Bendigo Tours & Travel: Project Plan for Business Development

This project plan outlines a comprehensive business development strategy for Bendigo Tours & Travel. It begins with an introduction highlighting the need for a new information system to replace paper-based processes. The plan details the project scope, including its duration, and specifies the stakeholder register, outlining key individuals and their roles. It includes a stakeholder management section, defining communication plans, team contracts, and financial analysis, including costs and benefits. The project utilizes a Gantt chart and the SDLC Waterfall Model to structure the project phases. Furthermore, the plan identifies potential risks associated with the project and proposes mitigation strategies. Finally, the plan references several academic sources related to stakeholder management and project planning.

PROJECT PLAN
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INTRODUCTION
■ Bendigo Tours & Travel
■ Australia’s Leading Tours & Travel Agency
■ Develop Software
■ Various Future Benefits
■ User-friendly

PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT
■ Develop An Information System
■ Replace A Mix Of Paper-based
■ Duration Approximately 7 Months
■ A Useful Life Of At Least Five Years

STAKEHOLDER REGISTER
■ The Project Control Board
■ Government
■ Vendors
■ Project manager
■ Technical manager

STAKEHOLDER STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
■ Mapping Stakeholders
■ Trigger Identification
■ Communication Plan
■ Team Contract
■ Project Financial Analysis

MAPPING STAKEHOLDER
■ Right job
■ Right person
■ Right time
■ Appropriate group of stakeholders

COMMUNICATION PLAN
■ Tour and travels agency planning chart
■ Division of work
■ Approval for changes or new implementation
■ Technical changes that have to be made

TEAM CONTRACT
■ Authenticity
■ Clarity
■ Involvement of members
■ Build a team contract

PROJECT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
■ Estimated cost
■ Discounted rate
■ Initial capital cost
■ The Annual Maintenance cost

GANTT CHART

SDLC WATERFALL MODLE
■ Requirement Analysis
■ System Design
■ Software Implementation
■ Testing
■ Deployment
■ Maintenance

POTENTIAL RISKS
■ More choices availability
■ Increasing price transparency
■ Greater traveller independence
■ Decreasing customer royalty
■ Rise of the sharing economy