Grand Wines Implementation Of Wireless Data Entry Device Management Plan

Scope Management Plan

Discuss about the Garand Wines.

The report reflects on the organization “Grand Wines” which utilizes manual system for managing its different operations. The use of manual system within Grand Wines creates number of challenges including wrong entry of sales within the database of the organization, dissatisfaction among the customers and late delivery of products (Grand Wine & Spirits, 2017). For resolving the challenges, the organization wants to implement wireless data entry device. The device not only helps in resolving the problems but also helps in enhancing the speed of the delivery of the product.

In this assignment scope, management plan is prepared which comprises of various needs of the project, both in scope-as well as out-scope items, deliverables and scope verification process. The project provides proper overview of the tasks that are needed for completing the project with the help of the Work Breakdown structure. With the help of the Gantt chart, different types of activities of the projects are defined and a time-phase budget is generated in order to complete the project within the estimated budget, which are around 60,000.00. The report also focuses on risk register for illustrating the various risks, which are associated with the development of the project.

The wireless “data entry device” implementation in Grand Wines is very much cost-effective and it helps in saving the time requirement of the organization, which is considered as one of the significant benefit for the organization. The system helps in reducing the effort of the employees by increasing both the sales as well as income of the organization. The project must be able to recover budget that is proposed within the limited time-period.

The organizations have numerous requirements for developing as well as completing the project successfully. The requirements include:

Server:  Installation of remote server is much important for implementing the project successfully in different local areas. The server must be connected with the central database of the organization, which is located in the region of Sydney (Joslin & Muller, 2015). The sales representatives of Grand Wines enter the data within the database with the help of the wireless data entry device, which helps in minimizing the loss of data due to longer transmission.

Application: It is quite important to have software interface as they helps in managing various information as well as data that are associated with the orders of the customers. The managers of Grand wine can mange as the data properly and they have full access on the information (Kerzner, 2013).  This application also assists in sorting different types of data that helps in generating invoice as well as helps in managing the various inventories.

Requirement

Power Supply: The presence of a backup power supply is very much important requirement for implementing the project successfully. The backup power supply helps in providing secondary power to the different servers as well as to the networking devices in situation of power failure (Meng, 2012).Thus, the presence of backup power does not allow the system to shut down.

ERP system: The ERP system helps in storing the various data and information of the organization properly. It helps in making all the operations of the system automatic and as a result, the consistency of the system enhances. It helps in reducing the problem including incorrect entry of data, delayed delivery and dissatisfaction among various stakeholders of the organization.

Disaster recovery Plan: The data, which is entered in the database of the organization must be duplicated as well as stored in various cloud servers. If there is any fault in the present system then the information as well as data can be recovered properly (Bozarth & Handfield, 2016).  The loss of data is a huge loss for the company for storing the data remotely in various locations.

Hardware: Different types of networking peripherals as well as hardware are needed for securing as well as setting up the system properly.

Security Measures: The implementation of wireless data entry system raises numerous vulnerabilities, which are associated with different types of attacks (Chia, 2013).Therefore, it is quite important to monitor the system with the help of several security measures that helps in restricting the unauthorized access into the system.

 In-scope items

• In order to develop the project successfully, the main task that needs to be performed under the in –scope item is the budget estimation of the project.
• The project manager of Grand Wines must have the responsibility to monitor the various monetary resources. They also help in arranging weekly meeting with the different stakeholders of the organization for developing the project successfully.
• The developing team of the organization must have proper as well as sound knowledge regarding the various tasks, which are assigned to them in order to complete the project successfully on time.

Out-Scope items

• For avoiding various challenges as well as legal issues, it is very much important that the wireless data entry devices must meet all the legal standards.
• It is very much important to have proper connection between the server of the database as well as the devices.
• The devices must be accessible from any of the remote location.

The deliverables of the project comprises of various project charter document, WBS, scope statement, scheduling and preparation of Gantt chart. The time phase budget helps in reflecting the total budget estimation of the organization for implementing Wireless data entry device. The risk register, which is prepared in the project, helps in analyzing the risk, which is associated with the development of the project.

 The scope of the project must be verified for preparing the document properly, which is required for presenting the project before the CEO of Grand Wines. The requirement as well as need of the project must be identified properly for developing the implementation process of wireless entry of devices successfully. The various benefits of the project must be identified and documented properly for future use. It is also important to identify the various risks, which are related with the development of the project, and mitigation plans must be implemented in order to resolve the issues during various procedure of documentation.

Figure 1: Work Break down Structure

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Figure 2: Gantt chart

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Figure 3: Time Phase Budget

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 It is identified that different types of assumptions as well as constraints are discussed for developing the time-phase budget. The different types of assumptions which are needed before creating the time phase budget includes the number of employees required for developing the project successfully, raw materials  needed, budget estimation and different types of activities required for developing the project properly.

There are three types of constraints, which are needed for completing the project successfully. The constraints are:

Schedule: The project manager must follow proper schedule while completing the project. If the activities are not followed in proper schedule then the development of the project gets obstructed.

Cost: The project cost must be estimated within proper properly before implementation of the project. Any problem in the estimation can obstruct the development process of the project.

Scope: It is very much important to complete the entire project within proper as well as estimated time and budget. If project managers are unable to complete it within estimated budget and time then different types of problem occurs.

Conclusion

It can be concluded that the implementation of wireless data entry system in the organization helps in solving all the challenges of the organization “Grand Wines” that the organization faces due to the use of manual system. The implementation of the project needs proper planning as well as preparation of report. The implementation of new data entry system is very much advantageous as it helps in resolving the challenges that includes wrong entry of sales within the database of the organization, dissatisfaction among the customers and late delivery of products. With the help of the new system, the employees can have proper communication with the central database of the organization.  It is very much important the resources as well as revenue should be managed properly in order to implement the project effectively.

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