Assignment 2 Scenario You are a project manager for a Parcel Post company (e g.

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Assignment 2 Scenario You are a project manager for a Parcel Post company (e g. Courier Post NZ Courier. Fastway ers) You have been given a project aimed at ng more visibility to your customers in terms of where their parcels are . the parcel is picked up by the courier van the courier van drops the parcel in a the parcel is picked up at the depot by a courier van the courier van drops the parcel at the des givi Currently, your barcode scanning system, can track the parcel when The missing information is tracking of the parcels between the depots Ge wh truck). The proposed solution is OWS As per current systems the PARCELs are automaticaly The CONTAINERS are to be tagged with RFID tags (currenty they are just collaps sorted at the depot and placed in CONTAINERs, which are then loaded on to TRUCK colapsible metal or plastic boxes without any RFID tags) he TRUCKS currently have GPS tracking devices, but do noti nsors to i lify which CONTAINERS are loaded. So they need t fitted with such a device . We need a SOFTWARE developed to t rack which PARCELis in which CONTAINER, which CONTAINER is in which TRUCK, and the GPS location of the TRUCK. . At the destination depot, we need to make sure the CONTAINER is disassociated with the TRUcK when It is unloaded . The current online tracking portal, where customers a ng their parcel is to be modified to read the new tracking information from the new SOFTWARE. . Everybody involved needs to be trained appropriately to maintain the Here are some other facts about the project e We have 100 TRCUKS in operation in the country 40 of the TRUCKS are independently owned and operated by incivicluals and are contracted out to us. They will be responsible for paying for purchasing and maintenance ofthe devicesinstalled on tbeit Rucks

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Answer:

1. Project Scope : The scope of the project is defined as, giving real time tracking experience to our customers.

2. The project priorities are:

3. The Work Breakdown structure for Project is,

    Real Time Tracking

4. Risk Breakdown structure for the respective topic is as below,

Technically:

Externally:

Organisation:

Project:

5. Priority of the Identified risks are:

1. Labour agitation due to risk in reducing manpower as process of parcel segregation is being automated

2. New to software development

3. Budget & probable cost over run

4. Time duration for implementation

5. Handling of Individual truck owners

6. Training of employees to new system as since work culture will be different.

6. The appropriate risk treatment for top 3 risks are:

1. Labour Agitation due to Risk in reducing manpower as process of parcel segregation is being automated:

2. New to software development:

3. Budget & probable cost over run

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