Detailed Project Plan: Sunrise Restaurant Website and Social Media

This project plan outlines the strategy for launching a website for the Sunrise Restaurant to enhance its business operations through digital technology. The plan includes a problem statement highlighting the need for a website to compete with other restaurants, along with project objectives to improve operational performance, stay within budget (£5000), and complete the project within 86 days. It details the project's scope, which encompasses website launch and social media integration, and defines success criteria based on time, budget, revenue, and customer visits. The implementation plan is structured in six phases: project definition, team establishment, planning, design, development, testing, launch and post-project review, with a work breakdown structure and Gantt chart provided. Project processes include planning, design, coding, web content building, testing, launch, and closure phases. A communication plan is also included, detailing the objectives, medium, frequency, and audience for project meetings and reports. The project aims to leverage digital technologies to enhance the restaurant's competitiveness and reach a wider audience.

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Table of Contents
1. Project Definition.............................................................................1
Problem Statement..................................................................................1
Project Strategy.......................................................................................1
Project Objectives....................................................................................1
Performance, Cost, and Time Objectives....................................................................2
Deliverables..............................................................................................2
The deliverables of the project include:........................................................................2
Project Scope Statement.........................................................................2
Included Scope............................................................................................................2
Excluded Scope...........................................................................................................2
Success Criteria.......................................................................................3
Project Assumptions...............................................................................3
2. Implementation Plan........................................................................3
Schedule (Gantt chart)............................................................................5
3. Project Processes............................................................................6
Communication Plan...............................................................................6
4. References........................................................................................8
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1. Project Definition
The paper mainly focuses on the “Sunrise Restaurant” that wants to
expand their business by utilizing the facilities of digital technology within the
business. It is found that in order to expand their business and for targeting wider
audience the higher authority of the organization decides to launch a website
with integration of social media within the organization. It is found that launching
a website with social media integration will be helpful for the Sunrise restaurant
as it will not only helps the organization in targeting wider audience but also
assists in gaining credibility, saving money as well as will be helpful in informing
the customers by providing accessibility 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
Problem Statement
The Sunrise restaurant is facing lot of challenges due to competitive
advantage. The other competitors of sunrise restaurant utilizes website for
targeting audience and for providing online service to the customers. It is found
that the customers prefers restaurant that provide more updated service and as a
result it is creating negative impact on the business of the sunrise restaurant as
the number of customers are decreasing day by day. In order to gain competitive
advantage and for targeting wider audience the higher authority of the
organization decided to launch a website for the restaurant with integration of
social media.
Project Strategy
The main strategy of the project is to finish the tasks as well as activities
of the project on time and within the approved budget. This strategy is mainly
utilized within the project in order to complete the website launch within the time
that is assumed by the project manager in the initial project phase. This strategy
is quite helpful in finishing the project within the expected time without creating
any type of issues or challenges.
Project Objectives
The objectives of the project are as follows:
 To investigate the digital technology impact on the restaurant business
environment performance
 To determine the advantages of digital technologies that generally have
proper relationship with Sunrise restaurant business activities
 To identify the challenges of digital technologies that generally influences
the entire performance of the restaurant
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Performance, Cost, and Time Objectives
The objectives include:
 To improve the operational performance of the organization by launching
website with the integration of social media
 To finish the project of website launch within the budget of around £5000
 To finish the project within the timeframe of 86 days
Deliverables
The deliverables of the project include:
 Prototype construction
 Development of database
 Validation of code
 Cross-browser testing
 Optimization
 Navigation structure
 Site content pages
 Selecting great name for the domain
 Registering domain name
 Utilizing content management system
 Selecting hosting provider
 Launching the website with basic theme
 Integration of website with social media
Project Scope Statement
Included Scope
The scope consists of the following:
 Launching website with basic theme for the Sunrise restaurant
 Integration of website with the social media
 Targeting large number of audience
 Completion of project launch within 86 days
Excluded Scope
Work not included in this project is:
 Proper training to the worker of the project is not provided
 Information about project supplier is not given
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Success Criteria
The success of the project will be measured by the following factors that
are as follows:
Time: If the entire project is finished with 83 days successfully then the
project can be considered successful.
Budget: If the entire project of launching a website is finished within the
approved budget then the project is considered successful.
Revenue of the organization: If the revenue of the organization
enhances due to increase in number of customer visits in the restaurant then the
project is considered successful.
Number of customer visit: If the number of customer visit on the
website of the restaurant is high then the project will be considered as
successful.
Project Assumptions
The project assumptions include:
 The launching of website for the sunrise restaurant will be finished within
83 days
 The project will be finished within the budget that is around £5000
 The scope of the project will be followed during project progress
 The project of website launch will be advantageous for the restaurant as
with the help of this website, the organization will be able to target more
number of customers.
2. Implementation Plan
The project “launching of website with social media integration for Sunrise
Restaurant” will be implemented in six different phases of the project. It is found
that in the initial phase of the project, objectives as well as goals of the project
are clearly defined. After then, proper project team is established for the project
so that the activities as well as tasks of the project can be properly finished. The
planning phase of the project is mainly followed by designing, development as
well as testing phase. It is found that in the launching phase of the project,
proper host provider is identified and then the website is launched with the social
media integration. In the last phase of the project, post project review is generally
undertaken.
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Work Breakdown Structure
Planning to lunch a
website with integration
of social media in
"Sunrise Resturant"
Project planning phase
Conversation with
project team
members
Development of
project proposal
Creating agreement
for project
Identyfying
stakeholders of the
project
Approval of project
plan
Web application design
Gathering ideas for
initial stage
Client review
Revising the design
of the project
Undertaking
feasiability study
Analysing budget for
the project
Undertaking meeting
for project kick-off
Approval for final
design
Coding
Prototype
consustruction
Development of
database
Validation of code
Cross-browser
testing
Optimization
Web content build
Navigation structure
Site content pages
User experience
Updating details for
website login
Updating project
details
Presentation display
for program
Testing phase
Usit testing
System testing
User acceptnace
testing
Website launch
Selecting great name
for the domain
Registering domain
name
Utilizing content
management system
Selecting hosting
provider
Launching the
website with basic
theme
Integration of
website with social
media
Project closure phase
Assesment of risk
Quality management
Final review
Figure 1: WBS
(Source: Created by Author)
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Schedule (Gantt chart)
Figure 2: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by Author)
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3. Project Processes
The processes of the project include:
Planning phase: In the planning phase of the project, numbers of
activities are mainly undertaken including the development of project proposal as
well as appointment of project team members.
Designing phase: In the designing phase, prototype of the system is
designed by gathering ideas from the initial stage of the project.
Coding phase: In the coding phase, the activities that are undertaken
include prototype construction, validation of code as well as optimization.
Web content building phase: In this phase, the navigation structures for
the website as well as various site content pages are created.
Testing phase: In the testing phase of the project, the website that is
developed is tested for checking the user acceptability of the website.
Launching phase: In this phase, the website is launched by selecting
proper host provider. In addition to this, the website is integrated with social
media.
Closure phase: In the last phase of the project, all the activities that are
undertaken are reviewed.
Communication Plan
Type Objective Medium Frequenc
y
Audienc
e
Owner Deliverabl
e
Kick off
meeting
The kick
off
meeting is
mainly
arranged
for
discussin
g about
the
objectives
of the
project
Face to
face
Once Team
members
Project
manage
r
Agenda
Meeting
minutes
Project
team
meeting
The team
meeting is
arranged
for
discussin
g about
the
challenge
s that the
Email Whenever
needed
Project
manager
Team
leader
Agenda
Meeting
minutes
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team
members
are facing
Project
status
reportin
g
This
meeting is
arranged
in order to
reflect on
the
project
status for
making
sure that
the
project is
on the
right
track.
Conferenc
e hall
Monthly Team
members
Project
manage
r
Project
status
report
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