Treat Your Own Back App Project

Treat Your Own Back is an easy-to-follow book presents over 80 pages of education and clinically- proven exercises. The simple and effective self-help exercises in Robin McKenzie's Treat Your Own Back have helped thousands worldwide find relief from common low back and neck pain. This book helps the reader understand the causes and treatments, along with a system of exercises that can help relieve pain and prevent recurrence.

Treat Your Own Back Pty Ltd is managed by director (and author), Robin McKenzie. McKenzie currently sells the book and associated DVDs through Amazon. A website containing short video and text instructions is also available. McKenzie wishes to tap into the mobile market developing an app designed to promote and grow the sales of the book, DVDs and to promote self-help healing techniques.

You have been working for Coding Software Inc. casually for the last three months in their mobile app development department. As a virtual team specialist, your company has applied for a tender to develop the app for Treat Your Own Back Pty Ltd. Due to the importance of this project the CEO of Coding Software Inc, Alfred Smith, and the Director of Mobile Development Henry Miller have both made this project a priority.

The initial investment in the project is estimated to be $150,000 in year 0 of the project, $18,000 in year 1, $21,000 in year 2, and $25,000 in year 3 a total of $214,000. Coding Software Inc. requires a discount rate of 10%. It is anticipated project future cash inflow as follows (Years 0 to 3): $0, $50,000, $70,000, and $90,000, a total of $210,000.

The goal of the project is to propose an app, which is optimised for iPhone and Android devices. The app should allow readers and potential readers to subscribe and pay for access a database of back injuries, a range of associated treatment plans, and book individual online consultations. Readers should be able to subscribe to the Treat Your Own Back newsletter and related upcoming events. There should be access charts detailing back anatomy, and videos showcasing all the treatment approaches. There should be a photo album for each practitioner. The app should provide users with an ability to provide an overall ranking of Treat Your Own Back in terms of quality of information and services. Management believes it will take about five months (20 weeks) with a budget of $214,000 for this important project.

Alfred Smith and Henry Miller have formed a search committee to find the best candidates for Treat Your Own Back App Project. After reviewing many strong candidates, they decided to appoint your team, to work on this critical project. The project will be considered a success, if it comes in on time, on budget, within scope and key stakeholders have been pleased with the communication and reporting processes.

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Assessment task Requirements:

Read and analyse the above case study to complete the project plan:

1. Do a SWOT analyses of current situation of Treat Your Own Back Pty Ltd and explain where your project fits into it?

2. Prepare project charter.

3. Prepare a Stakeholder Register and Stakeholder Management Strategy for three key stakeholders for

the above project.

4. Prepare a team contract.

5. Analyse financial projections and perform financial analysis for the project management using format

given in week 4 lecture slides (not using excel formulas) and explain if the project is worth investing

or not?

6. Identify and justify the appropriate SDLC model for this project. Relates and justify the phases of your

chosen SDLC model to project management process.

7. Prepare the work breakdown structure (WBS) for this project at appropriate level. WBS should be

based on the project charter, scope statement, and other relevant information in the case study.

8. Using the WBS from the previous question, prepare a Gantt chart for this project that covers the

following:

Estimate activity durations

Sequence activities

Show critical path in your Gantt chart

9. Prepare a cost estimate considering the budget of the project.

10. Prepare a communication management plan for the project.

11. Identify four potential risks in the project and prepare Risk Register for this project.

12. To monitor and control the project success, Prepare weekly status report of the project. One report

per team member is required. This report must be in context of the case study and assuming your

group is part of development team.

13. Individual Presentation:

Each team is required to present the project work in the submission week. The presentation duration is 12 to 15 minutes. Each individual will be marked according to the presentation