Mobile Based Farmer Support Application Project: ICT Management

This project report details the Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) developed for Globex. The project aims to improve farming capabilities, reduce costs, and provide market information to farmers. The report includes an overview of the project, objectives, team details, team charter, project scope statement, project schedule, stakeholder identification, and individual reflections. The MBFSA system is designed to be user-friendly and accessible, incorporating various technologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of farming operations. The report also highlights the importance of knowledge management areas such as risk, scope, and communication strategies for project success.

Running head: MOBILE BASED FARMER SUPPORT APPLICATION
ICT project management: Mobile Based Farmer Support Application
(MBFSA)
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Assignment 2
Overview of the project
The mobile based farmer support application is referred to as a system that helps any
business organization to increase their business efficiency, competitive advantages and
commercial benefits. This mobile based application system is designed to make the farming
system user friendly, less time consuming and cost effective as well. Currently the company has
two major products for implementation such as farm equipment and precision farming. In the
field of agricultural business the farm has over 30 years of experiences and this one of the largest
in the Riverina regional area. With the help of the system the farmers would be able to take
effective decisions to serve the farming operations.
The precision farming has integrated wide range of technologies in terms of application
software, wireless communication, GPS, lased optical etc. The integrated solution developed by
the company will allow the consumers to insert, manage and analyze all details complex
information in details. The integrated solution will reduce the complexity and increase the
business efficiency. The final reporting system include Crops required per geographical area,
registered farmer per geographical areas and requirements produced for all the registered
wholesalers and markets. The project is divided into four subparts and the four team members
are assigned to each of the project sub parts. Four project team members are required to
accomplish the team charter, scribe and communication plan successfully within assigned
timeline and budget.

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Project objectives
The objectives for the project are as follows:
 To improve the farming capabilities among the farmers so that they can get the
answers of different agriculture related questions
 To save the overall input costs, crop performance and productivities as well and
accomplish the project within 6 months and the first prototype within 2 months
(after a Pilot study)
 To produce requirements for all registered wholesaler and markets in each
geographical areas
1.1 Project name: Mobile based Farmer support application
1.2 Team details
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1.3 Project description
THE Globex system developers has requested to design and develop a mobile based
application system for managing the complete MBFSA program for the farmers and field of
agriculture. The system is assumed to be operated by all the project associates and entities in
terms of farmers, government, wholesaler, Globex own representatives. For any particular crop

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the MBFCA would interact to the local government considering market demand and condition of
the weather. The system allows the wholesalers and markets to insert needful information that
are to be collected and used for the farmer’s improvement.
1.4 Team charter
Skills and knowledge
inventory
Member 1  Good communication
skills
 Operation management
skills
 Political sensitivity
 motivation skills
Member 2  Has huge tolerance for
ambiguity
 Credibility
 Flexible managerial style
Member 3  Leadership quality
 Team building
 Team management
Member 4  Can find creative
solutions for different
issues
Roles and responsibility Member 1  To control and monitor
the project throughout the

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development phase
Member 2  To design and develop
the prototype of the
mobile app
Member 3  To specify all the
technical requirements at
the project initiation
phase
Member 4  To conduct a feasibility
study during the project
planning period
Team communication Week 5 2 PM (1 hour) and conference
hall
Week 6 3 PM (2 hours) and
conference hall
Week 7 2 PM (3 hours) and
conference hall
Team rules and expectations Member 1 Certain rules and regulation
are there which the project
team members need to follow
over the changing time period.
The members must have
integrity, professionalism and

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honesty as the code of ethics,
The team members must
develop follow team
engagement strategies to
ensure that the project is
completed within assigned
time and budget.
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Part 2(Group)
Week 5 Organizer Scribe
Project scope statement Member 1 The member 1 is responsible to
prepare a project scope statement
ad share that to the rest of the
project associates.
Week 6 Organizer Scribe
Project schedule and budget Member 3 The responsibility of the 3rd
members is to design and
develop a project schedule and

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budget to ensure that all the
project is meeting the objectives
and aims of the Mobile app and
expectation of the consumers
Week 7 Organizer Scribe
Project status report Member 2 and 4 The project status report
identified the current status of the
project and the way how it is
progressing
Part 3(Group)
3.1 Identification of stakeholders in the case study
Stakeholder
name
Information
to be shared
Frequency of
information
exchange
Location of
information
exchange
Purpose of
communicatio
n
Mechanism,
hardcopy,
PDF, PPT,
DOC)
Member 1
and member
4
Project scope
statement
Weekly Conference
room
To make sure
that all the
project team
members are
familiar with
PDF, PPT

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the project
scope, aim and
requirements
Member 2
and member
4
Project risk
management
plan
Monthly Conference
room
To discuss the
potential risks
with the
project
associate
Mechanism
and hardcopy
Member 3
and member
4
Project status
report
Monthly Conference
room
To share the
current status
of the project.
After
completion of
each phase this
meeting will
be conducted
PDF and PPT
Member 1
and member
2
Report
consisting
technical,
functional
and non
functional
requirements
Weekly Conference
room
To discuss
specific
technical and
non technical
requirements
Hardcopy,
PDF and PPT

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Part 4:
4.1 Individual reflection
In order to fulfill the farming requirements in the specific area Globex is recently putting
their focus on the network or channels. The willing farmers will be able to use the mobile based
application regardless of their location and time as well. The service representatives of the
company have completed their training on the new technologies. Leadership qualities,
techniques, skills and methods required for project management in IT are all essential for project
success. I have learned that in order to design and develop any project the main aspects that
needs to be come under the focus of the project managers are different knowledge management
areas. For this particular project, the knowledge management areas those are to be accomplished
individually include risk management plan, scope management plan, communication strategies,
quality management plan, time and cost management plan and resource management plan.
Before initiating this project the project manager requires to focus on the functional and
non functional requirements also to avoid issues of cost over allocation and overrunning time. I
have also realized that after developing the project scope statement that is to be shared with
others through open communication. Open communication approach offers an independent
platform to the project team members so that they can share all their ideas and innovation
regarding the mobile based application much precisely with the project team members. Apart
from that, Risk management is another knowledge management area which needs to come under
focus. Before initiating the project if risk register is prepared then it would help to identify the

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potential risks, its impact and possibilities. I think that the MBFSA system should be prepared in
such a way so that it can insert needful data, update those are even eliminate data while required.

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