Detailed Project Management Plan for i-Crop Application Development

This project management plan outlines the development of the i-Crop application, including a detailed scope definition encompassing an online website and a smartphone application. It identifies key resources such as project managers, coding teams, and testing teams, along with their associated costs and responsibilities. The plan defines project milestones, activities, and tasks, using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to organize the project. It also includes resource assignments, time estimates, and a project budget. The document further addresses project assumptions, risks (schedule, resource, budget, scope creep, and management issues), and a risk analysis. A quality management plan ensures that the project deliverables meet the desired quality standards. Finally, the plan provides a closure checklist and a project evaluation framework to assess the project's success.

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Project Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
1. Part One...........................................................................................................................3
2. Part Two...........................................................................................................................3
2.1. Scope and Scope management..................................................................................3
2.2. List of Resources......................................................................................................4
3. Part Three.........................................................................................................................5
3.1. Milestone..................................................................................................................5
3.2. Activities/tasks..........................................................................................................5
3.3. Resource Assignments..............................................................................................6
3.4. Estimates for Each Activity......................................................................................8
3.5. Project Budget........................................................................................................11
4. Part Four........................................................................................................................13
4.1. Assumptions...........................................................................................................13
4.2. Project Risks...........................................................................................................13
4.3. Risk Analysis..........................................................................................................13
5. Part Five: Quality Management Plan.............................................................................14
6. Part Six...........................................................................................................................14
6.1. Closure Checklist....................................................................................................14
6.2. Project Evaluation...................................................................................................15
References..........................................................................................................................16

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Appendix............................................................................................................................17
Annotated Bibliography.................................................................................................17

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1. Part One
The measurable organizational value helps in identifying whether a particular project or
task is able to achieve its desired goal or not (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). The project associated
with the development of i-Crop application focuses on a major area of impact. The area of
impact corresponding to their ranking is represented in the following table-
Rank 1 Customer
Rank 2 Financial
Rank 3 Operational
Rank 4 Strategy
Rank 5 Social
The values the project will bring to the organization are as follows (Marchewka, 2014)-
1. Faster: The application and website will ensure faster transaction
2. Better: The project will enhance the process of managing the warehoused grains.
The metrics for measuring the MOV of the project are as follows-
1. To check whether the requirements of the project is met
2. To check if the project is fulfilling the goals of the project.
2. Part Two
2.1. Scope and Scope management

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One of the essential needs of project management is identification and management of
the scope of the project (Larson, Gray, Danlin, Honig & Bacarini, 2014). The scope of the
project is to implement a online website and a smartphone application. The scope management
plan would incorporate regular monitoring and control of the project (Harrison & Lock, 2017).
Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the project manager to ensure that the scope of the project
is not changed in the implementation phase.
2.2. List of Resources
The list of resources associated with the project is as follows (Heagney, 2016)-
Resource Name Type Max. Units Std. Rate Ovt. Rate Cost/Use
Project Manager Work 100% $80.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Resource Manager Work 200% $50.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Functional Manager Work 200% $50.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Coding team of
Virtucon
Work 800% $40.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Testing Team of
Virtucon
Work 300% $40.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Database Administrator Work 200% $6.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00

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Website and
Application Launch
Material $0.00 $50,000.00
Training Team by
Virtucon
Work 500% $35.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
Archive Material $0.00 $5,000.00
Document Manager Work 200% $25.00/hr $0.00/hr $0.00
3. Part Three
3.1. Milestone
The major milestones of the project are as follows-
M1: Project Approval
M2:Project Plan Approval
M3: Successful application and website development
M5: Successful Project Release
M6: Project Closes
3.2. Activities/tasks
The list of activities and the tasks are as follows-
WBS Task Name

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0 Project by Globex and Virtucon
1 Initiation Phase
1.1 Identification of the Requirement specifications
1.2 Documentation
1.3 Sharing Documents
1.4 M1: Project Approval
2 Project Planning
2.1 Project Scheduling
2.2 Project Budget Estimation
2.3 Resource Estimation and Allocation
2.4 Development of Project Plan
2.5 M2:Project Plan Approval
3 Project Implementation
3.1 Interface Designing
3.2 Coding
3.3 Database Designing
3.4 Linking with the database
3.5 Documentation
3.6 M3: Successful application and website development
4 Testing
4.1 Alpha Testing
4.2 System testing
4.3 User acceptance testing
4.4 Bug Fixing (if any)
4.5 M4: Completion of Testing and Bug Fixing
5 Website and Application Go Live and Training
5.1 Application and Website launch
5.2 Training
5.3 Maintenance
5.4 M5: Successful Project Release
6 Project Closure
6.1 Payment Completion
6.2 Resource Release
6.3 Project Evaluation
6.4 Client Sign off
6.5 M6: Project Closes
3.3. Resource Assignments

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The resource allocated to the project is as follows-
Task Name Duration Resource Names
Project by Globex and Virtucon 183 days
Initiation Phase 12 days
Identification of the Requirement
specifications 6 days Project Manager, Functional
Manager
Documentation 5 days Archive[1],Document Manger
Sharing Documents 1 day Document Manger
M1: Project Approval 0 days
Project Planning 21 days
Project Scheduling 2 days Functional Manager
Project Budget Estimation 10 days
Resource Estimation and Allocation 4 days Resource Manager
Development of Project Plan 5 days Functional Manager
M2:Project Plan Approval 0 days
Project Implementation 61 days
Interface Designing 20 days Coding team of Virtucon
Coding 25 days Coding team of Virtucon, Website
and Application Launch[1]
Database Designing 30 days Coding team of Virtucon, Database
Administrator
Linking with the database 10 days Coding team of Virtucon, Database
Administrator
Documentation 1 day Archive[1],Document Manger
M3: Successful application and
website development 0 days
Testing 47 days
Alpha Testing 10 days Testing Team of Virtucon
System testing 12 days Testing Team of Virtucon
User acceptance testing 15 days Testing Team of Virtucon
Bug Fixing (if any) 10 days Testing Team of Virtucon
M4: Completion of Testing and
Bug Fixing 0 days
Website and Application Go Live
and Training 42 days
Application and Website launch 10 days Project Manager, Functional
Manager
Training 12 days Training Team by Virtucon,
Functional Manager
Maintenance 20 days Functional Manager, Training Team

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by Virtucon
M5: Successful Project Release 0 days
Project Closure 15 days
Payment Completion 5 days Archive[1]
Resource Release 2 days Project Manager
Project Evaluation 8 days Functional Manager, Project
Manager
Client Sign off 1 day Project Manager
M6: Project Closes 0 days
3.4. Estimates for Each Activity
The time estimate for each project activities is as follows-
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 Project by Globex and
Virtucon 183 days Wed 12-09-18 Fri 24-05-19
1 Initiation Phase 12 days Wed 12-09-18 Thu 27-09-18
1.1 Identification of the
Requirement specifications 6 days Wed 12-09-18 Wed 19-09-18
1.2 Documentation 5 days Thu 20-09-18 Wed 26-09-18
1.3 Sharing Documents 1 day Thu 27-09-18 Thu 27-09-18
1.4 M1: Project Approval 0 days Thu 27-09-18 Thu 27-09-18
2 Project Planning 21 days Fri 28-09-18 Fri 26-10-18
2.1 Project Scheduling 2 days Fri 28-09-18 Mon 01-10-18
2.2 Project Budget Estimation 10 days Tue 02-10-18 Mon 15-10-18
2.3 Resource Estimation and
Allocation 4 days Tue 16-10-18 Fri 19-10-18
2.4 Development of Project Plan 5 days Mon 22-10-18 Fri 26-10-18
2.5 M2:Project Plan Approval 0 days Fri 26-10-18 Fri 26-10-18
3 Project Implementation 61 days Mon 29-10-18 Mon 21-01-19
3.1 Interface Designing 20 days Mon 29-10-18 Fri 23-11-18
3.2 Coding 25 days Mon 26-11-18 Fri 28-12-18
3.3 Database Designing 30 days Mon 26-11-18 Fri 04-01-19
3.4 Linking with the database 10 days Mon 07-01-19 Fri 18-01-19
3.5 Documentation 1 day Mon 21-01-19 Mon 21-01-19
3.6 M3: Successful application
and website development 0 days Mon 21-01-19 Mon 21-01-19
4 Testing 47 days Tue 22-01-19 Wed 27-03-19

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4.1 Alpha Testing 10 days Tue 22-01-19 Mon 04-02-19
4.2 System testing 12 days Tue 05-02-19 Wed 20-02-19
4.3 User acceptance testing 15 days Thu 21-02-19 Wed 13-03-19
4.4 Bug Fixing (if any) 10 days Thu 14-03-19 Wed 27-03-19
4.5 M4: Completion of Testing
and Bug Fixing 0 days Wed 27-03-19 Wed 27-03-19
5 Website and Application Go
Live and Training 42 days Thu 28-03-19 Fri 24-05-19
5.1 Application and Website
launch 10 days Thu 28-03-19 Wed 10-04-19
5.2 Training 12 days Thu 11-04-19 Fri 26-04-19
5.3 Maintenance 20 days Mon 29-04-19 Fri 24-05-19
5.4 M5: Successful Project
Release 0 days Fri 26-04-19 Fri 26-04-19
6 Project Closure 15 days Mon 29-04-19 Fri 17-05-19
6.1 Payment Completion 5 days Mon 29-04-19 Fri 03-05-19
6.2 Resource Release 2 days Mon 06-05-19 Tue 07-05-19
6.3 Project Evaluation 8 days Wed 08-05-19 Fri 17-05-19
6.4 Client Sign off 1 day Wed 08-05-19 Wed 08-05-19
6.5 M6: Project Closes 0 days Wed 08-05-19 Wed 08-05-19
The Gantt chart of the project is represented in the picture below-

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Figure 1: Representing the Gantt Chart of the project
(Source: Generated by Author using MS project)
The WBS of the project is represented below-
Project by Globex and
Virtucon
Initiation Phase
Identification of the
Requirmenet
specifications
Docuemntation
Sharing Documents
M1: Project Approv al
Project Planning
Project Scheduling
Project Budget Estimation
Resource Estim ation and
Allocation
Dv elopem ent of Project
Plan
M2: Project Plan Approv al
Project Implementation
Interface Designing
Coding
Database Designing
Linking with the database
Documentation
M3: Successful
application and w ebsite
dev elopment
Testing
Alpha Testing
System testing
User acceptance testing
Bug Fix ing (if
any )M4: Completion of Testing
and Bug Fix ing
Website and Application
Go Liv e and Training
Application and Website
launch
Training
Maintennanace
M5: Successful Project
Release
Project Closure
Pay em ent
CompletionResource Release
Project Ev aluation
Client Sign off
M6: Project Closes
Figure 2: Representing the WBS of the Project
(Source: generated by author using MS schedule Pro)
3.5. Project Budget
The budget estimated for the project is represented in the following table-
WBS Task Name Resource Names Cost
0 Project by Globex and
Virtucon $163,600.00
1 Initiation Phase $12,440.00
1.1 Identification of the
Requirement specifications
Project Manager, Functional
Manager $6,240.00
1.2 Documentation Archive[1],Document Manager $6,000.00
1.3 Sharing Documents Document Manager $200.00
1.4 M1: Project Approval $0.00
2 Project Planning $4,400.00
2.1 Project Scheduling Functional Manager $800.00
2.2 Project Budget $0.00