University Project: RAILS Online Ticketing System Project Management

This project management assignment details the development of an online ticketing system for RAILS (Riverina Agriculture and Lifestyle Show). The project plan includes a measurable organizational value (MOV) assessment, defining the project's goals and value. It covers a scope management plan, outlining in-scope and out-of-scope elements, along with a detailed process for scope management. The assignment also features a schedule and work breakdown structure, including milestones, project activities, resource allocation, time estimations using a Gantt chart, and a budget analysis. Furthermore, it provides a project risk analysis and plan, identifying potential risks and mitigation strategies. A quality management plan is also included, describing activities for managing project quality. Finally, the project closure and evaluation section provides a closure checklist, and a project evaluation process. The assignment utilizes various figures to illustrate project activities, resources, time estimations, and the budget, along with an annotated bibliography and a list of references.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Topic- Riverina Agriculture and Lifestyle Show
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Part 1: Measurable Organizational Value........................................................................................3
1.1 Summarization of MOV........................................................................................................3
1.2 Project value..........................................................................................................................4
Part 2: Scope management plan.......................................................................................................5
2.1 Scope of the project...............................................................................................................5
2.2 Process of scope management...............................................................................................5
2.3 Project resources....................................................................................................................6
Part 3: Schedule and work breakdown structure.............................................................................7
3.1 Milestone of each phase.........................................................................................................7
3.2 Project activities.....................................................................................................................8
3.3 Resources of the project.........................................................................................................9
3.4 Time estimation...................................................................................................................10
3.5 Budget..................................................................................................................................11
Part 4: Project risk analysis and plan.............................................................................................12
4.1. Project assumptions............................................................................................................12
4.2. Project risks and strategies for the risk management..........................................................12
Part 5: Quality management plan..................................................................................................14
5.1 Short statement on project quality.......................................................................................14
5.2 Description of activities for managing quality of the project..............................................14

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Part 6: Closure and Evaluation......................................................................................................15
6.1 Annotated Bibliography.......................................................................................................15
6.2 Developing closure checklist...............................................................................................15
6.3 Develop project evaluation..................................................................................................16
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................18
Appendices....................................................................................................................................20
Appendix 1: Annotated Bibliography........................................................................................20

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Part 1: Measurable Organizational Value
1.1 Summarization of MOV
Measurable organizational value is considered as the goal of the project that is utilized
for defining the value that is brought within the project by the team members. The MOV helps in
identifying various desired area of impact.
Rank Factor Metric Time frame
1 Operational Due to the development
of online ticketing
system, the operations of
the organization can be
easily managed.
2 months
2 Customer The influence of the
customers within RAILS
is considered as one of
the significant factor for
continuing with the
operation of RAILS. It it
is identified that with the
development of online
ticketing system, more
number of customers get
influences within the
business.
1 month

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3 Strategy The project managers
develop proper
integration within the
online ticketing system
in order to develop the
entire project
strategically.
2 months
4 Financial The money that is
invested within the
development of online
ticketing system by
Globlex helps in
boosting the income of
the organization
3 months
5 Social Social support is quite
necessary for the
organization in order to
promote the business of
the company.
2 months
1.2 Project value
The value of the project plan is provided below:
Better: Due to the development of online ticketing system with the organization
“RAILS”, the customers of the organization are able to get better facility as well as service of
online booking of ticket.

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Cheaper: It is identified that due to the development of online ticketing system within
the organization, the operation cost of the business gets reduced.
Faster: The newly developed online ticketing system within RAILS assists in decreasing
the response time of both the customers as well as the employees.
Part 2: Scope management plan
2.1 Scope of the project
The scope of the project is mainly divided into in-scope as well as out-scopes:
In-scope: The in-scope of the project is as follows:
 Development of online ticketing system within the organization “RAILS”
 Helps in providing facility the facility online booking for replacing the current system
 Assists in boosting the financial revenue of the organization
 To complete the entire project within 96 days.
Out-scope: The out-scope of the project are as follows:
 Proper facility of training must be provided
 Information about suppliers are not provided
2.2 Process of scope management
The scope of the project can be managed by utilizing process which are as follows:
Understanding project requirements: It is quite important to understand the
requirements of the project effectively so that the scope change within the project can be
managed easily.

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Tracking signs of project creep: The signs of project creep must be tracked effectively
in order to manage the scope of the project. It is identified that proper management of project
creep sign assists in lowering the chances of scope creep.
Account for changes within the scope: If the changes that are required to be done
within the project assists in incurring cost above the pre-determined amount then the budget of
the project must be increased by the project manager.
2.3 Project resources
The resources of the project are as follows:
People: The people who are involved in the project are as follows:
Resource Name
Max.
Units
Std. Rate Ovt. Rate Cost/Use Accrue At
Base
Calendar
Project manager 100% $35.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Project planner 100% $30.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Developer 100% $30.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
System tester 100% $25.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Financial manager 100% $25.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Human resource
manager
100% $30.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Technical
engineer
100% $25.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard
Risk analyst 100% $30.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00 Prorated Standard

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Software requirements: The software tools those are required for implementing the
online ticketing system includes database management tool, workflow management tool,
reporting tool, communication tool as well as task scheduling tool.
Hardware requirements: The hardware requirement includes backup system, data
storage, processor and more.
Financial: In order to complete the entire project, the project manager requires the
budget of around $64,600. It is quite important to complete the entire project successfully within
this budget.
Part 3: Schedule and work breakdown structure
3.1 Milestone of each phase
Task Name Completion date
Milestone 1: Completion of project initiation phase Wed 2/14/18
Milestone 2: Completion of project planning phase Thu 3/1/18
Milestone 3: Completion of designing phase Thu 3/22/18
Milestone 4: Completion of system development phase Fri 3/30/18
Milestone 5: Completion of project testing phase Thu 5/3/18
Milestone 6: completion of project implementation phase Wed 5/23/18
Milestone 7: completion of project closure phase Mon 5/28/18

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3.2 Project activities
Figure 1: Project activities
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3.3 Resources of the project
Figure 2: Project resources
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3.4 Time estimation
Figure 3: Gantt chart
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3.5 Budget
Figure 4: Time phase budget
(Source: Created by Author)