Work Breakdown Structure and Network Diagram

Project Name

Coffee Shop in a Small town with no existing coffee shop and a population of 40,000 people

Project Number

1

Project Manager

Robert C Williams III

Prioritization

1

Owner(s)

Robert C Williams III

Start Date:

1/18/2014

Scheduled Completion Date:

2/18/2014

Mission/ Purpose

The mission of the project is to provide the customers with coffee with the best quality and taste so that they not only keep coming to the shop but also bring their friends hence capturing large market share in town. The project is therefore inclined to achieving the objectives of the company by making the ambience of the shop comfortable for customers and always ensuring that the customers get quality coffee. This idea of a coffee shop is a project of its own.

SOW

The project is going to create coffee of great taste and great quality. Therefore, the main product of the project is coffee. At a high level, some of the things I plan to do are opening of new branches, diversification by offering different kind of pastries, installation of Wi-Fi internet access where clients can access internet through their laptops and tablets and adoption of a coffee culture where I will incorporate the Italian coffee culture and the Starbucks model where clients can relax as they take their coffee. Therefore, the high level deliverables are opening of other branches, provision of different pastries, and installation of Wi-Fi internet access and incorporation of Italian coffee culture.

Objectives

Among the objectives of the company are:

To provide different kinds of coffee pastries with great taste and pocket friendly prices.

To extend the business into the neighboring towns within the first year of operation.

To attract people of different cultures by incorporating their cultures in the shops and striving for high quality coffee all the time.

Business Need

There is a very good business reason for executing this project. In terms of competition, the project has a green light to start. This is because there are no other coffee shops to compete with in the town. Therefore, the market entry can be less demanding and less costly for the project. In terms of availability of market, the business will be situated in a town with a big population of 40000 people. Therefore, there is sufficient market for the shop.

Project Manager and Stakeholders

I, Robert Williams being the founder of the coffee shop will assume the leadership role. I will work with a number of stakeholders. Among these stakeholders are the public health officers, who will be responsible for checking the health-related conditions for producing the coffee; the farmers, who will be producing the coffee in their farms; the suppliers who will be delivering the coffee from the farms to the shop and the investors who will contribute in the implementation of capital intensive activities in the project.

Milestones

Some of the key milestones dates in this project are the time the coffee shop is opened, the time the coffee shop extends to another town, and the time Wi-Fi internet is installed in the shop.

Budget

Because the market entry is going to be less costly for the project, the order-of-magnitude of the budget is going to be small. This is because much of the budget will go into implementing only the basic requirements like rent, electricity, water, seats, tables, raw coffee, sugar, and cutlery.

User Acceptance Criteria/Quality

Among the minimum success criteria are meeting the best quality standards in terms of production and taste and ensuring that the customers fill the shop to the capacity all the times. High level of hygiene and cleanliness has to be met in the shop by maintaining outstanding cleanliness all the times.

High-Level Project Assumptions

The high-level project assumptions is that the people from shopping malls, restaurants, workplaces and offices find the coffee shop as the most preferred place for relaxation.

High-Level Project Constraints

The major limiting factor to effect the high-level project goal of making the shop the most preferred place for relaxation is the high capital needed to install such facilities as TV screens, internet access and state-of-art music system.

Exclusions and Boundaries

The boundaries of the project cover the provision of all varieties and tastes of coffee, and all the facilities that make the shop comfortable and worth going to. The other things like snacks, which go a long with coffee, will also be included. The rest of the hard foodstuff will be excluded.

Major Risks

One of the main risks affecting the project is the financial risk. Because of the financial demands for starting it, and the need to bring more customers, it may encounter some losses first before making profits.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Project Manager Authority Level

The owner and the chief executive officer of the company

Robert C Williams III

Project Core Team

Project manager, cashier, kitchen chef, and servers

Robert C Williams III

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) (include company and channel designations if applicable)

Public Health Officers and nutritionists.

N/A

APPROVALS

Type Name

Signature

Date

Project Manager Approval:

Robert C Williams III

1/19/2014

Customer/Sponsor Approval: