Project Proposal Assignment to Tackle Homelessness in Melbourne

Question

Task: Develop a concise project proposal that reflects a social innovation mindset and the current terms social issue. The issue will be a complex or ‘wicked problem’. Narrow the focus of your proposal to a specific problem or opportunity within the context of the social issue. Use a domain of your choice e.g. ICT, construction, services etc. to frame the project solution. Your proposal should demonstrate your ability to conceptualise and communicate both professionally and persuasively, a project that your team (two to four students) can deliver within the project constraints.

Answer

1. Project Description
1.1. Opportunity/ Problem
Homelessness is a serious problem, prevalent across Australia; especially the youth are affected by the issue. It has been observed that many youths between the age of 10 to 24 run a higher risk of homelessness. The underlying reason could be some crisis, violence at home or family breakdown. Almost 40% of the youth in Melbourne run the risk during the present times. The project proposal assignment is predominantly focused on the homeless youth in Melbourne, Australia. It has been observed that the females are more susceptible to homelessness than the males.

1.2. Proposed Project
To remedy the problem, an online system updater has been proposed. The project will initially be launched only in Melbourne. The deemed project proposal assignment will involve the development of an online system or application, which will register the homeless youth. The database will be shared with the NGO's or social service agencies, who in return will find appropriate shelters and accommodations for the youth along with the job opportunities.

1.3. Strategic Alignment
The most important strategy is to develop an online system to register homeless people in Melbourne. It will help focus on creating a cohesive environment for the youth and provide them with the basic necessity of home so that they can have a desirable future.

2. Alternative
A different approach to the selected problem will include an offline registration of the youth at the social centres across Melbourne. However, there is a constraint of time and money as the youth will have to fill out the forms and submit it to the concerned authorities at the centres. The online registration will provide ease and efficiency, as the forms can be filled at any place and any time (Schwalbe, 2015).

3. Stakeholders

Name	Category	Role in the Project	Project Impact to Stakeholder
Governmental Institutions	Sponsorship	To Sponsor, to overlook adherence to particular law and the Australian Standards	Low
Manager to the Project	Management	Managing, fulfilling and satisfying stakeholders and client's requirements (Heagney, 2016)	High
Internal Customers	Workers	To work under the orders of the project manager and complete the targets assigned to them	Medium
External Customers	Users	The clients, who will utilise the project to their benefit	High
Project Sponsor	Sponsor	Sponsoring the project and ensuring its successful completion (Kerzner, 2017)	High

4. Project Approach

ID	Stage, Activity and Milestones	Expected Duration	Weekly Schedule: Start	Weekly Schedule: Finish
1	Development of Information System	Fifty Four days	Fri 2/08/19	Wed 25/09/19
1.1	Initiation of the Project	Eight days	Fri 2/08/19	Sat 10/08/19
1.1.1	Milestone 1: Charter of the Project	0 days	Sat 10/08/19	Sat 10/08/19
1.2	Planning of the Project	Nine days	Sat 10/08/19	Mon19/08/19
1.2.1	Milestone 2: Plan of the project	0 days	Sat 10/08/19	Mon 19/08/19
1.3	Execution of the project	Nineteen days	Mon 19/08/19	Sat 07/09/19
1.3.1	Document Designing	Four days	Sat 07/09/19	Tue 10/09/19
1.3.1.5	Milestone 3: Document Designing	0 days	Tue 10/09/19	Tue 10/09/19
1.3.2	Development of the Project Logic	Ten days	Tue 10/09/19	Fri 20/09/19
1.3.3	Test	Eight days	Tue 10/09/19	Wed 18/09/19
1.3.3.4	Milestone 4: System Testing	0 days	Wed 18/09/19	Wed 18/09/19
1.4	Deployment of the Project	Three days	Wed 18/09/19	Sat 21/09/19
1.5	Project Closing	Twelve days	Fri 13/09/19	Wed 25/09/19

5. Resources, Cost and Funding Source

Resource	Category	Cost	Funding Source
Manager to the Project	Human	$90.00/hour	Sponsor
Project Sponsor	Human	$0.00/hr	Sponsor
Systems Analyst	Human	$85.00/hr	Sponsor
Account Director	Human	$70.00/hr	Sponsor
Marketing consultant	Human	$85.00/hr	Sponsor
Database Administrator	Human	$75.00/hr	Sponsor
Designer	Human	$65.00/hr	Sponsor
Information Architect	Human	$70.00/hr	Sponsor
Programmer	Human	$85.00/hr	Sponsor
Analyst Programmer	Human	$85.00/hr	Sponsor
QA tester	Human	$70.00/hr	Sponsor
Office Building	Human	$170.00/month	Sponsor
Pieces of equipment	Human	$270.00/month	Sponsor
Inventories	Human	$100.00/month	Sponsor
Travelling	Overheads	$50.00/person	Sponsor
Use of Computers and electronic devices	Overheads	$40.00/hr	Sponsor
Standard software licensing	Overheads	$1000	Sponsor

6. Risk Management and Ethics

Risk	Impact	Mitigation
Threat to Safety	High	Safety of the stakeholders and the people firmly attached to the project is a must, especially the clients. Proper security and precautionary measures to be planned and taken beforehand (Fleming & Koppelman, 2016)
Violation of juridical or statutory or moral responsibility	Medium	To make sure necessary documentation and paperwork is done in advance. A thorough scrutiny of the paperwork and the legal, ethical and the contractual standards are maintained (Marchewka, 2016)
Dissatisfied Client	High	By recognising the needs and requirements of the clients beforehand and designing the final product according to them
Operational Failure	High	By outsourcing a significant part of the project proposal assignment to be overlooked by the government
Issues arising from strategies	Medium	The risk can be minimised by analysing the behaviour of the market and stakeholders and having a thorough knowledge of the market (Meredith et al. 2017).
Marketing Issues	Medium	Implementation of the marketing strategies that have a high success ratio and actively engaging with the target market
Insufficient Budget	Medium	Additional allocation of the funds from the government and other interested parties (Ahmed, 2016).

Bibliography:
Ahmed, A. (2016). Software project management: a process-driven approach. Auerbach Publications.

Heagney, J. (2016). Fundamentals of project management. Amacom.

Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.

Marchewka, J. T. (2016). Information technology project management: Providing measurable organizational value. John Wiley & Sons.

Meredith, J. R., Mantel Jr, S. J., & Shafer, S. M. (2017). Project management: a managerial approach. John Wiley & Sons.

Schwalbe, K. (2015). Information technology project management. Cengage Learning.

Fleming, Q. W., & Koppelman, J. M. (2016, December). Earned value project management. Project Management Institute.

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