SHR039-6 Project Plan: Smartphone Development for Apple Inc. (UoB)

This document presents a comprehensive project plan for Apple Inc. to develop and launch a new smartphone, aiming to compete with rival products and regain market share. The plan includes a detailed project scope statement, objectives, assumptions, and constraints. Key deliverables and milestones are identified across various phases: product requirement definition, product development, testing, and product launch. The project schedule, visualized through Gantt charts and network diagrams, spans 262 days, starting April 27, 2018, and ending April 29, 2019. A work breakdown structure (WBS) is provided to delineate tasks, and a detailed budget outlines costs associated with each task and resource allocation. The plan also incorporates a quality plan and a risk register to manage potential issues. Resource allocation and cost variance are also specified to ensure the project stays within budget and timeline. Desklib offers a wealth of similar project plans and solved assignments to aid students in their studies.

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Executive Summary
The purpose of the project is development of a new product for the company named Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. will launch a new smart company in order to compete with the new products
developed by the competitors in the market. Apple Inc. is the one of global giants in the
technological industry and is the market leader in terms of revenue generation and market share.
Apple Inc. has developed their own market segment but the major global competitors have
developed popular products that are grabbing the attention of the market competitors. The report
had developed the project management plan which has to be approved by the stakeholders.
Effective execution of the project plan would result in the successful development and launching
of the product.

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Table of Contents
Project purpose................................................................................................................................3
Project description...........................................................................................................................3
Project scope Statement...................................................................................................................3
Project deliverables..........................................................................................................................4
Project milestones............................................................................................................................5
Project schedule...............................................................................................................................6
Gantt chart.....................................................................................................................................10
Network diagram...........................................................................................................................11
Work break down structure...........................................................................................................12
Project budget................................................................................................................................13
Quality plan...................................................................................................................................17
Risk register...................................................................................................................................18
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................22
References and Bibliography.........................................................................................................23

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Project purpose
The purpose of the project is development of a new product for the company named
Apple Inc. Apple Inc. will launch a new smart company in order to compete with the new
products developed by the competitors in the market.
Project description
Apple Inc. is the one of global giants in the technological industry and is the market
leader in terms of revenue generation and market share. Apple Inc. has developed their own
market segment but the major global competitors have developed popular products that are
grabbing the attention of the market competitors (Apple, 2018). Therefore, this is a counter
strategy for Apple Inc. to develop a new smart phone that will belong to the same target segment
as the other products so that they can generate the lost revenue and consumers due to the new
products in the market.
Project scope Statement
According to Kerzner and Kerzner, (2017), the project scope statement is an instrument
for describing the key milestones and the major deliverables of the project. It will also determine
the different constraints, assumptions and requirements in a project. The project will develop a
new Smartphone with advanced features for competing with the rival companies. This will
consist of developing a project plan for developing and launching the product in the market.
Project Objectives
 Developing a Smartphone with the latest features

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 Testing the product for reviews
 Marketing the product effectively
 Launching the product
Project Assumptions
 The stakeholders and the sponsors have authorized this project
 The purpose of the project has been communicated to all internal stakeholders including
the different departments
 Additional budget allocation will have to be initially consulted with the board and the
CEO
Project constraint
The restrictions and limitations that the project stakeholders have to deal with are the
project constraint. There are other products that will have to be developed simultaneously so
budget and time is a constraint for the project.
Project deliverables
Chow, Woodford and Lambe, (2014) states, the expected output in a project is known as
the project deliverables. The specific outcomes in each of the stages of the project have to be
defined to understand the project scope creep. The project deliverables in this project are
described below:

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Task Name Duration Start Finish
Smartphone Development for Apple
Inc.
262 days Fri 4/27/18 Mon 4/29/19
1.0 Product Requirement 23 days Fri 4/27/18 Tue 5/29/18
2.0 Product Development phase 81 days Wed 5/30/18 Wed 9/19/18
3.0 Final product Development Stage 46 days Thu 9/20/18 Thu 11/22/18
4.0 Testing phase 42 days Fri 11/23/18 Mon 1/21/19
5.0 Product launch 70 days Tue 1/22/19 Mon 4/29/19
Table 1
Project milestones
According to Heumann et al., (2015), the events having a nil duration and marks the
progress of the project across the timeline is known as project milestone. The management of the
project deliverables can be executed n a better way by identifying the key milestone in each stage
of the project. The milestones in this project are listed below:
Task Name Duration Start Finish
1.6 Milestone 1: Product specification
developed 0 days Tue 5/29/18 Tue 5/29/18

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2.8 Milestone 2: Initial product
Developed 0 days Wed 9/19/18 Wed 9/19/18
3.4 Milestone 3: Final product
Developed 0 days Thu 11/22/18 Thu 11/22/18
4.4 Milestone 4: Testing phase
completed 0 days Mon 1/21/19 Mon 1/21/19
5.3 Milestone 5: Product launched 0 days Mon 4/29/19 Mon 4/29/19
Table 2
Project schedule
The project schedule describes in depth the different task that have to be performed and
their scheduled baseline start and finish dates. This will enable to understand the allocated time
for each task and phase along with the buffer time for each of the task (Wang et al., 2014). The
project schedule for the current project is described below which shows that the overall time
span is 262 days and the project timeline starts at 27th April, 2018 and ends at 29th April, 2019.
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Smartphone Development for Apple
Inc.
262 days Fri 4/27/18 Mon 4/29/19
1.0 Product Requirement 23 days Fri 4/27/18 Tue 5/29/18
1.1 identification of product
requirement
15 days Fri 4/27/18 Thu 5/17/18

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1.2 Discuss product requirements with
the stakeholders
2 days Fri 5/18/18 Mon 5/21/18
1.3 Make necessary Changes 2 days Tue 5/22/18 Wed 5/23/18
1.4 Develop the product specification
document
3 days Thu 5/24/18 Mon 5/28/18
1.5 Deploy the product Document 1 day Tue 5/29/18 Tue 5/29/18
1.6 Milestone 1: Product specification
developed
0 days Tue 5/29/18 Tue 5/29/18
2.0 Product Development phase 81 days Wed 5/30/18 Wed 9/19/18
2.1 Identify the product software
requirements
10 days Wed 5/30/18 Tue 6/12/18
2.2 Identify the product hardware
development requirements
15 days Wed 5/30/18 Tue 6/19/18
2.3 Integrating the product
requirements
30 days Wed 6/20/18 Tue 7/31/18
2.4 Developing the basic Model 30 days Wed 8/1/18 Tue 9/11/18
2.5 Discuss with the stakeholders 3 days Wed 9/12/18 Fri 9/14/18

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2.6 Document the Modifications
required
2 days Mon 9/17/18 Tue 9/18/18
2.7 Sent for Approval 1 day Wed 9/19/18 Wed 9/19/18
2.8 Milestone 2: Initial product
Developed
0 days Wed 9/19/18 Wed 9/19/18
3.0 Final product Development
Stage
46 days Thu 9/20/18 Thu 11/22/18
3.1 Make the necessary Changes 35 days Thu 9/20/18 Wed 11/7/18
3.2 Develop the final product 45 days Thu 9/20/18 Wed 11/21/18
3.3 Sent for testing 1 day Thu 11/22/18 Thu 11/22/18
3.4 Milestone 3: Final product
Developed
0 days Thu 11/22/18 Thu 11/22/18
4.0 Testing phase 42 days Fri 11/23/18 Mon 1/21/19
4.1 Product distributed among
employees and selected premium
consumers
30 days Fri 11/23/18 Thu 1/3/19
4.2 Take Feedback 5 days Fri 1/4/19 Thu 1/10/19
4.3 Make necessary changes 7 days Fri 1/11/19 Mon 1/21/19

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4.4 Milestone 4: Testing phase
completed
0 days Mon 1/21/19 Mon 1/21/19
5.0 Product launch 70 days Tue 1/22/19 Mon 4/29/19
5.1 Develop the marketing campaign 20 days Tue 1/22/19 Mon 2/18/19
5.2 Promote Product 50 days Tue 2/19/19 Mon 4/29/19
5.3 Milestone 5: Product launched 0 days Mon 4/29/19 Mon 4/29/19
Table 3
The majority of the tasks in the project are critical tasks except two tasks that are non
critical. They are identification of the software requirements and making the necessary changes
in the final product stages. These tasks have slack time of 5 days and 10 days so that the
resources allocation can be reduced as changing resources and time will not have any effect on
the overall cost and time span of the project.

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Gantt chart

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Network diagram