
• A mobile app generally helps in allowing the business to
properly communicate with the customers and thus further
helps in increasing the loyalty of the customers.
• Furthermore, the app also helps in providing chat support
system for resolving the queries of the customers

Project scope statement
The scope of the project mainly includes:
• Development of charter, project plan as well as financial plan
• Designing the interface for the mobile app
• Coding and code validation
• Database development
• Adding features like online booking, shop status, chat supports well as services provided
• Reviewing the project
• Documentation and stakeholder sign off

Work breakdown structure

Critical path
4 4
0 0 4
0
1.1
3 7
4 0 7
4
1.2
6 13
7 0 13
7
1.3
7 20
13 0 20
13
1.4
5 25
20 0 25
20
2.1
3 28
25 0 28
25
2.2
2 30
28 0 30
28
2.3
2 32
30 0 32
30
2.4
6 38
32 0 38
32
3.1
1 39
38 0 39
38
3.2
8 47
39 0 47
39
3.3
4 51
47 0 51
47
3.4
7 58
51 0 58
51
3.5
1 59
58 0 59
58
3.6.1
2 61
59 0 61
59
3.6.2
1 62
61 0 62
61
3.6.3
2 64
62 0 64
62
3.6.4
1 65
64 0 65
64
3.6.5
1 66
65 0 66
65
3.6.6
3 69
66 0 69
66
3.7
3 72
69 0 72
69
4.1
1 73
72 0 73
72
4.2
3 76
73 0 76
73
4.3
1 77
76 0 77
76
4.4
4 4
0 0 4
0
1.1
3 7
4 0 7
4
1.2
6 13
7 0 13
7
1.3
7 20
13 0 20
13
1.4
5 25
20 0 25
20
2.1
3 28
25 0 28
25
2.2
2 30
28 0 30
28
2.3
2 32
30 0 32
30
2.4
6 38
32 0 38
32
3.1
1 39
38 0 39
38
3.2
8 47
39 0 47
39
3.3
4 51
47 0 51
47
3.4
7 58
51 0 58
51
3.5
1 59
58 0 59
58
3.6.1
2 61
59 0 61
59
3.6.2
1 62
61 0 62
61
3.6.3
2 64
62 0 64
62
3.6.4
1 65
64 0 65
64
3.6.5
1 66
65 0 66
65
3.6.6
3 69
66 0 69
66
3.7
3 72
69 0 72
69
4.1
1 73
72 0 73
72
4.2
3 76
73 0 76
73
4.3
1 77
76 0 77
76
4.4

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