Mobile Based Farmer Support Application Project for Globex Corporation

This project report details the development of a Mobile Based Farmer Support Application (MBFSA) for Globex Corporation. The project begins with a Measurable Organizational Value (MOV) assessment, defining the project's impact and stakeholder expectations. The report then outlines the scope management plan, including requirements, deliverables, and a resource list. A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is provided, along with a Gantt chart illustrating the project timeline and milestones. The report also covers project assumptions, a risk identification framework, and a mitigation plan. Finally, a quality management plan is included, ensuring project quality through validation and verification activities. The MBFSA aims to improve farmer productivity and efficiency through a mobile application.

Running head: MOBILE BASED FARMER SUPPORT APPLICATION
Mobile Based Farmer Support Application
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Table of Contents
Part 1: Measurable Organisational Value (MOV)...........................................................................3
1.1 Project Overview...................................................................................................................3
1.2 Identifying the Impact Area...................................................................................................3
1.3 Identified Value of Project (On a scale of 1 to 10)................................................................4
1.4 Target and Stakeholder Expectation in the MBFSA Project.................................................4
1.5 Timeline of MOV..................................................................................................................5
1.6 Summarisation for the MOV.................................................................................................5
Part 2: Scope Management Plan......................................................................................................6
2.1 Scope Management Plan........................................................................................................6
2.1.1 Requirements of the Project............................................................................................6
2.1.2 Scope for Project.............................................................................................................6
2.2.3 Project Deliverables........................................................................................................6
2.2.4 Process based on Verification of Scope..........................................................................7
2.3 Resource List.........................................................................................................................8
Part 3: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the MBFSA System..........................................9
3.1 WBS for MBFSA..................................................................................................................9
3.2 Deliverables and Phase Milestones.....................................................................................11
3.3 Gantt chart...........................................................................................................................12

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Part 4: Project Assumption............................................................................................................13
4.1 Assumption for Project........................................................................................................13
4.2 Risk Identification Framework............................................................................................13
4.3 Analysis of Risks and Mitigation Plan................................................................................15
Part 5: Quality Management Plan..................................................................................................16
5.1 Philosophy of Team.............................................................................................................16
5.2 Ensuring Project Quality......................................................................................................16
5.2.1 Validation of Activity...................................................................................................16
5.2.2 Verification of Activity.................................................................................................16
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................17
Appendix........................................................................................................................................20
Annotated Bibliography.............................................................................................................20

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Part 1: Measurable Organisational Value (MOV)
1.1 Project Overview
The defined project based on defining a project based on a mobile based farmer support
application. The described project has been established for MBFSA project by Globex. The
primary objective of the Globex firm is helping famers in increasing the productivity of the firm
based on the reduction of overall time needed for the cost of the project. The Globex
organisation is mainly operating over the development of the mobile based application for the
farmers.
The primary aim of the application is to help the local government to understand the
different conditions of the weather. This kind of insights would be highly helpful for the farmers
to develop such kind of strategies that would also help in bringing a major impact towards the
production of crops. This kind of application would be highly helpful for the farmers to different
forms of strategic decisions in relation to producing crops by making a proper use of fertilisers
and thus yield more amount of profit in a very less amount of time.
1.2 Identifying the Impact Area
Operational – The MBFSA would be having a high functional and an efficient operation
plan.
Strategy – The MBFSA would be able to manage the crop production system in an
efficient manner and thus also monitor the activity of the farmers.
Customer – The farmers making use of the application would be highly benefited.
Social – The application would greatly benefiting towards putting an impact on the
farming society.

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Financial – The MBFSA system would help in aggregating the factor of profitability of
Globex, Virtucon.
1.3 Identified Value of Project (On a scale of 1 to 10)
Value
Impact
Area
Better Faster Cheaper Do More
Operational 4 8 2 8
Strategy 6 5 7 7
Customer 3 4 6 2
Social 5 8 4 1
Financial 10 4 1 9
1.4 Target and Stakeholder Expectation in the MBFSA Project
Stakeholders of the
Project
Expectations Target
(Need for
Improvement)
Virtucon Management of the project based on
developing the software for the MBFSA
project.
High
Globex Corporation To properly help the team in developing a
quality project.
High
Development Team To develop the MBFSA system based on
bringing a major impact over the farming
community
Medium
Farmers and
Volunteers
Maintaining an effective form of
coordination with each of the activities of
the MBFSA project.
High

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1.5 Timeline of MOV
1.6 Summarisation for the MOV
Sl. No. MOV Description
1 Overview of the Project Providing a brief kind of overview for the
deliverables to be provided for MBFSA
2 Identified Impact Areas Identification of the different Operational,
Strategy, Customer, Social, Financial impact over
the concerned project
3 Identified Value of Project Delivering a high form of value towards the
benefit of the project
4 Target and Expectation for
Stakeholders in the Project
Development a plan for the target group would be
helpful for increasing the efficiency of business
5 Timeline of MOV 387 days

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Part 2: Scope Management Plan
2.1 Scope Management Plan
2.1.1 Requirements of the Project
The different varying requirements for the project would include: higher performance,
effective mode of coordination, best functionality and efficiency of cost factors.
2.1.2 Scope for Project
Out of Scope – The project based on the development of the MBFSA system would be
helpful for the training for the employees of MBFSA. The application based on the development
of the MBFSA system would be installed in each of the mobile phones of the farmers. The
project would incur the details based on saving each of the necessary details within the database
of the application.
Project Scope – The project is based on developing a MBFSA system that will be
performed within the pre-determined budget and time allocated during the planning phase. The
project would also have an effective management system based on the management for
volunteers involved within the MBFSA. An effective form of project management approach
would be necessary for developing the MBFSA system.
2.2.3 Project Deliverables

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2.2.4 Process based on Verification of Scope
Based on the development of the MBFSA system, the employees and volunteers working
over the system would be able to strictly follow the activities defined by the WBS.

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2.3 Resource List

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Part 3: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the MBFSA System
3.1 WBS for MBFSA

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(Figure 1: The WBS for the Project)
(Source: Created by author)

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3.2 Deliverables and Phase Milestones

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3.3 Gantt chart
ID Outline
Number
Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 0 Development of MBFSA Project132 days Wed 01-05-19 Thu 31-10-19
1 1 Phase 1: Gathering of
Requirements
30 days Wed 01-05-19 Tue 11-06-19
2 1.1 Prepare Busniess Case 6 days Wed 01-05-19 Wed 08-05-19
3 1.2 Requirement Gathering 4 days Thu 09-05-19 Tue 14-05-19
4 1.3 Develop Scope Management Plan 7 days Wed 15-05-19 Thu 23-05-19
5 1.4 Develop Project Management Plan 3 days Fri 24-05-19 Tue 28-05-19
6 1.5 Perform Initial Risk Assessment 3 days Wed 29-05-19 Fri 31-05-19
7 1.6 Initial Application Test Planning 5 days Mon 03-06-19 Fri 07-06-19
8 1.7 Develop Quality Plan 2 days Mon 10-06-19 Tue 11-06-19
9 1.8 M1: Requirement Complete 0 days Tue 11-06-19 Tue 11-06-19
10 2 Designing and Planning 13 days Wed 12-06-19 Fri 28-06-19
11 2.1 Create Comceptual Design 1 day Wed 12-06-19 Wed 12-06-19
12 2.2 Creation of Login Design 10 days Thu 13-06-19 Wed 26-06-19
13 2.2.1 LG1 Weather Information System3 days Thu 13-06-19 Mon 17-06-19
14 2.2.2 LG1 Market Information System2 days Tue 18-06-19 Wed 19-06-19
15 2.2.3 F1 Farmaer management System4 days Thu 20-06-19 Tue 25-06-19
16 2.2.4 WM1 Wholesale Management System1 day Wed 26-06-19 Wed 26-06-19
17 2.3 Create Implementation Plan 1 day Thu 27-06-19 Thu 27-06-19
18 2.4 Create Contengency Plan 1 day Fri 28-06-19 Fri 28-06-19
19 2.5 M2: Planning Phase Complete 0 days Fri 28-06-19 Fri 28-06-19
20 3 Phase 2: Developing of Systems59 days Mon 01-07-19 Thu 19-09-19
21 3.1 Create Database 3 days Mon 01-07-19 Wed 03-07-19
22 3.2 Make Prototype 10 days Mon 01-07-19 Fri 12-07-19
23 3.3 Excute Project Management Plan 6 days Mon 15-07-19 Mon 22-07-19
24 3.4 Project Im plementation 16 days Tue 23-07-19 Tue 13-08-19
25 3.4.1 LG2 Weather Information System6 days Tue 23-07-19 Tue 30-07-19
26 3.4.2 LG2 Market Information System5 days Tue 23-07-19 Mon 29-07-19
27 3.4.3 F2 Farmer management System4 days Wed 31-07-19 Mon 05-08-19
28 3.4.4 WM2 Wholesale Management System11 days Tue 30-07-19 Tue 13-08-19
29 3.5 Data Entry 9 days Wed 14-08-19 Mon 26-08-19
30 3.6 Develop Media Content 14 days Tue 23-07-19 Fri 09-08-19
31 3.7 Code Review 7 days Tue 27-08-19 Wed 04-09-19
32 3.8 Prepare Unit Test 8 days Thu 05-09-19 Mon 16-09-19
33 3.9 Developed Application Verification3 days Tue 17-09-19 Thu 19-09-19
34 3.10 Create Training Materials 5 days Tue 27-08-19 Mon 02-09-19
35 3.11 M3: Development Phase Complete 0 days Thu 19-09-19 Thu 19-09-19
36 4 Project Deployment 11 days Fri 20-09-19 Fri 04-10-19
37 4.1 Finalise Implementation Plan 5 days Fri 20-09-19 Thu 26-09-19
38 4.2 Finalise Contingency Plan 3 days Fri 27-09-19 Tue 01-10-19
39 4.3 Prepare for Deployment 2 days Wed 02-10-19 Thu 03-10-19
40 4.4 Deploy Application 1 day Fri 04-10-19 Fri 04-10-19
41 4.5 M4: Deploy Phase Complete 0 days Fri 04-10-19 Fri 04-10-19
42 5 Project Handover 19 days Mon 07-10-19 Thu 31-10-19
43 5.1 Conduct-Post Project Review Meeting1 day Mon 07-10-19 Mon 07-10-19
44 5.2 Prepare Project Handover Documents3 days Tue 08-10-19 Thu 10-10-19
45 5.3 Conduct Performance Recognition10 days Fri 11-10-19 Thu 24-10-19
46 5.4 Prepare Feedback For Team 2 days Fri 25-10-19 Mon 28-10-19
47 5.5 Provide Feedback For Team 3 days Tue 29-10-19 Thu 31-10-19
48 5.6 Release Team 0 days Thu 31-10-19 Thu 31-10-19
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(Figure 2: The Gantt chart for the Project)
(Source: Created by author)

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Part 4: Project Assumption
4.1 Assumption for Project
Based on the managing the development activities for the MBFSA system, certain
assumption that would be followed are:
1. Each of the communication between the farmers and development team would be
managed by the Globex team.
2. The MBFSA system would be developed for the benefit of the farmers.
3. Arrangement of the software development team to be able for developing of the
MBFSA.
4.2 Risk Identification Framework
The discussed risks that might be involved during the development of the MBFSA
system includes:
Number Risks Cell References
R5 Technical Issues: The technical issues that might be faced
by the Globex systems is that some software issues might
arise during the development of MBFSA systems.
B5
R1 Financial Issues: The estimated budget created for the
MBFSA might get exceeded.
C2
R4 Quality Issue: The systems might detect some kind of
failure during the working stage.
B2
R3 Performance Issue: The software application of MBFSA
might lag in terms of performance issues.
A2
R2 Deadline Issue: Due to inefficiencies in schedules, the
Globex systems might fail to meet the proper deadlines.
A4

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Risk Identification A (Unlikely) B (Moderate) C (Likely) D (Certain)
1 (Unimportant)
2 (Minor) R3 R4 R1
3 (Lost Time)
4 (Major) R2
5 (Serious) R5

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4.3 Analysis of Risks and Mitigation Plan
N
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Ran
k
Risk Description Category Root Cause Trigger Potential Responses Risk Owner Probability Impact Status
R5 5 Technical
Issues
The technical issues that
might be faced by the
Globex systems is that
some software issues
might arise during the
development of MBFSA
systems.
Technical Errors in
programming
The application was
not tested properly
The system would be needed to
be structured properly
Programmer Medium High Conducting a technical
meeting with the developers of
the application.
R1 3 Financial
Issues
The estimated budget for
the MBFSA might get
exceeded.
Financial Poor
estimation of
budget
Budgetary estimation
was not conducted
accordingly
The budget should be properly
planned by the project sponsor
Project
Sponsor
High Medium Conducting meetings with the
project manager and other
important departments based
on deciding over the schedules
for the project.
R4 2 Quality
Issue
The systems might detect
some kind of failure
during the working stage.
Performance Errors in
programming
The application was
not tested properly
The software development should
be able to define certain criteria
based on developing proper
application
Programmer Low Medium The software developers
should understand the current
trends and thus develop
application accordingly that
would be able2 to perform
better in different
environments.
R3 5 Performanc
e Issue
The software application
of MBFSA might lag in
terms of performance
issues.
Performance Errors in
programming
The application was
not tested properly
The application should be
properly tested before the final
deployment.
Programmer Low High The software developers
should ensure highly workable
programming knowledge
would be implemented within
the system.
R2 4 Deadline
Issue
Due to inefficiencies in
schedules, the Globex
systems might fail to meet
the proper deadlines.
Scheduling Lack of poor
knowledge of
scheduling
Lack of poor form of
WBS defining
Project manager should be able to
develop certain criteria for
scheduling of WBS activities.
Project
Manager
Medium Low The project manager should be
capable of describing a proper
scenario based on writing the
proper form of WBS.

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Part 5: Quality Management Plan
5.1 Philosophy of Team
The primary aim of Globex is to develop the mobile based farmer support application in
order to bring in efficient of the farming culture. Hence, the philosophy of each of the team
members would be put in their best efforts based on the development of the application with the
minimum amount of costa and within the factors of scope.
5.2 Ensuring Project Quality
5.2.1 Validation of Activity
Each of the activities that would be defined for the project would be measured within the
scope of the project. The employees of Virtucon should be capable for maintaining each of the
aspects of quality. The volunteers working of the project should be skilled for developing the
quality systems of the application.
5.2.2 Verification of Activity
In order to ensure that the MBFSA systems would be working in proper conditions, the
software development team should also ensure that each of the quality activities would be
performed properly. In addition to this, the MBFSA systems might be able to pass each of the
test requirements of the project.

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Appendix
Annotated Bibliography
Yasir, R., & Ahmed, N. (2014, March). Beetles: A Mobile Application to Detect Crop
Disease for Farmers in Rural Area. In Workshop on Human And Technology
(WHAT) (pp. 8-10).
The discussion in this article focuses over the development of a mobile phone application
that would be developed based on supporting the farmers in different rural areas for the purpose
of detection of crop disease. Yasir and Ahmed (2014) have discussed that with the rise of mobile
phones, they have created a lot of opportunities for every sector. This discussion in the research
would focus over the presentation of a technique based on detection of the disease that might be
present in the crops. The authors have discussed that with the help of the software development
methodologies, there would be different kind of defining of technologies that could be
incorporated in the aspects of design. The authors have also discussed that the software
developers should develop a system that might be easily used by farmers and could enhance the
experience of the farmers. Based on the discussion over the research, it could be discussed that
with the development of the application, a positive effect would be generated based on detecting
any form of disease on plants and which could be highly important for farmers.
Rachman, T., & Napitupulu, D. (2018). User acceptance analysis of potato expert system
application based on TAM approach. Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol, 8(1), 185-
191.
The study in this paper is mainly focused over the determining factors based on user
experience with the development of application for the potato expert system. With the help of

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this kind of application, it would be highly helpful for detecting the pests and different forms of
diseases that would be formed in potatoes and plants. The mobile application would be based for
Android systems. Rachman and Napitupulu (2018) have discussed over the fact that the mobile
application system would be helpful for farmers in detecting early symptoms that might appear
with the crops. Hence, this application would be able to detect such symptoms in an early,
accurate and quick manner. The most important use of the method for conducting the study is
known as the Technology Acceptance model (TAM) that had been conducted over 204
respondents. With the results generated from the conducted study, it has been highly helpful for
showing a positive form of correlation between the behavioural intentions for use of the systems.
Hence, this research has been able to help the farmers in understanding of the ways in which
such system could prove to be helpful for the farming culture.
Trogo, R., Ebardaloza, J. B., Sabido, D. J., Bagtasa, G., Tongson, E., & Balderama, O.
(2015, May). SMS-based Smarter Agriculture decision support system for yellow
corn farmers in Isabela. In 2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian
Technology Conference (IHTC2015) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
In this research, it has been discussed that the sector of agriculture forms of major part
within any country. There are various kind of decisions that are needed to be made by farmers in
order to determine the best factor for yielding better crops. The authors have discussed that with
the penetration of smartphone systems in the market, it would be highly be helpful for supporting
the farmers in making severe important decisions in terms of focusing over the production of
crops and increasing the production of crops. This research focuses over the use of SMS based
systems in order to notify the farmers regarding the favourable factors that need to be taken into
consideration during working in farms. Trogo et al. (2015) have also discussed that smart and

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automated systems that are used within the farm are able to bring about several impacts over the
culture used in farms. The research focuses over the use of Decision Support System for
Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT). This kind of system would gain information from weather
and thus simulate the information according to various conditions. The authors have also
discussed about the different future work that could be established in this area.