BSMAN 3193 - Applied Workplace Practice: Divine Thunder Project

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Divine Thunder soft drink launch project in the Malaysian market. It details the project's objectives, which include gaining a competitive advantage and meeting consumer needs. The report reviews the project's progress using MS Project, outlining the work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, and budget status. It identifies issues such as management challenges, potential launch failures, and technical problems, and offers recommendations for improvement, including adhering to the project plan and managing risks. A reflection on the knowledge and experience gained during the project is also included. This document is a valuable resource for students studying project management and new product development.

Running head: WORKPLACE PROJECT REPORT
Workplace Project Report
Divine Thunder by ZIQ & FIQ Enterprise
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

Executive Summary
This report is a comprehensive review of the selected product in which the aspects being
driven for launching a new product. The product being introduced in the project is a soft
drink and the product is all about launching a new product in the Malaysian market and make
sure to adopt the proper project management strategies those could contribute in the growth
and development of this project. The final goal of the project is to make this launch
successful considering the fulfilment of the needs and requirements of the users. This report
will be reviewing the progress of the project through the application of the MS project. Some
assumptions are being made regarding the development of the scenarios in which better
management strategies could be adopted. This report will be analysing the expected planning
and ongoing development of the project in addition to the actual and estimated cost of the
overall project in the middle of the project. The identified issues have been also described in
this report along with a reflection in which I will be reflecting on the overall knowledge and
experienced gained after delivering this project.

Table of Contents
Project overview.........................................................................................................................4
Project Progress and performance..............................................................................................5
Budget Status.............................................................................................................................9
Problems Identified..................................................................................................................13
Recommendations....................................................................................................................14
Reflection.................................................................................................................................14
References................................................................................................................................16

Project overview
Name of Organization
Ziq and Fiq Enterprises
Project Name
Launch new soft drink ‘thunder drink’ for gaining competitive advantage
The soft drinks market is widely expanding in Malaysia and the approach is being
driven for the development of a new product in the form of the soft drink that can be
managed within the estimated constraints and capable of meeting the needs and requirements
of the users. The increasing competition led to the adoption of this strategy of the
development of new product that can allow the organization in gaining competitive advantage
over the competitors and cover the most sector of the project. The objective of the project is
to make sure that the introduced product is acceptable to the existing and new consumers of
the organization and gain better competitive advantage over the competitors who are in the
same field. From the perspective of the project management, the goal of the project is to
make sure that the developed strategy is delivered under proper guidance and all the scope
and objectives of the project met. Modern tools will be used for evaluating and forecasting
the conditions of the project with an assurance of getting better results.
Project duration
18th May 2018 to 27th August 2018
Project Cost
$1,726
Work breakdown structure

Figure 1: WBS for divine Thunder manufacturing project
(Source: created by author)
Project Progress and performance
Following Gantt chart can be reproduced considering the planned baseline and the
assumed work completion:

WBS Task Name Act. Start % Comp. Act. Dur. Rem. Dur.
0
Manufacturing divine
Thunder soft drink
Fri 18-05-18 64% 46.06 days
25.94
days
1 Project initiation Fri 18-05-18 100% 19 days 0 days
1.1 Project scope statement Fri 18-05-18 100% 3 days 0 days
1.2 Project documentation Wed 23-05-18 100% 2 days 0 days
1.3 Project budget preparation Fri 25-05-18 100% 3 days 0 days
1.4 Project time estimation Fri 25-05-18 100% 6 days 0 days
1.5 Project team allocation Mon 04-06-18 100% 3 days 0 days
1.6 Project sponsors selections Thu 07-06-18 100% 5 days 0 days
2 Project planning phase Thu 14-06-18 67% 23.48 days 11.52

days
2.1 Resource allocation Thu 14-06-18 100% 3 days 0 days
2.2 Product naming Tue 19-06-18 100% 3 days 0 days
2.3
Vendor assigning and
suppliers selection
Fri 22-06-18 100% 2 days 0 days
2.4
Assigning chemist for the
new product
Tue 26-06-18 100% 6 days 0 days
2.5
Preparing proper
environment with new
equipments
Tue 26-06-18 50% 3 days 3 days
2.6
Equipment measures for
new bottles
Wed 04-07-18 50% 2.5 days 2.5 days
2.7
Soft drink mixing
equipments
Wed 11-07-18 50% 2.5 days 2.5 days
2.8 Buying filling machinery Wed 18-07-18 50% 2.5 days 2.5 days
2.9
Conveyor system
preparation
Wed 25-07-18 50% 3 days 3 days
3
Initial product
manufacturing phase
Thu 02-08-18 30% 3 days 7 days

3.1
Water infusing with
needful elements
Thu 02-08-18 25% 0.25 days 0.75 days
3.2
Adding essence to the
liquid
Fri 03-08-18 50% 0.5 days 0.5 days
3.3 Testing the drink Mon 06-08-18 45% 0.45 days 0.55 days
3.4 Change approach Tue 07-08-18 50% 0.5 days 0.5 days
3.5
Changing the taste as per
the demand
Tue 07-08-18 75% 0.75 days 0.25 days
3.6 Packaging soft drink bottle Wed 08-08-18 85% 0.85 days 0.15 days
3.7
Securing bottle from
contamination
Wed 08-08-18 10% 0.2 days 1.8 days
3.8 Water filtration Fri 10-08-18 5% 0.1 days 1.9 days
3.9 Automatic capping NA 0% 0 days 2 days
4 Project closure NA 0% 0 days 8 days
4.1 Stakeholder signoff NA 0% 0 days 3 days
4.2 Post maintenance program NA 0% 0 days 2 days
4.3
Reducing the hazards of
falling bottles
NA 0% 0 days 3 days
It can be identified that as per the assumption the project is behind the schedule and
hence, further strategy of the project should be to develop a sophisticated plan that can be

effective and efficient in developing the strategies those could possibly meet the expected
scope and outcomes of the project. The schedule will alternatively be reflecting on the actual
cost of the project and variations will be identified in the further attempts in this project itself.
The strategy for further management will be targeting on the development of the strategies
those could meet the baseline of the project through increasing the work pace being delivered
in the project. The project needs to be monitored and hence, quality assurance strategy could
be deployed considering the management and manipulation of the project based on the
expectations. It will be helpful in manipulating the entire project without hampering the
overall quality of the project deliverables. It could be helpful and effective in finally meeting
the planned and actual values.
Budget Status
Following are the activities, and in the middle of the project execution, 18th July 2018,
following baseline information is being assumed related to the growth and development of
the project:
WBS Task Name % Comp. Act. Dur. Rem. Dur. Act. Cost Cost
0
Manufacturing divine
Thunder soft drink
64% 46.06 days 25.94 days $1,432.00 $1,726.00
1 Project initiation 100% 19 days 0 days $345.00 $345.00
1.1
Project scope
statement
100% 3 days 0 days $60.00 $60.00
1.2
Project
documentation
100% 2 days 0 days $60.00 $60.00

1.3
Project budget
preparation
100% 3 days 0 days $60.00 $60.00
1.4
Project time
estimation
100% 6 days 0 days $45.00 $45.00
1.5
Project team
allocation
100% 3 days 0 days $60.00 $60.00
1.6
Project sponsors
selections
100% 5 days 0 days $60.00 $60.00
2
Project planning
phase
67% 23.48 days 11.52 days $673.00 $673.00
2.1 Resource allocation 100% 3 days 0 days $60.00 $60.00
2.2 Product naming 100% 3 days 0 days $98.00 $98.00
2.3
Vendor assigning
and suppliers selection
100% 2 days 0 days $60.00 $60.00
2.4
Assigning chemist
for the new product
100% 6 days 0 days $110.00 $110.00
2.5
Preparing proper
environment with new
equipments
50% 3 days 3 days $45.00 $45.00

2.6
Equipment measures
for new bottles
50% 2.5 days 2.5 days $128.00 $128.00
2.7
Soft drink mixing
equipments
50% 2.5 days 2.5 days $80.00 $80.00
2.8
Buying filling
machinery
50% 2.5 days 2.5 days $22.00 $22.00
2.9
Conveyor system
preparation
50% 3 days 3 days $70.00 $70.00
3
Initial product
manufacturing phase
30% 3 days 7 days $414.00 $544.00
3.1
Water infusing with
needful elements
25% 0.25 days 0.75 days $80.00 $80.00
3.2
Adding essence to
the liquid
50% 0.5 days 0.5 days $58.00 $58.00
3.3 Testing the drink 45% 0.45 days 0.55 days $56.00 $56.00
3.4 Change approach 50% 0.5 days 0.5 days $60.00 $60.00
3.5
Changing the taste
as per the demand
75% 0.75 days 0.25 days $56.00 $56.00
3.6
Packaging soft drink
bottle
85% 0.85 days 0.15 days $22.00 $22.00

3.7
Securing bottle from
contamination
10% 0.2 days 1.8 days $60.00 $60.00
3.8 Water filtration 5% 0.1 days 1.9 days $22.00 $22.00
3.9 Automatic capping 0% 0 days 2 days $0.00 $130.00
4 Project closure 0% 0 days 8 days $0.00 $164.00
4.1 Stakeholder signoff 0% 0 days 3 days $0.00 $60.00
4.2
Post maintenance
program
0% 0 days 2 days $0.00 $56.00
4.3
Reducing the
hazards of falling bottles
0% 0 days 3 days $0.00 $48.00
Considering 10% addition or subtraction in the budget, the above table represents that
the project is under budget and the actual and planned cost could be managed at the same
place. Further assumptions could be made that for the instance if the project testing activity of
the project takes longer time then the schedule of the project would be increasing
proportionally and the cost factor could be related same. Various factors could be the reason
of such changes that include the risks to the testing, expected product not found, human
resource lagging due to medical conditions, and many more. The leadership and management
styles could be another factor those could lag in delivering their sector of work related to the
employee’s management and keeping them focused towards delivery of the expected
benefits. These factors are highly considerable considering the management and delivery of
the project.