Overview

1. Executive Summary (Project Canvas)

1. Project Background and Description

Ottawa Public Health estimates that 1 in 7 (13.9%) Ottawa households are food insecure, with 9.5% experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity (Ottawa Public Health, 2022) and it defines food insecurity as when an individual or households are:

• stressed about running out of food before they can purchase more,
• cannot afford balanced meals,
• go hungry by eating less or skipping meals (sometimes not eating for an entire day), or
• do not have access to the variety or quantity of food that they need due to lack of money.

As inflation rises, individuals and families are increasingly unable to purchase as much as they used to, further impacting food insecurity.

Ottawa Public Health recognizes that access to food is a basic human right. (Ottawa Public Health, 2022) Each year, Ottawa Public Health conducts a survey to measure the cost of basic healthy eating and uses this data to assess the state and urgency of food insecurity in the region. The 2022 full Nutritious Food Basket (NFB) report can be found here and a summary infographic of the results can be found here.

The Ottawa Food Bank, originally founded to be a temporary solution, increasingly feels pressure to do more to solve food insecurity as the governments do less. (Ottawa Food Bank, 2022) It publishes an annual Ottawa Hunger Report which can be found here.

You are invited to study the current food insecurity situation in Ottawa and submit a project management plan that articulates a solution to an aspect (of your choice) regarding this critical social dilemma. Imagine that you are part of a consulting organization that has been contracted to develop and present a recommended solution to Ottawa Public Health. Be creative, original and comprehensive in the development of your proposed solution.

1. Project Objectives

List the project objectives, which could contain work outcomes, strategic position to be attained, purpose to be achieved, result to be obtained, product to be produced, or a service to be performed. 3-5 bullet points Ensure objectives follow the SMART goal format where objectives are: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.

The project objectives include the following:

• Objective 1
• Objective 2
• Objective 3

1. Project Scope

Project scope defines the boundaries of a project. Think of the scope as an imaginary box that will enclose all the project elements/activities. It not only defines what you are doing (what goes into the box), but it sets limits for what will not be done as part of the project (what doesn't fit in the box). Scope answers questions including what will be done, what won't be done, and what the result will look like.

1. Specific Exclusions from Scope

1. High-Level Requirements

The new system must include the following:

• Ability to allow both internal and external users to access the application without downloading any software
• Ability to interface with the existing data warehouse application
• Ability to incorporate automated routing and notifications based on business rules

1. Work Breakdown Structure

1. Deliverables

1. Implementation Plan

1. Milestones

Milestone	Date

1. Stakeholders

Stakeholder Name	Organization	Role in Project	Key Expectations	Potential Level of Influence (H/M/L)	Influence Type (Supporter, Resister, Neutral)	Notes

1. Project Governance

Governance Role	Authority and Accountability

Project Organization Chart

1. Project Team Roles and Responsibilities

Resource Name	Project Role	Responsibility

1. Communication Plan

List and describe all planned communication activities required to deliver the project. Include what the objective of that communication activity is, what medium (i.e. examples of two-way or one-way communications), how often the activity is required, who is the intended audience, who is responsible for the communication activity and what deliverable will be produced as a result.

Communication Type	Objective	Medium	Timing or Frequency	Audience	Owner	Deliverable

1. Risks

Risk #	Risk Statement	Probability of Occurring (High/Med/Low)	Impact to Project (High/Med/Low)	Risk Reponse (Avoid, Accept, Transfer, Mitigate, Escalate)	Risk Response Plan

1. Summary Costs

Direct Costs
Labour	$
Material	$
Supplies	$
Equipment	$
Travel	$
Other	$
Subtotal - Direct Costs		$
Indirect Costs		$
Reserve		$
Total Budget		$

1. Benefits Card

Provide the main benefits and key impacts expected as an outcome of the delivery of the project.

Benefit	Description	Owner	Date	Category	Measure
Name and describe the benefit as easily understood and as quantifiable as possible	Person accountable to deliver the benefit	Date by which the benefit is expected to be realized	Area of the business to which the benefits will contributefor example, revenue increase	The specific measure that the benefit is expected to realizefor example, 10%

Approval and Authority to Proceed

Indicate all stakeholders who are responsible for authorizing the project plan.

We approve the project as described above, and authorize the team to proceed.

Name	Title	Date

Approved By			Date		Approved By			Date

Appendices

1. Detailed Timeline/Schedule

1. Detailed Budget

Provide the Bottom Up Cost Estimating Worksheet from your Budget Template showing a detailed breakdown of all costs required to deliver your project.