Project Overview
Part One:
1.1 MOV – Measurable Organisational Value
Area of Impact |
Rank (1 to 5) |
Operational |
1st |
Customer |
2nd |
Financial |
3rd |
Social |
4th |
Strategy |
5th |
1.2 Value of the project plan
Delivered value are:
Better: The services of online breeding are provided is better in comparison to the services that are provided by the company.
Faster: It is found that the management system within the organization is quite easy to reach to the customers and the clients of the organization are benefitted due to reduction in the response time.
2.3 Appropriate metric
Rank |
Impact |
Metrics |
Timeframe |
1st |
Operational |
Efficiency of the operation increases. |
2 months |
2nd |
Customer |
The customer’s number will increase due to the services as well as benefits that is delivered by the organization. |
3 months |
3rd |
Financial |
The investment, which is done, helps in generating proper financial outcome for the project. |
2 months |
4th |
Social |
Social platform is used for advertisement as well as promoting the services delivered by the company. |
1 month |
5th |
Strategy |
It is necessary to utilize proper organizational strategies for managing the customers. |
2 months |
2.1 Scope
The project scope are as follows:
- Interface design
- Database development
- Breed registry development
- Easy recording of services
- Reviewing breeding services
- Personalized communication facility
- Developing database for marketing
- Facility of contract management
- Development of location facility
- Facility of cost tracking
2.2 Out of Scope
The out scope of the project:
- Facility of training is excluded from the project
- Information about the project suppliers are excluded
2.3 Assumptions
The assumptions are:
- All the project stakeholders will be present within the project meetings
- The resources that are needed will quite easily available
- The development of the entire project will get finished within the expected time.
2.4 Constraints
The constraints that are developed within this project are listed below:
- Necessary resources will be present otherwise time of the project will exceed.
- Proper quality required to be maintained otherwise both cost and time of the project will increase
- Project scope creep must be avoided.
2.5 Scope Management Plan
The project scope can be successfully managed including steps:
- It is quite essential to determine the items that are associated with the project scope
- The factors that generally helps in creating negative impact on the scope must be effectively determined
- It is quite essential to develop scope incorporation plan for retentive project quality.
- Proper deployment of project scope in order to improve the organizational operation.
2.6 Resource Plan
- People
- Technology
Hardware |
RAM, hard drive, laptop |
Software |
Tools of designing, tools of development |
Network |
Server |
- Facilities
Facility of internet and extranet related infrastructure needs to be developed for providing proper opportunity of system implementation to the employees of the organization.
- Other
Travel Requirements |
Travelling expense is provided to the organizational members. |
Training Requirements |
Training manuals are delivered before the arrangement of training sessions |
3.1 Project Milestones
Milestone |
Completion date |
Milestone 1: Completion of project starting phase |
Mon 28-05-18 |
Milestone 2: Completion of planning phase |
Thu 07-06-18 |
Milestone 3: Completion of designing phase |
Thu 21-06-18 |
Milestone 4: Completion of development phase |
Thu 30-08-18 |
Milestone 5: Completion of testing phase |
Fri 14-09-18 |
Milestone 6: Completion of monitoring and control phase |
Wed 26-09-18 |
Milestone 7: Completion of closure phase |
Mon 01-10-18 |
3.2 Project activities
Figure 1: Project activities
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3.3 Project resources
Figure 2: Project resources
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3.4 Time estimation
Figure 3: Time estimation
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3.5 Project budget
Figure 4: Project budget
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3.6 Time phase budget
Figure 5: Time-phase budget
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4.1 Assumptions
The assumptions are:
- All project stakeholders will be present within the project meetings
- The resources that are needed will quite easily available
- The development of project will get over in the expected time.
4.2 Project risks and management strategy
Risk ID |
Description |
Probability |
Impact |
Rate |
Assigned To |
Response Strategy |
Threat or Opportunity |
R1 |
Inappropriate design: The design for the project is not made properly then it generally creates design issues. |
80% |
4 |
320 |
Technical engineer |
The risk related with design issues can be prevented by designing the prototype of the system properly. |
Threat |
R2 |
Lack of management: If proper strategies related with management are not utilized then it will be quite challenging to finish the project. |
85% |
5 |
425 |
Human resource manager |
The risks that is associated with management can be solved by utilizing proper strategies. |
Threat |
R3 |
Poor quality of materials: If the resources that are used are of poor quality the quality related challenges occurs. |
80 |
4 |
320 |
Quality analyst |
The risks can be prevented by utilizing proper quality of resources within the project. |
Threat |
R4 |
Lack of proper resources: If the resources of the project are not in proper appropriate for finishing the project. |
70 |
4 |
280 |
Human resource manager |
It is very much necessary to estimate the needed resources for preventing the issue. |
Opportunity |
R5 |
Inappropriate training facility: As training facility is not provided, the team members faces lot of difficulties in managing the project. |
70 |
4 |
280 |
Trainer |
Proper training facility arrangement is necessary for mitigating the issues quite effectively. |
Threat |
Statement on project quality
The quality of the project “development of stud farm management system” is managed successfully by undertaking number of steps that are listed below:
Focussing on quality: It is quite necessary to arrange proper meetings on a weekly basis for making sure that proper quality is maintained.
Conducting proper software tests: Proper software tests must be conducted for making sure that proper quality is maintained within the project.
Safeguarding the entire time of testing: The time of testing should not be cut and it must be properly done for analyzing that the project development is done properly.
Buying software packages in order to ensure quality: Software solutions needs to be purchased by the organizations for ensuring that proper quality of the project is maintained.
A set of verification activities
Verification Activity |
When? |
External audits |
The External audits are accomplished on the suppliers after the delivery of the resources. |
End product testing |
Product testing is performed in the last phase of the project. |
Testing on software and software |
Testing is done on resources before utilizing them in the project development. |
A set of validation activities
Validation Activity |
When? |
Proceeding to approval |
This is done before initiation of the project. |
Finish working |
This is performed after the entire project is finished. |
Development of activities |
In the planning phase of the project. |
Part Six:
- Annotated bibliography
Refer to appendices
- Develop a closure checklist
Closure checklist |
Checklist options |
Is testing finished? |
Yes |
Approval and review of documents finished ? |
Yes |
Requirements Traceability Matrix been checked? |
No |
Closure of the risks are done? |
Yes |
Is project handover completed ? |
Yes |
Training completed? |
No |
Develop a project evaluation
Evaluation Criteria |
Option |
Is project plan feasible? |
Yes No |
Does the project design is feasible? |
Yes No |
Does the resources and cost are within the scope of the project? |
Yes No |
Does project get over within the budget? |
Yes No |
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