Final Project Report

State of Work Document

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State of Work Document

Design of a project involves intense sessions of identifying business requirements, collecting the project resources and developing the work plan. These activities help to reduce the unseen risks and ensure timely delivery of the project. The project described in the scenario will involve AMR Defense Contractors that is a small company with 100 employees. The company will engage in development of 200 units of backpacks that contain inbuilt radio module and a refrigerated pouch. The major users or customers of the project product are the special operations and ground forces of the United States Army. This statement of work provides the business need, description of the product scope and a strategic plan.

Business Need

The members of the United States military face a challenge of using cold meals and drinks due to carrying them in poorly designed backpacks. When visiting remote areas for military operations, the officers usually experience a challenge of storing meals for a longer time in the current meal boxes that they use. During special and ground operations in remote regions, military officers also face challenges of being lost due to inadequate radio communications. The current backpacks do not have radio communications hence make it challenging to carry additional large tools that can help communicate(Spinella et al., 2012). Other officers may also get lost when injured due to ineffective communication in remote regions. The proposed solution involves the design, development and distribution of 200 backpacks with radio module and refrigeration capabilities to the special and ground operations officers.

Description of Product Scope

Generally, the project will involve the design, manufacture and distribution of the backpack product to the special and group operations military groups in the United States. The product is a high quality and efficient backpack for the targeted group that has an inbuilt refrigerator and radio system to enhance remote communication. The product will have a one and half years of development. The first phase of implementation will include the design and development of the first batch of 100 backpacks and the next 100 backpacks released in two phases of three months each.

The refrigeration module in the product will contain a specialized unit in the backpack that will be removable to allow packing of food and sealing in before carrying it. The module will also have a capacity to carry up to five liters of liquid food or water. The radio unit will include an inbuilt transceiver for sending and receiving of radio signals. The project will not involve training of users and funding.

Strategic Plan

Project schedule: the project will have major deliverables that will lapse between the start date of September 1, 2015 and March 1, 2017. These deliverables have a schedule of 100 units for the next 12 months and the next batch of 100 units will be delivered in two smaller batches of 50 units in three months each. The team will also work in strict deadlines as indicated in the work breakdown structure.

Project Budget: the project will have both human and non-human resources(Mir & Pinnington, 2014). The total program budget is $1,500,000. The 40% of the budget will help compensate the human resources that include the project manager, product designers, IT experts, business requirements analysts, and operations experts. The 30% will help in procurement of raw materials and settling the production costs of the product. The rest of the budget will cater for the program miscellaneous like distribution of the products, transport of project staff and testing the radio module technology.

References

Mir, F. A., & Pinnington, A. H. (2014). Exploring the value of project management: Linking Project Management Performance and Project Success. International Journal of Project Management, 32(2), 202–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.05.012

Spinella, P. C., Dunne, J., Beilman, G. J., O’Connell, R. J., Borgman, M. A., Cap, A. P., & Rentas, F. (2012). Constant challenges and evolution of US military transfusion medicine and blood operations in combat. Transfusion. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03594.x