University Project: Implementation of a Trash Eating Drone - Analysis

This project management assignment presents a comprehensive analysis of a trash-eating drone implementation project. It details the outsourcing needs, including activities like framing, motor connection, and testing, along with associated costs, resources, and budgets. The assignment outlines project milestones, deliverables, and a detailed project schedule spanning 69 days, visualized through a Gantt chart. Cost and time allocation are also meticulously presented, demonstrating the financial and temporal aspects of each project phase, from initiation to closure. The document includes figures illustrating cost allocation across phases and time allocation for different project activities, offering a complete overview of the project's planning and execution. The project incorporates a procurement management plan and vendor evaluation criteria. The provided content is a student submission for Desklib, offering valuable insights into project management practices.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project: Implementation of Trash Eating drone
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Part 4:.........................................................................................................................................2
4.1 Outsourcing needs of project activities............................................................................2
4.2 Resources, cost and budget outsourced activities............................................................2
4.3 Milestones and deliverables for the outsourced work......................................................3
4.4 Detailed project schedule.................................................................................................4
4.5 Cost allocation..................................................................................................................7
4.6 Time allocation.................................................................................................................8
4.7 Gantt chart and other planning details.............................................................................9
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................10

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Part 4:
4.1 Outsourcing needs of project activities
The project activities are generally outsourced due to the expenditure and it is
identified that in this particular project, the activities are generally outsourced due to the taxes
as well as for providing a number of benefit to the employees of the organization [3]. In
addition to this, efficiency is considered as another reason for outsourcing project activities as
the employees need to properly deal with the project which requires proper training about the
project management practices that is generally required in successful completion of the
project activities. The activities that are outsourced while implementing the Trash eating
drone are generally listed below:
 Framing
 Connection of motor
 Connecting ESC
 Use of flight controller
 Use of Radio Transmitter Dan Receiver
 Adding the function of trash clearance
 Testing of the system
4.2 Resources, cost and budget outsourced activities
The resources, cost as well as budget that is required for those activities that are
generally outsourced are mainly reflected in the table that is given below:
Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost
Framing 6 days IT manager $ 2,160.00
Connection of motor 6 days Technical engineer $ 2,160.00

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Connecting ESC 8 days Contractor, Hardware[1] $ 62,880.00
Use of flight controller 10 days
Software[1],Sub-contractor,
Technical engineer
$ 56,800.00
Use of Radio Transmitter
Dan Receiver
10 days Additional cost[1],IT manager $ 48,800.00
Adding the function of trash
clearance
8 days Technical engineer $ 2,880.00
Testing of the system 4 days Tester $ 1,440.00
4.3 Milestones and deliverables for the outsourced work
The project milestone for the outsourced work so that the trash easting drone can be
implemented is reflected in the table that is given below:
Milestone Completion date
Milestone 4: Completion of implementation phase Mon 28-05-19
The deliverables for the outsourced work in order to implement the Trash eating
drone are generally listed below:
 Project implementation report
 Progress report
 Detailed resource use report
 Operation manual

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4.4 Detailed project schedule
The schedule that is provided for the implementation of Trash eating drone reflects
that the work of the project gets completed within 69 days. The table that is given below
reflects on the time that is required for executing each of the activities of the project within
their initiation and completion date.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0
Implementation of trash
eating drone
69 days
Mon 04-
03-19
Thu 06-06-19
1 Initiation phase 17 days
Mon 04-
03-19
Tue 26-03-19
1.1
Business case
development
5 days
Mon 04-
03-19
Fri 08-03-19
1.2 Feasibility study 3 days
Mon 11-
03-19
Wed 13-03-19 2
1.3 Charter development 4 days
Thu 14-03-
19
Tue 19-03-19 3
1.4
Team members
appointment
5 days
Wed 20-
03-19
Tue 26-03-19 4
1.5
Milestone 1:Initiation
phase completion
0 days
Tue 26-03-
19
Tue 26-03-19 5
2 Planning phase 9 days
Wed 27-
03-19
Mon 08-04-19
2.1
Project plan
development
5 days
Wed 27-
03-19
Tue 02-04-19 5

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2.2
Resource plan
development
5 days
Wed 27-
03-19
Tue 02-04-19 5
2.3
Financial plan
development
4 days
Wed 27-
03-19
Mon 01-04-19 6
2.4
Quality plan
development
3 days
Tue 02-04-
19
Thu 04-04-19 10
2.5
Acceptance plan
development
2 days
Fri 05-04-
19
Mon 08-04-19 11
2.6
Milestone 2:Planning
phase completion
0 days
Mon 08-
04-19
Mon 08-04-19 12
3 Designing phase 6 days
Tue 09-04-
19
Tue 16-04-19
3.1
Designing eating trash
drone
4 days
Tue 09-04-
19
Fri 12-04-19 12
3.2
Sending in order to get
approval
1 day
Mon 15-
04-19
Mon 15-04-19 15
3.3
Getting approval on the
project design
1 day
Tue 16-04-
19
Tue 16-04-19 16
3.4
Milestone 3:Designing
phase completion
0 days
Tue 16-04-
19
Tue 16-04-19 17
4 Implementation phase 34 days
Wed 17-
04-19
Mon 03-06-19
4.1 Framing 6 days
Wed 17-
04-19
Wed 24-04-19 17

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4.2 Connection of motor 6 days
Wed 17-
04-19
Wed 24-04-19 17
4.3 Connecting ESC 8 days
Thu 25-04-
19
Mon 06-05-19 21
4.4 Use of flight controller 10 days
Thu 25-04-
19
Wed 08-05-19 21
4.5
Use of Radio
Transmitter Dan Receiver
10 days
Thu 09-05-
19
Wed 22-05-19 23
4.6
Adding the function of
trash clearance
8 days
Thu 23-05-
19
Mon 03-06-19 24
4.7 Testing of the system 4 days
Thu 23-05-
19
Tue 28-05-19 24
4.8
Milestone 4:
Completion of
implementation phase
0 days
Tue 28-05-
19
Tue 28-05-19 26
5 Closure phase 7 days
Wed 29-
05-19
Thu 06-06-19
5.1 Post project review 3 days
Wed 29-
05-19
Fri 31-05-19 26
5.2 Stakeholder sign off 2 days
Mon 03-
06-19
Tue 04-06-19 29
5.3 Documentation 2 days
Wed 05-
06-19
Thu 06-06-19 30
5.4 Milestone 5: 0 days Thu 06-06- Thu 06-06-19 31

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Completion of execution
phase
19
4.5 Cost allocation
Cost allocation is one of the important procedure that is very much beneficial in
determining, aggregating as well as assigning the project activities [4]. The figure that is
given below reflects on the cost that is needed for executing each of the phase of the project.
From the below figure, it is identified that around $8,760 is generally required in order to
execute the initiation phase whereas $7,760 is needed for executing the planning phase. In
addition to this, it is found that designing phase needs $2,960 whereas the implementation
phase needs $177,120.
Initiation phase Planning phase Designing phase Implementation
phase
Closure phase
$ 0.00
$ 20,000.00
$ 40,000.00
$ 60,000.00
$ 80,000.00
$ 100,000.00
$ 120,000.00
$ 140,000.00
$ 160,000.00
$ 180,000.00
$ 200,000.00
Actual Cost Remaining Cost Baseline Cost
Figure 1: Cost allocation
(Source: Created by Author)
4.6 Time allocation
Time allocation reflects on the time that is needed for executing each of the activities
of the project. It is found that the figure that is provided below reflects on the time that is

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needed for executing the activities of the project successfully [2]. It is found that in order to
execute the initiation phase, 17days needed whereas 9days are required for planning.
Moreover, 34 days is required for implementing and 6 days for designing the project.
Detailed time allocation is reflected below:
Figure 2: Time allocation
(Source: Created by Author)

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4.7 Gantt chart and other planning details
Gantt chart is considered as one of the bar chart that helps in illustrating the schedule
of the project effectively. It is found that that the Gantt chart that is developed for the
implementation of Trash eating drone is generally reflected below. From the Gantt chart that
is provided below, it is planned that the entire project will get completed successfully within
the time period of 69 days within the budget that is assumed by the project manager before
the initiation phase of the project [6]. Moreover, the Gantt cart provides proper detail about
the time that is required for executing each of the activities of the project and generally
reflects on the dependencies of task in order to provide clear idea of task execution to the
project manager. The Gantt hart for the implementation of Trash eating drone is provided
below:
Figure 3: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by Author)

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