Project Management

Project Proposal

Curtis Taylor

Dr. Johnson

Project Management

4/28/2016

PROJECT PROPOSAL

BACKGROUND

The fashion industry is one of the most promising industries in the world recording over billions everywhere. Almost everyone is leaning towards fashion and the investors are looking nowhere further than investing in some of these fashion houses. The idea of setting up a t-shirt shop came to me when I noticed that they go with everything. You can wear a t-shirt with almost anything. With campaigns going on left, right and center, I decided to delve into printing t-shirts and selling them all under one roof.

Business summary

The T-shirt shop is going to be selling unisex t-shirts. They will all be graphically designed t-shirts specifically made for people aged 13-25. The shop will be located right outside our school because of readily available market. The start-up capital will mostly come from a bank loan I plan on taking with my parents as guarantors, and also my savings. I will have two employees who shall be helping me handle the designing bit and attending to clients. With time I’d like to see it grow to doing major orders like for schools and having staff deliver it to people and places.

Project Goals

· To be a shop that stands out from all the other t-shirt businesses-this will be done by specializing in making graphic t-shirts for specific ages.

· To aim for quality in every aspect i.e. material, design and service-the quality of the t-shirt should be good quality. The customers will be served promptly and as per their requests. The designs should be outstanding; this will be ensured through employment of of the best people in this career field.

· To be a self-sustaining business that can finance itself and make profits as well-in two months, the business should have broken even and the profits used to pay the electricity bills and labor.

Project Objectives

· To specialize in designing customized t-shirts and nothing less or more-specializing will help the business specialize in a specific place and grow. It will become a master at designing customized t-shirts.

· To put the customer first at all times and treat every customer with the same level of significance-this means top notch customer service.

· To sell a minimum of 10 t-shirts in a week-this will be after the business has broken even. The orders should be done as quickly as possible.

Key Stakeholders

Client: Boys and Girls from 13- 25 years of age.

Sponsor: Maggie Ho, Derek Jeter, Mattie Taylor, Mark Cubin

Project manager: Curtis Taylor

Milestones, deliverables and the specific timelines

Project phase	Date	Milestones	Deliverables
Inception	27th April 2016	Drafting project proposal	Draft project proposal
	29th April 2016	Submission of project proposal	Project proposal-it should have the milestones and deliverables. Also inclusive of timelines and costs.
Scheme design	2nd May 2016	Identify locations of shop	Shop location- it should be right near school. Near a favorite pizza or snack joint where every student will have no choice but to pass by it.
	2nd May 2016	Identify suppliers of t-shirts	T-shirt supplier-they should supply good quality t-shirts that do not wear off easily.
	2nd May 2016	Identify sources of printing machines	Printing machines
		Marketing the business	Business cards, flyers and brochures-these can be distributed around school by my friends. The cost incurred will be for printing.
Detailed design	20th May 2016	Contacting the landlord about the rates for the shop	Shop-the rates should be fair enough and within my budget of $1000 in a month inclusive of electricity.
	20th May 2016	Contacting the hiring company for the printer	T-shirt printer- professional printers that use an advanced form of heat transfers called plastisol transfers on special, high quality heat transfer paper.
	23rd May 2016	Having interviews for my employees.	Two employees-one should be good creatively speaking and the other good with customers.
	27th May 2016	Fitting out the shop	Shop-the printer should have its own room. There should be space for storing supplies and finished products. There should also space for cash registry.
Actualization	13th June 2016	Get orders for t-shirts.	5 clients.
	20th June 2016	Increase orders for t-shirts	10 clients-this is if we record positive sales by this date.

Cost Estimation

1.Set-up Cost-Printer screen $800

-shop fit out $1500

2.Running costs-electricity 1 month $200

Buying t-shirts (10) $400

Rent (1 month) $600

Labor costs 1 month $500

Overall cost $4000

Staffing resources

· 2 employees- to help in printing and serving clients, cash registry and help in cleaning the shop.

Non-staffing resources

· Printers

· Cash register machine

· Electricity

Challenge and recommendation

Electricity outage- the electricity supply is not always assured and can once in a while go out when we have pending orders. The printer is highly dependent on electricity. I suggest having an agreement with the client to give an allowance of 1 week while awaiting their order. This will give us time and give an allowance in case of power outages.

Approval Signatures

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