MBFSA Project Report: Development of Mobile Farmer Support Application

This project report details the development of a Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) aimed at assisting farmers in the Riverina region, undertaken by Virtucon in collaboration with Globex. The report encompasses various aspects of the project, including the project name, team details, project overview, and a comprehensive project description outlining the application's functionality and objectives. It highlights the team charter, defining roles, responsibilities, skills, and communication protocols. The report further elaborates on the learning cycles, documenting the progress and discussions held during team meetings. The project also identifies key stakeholders, their roles, and communication frequencies. Furthermore, the report includes a reflection on the project's impact and the skills acquired, focusing on project management, leadership, and ethical considerations. This comprehensive report provides insights into the project's development, challenges, and the overall process of creating a mobile application to enhance farmer productivity and decision-making.

Running head: MBFSA
Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) : Assessment item 2
[Name of Student]
[ID of Student]

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Part One: Project Name / Team / Description................................................................................2
1.1 Project name:.........................................................................................................................2
1.2 Team details:..........................................................................................................................2
1.3 Project overview....................................................................................................................2
1.4. Project description................................................................................................................3
1.5 Team charter:.........................................................................................................................3
Part Two: Learning Cycles..............................................................................................................6
Part 3 (Group)..................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Identify stake holders in the case study and fill in the table..................................................9
Part 4: Reflection...........................................................................................................................11
4.1 Reflection.............................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
With an experience of more than thirty years, the primary aim of Globex is to assist the
farmers of the Riverina region for increasing the crop productivity and reducing the cost and
time required for the same. The agricultural business of Globex aims at serving the farmers with
various technological innovations and products. Currently Globex has equipped various new
technologies and provides training to the experts at Wagga Wagga, Albury and Griffith. The
Precision Faming is one of the major products of Globex that aims at enhancing the farming
efficiency and productivity. This particular report aims at determining the project teams and
members associated with the development of a mobile based application system that would help
the famers of the Riverina region to increase their productivity with low cost.
Part One: Project Name / Team / Description
1.1 Project name:
Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) Project
1.2 Team details:
Virtucon Team for MBFSA
The project team associated for the development of the MBFSA consists of 5 major team
members elaborated in the section below:
First Name Last Name Mobile Email Role
Aidan Cremor [phone] [e-mail] Project Manager
Tristan Doyne [phone] [e-mail] Coder and Tester
Hayden Gardner [phone] [e-mail] Trainer
Dylan Reynolds [phone] [e-mail] Market Analyst
Bailey Fryett [phone] [e-mail] Data Analyst
1.3 Project overview
With the development of the two major products in market namely Precision Framing
and the Farm Equipments, Globex Corporation have extensively invested towards the
development and support of the farmers in the Riverina Region. Their new plan is to provide
support and extensive training to the farmers for preparing for the future with the help of wide
range of technologies. Further to increase the support for the Riverina farmer, Globex has
initiated a project MBFSA for the development of mobile application. For this purpose, Globex
have collaborated with Virtucon for the development of the mobile application. In order to start

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with the project the teams and representative of Virtucon has contacted the Riverina farmers for
conducting a preliminary study to identify the requirement and demands of crops based on
different geographical areas in the region.
1.4. Project description
This particular project aims at developing a mobile application that will be easy to use for
the framers and would help them in improving the productivity and performance of the crops. In
addition to that, the application will also assist in making future decision based on the demand
prediction in various regions. The mobile application, the framers would be able to track and
gain insight regarding the different information including the quantity and quality of products to
grow. Further, the application will also help in to get contact with the different wholesaler to sell
their crops. Through the application the farers and the wholesaler would able to log in, register
and enter their information to find the appropriate buyer and seller of grains. The wholesalers
will be further categorised in terms of geographic regions that would help the farmers to
understand the demand of crops in a particular region.
1.5 Team charter:
The proper development of a team charter helps the project team associated with the
MBFSA project to establish their boundaries and define the direction. The below team charter
defined the specific responsibilities, skill sets and communication mode that needs to be
followed for the successful implementation and launch of MBFSA.
Skills &
knowledge
inventory
Aidan Cremor The project manager is equipped with the skill set of
management, controlling and planning the entire
project.
Tristan Doyne The coder and tester has the skill set of various
technical and analytical skill set required for
developing a mobile application and testing the
system in case of any errors or bugs.
Hayden Gardner The trainer associated with the project has the skill
set of people management, training and
understanding the user interface.
Dylan Reynolds The market analyst has specific skill set for
maintain accuracy of data and presenting the
analysis to the farmers in easy and user-friendly
way.
Bailey Fryett The data analysts associated with the MBFSA
project carries the skill set of minute analytical,
technical and numeracy skills.
Roles and
Responsibilities
Aidan Cremor The project manager has the entire responsibility of
developing the plan of the mobile application
required for MBFSA. In addition to that, he has the
responsibility of completing the project within a
time frame of 6 months. Further, he must ensure

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that a prototype model of the mobile application is
being developed within 2 months of project
initiation.
Tristan Doyne The coder and tester of the MBFSA has the
responsibility of properly developing the mobile
application that would enable the farmers to
properly register, update, input the information. In
addition to that this will also enable the users to
successfully access the crops, season, quantity and
demand for enhancing the farming.
Hayden Gardner The trainer for the Virtucon has the responsibility of
training the farmers and the new users of the mobile
application to use and add data in the system.
Dylan Reynolds The market analysis involved with MBFSA have
the responsibility of evaluating and analysing the
market demand for the crops. Further, the market
analysis helps in providing the future trends in
demands of particular crops based on various
location.
Bailey Fryett The data analyst of MBFSA has the responsibly of
collecting the raw geographic environmental data
for the project. In addition to that, he has the
responsibility of evaluating and predicting the
weather condition that would help the farmers for
better crop productivity.
Team
communications
Meeting Weekly, at Virtucon Office
Conference Call Whenever required
Email Whenever required
Team rules &
expectations
(previous
experience as
team member ,
team values, code
of ethics, rules &
expectations)
The information regarding any changes/modification in the MBFSA
needs to be shared with each team members and stakeholders associated.
All the information needs to be documented in the form of either
hardcopy or softcopy and should be shared with all the team members.
All the information needs to be documented and proper reporting time
needs to be maintained for the completion of the project.
All the team members associated with the project are expected to share
their past experience with the team as to ensure the success and proper
completion of the project within the allocated time frame.
Honesty and integrity between the team members are the essential part
of the projects success. All the team members needs to maintain integrity
among themselves and while sharing information with the the team
members.
Loyalty, honesty, reliability, trust, confidence and dependence are the
several team values that are expected from all the team members
associated with the MBFSA project. This would help in maintaining the

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proper coloration within the project.
In addition to that, certain code of ethics needs to be followed like
maintaining confidentially and integrity of the data that are being
collected for the project.
Signatures AIDAN CREMOR Aidan Cremor
TRISTAN DOYNE Tristan Doyne
HAYDEN GARDNER Hayden Gardner
DYLAN REYNOLDS Dylan Reynolds
BAILEY FRYETT Bailey Fryett

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Part Two: Learning Cycles
Week-1 Organiser Scribe
In the week 1, the main aim of the team meeting is to
evaluate the information obtained from the farmers and
wholesalers. In this week, the meeting will aim at
understanding the need and requirement of the framers to
enhance the productivity. This meeting also helps in
identifying the expected functionality and operations of the
mobile application.
Tristan
Doyne
Hayden
Gardner
Figure 1: Learning Cycle of first meeting

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Week-2 Organiser Scribe
During the second week meeting the main objective of the
meeting is to brainstorm the ideas and functionality of the
application. In this meeting, the team will discusses the
issues that have been faced in incorporating the technical
data, geographic data and implementing the functionalities
as identified in the project charter.
Dylan
Reynolds
Bailey Fryett
Figure 2: Learning Cycle of second meeting
Week-3 Organiser Scribe

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During the third week meeting, the team will discuss about
the usability and application of the mobile application
developed. Further, the trainer will share his view on the
application of further enhance it, based on the difficulties or
issues faced by the farmers during the training.
Hayden
Gardner
Bailey Fryett
Figure 3: Learning Cycle of third meeting

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Part 3 (Group)
3.1 Identify stake holders in the case study and fill in the table
Stakeholder
name
Information
to be shared
Frequency
of
information
exchange
Location of
information
exchange
Purpose of
communication
Mechanism
Who what when Where Why How
Virtucon
Project
Manager
Information
regarding the
project
development,
farmers need,
and
wholesalers
demand
Whenever
required
Vircuton
office
To make any
changes in the
project, to get
any approval,
to include any
information
within the
application
development
Email, pdfs,
hardcopy of
data
Globex
Representative
Information
regarding the
need of the
farmers and
their
expectation t
enhance the
productivity
of farmers
Whenever
required
Vircuton
office
To include any
new
information
regarding the
farmers
expectation and
requirements
Phone call,
documents,
email
Local
Government
Representative
Geographica
l data
regarding the
rainfall and
sun exposure
in various
parts of the
Riverina
region
Twice a
month
Government
Site
To retrieve the
geographic
information for
developing the
mobile
application
Documents
and meetings
Framers Information
regarding the
crops grown
and the
surplus crops
that
hampered the
farmers
Once a week Riverina
Areas
To share the
data and issues
faced by the
farmers in the
Riverina
region.
Meetings
Wholesalers Information Once a week Riverina To gain the Meetings

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regarding
what crops
and the
quantity
required in
seasons based
on their
region.
Areas information
regarding the
demand of
various crops
along with the
quantity and
quality is
depending on
various regions.
Project Team Information
regarding the
development
of the mobile
application
Whenever
required
Vircuton
office
Discuss and
resolve the
issues
identified
during project
development.
Sharing new
ideas during the
development of
the mobile
application
Meetings,
email,
documents
pdf

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Part 4: Reflection
4.1 Reflection
The project for developing the mobile application of the Riverina framers has assisted me in
understanding the need of the customers ad how t incorporate them within the project. I believe
the major factors that is essential for successful completion of the project is the ability of the
project manager to effectively lead the project in correct direction. Through this project, I was
able to identify the different skill set essential for the development of the project. In addition to
that, I have successfully identified and assigned different roles and responsibilities of the team
members. Further, the communication plan developed by me has assisted the project team to
maintain a proper channel of sharing information and ensured that all the important information
are communicated with the right stakeholder at the right time. Further, the project required to be
completed within the time frame of 6 months. I have applied my knowledge project management
and leadership for successfully plan the development and managing the entire project team. In
addition to that, the development of the mobile application required the acute knowledge of the
various technologies that needs to be incorporated within the application of data integration and
collaborating geographic data. Furthermore, I have followed professionalism and code of ethics
while dealing with various sensible information that has enable me in maintaining integrity
throughout he project. I have further made several meetings with the team members to
understand their issues and resolving their problems for successful and timely completion of the
project. I have further divided the roles of the team members on the basis of scribe and organizer
that have helped the entire project in maintaining and documenting the information that are being
shared during the meeting.
Conclusion
The above report helps in identifying the need and overall idea about the MBFSA project.
The report further identified the different team members who are associated with the project and
their responsibilities in developing the proposed MBFSA project. In addition to that, the
development of the communication plan between the major stakeholders within the MBFSA
project has shed significant light to the flow of information that needs to be carried out for the
successful completion of the mobile application.

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