Project Management: Mobile Application Development Project Report

This project proposal outlines the development and implementation of a mobile application within a company's existing communication system. It comprehensively addresses project scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, procurement, stakeholder, and integration management. The project aims to enhance the company's workflow by leveraging wider wireless functions like the 4G network, improve user interface, reduce operational costs, boost staff performance, and improve IT department efficiency. The proposal details scope management, time management with a project schedule, cost management including a detailed budget, quality management ensuring quality planning and control, human resource management outlining roles and responsibilities, communication management, risk management processes, and procurement and stakeholder management strategies. The project's success relies on effective management of dependencies, control of costs, and mitigation of potential risks to achieve the set objectives.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
By (Name)
Course
Instructor’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
The City and State
The Date

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Executive summary
This project proposal is about the development and implementation of a mobile
application within a company’s existing communication system and basically it will cover the
project scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk, procurement,
stakeholder and integration management. The project is expected to take about 40,000$ for
complete implementation.
1. Scope management; the project report base on Max and company limited whose
management have decided to develop a mobile communication application to solve different
issues concerned with marketing their products all over the world. The proposed project was
designed to use wider wireless functions like the 4G network to increase on the work flow of the
company (Morris et al 2000, p.155).
Objectives of the project proposal;
The project is developed to ensure a user friendly interface on the website of the
company which will aid in protecting the customers (Cleland 1995, p.88) To reduce on the extra
costs of the company for example costs in the deliverance of messages to customers and the
operational costs is aimed to be reduced by attaching the tasks to the respective persons. To
boost the performance of the company staff through advancement in communication of the
company with its employee’s roles and responsibilities to improve on the efficiency of the IT
department as the company heavily relies on the IT department (Rose 2013)
Requirements collection and verification

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As the project is being developed and implemented, there are many requirements to be
got before the implementation process begins and these among others include; new computers,
hiring of experts and technicians to help in installation of the application and selecting the
project management team (Snider and Nissen 2003, p.4).
Validate control
The selected project management team shall make a review in line with the aim to carry
out the analysis of the project deliverables to ensure the project execution and success (Wideman
1995, p.72).
2. Time management
Basing on the high relevance of the project to the company, time will be a key factor to
consider in the due process of implementing the project.
Project schedule; to ensure the project progress, there shall be a project schedule to
show different activities and their execution duration this is developed basing on the work
breakdown of the project (Wirth and Tryloff 1995, p.109).
Task name Duratio
n
Start and finish date
The plan for developing a new
mobile application
15 days 1/11/2017-15/11/2017
Selecting the project team 1 day 16/11/2017-16/11/2017
designing the mobile application 20 days 17/11/2017- 07/12/2017
Analyzing all the costs for the
project
3 days 8/12/2017-15/12/2017
Development of the project. 30 days 16/12/2017-16/1/2018

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Implementation of the project 60 days 20/1/2018-20/3/2018
Internal and external dependencies
The project team will be responsible to ensure the smooth running of the project by
identifying some internal and external dependencies and among others include the following;
Execution of activities; logically, the activities will be implemented in a good order to
achieve the tasks which follow each other (Kerzner 2013).
Externally, the project team will ensure the execution of other development roles within
the company.
Schedule control; there shall be a team that will be responsible to handle the project
activities in line with the proposed schedule to determine whether the project is beyond or below
its schedule and evaluate the project performance (Heldman 2015).
3. Cost management
The implementation of the project will involve some costs and shall be managed by the
project team selected. Below are the project activities and their estimated costs.
PROJECT BUDJET
NAME OF ACTIVITY ESTIMATED COST
The plan for developing a new mobile
application
8000$
Selecting the project team 100$

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designing the mobile application 9000$
Analyzing all the costs for the project 300$
Development of the project. 900$
Implementation of the project 1000$
total 40000$
Control cost
The project team management will determine the efficiency level and enhance the value,
then the project stakeholders and manager will revise the activities and the required resources
that will be used for the success of the project.
Quality management
This is the process of setting goals, objective standards and the outcome of the project to
make sure that there is quality control. The project team therefore will follow the process of
quality planning, assurance and control to ensure quality planning. Under quality planning the
team will set up goals, policies, standards, and expectations, which the proposed project is
aiming to achieve (Osseiran et al. 2014).
Under quality assurance reviews, the project team will ensure the maintenance of the
goals and standards that were set during the quality planning step. Basing on the reports
collected, the team will mainly focus on keeping activities and monitoring resources.
Under quality control, the team shall manage and overcome various risks that are likely
to affect the project and monitor all the tasks and activities involved in the project with the aim
of achieving the already set goals and objectives.

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4.Human resource management
Roles and responsibilities; the stakeholders of the project and their responsibilities are
as discussed below;
The company executive director who will initiate the project and pass on the decision that
is made by the board of directors. The board of directors responsible for making decisions which
will help for the success of the project. The sponsor who will be responsible to finance the
project for its advancement. The customers who are the group of people to receive the final
service of the project. Managers who will be resource or functional managers to provide project
resources or policy implementation (Cleland 1995, p.88.
Project organizational chart
Availability and commitment of resources
To have the project success, certain resources are available such as software for the
installation of the application, consultants and experts who have got experience in project
management are available to give opinions and ideas to the management.
Team memberTeam member
Human resource
manager
Project managerOffice managerSales manger
Project sponsorPresident
Board of directors
Managing Director

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Team development
The project team shall be built to ensure project support at any time selected, it shall be
launched, project life cycle services shall be put in place for the team requirement acquisition
and the executive team shall be improved by assessing the tools.
5. Communication management
A two way communication will be ensured for the proper exchange of information
during the project implementation. The communication especially with stakeholders shall be
managed by limiting it sometimes due to the fact that not all the time there is need for
communication (Cleland 1995, p.88).
6. Risk management process.
The process below will be followed to manage risks which are likely to affect our project
implementation.
The team will start by identifying and recognize the risk, it will then analyze its degree of
effect, then the risk will be evaluated in details, the risk shall be tested after evaluation and will
be reviewed and monitored finally (Atkinson, 1999, p.380).
7. assumptions and constraints
It is assumed that the technology used in the company will considerably improve on the
company performance and customer satisfaction. In reference to the goals and objectives of the
company project, other operational costs will also be cut down. However, there are some
limitations which may hinder the success of the project such as security where it can be hacked

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and lead to loss of information, unsecure user interface, among other limitations. These risks will
be controlled by matching the inputs to planning various risk response (Osseiran et al. 2014.
8. Procurement management
Procurement shall be managed by conduct, control and close. Receipts will be issued,
making approvals and reviewed.
9. Stakeholder management
The project manager shall be responsible to manage certain individuals who shall take
part in the execution of the project. The key stakeholders will be executives, steering committee,
sponsors, resource manager, team manager, and project team members. These shall be controlled
by making sure they have fulfilled their roles and responsibilities (Snider and Nissen 2003, p.4).
10. Project closure.
This shall be the last part of our project and will involve the analysis and evaluation of all
the activities exercised and finally the general report shall be made.
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