Online Ticket Booking Website For Riverina Agriculture And Lifetime Shows (RALS) Project

Desired areas

Analyzing the Virtucon and Globex scenario it has been defined that the company is willing to arrange a 3 days event named as Riverina Agriculture and Lifetime Shows (RALS) for their consumers. The show mainly deals with the local businesses, suppliers of the agricultural equipment suppliers and other lifetime products. The most important components those are strictly required to be followed by the project developers include co –ordination for show stand, live program display, catering and volunteers. The volunteers have thought about this planning in the year of 2000 and the show is organizing by the organizers from 2000. With the number of passing days the numbers of participants are also increasing accordingly thus the queue for ticket booking is also increasing and the participants are losing their patients for this long queue. In order to reduce these issues the organizers have decided to develop an online ticket booking website for their consumers.

This report depicts the scope of the project including the project resources, allotted time and estimated cost as well. In addition to this, for reducing the work pressure from the consumers a work Breakdown structure is also developed by the program organizers. In order to implement the RALS project successfully it is necessary for the project manager to allot proper time and cost for the project. Apart from the time and cost management a quality management and risk management plan is also developed in this report. Even team philosophy must be set properly for the successful execution of the RALS project.

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Strategies	2	Proper business and project development strategies will help the project manager to gain measurable business success and even huge number of consumers throughout (Pemsel & Wiewiora, 2013).
Customers	3	Customers are referred to as the most important asset for any business thus they are needed to be satisfied properly by the services and products of any business. With user friendly online ticket booking website the number of participants will be increased accordingly.
Operational	4	With the help of functional and operational excellence the consumers will be able to get handle the online ticket booking system properly (Schwalbe, 2015).
Financial	1	Financial support is the most important thing for the development of RALS project. With the help of this capital invested the additional resources could be added to the system including the security and user friendly mechanism as well (Sanchez, 2015)
Social	5	The communication approach of between the project manager and the other project team members and even with the sponsors as well could be improved for adopting social components.

Better: The online ticket booking system will help the project manager to serve better quality and user friendly service to their participants.

Faster: In the online ticket booking system the participants need not to wait in the queue for getting the tickets rather the entire system will become faster that the manual ticket booking system.

Cheaper: The number of manpower will get reduced after the implementation of online ticket booking system because computerized system does not required human power.

In order to implement the RALS project successfully, it is necessary for the project manager to contract with proper project stakeholders. For this project the identified project stakeholders are as follows:

Name of the stakeholders	Expectation
Project manager	To complete the project on time within estimated budget
Finance manager	Expect to complete the project within the estimated budget even if additional resources are required.
Operation manager	To provide proper operational and functional excellence to the consumers
Application programming manager	Provide appreciable application of the website
HR manager	To manage the issues of the manpower and all project team members
Project team members	To complete the project on time

WBS	Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish	Predecessors	Resource Names	Cost Variance
0	RALS timeframe development	163 days	Fri 10/6/17	Tue 5/22/18			$28,624.00
1	Project initiation phase	51 days	Fri 10/6/17	Fri 12/15/17			$9,664.00
1.1	Conceptualizing the details of RALS project	5 days	Fri 10/6/17	Thu 10/12/17		Project manager	$800.00
1.2	Developing project charter	18 days	Fri 10/13/17	Tue 11/7/17			$3,744.00
1.2.1	Identification of business requirements	6 days	Fri 10/13/17	Fri 10/20/17	2	business analyst,project sponsor	$1,584.00
1.2.2	Understanding project specification	5 days	Mon 10/23/17	Fri 10/27/17	4	business analyst,project sponsor	$1,320.00
1.2.3	Arrangement of meeting between the project manager and project team members	7 days	Mon 10/30/17	Tue 11/7/17	5	business analyst	$840.00
1.3	Vendor appointment	10 days	Wed 11/8/17	Tue 11/21/17			$1,440.00
1.3.1	Identification vendors	4 days	Wed 11/8/17	Mon 11/13/17	6	operation manager	$576.00
1.3.2	Ability analysis of the vendors according to the budget	6 days	Tue 11/14/17	Tue 11/21/17	8	operation manager	$864.00
1.4	Feasibility study	10 days	Wed 11/22/17	Tue 12/5/17	9	operation manager	$1,440.00
1.5	Time management for RALS Project	8 days	Wed 12/6/17	Fri 12/15/17	10	finance manager,Project manager	$2,240.00
1.6	Milestone 1: Completion of project initiation phase	0 days	Fri 12/15/17	Fri 12/15/17	11	Project manager	$0.00
2	Project planning phase	52 days	Mon 12/18/17	Tue 2/27/18			$7,088.00
2.1	Understanding the website details for online ticketing system	10 days	Mon 12/18/17	Fri 12/29/17	12	application programming manager,operation manager	$2,720.00
2.2	Prototyping	11 days	Mon 1/1/18	Mon 1/15/18	14	application programming manager	$1,408.00
2.3	website testing	10 days	Tue 1/16/18	Mon 1/29/18	2,15	application programming manager	$1,280.00
2.4	Customer requirement analysis	9 days	Tue 1/30/18	Fri 2/9/18	16	HR manager	$720.00
2.5	Based on the feedback website development	12 days	Mon 2/12/18	Tue 2/27/18	17	HR manager	$960.00
2.6	Milestone 2: Completion of project planning phase	0 days	Tue 2/27/18	Tue 2/27/18	18	Project manager	$0.00
3	Project execution phase	54 days	Wed 2/28/18	Mon 5/14/18			$10,704.00
3.1	Final website development	7 days	Wed 2/28/18	Thu 3/8/18	19	application programming manager	$896.00
3.2	website modeling	6 days	Fri 3/9/18	Fri 3/16/18	21	application programming manager,operation manager	$1,632.00
3.3	Coding	6 days	Mon 3/19/18	Mon 3/26/18	22	application programming manager,operation manager	$1,632.00
3.4	Unit testing	7 days	Tue 3/27/18	Wed 4/4/18	23	project tester	$1,008.00
3.5	Integration testing	5 days	Thu 4/5/18	Wed 4/11/18	24	project tester	$720.00
3.6	Final implementation	6 days	Thu 4/12/18	Thu 4/19/18	25	Project manager	$960.00
3.7	Incorporating online payment options	8 days	Fri 4/20/18	Tue 5/1/18	26	finance manager,operation manager,application programming manager	$3,136.00
3.8	Review final requirements	9 days	Wed 5/2/18	Mon 5/14/18	27	HR manager	$720.00
3.9	Milestone 3: Completion of project execution phase	0 days	Mon 5/14/18	Mon 5/14/18	28	Project manager	$0.00
4	Project closure phase	6 days	Tue 5/15/18	Tue 5/22/18			$1,168.00
4.1	Final documentation	2 days	Tue 5/15/18	Wed 5/16/18	29	Project manager	$320.00
4.2	Post project evaluation	2 days	Thu 5/17/18	Fri 5/18/18	31	Project manager, business analyst	$560.00
4.3	Stakeholder signoff	2 days	Mon 5/21/18	Tue 5/22/18	32	project sponsor	$288.00
4.4	Milestone 4: Completion of project closure phase	0 days	Tue 5/22/18	Tue 5/22/18	33	Project manager	$0.00

Figure 1: Gantt chart for RALS Project

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With the successful completion of the project the consumers will be able to get tickets online regardless of their location and time as well. They need not to wait in the queues additionally proper Measurable Organizational Values are needed to be utilized properly.

Better

For successful implementation of the project the project manager is required to develop proper scope of the project. For the RALS project the scopes are as follows:

To give passes for either 1 day, 2 days or even for all the 3 days
To complete the project within allotted time and estimated budget
To implement a E- ticket booking system instead of the manual ticket booking system
To develop risk register, quality management plan as well

The steps needed to implement the scope of the RALS project include the followings:

Approach for the scope of the project (Kerzner, 2013)
Roles and responsibilities for each scope
Identification of scope definition
RALS project statement
Scope verification
Scope control
Scope change

Resource Name	Type	Material Label	Initials	Group	Accrue At	Base Calendar
Project manager	Work		P		Prorated	Standard
project sponsor	Work		p		Prorated	Standard
finance manager	Work		f		Prorated	Standard
application programming manager	Work		a		Prorated	Standard
operation manager	Work		o		Prorated	Standard
business analyst	Work		b		Prorated	Standard
project tester	Work		p		Prorated	Standard
HR manager	Work		H		Prorated	Standard

People: The people engaged to the RALS project includes are project manager, operation manager. Finance manager, finance manager, HR manage, business analyst, project tester and other project development team members. The aims of all of these project team members are to provide quality service to the consumers of RALS show participants. If any of these components are missed then the execution of the RALS project will be interrupted completely.

Figure 2: Work Breakdown Structure for RALS Project

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WBS	Task Name	Duration
0	RALS timeframe development	163 days
1	Project initiation phase	51 days
1.1	Conceptualizing the details of RALS project	5 days
1.2	Developing project charter	18 days
1.2.1	Identification of business requirements	6 days
1.2.2	Understanding project specification	5 days
1.2.3	Arrangement of meeting between the project manager and project team members	7 days
1.3	Vendor appointment	10 days
1.3.1	Identification vendors	4 days
1.3.2	Ability analysis of the vendors according to the budget	6 days
1.4	Feasibility study	10 days
1.5	Time management for RALS Project	8 days
1.6	Milestone 1: Completion of project initiation phase	0 days
2	Project planning phase	52 days
2.1	Understanding the website details for online ticketing system	10 days
2.2	Prototyping	11 days
2.3	website testing	10 days
2.4	Customer requirement analysis	9 days
2.5	Based on the feedback website development	12 days
2.6	Milestone 2: Completion of project planning phase	0 days
3	Project execution phase	54 days
3.1	Final website development	7 days
3.2	website modeling	6 days
3.3	Coding	6 days
3.4	Unit testing	7 days
3.5	Integration testing	5 days
3.6	Final implementation	6 days
3.7	Incorporating online payment options	8 days
3.8	Review final requirements	9 days
3.9	Milestone 3: Completion of project execution phase	0 days
4	Project closure phase	6 days
4.1	Final documentation	2 days
4.2	Post project evaluation	2 days
4.3	Stakeholder signoff	2 days
4.4	Milestone 4: Completion of project closure phase	0 days

Resource Name	Type	Material Label	Initials	Group	Max. Units	Std. Rate	Ovt. Rate	Cost/Use	Accrue At	Base Calendar
Project manager	Work		P		100%	$20.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard
project sponsor	Work		p		100%	$18.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard
finance manager	Work		f		100%	$15.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard
application programming manager	Work		a		100%	$16.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard
operation manager	Work		o		100%	$18.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard
business analyst	Work		b		100%	$15.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard
project tester	Work		p		100%	$18.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard
HR manager	Work		H		100%	$10.00/hr	$0.00/hr	$0.00	Prorated	Standard

Figure 3: Cost estimation for RALS Project

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Task Name	Duration
RALS timeframe development	163 days
Project initiation phase	51 days
Project planning phase	52 days
Understanding the website details for online ticketing system	10 days
Prototyping	11 days
website testing	10 days
Customer requirement analysis	9 days
Based on the feedback website development	12 days
Milestone 2: Completion of project planning phase	0 days
Project execution phase	54 days
Final website development	7 days
website modeling	6 days
Coding	6 days
Unit testing	7 days
Integration testing	5 days
Final implementation	6 days
Incorporating online payment options	8 days
Review final requirements	9 days
Milestone 3: Completion of project execution phase	0 days
Project closure phase	6 days
Final documentation	2 days
Post project evaluation	2 days
Stakeholder signoff	2 days
Milestone 4: Completion of project closure phase	0 days

Development phase	Risk of this phase	Responsible person	Impact	Frequency	Mitigation strategy
Project initiation phase	Incorrect cost estimation	Finance manager	High	Frequent	Proper feasibility study is required to be done at the project initiation phase to avoid the budget oriented issues
Project planning phase	Improper component selection	Operation manager	High	Frequent	In order to implement the RALS project successfully all the components needed for developing online ticket booking system must be selected on time and within the budget
Project execution phase	Testing error	Project tester and application programmer	Medium	Frequent	If the project is not tested properly then at the execution phase the project manager will fail to implement the expectation. Thus experts are needed to be hired for the project testing evaluation
Project closure phase	Maintenance error	Project manager	High	Frequent	In order to gain long term success post project maintenance and long term action plans are required to be developed by the project manager to avoid the post implementation issues (Hornstein, 2015).

The main philosophy of the project from the team member’s point of view is to “convey quality, on time, reasonable and easy to understand administration to the members of RALS program”. With the assistance of appropriate online ticket booking framework the specialist organizations will be able to grab more number of new shoppers and the existing customers as well (Larson & Gray, 2013). At the same time, the segments those should be considered incorporate initiative and motivational approach of the undertaking project manager, cost administration design of the finance manager and the activities play by the project team members.

Name of the Phases	Activities
Verification	Requirement gathering for website development
Analyzing gathered data
SLA
Prototype of the website development
Validation	Prototype modeling and coding
Unit testing and integration testing
System control
Final documentation of online ticket booking website for RALS project

Project Activities	Responsible person	Signature
Project initiation phase	Project manager and project sponsors
Project Planning	Project manager and business analyst
Project Scope management	Project manager
Project Budget estimation	Finance manager
Project Time management	Project manager
Project Prototype development	Application programmer analyst
website testing	tester
Change management	Project manager

The project checklist outlines are as follows:

Passes for RALS show for either 1, 2 or 3 days or for all 3 days
Family passes are available
Passes are available for the stall holders, students and kids as well
Details of ticket are available in the website
Remaining tickets and details of the sits are also available in the online ticket booking website
Both offline and online ticket selling options are present for the RALS show participants

The entire project Measurable Organizational Values (MOV) is effectively served by the project manager for meeting the requirement of the online ticket booking system. Due to the presence of the business strategies, consumers, operation, financial support and functional excellences and social support the online ticket booking system will surely get competitive advantages and long term success as well.

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