Mobile Coffee Shop Project Proposal: Business Plan for College Area

This project proposal outlines the establishment of a mobile coffee shop near a college campus, targeting students as the primary customer base. It details the project's objectives, including providing convenient food services, offering mobility, and generating income. The proposal addresses the problem of non-portable shops by suggesting a mobile cart solution, enhancing customer reach and business efficiency. It includes a hierarchical decomposition plan, project justification, and defines the project's scope, deliverables, and methodology, which utilizes the waterfall model. The report further presents major tasks, a timeline, resource requirements, and a detailed project budget with a cost-benefit analysis, including NPV and ROI calculations. It also covers intellectual property, confidentiality, and a bibliography of relevant sources, offering a comprehensive overview of the proposed mobile coffee shop venture.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary 2
Background 2
Project Objectives 2
Problem Statement or Research Question 2
Project Plan or Hierarchical decomposition plan 3
Project Justification 3
Scope – Included 3
Scope Excluded 3
Methodology 4
Deliverables 4
Major Tasks and Milestones/Time-Line 4
Resource Requirements 5
Project Budget and CBA 6
Intellectual Property Statement 7
Confidentiality Agreement 7
Bibliography 8

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The paper provides the information about a minor project that involves the
setting up of a mobile coffee shop near college. The report is being used
as a proposal for the project and information about the various aspects of
the project are provided in the report.
BACKGROUND
The project that is being is a mobile coffee shop. The shop is to be
implemented near a college so that the main customers for the project are
the students of the college. The shop shall also provide cakes and
sandwiches near the parking area of the college. The main aspect is to
mobilize the shop and hence the shop is to be implemented on top of a
vehicle or a cart. This mobile cart would be carrying the required items
and the food items for the customers. This would be beneficial for both the
customers it is targeted towards and also the project stakeholders.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of the projects are:
 To provide the students of the college with the food services.
 To serve the customers remotely and also the ability to mobilize the
vehicle on which the seller would able to display the goods across
various location.
 To obtain a source of income.
 To increase the customer base for the business that is being
through of.
PROBLEM STATEMENT OR RESEARCH QUESTION
The main problems that drives for the development of the project are the
non-portable shops where the customers have to visit the shop for
purchasing the products that are desired by them. The main solution to
this problem is the development of a mobile cart and implementation of a
shop on the top of the cart. The main advantage of this development is
that the seller can reach out to the customers and the customers are not
required to visit the shop in order to buy their products. This would
increase the popularity of the shop and the business and also this would
be helpful for the seller to reach out their customers and increase the
customer base for the business.
Research Questions
 How to increase the efficiency of a coffee shop?
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 Suitable vehicle for the mobilization of a shop.
 Conducting market research for finding out the main target
customers.
 How to increase the business efficiency?
PROJECT PLAN OR HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITION
PLAN
The main problem is regarding the mobilization of the shop and the option
of providing the customers with the solutions so that the seller is able to
reach out to the customers very easily.
 The main objective is identifying the object on which the shop would
be implemented so that the mobility of the shop is efficient and this
should result in the increase in the efficiency of the overall business
procedures.
 After the identification of the materials the procurement of the
objects are to be done.
 After the procurement of the items the set of the shop is a relatively
easier task.
PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
The project is very efficient for the small scale business and small coffee
shops. This would provide the owner of the business to reach out to their
customers very easily and also this is very
SCOPE – INCLUDED
 Development of a business.
 Implementation of a coffee shop.
 Implementation of mobility of the shop.
 Implementation of the shop near a college.
 Implementation of the small business.
SCOPE EXCLUDED
 The business is not suitable for the large scale organizations.
 The project is also only limited in the popular areas.
 The shop would not be able to provided sitting arrangements for the
customers.
 This type of business cannot be expanded easily.
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METHODOLOGY
The waterfall model is being used for the development of this project. The
quantitative research is carried out for the project. This would be very
efficient for the determination of the
DELIVERABLES
The main deliverables for the development of the project are
provided below:
Deliverable Description
Selection of vehicle The choice of vehicle is to be made.
The vehicle needs to be very efficient for the shop.
Selection of choice of
products to be sold.
The choice of product is to be done so that the
business is efficient.
Setup of the Cart The cart should be set up.
Implementation of the
shop
The shop is to be implemented on the top of the cart.
MAJOR TASKS AND MILESTONES/TIME-LINE
WBS Task Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
1 Auto
Scheduled MobileCoffeeShop 54 days Mon
10/12/09
Thu
12/24/09
1.1 Auto
Scheduled Project Initiation 4 days Mon
10/12/09
Thu
10/15/09
M1 Auto
Scheduled
Development of a
project plan 3 days Mon
10/12/09
Wed
10/14/09
1.1.2 Auto
Scheduled
meeting with the
sponsors 1 day Thu
10/15/09
Thu
10/15/09 3
1.2 Auto
Scheduled Project Proposal 3 days Fri
10/16/09
Tue
10/20/09
1.2.1 Auto
Scheduled Needs Statement 2 days Fri 10/16/09 Mon
10/19/09 4
1.2.2 Auto
Scheduled Aims and Objectives 1 day Tue
10/20/09
Tue
10/20/09 6
M2 Auto
Scheduled
Development of
Mobile Cart 15 days Wed
10/21/09
Tue
11/10/09
1.3.1 Auto
Scheduled
Identification of a
suitable vehicle 5 days Wed
10/21/09
Tue
10/27/09 7
1.3.2 Auto
Scheduled
Procurement of the
vehicle 5 days Wed
10/28/09
Tue
11/3/09 9
1.3.3 Auto
Scheduled vehicle set up 5 days Wed
11/4/09
Tue
11/10/09 10
M3 Auto Project 25 days Wed Tue
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Scheduled Implementation 11/11/09 12/15/09
1.4.1 Auto
Scheduled
procurement of
required items 9 days Wed
11/11/09
Mon
11/23/09 11
1.4.2 Auto
Scheduled
Implementation of
the coffee shop 16 days Tue
11/24/09
Tue
12/15/09 13
1.5 Auto
Scheduled Project Closure 7 days Wed
12/16/09
Thu
12/24/09
M4 Auto
Scheduled Documentation 7 days Wed
12/16/09
Thu
12/24/09 14
RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS
The required resources and information about their allocation is
provided below.
Task Name Duration Start Finish Finish
MobileCoffeeShop 54 days Mon 10/12/09 Thu 12/24/09 Thu 12/24/09
Project Initiation 4 days Mon 10/12/09 Thu 10/15/09 Thu 10/15/09
Development of a project
plan 3 days Mon 10/12/09 Wed
10/14/09
Wed
10/14/09
meeting with the sponsors 1 day Thu 10/15/09 Thu 10/15/09 Thu 10/15/09
Project Proposal 3 days Fri 10/16/09 Tue 10/20/09 Tue 10/20/09
Needs Statement 2 days Fri 10/16/09 Mon
10/19/09
Mon
10/19/09
Aims and Objectives 1 day Tue 10/20/09 Tue 10/20/09 Tue 10/20/09
Development of Mobile Cart 15 days Wed 10/21/09 Tue 11/10/09 Tue 11/10/09
Identification of a suitable
vehicle 5 days Wed 10/21/09 Tue 10/27/09 Tue 10/27/09
Procurement of the vehicle 5 days Wed 10/28/09 Tue 11/3/09 Tue 11/3/09
vehicle set up 5 days Wed 11/4/09 Tue 11/10/09 Tue 11/10/09
Project Implementation 25 days Wed 11/11/09 Tue 12/15/09 Tue 12/15/09
procurement of required
items 9 days Wed 11/11/09 Mon
11/23/09
Mon
11/23/09
Implementation of the
coffee shop 16 days Tue 11/24/09 Tue 12/15/09 Tue 12/15/09
Project Closure 7 days Wed 12/16/09 Thu 12/24/09 Thu 12/24/09
Documentation 7 days Wed 12/16/09 Thu 12/24/09 Thu 12/24/09
PROJECT BUDGET AND CBA
The total budget required for the completion of the project is
provided below.
Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost
Development of a project paln 3 days Project Manager $0.00
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MobileCoffeeShop 54 days $27,000.00
Project Initiation 4 days $0.00
meeting with the sponsors 1 day Project Manager $0.00
Project Proposal 3 days $0.00
Needs Statement 2 days Project Manager $0.00
Aims and Objectives 1 day Project Manager $0.00
Development of Mobile Cart 15 days $7,000.00
Identification of a suitable
vehicle 5 days Project Manager $0.00
Procurement of the vehicle 5 days Project Manager,
Raw Materials[1] $5,000.00
vehicle set up 5 days
Additional
Worker ,Project
Manager
$2,000.00
Project Implementation 25 days $20,000.00
procurement of required
items 9 days
Additional Worker,
Project Manager,
Raw Materials[1]
$8,600.00
Implementation of the coffee
shop 16 days
Additional Worker,
Project Manager,
Raw Materials[1]
$11,400.00
Project Closure 7 days $0.00
Documentation 7 days Project Manager $0.00
From the budget report provided above it can be known that the
total budget of the project is $27,000. The cost benefit analysis for the
project is provided below.
Year of Project
0 1 2 3 4 5 TOTALS
Economic
Benefit
$0.00 $
30,000.0
0
$
30,000.0
0
$
30,0
00.0
0
$ 30,000.00 $ 30,000.00
Discount Rate 1.000
0
0.9709 0.9426 0.91
51
0.8885 0.8626
PV of Benefits $0.00 $29,126.
21
$28,277.
88
$27,
454.
25
$26,654.61 $25,878.26
NPV of all
BENEFITS
$0.00 $
29,126.2
1
$
57,404.0
9
$
84,8
58.3
4
$
111,512.95
$ 137,391.22 $
137,391.22
One-Time
COSTS $(27,0
00.00)
Recurring
Costs
$0.00 $
-
$
-
$
-
$ - $ -
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Discount Rate 1.000
0
0.9709 0.9426 0.91
51
0.8885 0.8626
PV of
Recurring
Costs
$0.00 $
-
$
-
$
-
$ - $ -
NPV of all
COSTS $(27,0
00.00)
$
(27,000.
00)
$
(27,000.
00)
$
(27,0
00.0
0)
$
(27,000.00)
$ (27,000.00) $
(27,000.00)
Overall NPV $
110,391.22
Overall ROI
4.0886
Break-even
Analysis
Yearly NPV
Cash FLOW $(27,0
00.00)
$
29,126.2
1
$
28,277.8
8
$
27,4
54.2
5
$ 26,654.61 $ 25,878.26
Overall NPV
Cash FLOW $(27,0
00.00)
$
2,126.21
$
30,404.0
9
$
57,8
58.3
4
$ 84,512.95 $ 110,391.22
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STATEMENT
The project is being developed with the intention of acquiring some
self-benefits for the person implementing the project. Additional help from
the workers would be taken although they would be paid off in due time.
For the initial finance of the project a bank loan is to be taken and this
loan also would be resolved in due time. Hence, the sole ownership of the
business would have credited to the developer of the project.
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
The documentation and the documents containing the ownership
details of the property are to be handed over to the owner of the business
and the important details should be known only to the owner.
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