Project Management: Development of a QAHE Recreation Mobile App

This project management assignment centers around the development of a new mobile phone app for QAHE societies and clubs. The assignment includes a project initiation document (PID) outlining project details, objectives, and scope, alongside a stakeholder analysis identifying key individuals and their interests. A work breakdown structure (WBS) is provided to break down the project into manageable tasks. The assignment also involves identifying and managing project risks through a risk register, including technical, external, and time-related risks. The project addresses communication methodologies and project methodologies, and includes a sample Gantt chart for project scheduling. The assignment's goal is to engage students with extra-curricular activities and provide a platform for sharing events. The project includes a detailed budget, timeline, and critical path analysis, ensuring a comprehensive approach to project management principles.

Project Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PROJECT 1......................................................................................................................................1
a) Sample project Initiation document........................................................................................1
b) Work Breakdown Structure....................................................................................................4
PROJECT 2......................................................................................................................................5
a) Number of risks.......................................................................................................................5
b) Risk Register...........................................................................................................................5
PROJECT 3......................................................................................................................................9
Short report..................................................................................................................................9
a) Communication.......................................................................................................................9
b) Methodologies........................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Project management is consider as an effective document that includes initiating,
planning, executing, controlling and closing the whole work of team with the aim of attaining
predetermined goals and objectives in specified period of time. Mainly, it developed at the
beginning of the process that support in minimising the chances of error within the project
activities (Meredith, Mantel and Shafer, 2017). Current report is based on developing a new
mobile phone app that provide day to day information of QAHE societies and clubs. Along with
this, this project includes different tasks which based on PID, stakeholder analysis, WBS, risk
register and short report as well. All these are the effective for project manager to successfully
completing the project activities. With the assistance of this positive and reliable outcomes can
be easily attained.
PROJECT 1
a) Sample project Initiation document
Project initiation document is consider as a crucial aspect that determine the activities of
project management, scope and all the necessary activities that execute by project team at the
time of implementing the whole project. This will aid in improving the possibilities of attaining
all the predetermined targets in stipulated time frame. Current project is based on introducing a
new mobile phone app that provides detail about day to day activities of QAHE societies and at
the same time also support in connecting with large number of students while published their
events. In this regards, project initiation documents consider all the necessary information about
the different aspects and attributes that provide guidance to project manager in implementing its
activities and make it more successful (Mir and Pinnington, 2014). This will directly contributes
in enhancing the possibilities of accomplishing set goals and target of the project.
Attributes Description
Title of project Development of a new QAHE Recreation mobile phone app.
Project information This project is based on the developing a new QAHE
Recreation mobile phone app. This provide opportunities to
students to improve their day to day activities and also allow
them to share their own activities and events.
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Project background The main focus of lunching new mobile phone app which help
develop in order to make entire activities of institute more
smooth and flexible in nature. This will help in making students
more abut extra-curricular activities performed in QAHE.
Project methodology There are various approaches of developing a new mobile
phone application as it assist project manager to develop anew
QAHE Recreation. It includes approaches such as native,
Hybrid and Mobile app. In this, native development relate with
use of platform specific programming languages, development
environment, software development kits. Hybrid includes uses
of Web-view platform specific components that used to display
web content (Kerzner, 2017). On the other hand, cross platform
is takes a different route as it consist cross-platform technique
includes non-web and stand-alone tools. Along with this, prince
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on effective product planning to attain positive outcomes.
Purpose of the project The main purpose of this project is to develop a new QAHE
Recreation mobile phone app with the aim of increasing student
engagement with extra- curricular activities.
Project objectives Objective of this project is to develop a new mobile phone app
that assist students in providing detail about day to day
activities and platform to connect with social events.
Project scope The scope of this project is wider as it provide opportunities to
students in engaging with extra-curricular activities and also
provide day by day details of QAHE clubs and societies events.
With the help of this, students can easily publicise their own
events and effectively interact with others.
Key risk While undertaking project, various risk are faced various issues
related with development of mobile phone app that can put
negative impact on end results of the project. Mainly, it includes
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risk of selecting project members, security risk and many more.
All these are the major issues that faced by manager at the time
of developing new mobile phone app.
Key staff Under this project, different members are includes likes
marketing manager, HR manager, project, manager, financial
manager, project team and many more to completing the project
activities in systematic manner. All these members play a
significant role in developing a new mobile phone app of
QAHE Recreation that support in providing best possible
outcomes that make project more successful.
Key constables
 Cost
 Time
 Quality
 Cost: The estimated cost for this development of new
application will be £200k. As it is analysed before
starting the project through which project manager can
easily execute its activities to make it more effective.
Particulars Amount
Market research £50k
Designing of the product £30k
Materials £20k
Human capital £60k
Machinery £10K
Packaging £5k
Promotional cost £15k
Launching event cost £10K
Total cost £200k
 Time: For completing this project, manager required
around 1.5 years that help in successfully development
of mobile app. As, this time period is also includes
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testing of app to evaluate its effectiveness.
 Quality is one of the important aspect of project
management that help in managing each and entire
activities. In this, TQM and JIT is major approaches
which is implemented by manager to maintain the
overall quality of the project and new application as
well. It is not only for managing necessary inventory but
also support in optimum utilization of entire available
resources whether these are monetary and non-monetary
(Leach, 2014). In addition of this, TQM is also consider
as an effective approach that includes integration of all
efforts that helps in development of mobile application.
Key assumption For implementing project activities key assumption is crucial as
it is related with lunching a new QAHE Recreation mobile
phone app. It should be flexible, project manager know the
overall cost that will take to build app, everything will go as per
plan activities.
Key deliverable Company wants to introduce new QAHE Recreation mobile
phone app to students with the aim of providing them details
about entire activities and at the same time also allow them to
publish their own events in front of other people.
Key success factors There are different factors that support in attaining success in
the project. In this, project manager needs to develop clear plan
along with specific roles and responsibilities, cultivate constant
effective communication, appropriately manage project scope.
All these are support in managing entire project activities and at
the same time also attain success.
Approvals This aspect is play a crucial role in project activities as it refers
to the final approval that taken by project manager to their
higher management like Senior manager, production managers
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to launch a new application.
Stakeholder analysis
It is consider as an important process that refers to the distinguishing all team members
who are related with the project. As this activity done before starting the project activities. Along
with this, all the people are grouping with their interest towards the project and their
participations (Schwalbe, 2015). In this regards, there are some different stakeholders who play a
crucial role in implementing as well as developing project activities. These can be internal and
external which support in attaining all the set goals and objectives of QAHE Recreation in
stipulated time frame.
Name of stakeholder Interest of stakeholder in this project
Students They are the main stakeholder who are part of educational
institute and also get benefits of new mobile application. Along
with this, they have interest in new QAHE Recreation mobile
app as it provide necessary information about day to day
activities.
Project Team These stakeholders are the crucial for implementing project
activities related with development of new mobile application.
Management college These type of stakeholder are the internal as they provide ideas
and innovative ways to develop QAHE Recreation mobile app
with the aim of improving the chances of attaining set targets.
Government They are the crucial stakeholder who have authority to develop
rules and regulation in relation to the educational quality
provided to the students.
b) Work Breakdown Structure
It is one of the important part of project management that is related with deliverable-
oriented breakdown of whole project into smaller aspects. Mainly, it is consider as a key project
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deliverable that help in effectively managing the whole team work in order to attain their set
targets in stipulated time frame.
Gantt chart
It is type of bar chart that provide proper schedule of entire project. Along with this, it
also includes series of horizontal lines that represent the work done in certain time period. It
includes project activities along with fixed period on time in which these activities can be
completed effectively (Too and Weaver, 2014). With the help of this tool, project manager can
easily run the project activities and at the same time also reduce the chances of error within the
project.
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