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Community Garden Park

Jay Howard

Nov. 12, 2017

PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT

Description of Product/Service Offered

The project is about creating a community garden that does not benefit members in terms of increasing food security and provision of fresh and high-quality farm product but also lead to reduction in the distance covered and time taken before farm products are presented to the consumers. This will improve the quality of life of members in overall. Apart from primary product /services named above, the project will improve community cohesiveness as it will stimulate social interaction. The project will also play an imperative role in boosting green campaigns in Oklahoma, Tulsa County in addition to improving income and creating more employment opportunities.

Specification of the Acceptance Criteria

The members are other beneficiaries must be assured the farm products targeted to be produced will be fresh and free from chemical. The project states that the primary objective is provide healthy foods, meaning methods of production must be strictly organic. Secondly, the head of the project must assure members vegetables and fruits must be provided without any intermittency once the project commences. Thirdly, the members must agree with the Tulsa County that project will not be a nuisance both in environmental degradation or noise pollution and in any other form.

The Project Deliverables

Provision of organic foods; the community garden project will aim at ensuring member access fruits and vegetables that are chemical free.

Food security; the project will ensure community members are provided with various food products ones the project kicks off without any interruption.

The Project Exclusions, Constraints and Assumptions

 The project will not delve on admitting members from outside Oklahoma State as it is purely a local affair. It will also not be limited to members of any race or ethnic group.

One of the major constraints will be the limitation of funds. Community garden project can demand more but it will limit its budget estimate because of the hard-economic times. Time limitation may also be presented especially where some members will not be available during the meeting times.

The project team will assume that the project will produce vegetables and fruits enough to cater for the needs of all members.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

State the Purpose and Justification for the Project

The project will aim at improving the food supply and availability of healthy farm produce. It also aims at creating more wealth for the community by increasing employment and reducing rate of crime. Community garden project will ensure there will production of fruits and vegetables enough to feed community members. The members will be able to provide labor needed during farming. Social integration will reduce the rate of crime as people will become more responsible neighbors.

Objectives of the Project

The community garden project will aim at increasing availability of health food produces. It will also aim at ensuring there is increased social cohesion among the community members.

The High-Level Requirements for the Project

The project must be able to have sufficient funds to run for the entire period it will remain operational. Secondly, it will also require real members who must not be less than five. It will also need to be allocated sufficient piece of land and be permitted to carry out farming and other activities by Tulsa County management board.

The Tangible Measures of Project Success

Project success will be measured in terms of improvement in health of the members. Improved neighborhood will also act as another milestone for measuring success of the project. Other measures of success will entail increase in wealth due to improved saving from foods and increase in employment opportunities either directly or indirectly.

PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS

The project team will assume that the project will produce vegetables and fruits enough to cater for the needs of all members. This will be based on the fact that provision of fresh and healthy food will be the primary goal. Therefore, everything must be done to make sure it will be sufficient for all members. Moreover, it will also be assumed that the land acquired will be able to cater for all the intended uses, which ranges from hosting all members at ago to having enough space for farming.

One of the major constraints will be the limitation of funds. Community garden project can demand more but it will limit its budget estimate because of the hard- economic times. Therefore, the project management team will have to come up with proper work-breakdown structure and other cost estimate measures to ensure financial discipline is applied to ensure success of the project. Time limitation may also be presented especially where some members will not be available during the meeting times. Members will be required to show their commitment that they will be available whenever they are required.

CREATION OF A WORK-BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

The work breakdown structure indicated below reflects a series of larger deliverables that will need to be achieved through splitting them into smaller structures. It is worth noting that the major project is relate to the creation of a new community garden park. Therefore, this forms the major aim of the project. However, the major aim is divided into three sub-categories of work breakdown structures. These are creation of the beds and planting sites, creation of the playing field, and the creation of the temporary meeting grounds.

It will be heard to achieve the first objective without dividing it into different smaller deliverables to increase efficiency of the whole process. First, it will need to come up with a bush clearing program that will be measured differently. Its performance will be measured on its own to ensure there is improved efficiency. The second deliverable will be related to the initial Ploughing and it will entail the inclusion of the different activities that will lead to a better Ploughing procedure. The creation of the beds will be deemed another important deliverable that will lead to the improved efficiency of the whole land preparation and creation of the beds for planting. Indeed, the actual creation of beds will be monitored as a separate objectives to make sure it has been carried out in the most efficient manner. Apart from that, planting will be perceived another objective that will be categorised under the first class of the second phase of deliverables. The fruits and vegetables will need to be planted, which means that the whole planting process will be measured as a separate deliverable that will need to be achieved on its own. Lastly, field management practices also form another vet of deliverables. This means that procedures such as weeding, pest and disease control, watering, and thinning among others will be measured as one single entity. Their efficiency will be measured as one form of deliverables that will be measured as one single entity and deliverable that can lead to the efficiency of the final results being expected, which are related to the improvement of the crop yield.

The second set of deliverable in the second phase will be related to the creation of a playing field. This is because the structure will also be deemed an imperative structure that will support the whole integration process. The first deliverable will be related to the identification of the appropriate ground. This may be based on factors such as the gradient and the soil structure found there. There levelling process will be the second objective and will entail levelling of the identified field. Marking of the playing court will be another important deliverable that will determine whether the whole management and creation of a playing field has been achieved. Lastly, the second objective will also entail the determination of a different field management procedures such as mowing of grass on a regular basis and watering of the field to make it look green and ever beautiful. Therefore, the individual success of each and every procedure will determine the success of the whole procedure related to the creation of a playing field.

The last part is related to the creation of a temporary meeting ground of the members whenever they come together. They will need to have a special place where they can relax as they chat and try to get more acquainted to one another. It is worth noting that the whole project will also entail holding of different parties and other social events in order to make it lively and good. Therefore, making of the meeting venue will be a very important objective that will act as the first objective of the third deliverable. Such procedure will be vital as it will earmark and differentiate between the court and the meeting venue to avoid overlapping of the field especially during a busy day. Creation of benches and other temporary structures will be a second objective that must also be achieved to make sure the place for social events is well catered for in the first place. The members will need somewhere they can sit as they try to chat. Therefore, all structure that will be deemed important in achieving such an objective will be deemed important. The last objective will related to the embracing of different management practices. This will entail carrying out of the all maintenance procedures such as clearing of the over grown grass and collection of any waste that may accumulate especially after holding a meeting. As a result, this will determine then ultimate realisation of the good meeting ground.

It is worth noting that creation of a community garden park can never be achieved without breaking down the major objective into a set of distinct deliverables that can achieve with much ease. Therefore, the categorization of it into three major deliverables and further decomposition into individual objectives will be the whole project feasible and one that can be achieved within a given duration of time and limited budgetary resources.

Creation of a Community Garden Park

Field Management Practices

Marking of the court

Levelling

Identification of the appropriate ground

Field management practices

Creation of beds

Planting

Initial Ploughing

Clearing of bushes; if any

Creation of temporary Meeting Grounds

Creation of Beds and Planting Sites

Creation of Playing Field

Creation of benches and other temporary structures

Marking of the Meeting Venue

Management practices

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