Mobile Based Farmer Support Application Project - Globex & Virtucon

This project report details the Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) undertaken by Virtucon for Globex Corporation. The project aims to address ineffective crop planning and provide farmers with a mobile application for better decision-making, maximizing profits and minimizing losses. The report covers team details, including roles, responsibilities, and communication plans. It outlines project execution through learning cycles, stakeholder analysis, and a communication plan. The individual reflection section discusses leadership qualities, project management tools, and the importance of effective communication and decision-making within an IT project. The report concludes with a bibliography of relevant sources.

Assignment-2
Coversheet
All members’ details
Student id
Name
Lecturer name

Part 1 (Group)
1.1 Project name: Mobile Based Farmer
Support Application (MBFSA)
1.2 Team details: To complete the undertaken
project MBFSA, a group of four members are selected to
form a project team. The personal attributes and
communication details of each of the team members are
provided in the following table.
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1.3 Project description: Globex Corporation is
in charge of undertaken MBFSA project. Globex is known
for their farming excellence and the help they have been
providing to the farmers over the years. The MBFSA project
that is proposed will make use of a range of positioning
technologies to provide commercial solutions to the
farmers. The proposed project aims in providing solution to
the problem of ineffective crop planning that multiplies the
losses faced by the farmers. The proposed project aims in
developing an application that will help the farmers in
easier decision-making. The application will help the
farmers to tackle the problem of over growing a crop. The
application will enable the farmers to gain knowledge and
information related to the crops a farmer should grow in
order to receive a maximum profit and will also help the
farmers to tackle the problem of overgrowing a particular
crop. The entire project of developing the system,

launching the system and providing training to the users is
undertaken by Virtucon, who is a loyal client of Globex.
1.4 Team charter: As discussed earlier, a
project team of four members are formed. Each of the
members have expertise in certain areas and therefore,
the team can assist the project team of Virtucon in
execution of the project.
Skills &
knowledge
inventory
Member 1 Coding and
Testing
Member 2 Management
skills
Member3 Designing and
Database
Member4 Time
Management and
decision-making
Roles and
Responsibilities
Member 1 Programmer
Member 2 Project Manager
Member3 Database
Administrator
Member4 Project Supervisor
Team
communications
Week-5 Campus and 4 pm
Week-6 Campus at 11 am
Week-7 Campus at 2 pm
Communication and sharing
method
Mainly through email and telephonic
conversation
Team rules &
expectations
Member1 This member is
expected to help
Virtucon in coding
Member 2 Will help the
team in managing
the project and

will maintain
honesty in his
work
Member 3 The member has
previous
experience of
database
management,
which will
contribute to the
project
Member 4 Will help the
team with issues
of time
management and
project schedule
Signatures Member1 <list here>
Member2 <list here>
Member3 <list here>
Member4 <list here>

Part 2 (Group): Learning Cycles
Week-5 Organiser Scribe
Project Execution
Plan Meeting
Member 1 The meeting
specified the plan
that the team will
follow in
executing the
MBFSA project.
The plan is
subjected to the
approval of the
project owner.
Globex will
approve the plan
and after that the
project team can
start working on
the project.
This meeting is
documented by
member 3
Week-6 Organiser Scribe
Project Progress
Meeting
Member 2 After approval of
the project plan,
the project team
may start working
on the project.
This meeting
mainly concerns
the progress of
the project team
till date and will
also highlight
certain issues that
the team might
face or has faced

with the project.
This meeting is
documented by
member 3
Week-7 Organiser Scribe
Change Request
Meeting
Member 4 This is an
important
meeting that will
provide an idea of
any changes
required in the
project. This
meeting will
further discuss
the reason of
implementing the
change.
This meeting is
documented by
Member 1

Part 3 (Group)
3.1. Communication Plan
Stakeh
older
name
Informati
on to be
shared
Freque
ncy of
informa
tion
exchan
ge
Locatio
n of
informa
tion
exchan
ge
Purpose
of
communic
ation
Mecha
nism
Who what when Where Why How
Virtuco
n
Project
Planning
details
Weekly Virtuco
n Office
To
ensure
that the
project
details
are
communic
ated to
the
stakehold
ers and
the team
Pdf
and
ppt
Farmer
s
Attribut
es to be
included
Once
in a
month
Globex
Office
To
ensure
that the
applicatio
n that is
being
develope
d
matches
their
purpose
Hard
copy
Globex The
software
specifica
tions
Weekly Virtuco
n Office
To
validate
the
applicatio
n that is
PPT
and pdf

being
develope
d
Project
Manage
r
Progres
s of the
Project
Daily Project
site
To share
the
progress
with the
stakehold
ers
Doc

Part 4 (Individual)
4.1 Reflection
Leaders are an integral part of team and plays a vital role
in team management. A project leader might be the
manager of a project or a separate entity, however, the
main motive of a leader is to ascertain that each and every
team members are giving their best to execute the project
in an efficient manner. Therefore, it can be said that a
project leader’s role is to lead the team and motivate the
tem to perform their best. This is one important quality that
should be present in a leader. Furthermore, a leader should
possess effective decision making skill, which is an
important part of project management. I have understood
the efficient need of possessing knowledge of project
management tools to make use of the same for planning
and execution of a project.
A leader should not be autocratic to impose his/her
decision on the team. A leader should be wise enough to
settle the internal disputes within the team so that the
project can be implemented in best possible way. A leader
is responsible for building a skilled team and for that a
leader needs to learn about the major capabilities of each
of the members.
An IT project manager needs to be very good in decision-
making who can take prompt actions even in difficult
situations. An IT manager needs to have a clear idea of the
specification of a system to be developed in order to
prepare an effective project plan. The manager of an IT
project should be skilled in team management in order to
make a group of people work and perform as a team. In
this MBFSA project that has been undertaken, the project
manager required to possess good communication skill to
indulge in effective communication with the members of a
team regarding concerns that might be faced in the
project.

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