Project Selection Methods and Initial Documents for Uber's New App

This report examines project selection methods applicable to the development of a new Uber application, focusing on the benefits for both drivers and users. It explores various project selection methodologies, including the benefit measurement method, which considers cash flow and cost-benefit ratios, and constrained optimization methods, such as linear, non-linear, integer, and dynamic programming. The report also delves into the initial process group, emphasizing the creation of a project charter and stakeholder identification, as well as the input processes, including project management plans, schedule and cost forecasting, and work performance information. The analysis highlights how these methods and processes can be used to improve the app's functionality, user experience, and project management success, ultimately contributing to Uber's overall business goals. The PMBOK knowledge areas and process groups are also analyzed for their role, relevance, and impact on project management best practices.

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Table of Contents
Background......................................................................................................................................2
PART 1............................................................................................................................................2
Benefit Measurements method....................................................................................................2
Constrained Optimization Methods.............................................................................................4
PART 2............................................................................................................................................5
Initial process group....................................................................................................................5
Input process................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Reference.........................................................................................................................................8

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Background
Uber has been planning to develop a new application that will be benefitting the
functioning of the business organisation. A new interface is supposed to implement in the
commencing of the new uber use to provide a better experience to the drivers as well as the users
of the service of the application. Uber have realised that claim that the drivers will be using must
be easier to use. Despite reducing the complexity in the usage of the application, despite the form
is expected to stay the same.
PART 1
Examine project selection methods that can be applied appropriately to the given project for
Uber eats new app case study provided
Different project selection project methodologies that can be implemented include
different methods but the scope of all the ways bare similarly in nature (Means & Seiner 2015).
The central aspect that is taken into consideration is the profit that is to be earned as per the
management of the entire system (Kaiser, El Arbi & Ahlemann 2015). This includes the element
that functioning of the project will be required ng proper implementation of the project selection
methods to understand the profitability of the project. Project selection methods that can be
applied for the proceeding of the New Uber application are as follows: -
Benefit Measurements method
The new uber application team can use the benefits measurement method as the project
selection method. This method ensures that the decision is made as per the current situation of
the project and the value that is created as per the present position of the business prospect. The
present estimation of cash inflow band cash outflow is taken into consideration for taking up the

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project. In this method, proper calculations can be made as per the cost that is incurred and the
cost incurred is compared with the benefits that might be received. This will help in making
proper decisions regarding taking up of the project by Uber of developing the new application
that will have significant changes as per the functioning of the application. One of the
considerable benefits of performing Benefit measurement method includes proper discounted
cash flow processing. The list of techniques that can be implemented as per the functioning of
the new Uber application includes performing the benefit/ cost ratio. Economic models are also
present in the function understanding of the money that will be received as per the benefits that
can be earned by the new Uber application (Gür, Hamurcu & Eren 2016). The scoring model is
also considered for the new Uber application. Payback model can also be used for proper
decision making of the new uber application. Having a net present value method can also be used
for decision making of the new uber applications. The internal rate of return method can also be
used in proper decision making. Opportunity cost is even considered is one of the main aspects
that help in making correct decisions in the functioning of the project selecting regarding the new
uber application development processing.
In case of using the benefit-cost ratio, the developers of the new uber application, the rate
in between the cost that will be incurred and the benefit that will be received will be taken into
consideration (Özcan et al., 2018). In case the present value of inflow is lower than the current
outflow of cash the project of developing a new uber application must be designed. In fact of
having more than one choice for the project development phase the main advantage that will be
gained is that proper comparison in between the two instances can be made and the development
of the new uber application can be performed as per the case that will be having a more cost-
benefit ratio (Jeng & Huang 2015). Hence proper choosing of projects can be made.

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In the case of performing the economic value added method, a performance matrix is
shown. This performance matrix calculates the worth of the project. Calculation of return of
capital can also be performed. This process also helps in the proper understanding of the
sustainability of the application development as per the profitability of the newly developed uber
application (Read et al., 2017). In between the choices that are provided, the option with higher
economic value added will be selected. Hence the proper understanding of the decision that is to
be made can be done quickly.
In case of using the soring model, the board of directors will be having the complete
dominance on the protocol of the only developed uber application (Davidson Peters &
Brakewood 2017). This will ensure that the management of the project will get functional as per
the demands of the board of directors of Uber. The scoring method is used, and the protocol with
the highest score will get implemented.
Usage of Net present value can be or used to calculate the current value of the project. In
case the profit that will be made as per the cost incurred is higher than the price bore the project
must be taken and hence wise if the newly developed uber application has the potential to fetch
more cash than the cash debited during the developing process, new Uber application must be
performed.
Constrained Optimization Methods
Another method that is used for the processing of the project includes implementation of
linear programming, nonlinear programming, integer programming and dynamic programming.
With the help of linear programming, the main advantage that will be received by the
developing team of the uber application includes an understanding of the scenario as per real life

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situation. In case proper knowledge of the issues that might be affecting the developing of the
new uber application. The chances of actual life problem occurrence, chances of having choices
of the project will decrease.
With using the non-linear programming process, the main advantage that will be received
by the developing team of Uber application will include decision maker as per the distribution of
the rich source (Bales & Woo 2016). With proper processing of the bottlenecks also occur, and
this is the primary process that will be helping in choosing the project.
PART 2
Initial process group and project documents that are created or used as inputs for new
application that is being developed by Uber.
Initial process group
As per PMBOK, the initiation process group is about the steps that are incurred in the
functioning of the process before the beginning of the same. In the case of developing the new
Uber application, the main disadvantage that is taken into consideration includes better creating
of the project charter (Wang 2016). In this stage, an overview of the project that is to be
developed is done. In this stage, the higher authorities of the Uber organisation will approve the
outline of the project, and their signature will be taken as well. The project initiator can manage
the functioning of the resources that represent (Cieciora, Habela & Rzeźnik-Knotek 2018).
In the next stage, the identification of the stakeholders is performed. The stakeholders
that are necessary for developing the Uber app will be analysed and will be portrayed as per in
the stakeholder matrix. The project manager is entirely responsible for this stage.

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After completion of these 2 phases, the project managers are responsible for the
allocation of the tasks as per the field of expertise is performed.
Input process
The input measures that are to be taken include a project management plan, forecasting of
schedule, forecasting of the cost that will be incurred in developing of the new uber application
(Roudias 2015). Validated changes that are to be performed can also be treated as the input
measures. Work performance information of the ongoing development of the uber use is also
taken into consideration for a better understanding of the success of the project.
With the help of the project management plan, proper scheduling of the activities that are
to be performed can be scheduled. This will help the developers of the new application to be well
aware of the scenario that is to be performed (Hatchet et al., 2014). This process will assist in
better completion of the system dates can be estimated. Schedule forecast will help in the better
prediction of the future. Learning from experience is also one of the significant advantages that
assist in better execution of the ongoing project will also help the developers to correctly
understand the way the entire system must be performing for having higher efficiency as an
application (Davidson, Peters & Brakewood 2017). Proper forecasting of cost with the help of
gathering required to input the main advantage that will be present includes understandings of
the price that might be needed for the completion of the development project. This will also help
in calculating the net current value, and this will include better choosing of the project.
Conclusion
From the above discussion, it can be stated that Uber has been working on their
Application for developing the app for providing benefits to the drivers of Uber as well as the

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passengers who will be using the service. Several innovations are to be brought in. In this
process of bringing in change, several PMBOK steps must be taken these steps are stated in this
report. Innovation stage has been enacting beneficially. This is one of the major aspects that help
in proper managing of the project as per the initiation stage of the project.

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