Scope Overview
Discuss about the development of CRM system within the organization.
The title of the project is “development of CRM system” within the organization “Tier One Suppliers Insurance Group”.
The scope of the project is mainly categorized into in-scope and out-scope.
In-scope: The in-scope of the project includes:
- Up gradation of information system of the organization “Tier One Supplier Insurance Group”
- Developing CRM system within the organization
- Issuing tablets to the workers of the organization
- Integration of laptop and tablets with the TOSIG system
Out scope: The out scope of the project includes:
- Proper training facility is not provided to the workers of the organization
- Information about the suppliers are not elaborated
The organization “Tier One Suppliers Insurance Group” offers insurance service for improving stockyards, fencing, storage silos, building as well as machinery. The main aim of the organization is to maintain its customers and to enhance the number of insurance products that is delivered to the customer of the organization. The staffs of the organization needs to re-enter information within the TOSIG system at the end of the day and after then they generally receives a report. However, one of the major concern that is rising is that the organization is missing opportunities for selling insurance, as their agents does not have the ability of receiving report in the field. Another factor that is reducing the sale of insurance is that the organizational staff spend much time in the office in entering information into the system for visiting the site. One of the major threat that the organization is getting is due to the entrance of other insurance companies within Australia. In order to resolve all the issues and challenges, the organization wants to upgrade their information system into CRM system. The organization provides tablets as well as laptop to the agents and integrate them with the TOSIG system so that the data will directly move to the cloud thus reducing the time that the argents generally spend on entering data.
The organization “Tier one supplier insurance group” generally helps in offering insurance to the tier one suppliers for improving buildings, fencing, stockyards, machinery as well as storage silos. The organization is operating from the last 65 years and they generally pride themselves on traditional values in order to maintain long-term relationships with the clients of the organization. They generally underwrite insurance on 6.7 billion dollar and have 150 agents on the field who mainly involves in maintaining offices for enhancing the number of insurance products that is mainly offered to the clients. The organization also want to enhance the sales of insurance within medium as well as small size organizations in various regional areas.
Task Name |
Duration |
Start |
Finish |
Implementation of CRM system |
Fri 11-05-18 |
Tue 31-07-18 |
|
Project initiation phase |
13 days |
Fri 11-05-18 |
Tue 29-05-18 |
Business case development |
3 days |
Fri 11-05-18 |
Tue 15-05-18 |
Identifying need for CRM system |
2 days |
Wed 16-05-18 |
Thu 17-05-18 |
Undertaking feasibility analysis |
2 days |
Fri 18-05-18 |
Mon 21-05-18 |
Defining project activities |
1 day |
Tue 22-05-18 |
Tue 22-05-18 |
Establishment of project charter |
3 days |
Wed 23-05-18 |
Fri 25-05-18 |
Appointment of team members |
2 days |
Mon 28-05-18 |
Tue 29-05-18 |
Milestone 1: Completion of project initiation phase |
0 days |
Tue 29-05-18 |
Tue 29-05-18 |
Planning phase of the project |
15 days |
Wed 30-05-18 |
Tue 19-06-18 |
Project plan development |
3 days |
Wed 30-05-18 |
Fri 01-06-18 |
Resource plan development |
2 days |
Mon 04-06-18 |
Tue 05-06-18 |
Financial plan development |
3 days |
Wed 06-06-18 |
Fri 08-06-18 |
Quality plan development |
2 days |
Mon 11-06-18 |
Tue 12-06-18 |
Creation of acceptance plan |
3 days |
Wed 13-06-18 |
Fri 15-06-18 |
Development of communication plan |
2 days |
Mon 18-06-18 |
Tue 19-06-18 |
Milestone 2: Completion of planning phase |
0 days |
Fri 15-06-18 |
Fri 15-06-18 |
Execution phase of the project |
26 days |
Wed 20-06-18 |
Wed 25-07-18 |
Project prototype development |
4 days |
Wed 20-06-18 |
Mon 25-06-18 |
Drafting configuration plan |
3 days |
Tue 26-06-18 |
Thu 28-06-18 |
Data transfer |
4 days |
Fri 29-06-18 |
Wed 04-07-18 |
Database connection |
2 days |
Thu 05-07-18 |
Fri 06-07-18 |
Response time testing |
5 days |
Mon 09-07-18 |
Fri 13-07-18 |
Query testing |
3 days |
Mon 16-07-18 |
Wed 18-07-18 |
Acceptance testing |
2 days |
Thu 19-07-18 |
Fri 20-07-18 |
Software testing |
1 day |
Mon 23-07-18 |
Mon 23-07-18 |
Testing data warehouse |
1 day |
Tue 24-07-18 |
Tue 24-07-18 |
Connection testing |
1 day |
Wed 25-07-18 |
Wed 25-07-18 |
Milestone 3:Completion of execution phase |
0 days |
Wed 25-07-18 |
Wed 25-07-18 |
Closure phase |
4 days |
Thu 26-07-18 |
Tue 31-07-18 |
Post project review |
2 days |
Thu 26-07-18 |
Fri 27-07-18 |
Stakeholder sign off |
1 day |
Mon 30-07-18 |
Mon 30-07-18 |
Go live |
1 day |
Tue 31-07-18 |
Tue 31-07-18 |
Milestone 4: Completion of project closure phase |
0 days |
Tue 31-07-18 |
Tue 31-07-18 |
Project risk
Risk |
Description |
Impact |
Probability |
Mitigation process |
Schedule slippage |
If the project schedule is not tracked properly then the project manager faces challenges in finishing the project within the expected deadline |
Significant |
Very Likely |
In order to resolve the issues the project manager must track the schedule of the project regular for making sure that the project is going in the right direction. |
Budget shortfall |
If the budget of the project is not managed appropriately then the project faces challenges due to shortage of project budget |
Significant |
Likely |
In order to mitigate the issue it is necessary to use earned value analysis for making sure that proper amount budget is utilized on the project. |
Inexperienced project manager |
If the project managers are not experienced then they faces lot of issues and challenges in finishing the project. |
Moderate |
Possible |
The problem can be avoided by hiring experienced project managers within the project. |
Improper integration |
If the system is not integrated properly, in the cloud then the data that is entered will not store within the cloud and as a result, the data as well as information can get lost. |
Significant |
Likely |
It can be mitigated by the checking the problem by the system engineer who generally fixes the problem. |
Improper management |
If the project is not managed properly within the project then it will be quite difficult to finish the project on expected time and budget. |
Moderate |
Possible |
Proper management strategies must be utilized by the staffs of the organization for managing the project in each of the phase of the project. |
Assumption
The assumptions that are made within the project are as follows:
- The entire project will get finished within the budget of around $10 000.
- It is expected that the project of CRM development will get finished within 58 days.
- It is assumed that the project will follow the project scope during the entire progress phase.
Constraints
The constraints of the project are as follows:
Time: The development of CRM system must be finished within 58 days otherwise the budget that is associated with project development will increase.
Budget: The entire project should be finished within the budget $10 000.
Scope: The project must follow the scope in order execute the entire project within the expected budget and time.
The stakeholders who are involved within the project are listed in the table below:
Stakeholders |
Responsibilities |
Project manager |
The project manager mainly engages within the project in order to manage, monitor as well as execute the project from the initiation until the closure phase of the project. |
Project planner |
The project planner mainly engages in estimating the resources as well as time that is needed in finishing the project effectively. They also monitors as well as determines the effectiveness of the project with the help of proper qualitative and quantitative tools. |
Human resource manager |
The human resource manager is the person who mainly engages in hiring the team members for the project. |
Financial manager |
The financial managers plays a great role in managing the budget of the project successfully. |
Application engineer |
The application engineers are responsible for developing, designing as well as implementing various applications as well as programs. They are generally able to create applications that generally respond to the needs as well as requirements of the customers. In addition to this, they also provide technical support. |
The database administrator is responsible for software installation, maintenance, data extraction, loading, transformation, specialized handling of data, proper database backup and recovery. The database administrator also plays a great role in minimizing the risks that is associated with the database software. |
|
Technical analyst |
The technical analyst are the person who are mainly responsible for administering IT systems for recommending proper efficient modifications for improving the efficiency as well as for reducing the operations by determining appropriate procedures for all the IT related technologies that generally assists in all equipment configuration. |
Risk manager |
The risk manager is the person who mainly involves within the project and analyzes the risks as well as challenges that are associated within the project in order to resolve them with the help of proper mitigation strategy. |
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