Project Management

Principles
Australian Tree Corp. Project
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Table of Contents
1. Project Background of Australian Tree Corp..............................................................................2

1.1 Project Background...............................................................................................................2

1.2 Project goal (SMART goal)...................................................................................................2

1.3 Project Objective...................................................................................................................3

1.4 Project Deliverable................................................................................................................3

1.5 Strategic alignment of project................................................................................................4

2. Project Schedule..........................................................................................................................5

2.1 Milestones..............................................................................................................................5

Project Schedule..........................................................................................................................5

2.2 Project Requirements.............................................................................................................8

2.3 Limit and Exclusions.............................................................................................................9

2.4 Work Breakdown Structure.................................................................................................10

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3. Risk Management......................................................................................................................10

4. Project Budget...........................................................................................................................12

5. Communication Management Plan............................................................................................14

[Sustainable business for Australian Tree Corporation Project]...............................................14

Project Information....................................................................................................................14

Version Control.........................................................................................................................14

Purpose of Communication Strategy:............................................................................................14

Communications Strategy..............................................................................................................14

Internal Information Management.............................................................................................14

6. Recommendations......................................................................................................................15

References......................................................................................................................................17
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1. Project Background of Australian Tree Corp.

1.1 Project Background

The current status of ATC is reputed in the field of the Forestry and wood selling for the
different purposes of the organizations and home purposes. Australian forest industry is worth of
$23 billion and has been contributing in the employment of the 70,000 individuals. The core
operation of the organization is to grow and cut trees and sell them throughout the Australia.
From one side, the organization is contributing in the growth of the economy by supplying
woods and introducing the employment to a large number of the population. Adversely this has
been also impacting the sustainable nature of the environment and society as cutting trees is not
good for the environment. With the advancement of the industries and regular cutting of the
trees, the environment of world is getting impacted and most concerning factor of the present
situation is the sustainability factor and green technology.

The aim of this report is to highlight the factors related to the analysis of the approach of
sustainability adoption of the company while managing the daily operations for meeting the
2 users’ needs and requirements. This report will be covering the project management and
managerial approaches those will lead to the sophisticated and smooth delivery of the entire
project and manage the deliverables accordingly. The approaches will b e to develop a
sophisticated plan that could alternatively lead to a sophisticated result that is strategic and
focused towards the development and deployment of the project approaches those could
alternatively lead to the delivery of thye analysis in an efficient and effective way.

1.2 Project goal (SMART goal)

S The aim of the project is to develop and deploy a sustainable business that can promote
the business organizations and allow the management and delivery of the entire
operational activities without any resistance from the locals.
M To improve the productivity of the organization by increasing the overall revenue of the
company and allowing the organization in gaining better command over the sustainable
business.
A The project will be delivered within the estimated timeline for managing the sustainable
business through adopting the approaches those are aside then cutting trees and
introducing the approaches in every where else where the sustainability can be
implemented.
R The approaches of the sustainability is as real as that of the other approaches those
could effectively and efficiently improve the existing condition of the organization. the
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defined approaches will be to analyze the existing business scenario and manage the
deliverables accordingly.
T The estimated timeline for the analysis of the various approaches will be 100+-10%
days and the entire project will be delivered within the estimated timeline.

1.3 Project Objective

Following is the list of the objectives those are considerable for the delivery and management
of the entire project and the management of the entire analysis over the adoption of sustainable
environment:

 To analyse the existing operations of the ATC company and allow the management of the
entire operations those are required for meeting the needs and requirements of the entire
organization.
 To integrate the approaches of the sustainable business and the operations of the
company in manner to manage and deliver the daily operations
 To contribute in the overall adoption of the sustainable environment that can allow the
smooth and effective management and delivery of the entire organizational structure
 To contribute in the economic development of the Australia and allow the organization in
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being more supportive towards nature nurturing and environment protection.
 To deliver the project within the estimated constraints and manage the delivery as it is
being planned
 To develop the sophisticated plan that can allow the analyst in delivering the
sophisticated project delivery.

1.4 Project Deliverable

The deliverables of the project are as follows:

1. A strategic pathway for the delivery and management of the analysis that can contribute in the
growth and development of the entire project and manage the deliverables accordingly.
2. To allow the business analyst to be focused and targeted towards the accomplishment of the
desired output that is identification of the approaches those are necessary for the adoption of the
sustainable business.
3. It will be contributing in the successful and effective delivery of the research that is concerned
towards the management of the entire project operations.
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1.5 Strategic alignment of project

The project is focused towards the adoption of the best practices those could be highly
effective and efficient in aligning the business goals and the approaches those are necessary for
the delivery and management of the entire business operation deliveries and management and
allow them in contributing the overall deliveries of the project. The approaches of the analysis
will be considering the impact of the political, social, and economic impact of the sustainable
business and its management throughout the entire organization’s operations and manage the
deliverables accordingly. The strategic approach will be to reduce the overall impact of the waste
reduction and various other approaches those are considerable for the management and delivery
of the business operations. The defined activities for the analysis will be considering the
organizational approaches and the approaches of the final delivery of the project and allow its
management and delivery in an efficient and effective way.

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2. Project Schedule

2.1 Milestones
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish

Analysis over sustainable business for ATC Mon 03-06-

1 96 days Mon 14-10-19
(Australian Tree Corporation) 19

Mon 03-06-
1.1 Phase 1: Project initiation 9 days Thu 13-06-19
19

1.1.6 Kick-off meeting 0 days Thu 13-06-19 Thu 13-06-19

1.2 Phase 2: Planning 33 days Fri 14-06-19 Tue 30-07-19

1.2.5 Approval of the project 0 days Thu 04-07-19 Thu 04-07-19

1.2.6 Budget estimation 18 days Fri 05-07-19 Tue 30-07-19

1.2.6.6 Planning completed and approval 0 days Tue 30-07-19 Tue 30-07-19

Wed 31-07-
1.3 Phase 3: Execution 26 days Wed 04-09-19
19

5 Wed 04-09-
1.3.10 implementing the required changes 0 days Wed 04-09-19
19

Thu 05-09-
1.4 Phase 4: Monitoring and closing 14 days Tue 24-09-19
19

1.4.6 Announcing the final plans of the project 0 days Tue 24-09-19 Tue 24-09-19

Wed 25-09-
1.5 Phase 5: Closure 14 days Mon 14-10-19
19

Mon 14-10-
1.5.5 Project ends 0 days Mon 14-10-19
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Project Schedule
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish

Analysis over sustainable business for ATC

1 96 days Mon 03-06-19 Mon 14-10-19
(Australian Tree Corporation)

1.1 Phase 1: Project initiation 9 days Mon 03-06-19 Thu 13-06-19

Conduct interviews with the ATC

1.1.1 1 day Mon 03-06-19 Mon 03-06-19
executives
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1.1.2 Existing process analysis 2 days Tue 04-06-19 Wed 05-06-19

1.1.3 Market and business analysis 1 day Thu 06-06-19 Thu 06-06-19

1.1.4 Considering the society approaches 3 days Fri 07-06-19 Tue 11-06-19

Introduction of the sustainable business

1.1.5 2 days Wed 12-06-19 Thu 13-06-19
approach

1.1.6 Kick-off meeting 0 days Thu 13-06-19 Thu 13-06-19

1.2 Phase 2: Planning 33 days Fri 14-06-19 Tue 30-07-19

1.2.1 Consideration of the project requirements 4 days Fri 14-06-19 Wed 19-06-19

1.2.2 Goals identification 3 days Thu 20-06-19 Mon 24-06-19

1.2.3 Objectives 5 days Tue 25-06-19 Mon 01-07-19

1.2.4 Scope 3 days Tue 02-07-19 Thu 04-07-19

1.2.5 Approval of the project 0 days Thu 04-07-19 Thu 04-07-19

1.2.6 Budget estimation 18 days Fri 05-07-19 Tue 30-07-19

1.2.6.1 Work breakdown 2 days Fri 05-07-19 Mon 08-07-19

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1.2.6.2 Scheduling 3 days Tue 09-07-19 Thu 11-07-19

1.2.6.3 Distribution of resources in each activity 5 days Fri 12-07-19 Thu 18-07-19

1.2.6.4 Stakeholder allocation 2 days Fri 19-07-19 Mon 22-07-19

Communicating with the different key

1.2.6.5 6 days Tue 23-07-19 Tue 30-07-19
stakeholders

1.2.6.6 Planning completed and approval 0 days Tue 30-07-19 Tue 30-07-19

1.3 Phase 3: Execution 26 days Wed 31-07-19 Wed 04-09-19

1.3.1 Existing market analysis 2 days Wed 31-07-19 Thu 01-08-19

1.3.2 Analysis of the needs of market 4 days Fri 02-08-19 Wed 07-08-19

1.3.3 Conduction of interview 2 days Thu 08-08-19 Fri 09-08-19

1.3.4 Analysing the existing business analysis 5 days Mon 12-08-19 Fri 16-08-19

1.3.5 Proposing the alternative approaches 3 days Mon 19-08-19 Wed 21-08-19

1.3.6 considering the possible sustainable ways 4 days Thu 22-08-19 Tue 27-08-19
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1.3.7 Managing the business deliveries 2 days Wed 28-08-19 Thu 29-08-19

1.3.8 informing the different stakeholders 1 day Fri 30-08-19 Fri 30-08-19

Recording the responses of the different

1.3.9 3 days Mon 02-09-19 Wed 04-09-19
stakeholders

1.3.10 implementing the required changes 0 days Wed 04-09-19 Wed 04-09-19

1.4 Phase 4: Monitoring and closing 14 days Thu 05-09-19 Tue 24-09-19

1.4.1 Cost benefit analysis 2 days Thu 05-09-19 Fri 06-09-19

analysing the responses or resistance from

1.4.2 3 days Mon 09-09-19 Wed 11-09-19
existing employees

1.4.3 Testing the changes as a demo 4 days Thu 12-09-19 Tue 17-09-19

1.4.4 Gathering feedback 2 days Wed 18-09-19 Thu 19-09-19

1.4.5 Modifying changes if required 3 days Fri 20-09-19 Tue 24-09-19

1.4.6 Announcing the final plans of the project 0 days Tue 24-09-19 Tue 24-09-19

1.5 Phase 5: Closure 14 days Wed 25-09-19 Mon 14-10-19

7 1.5.1 Project documentation 4 days Wed 25-09-19 Mon 30-09-19

1.5.2 Recording the learning gained 3 days Tue 01-10-19 Thu 03-10-19

1.5.3 Recording the lagging factors 5 days Fri 04-10-19 Thu 10-10-19

1.5.4 Informing the identified modifications 2 days Fri 11-10-19 Mon 14-10-19

1.5.5 Project ends 0 days Mon 14-10-19 Mon 14-10-19

Gantt chart
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2.2 Project Requirements

The Business analyst will be needing the access and grant over the entire business access
and its management. The ethical concern will be managed and considered throughout the project
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in manner to make sure that the project being delivered will be meeting the organizational needs
and requirements.

The resources such as access to the core operations, data, and customer profiles will be
necessary.

The project must align with the other projects those are being proposed in the case
considering the successful deployment of all the approaches.

2.3 Limit and Exclusions

1. The limits and exclusions of the project can be listed as following:
2. The approaches would not cover the approval from the owner of the project
3. The project will not cover the impact or the investments being made on the different
4. The overall budget and delivery of the project will focus on the delivery of this project
only.

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2.4 Work Breakdown Structure

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3. Risk Management
Name of Risks Description Mitigation of Impact Probability
Risks
Ambiguous Possibilities and
The contingency High High
Contingency occurrence of the plan must be
uncertainties couldcompleted within
possibly lead to the estimated
ineffective delivery
project timeline and
and management of deliveries and
the entire project manage the
and manage its deliverables
deliveries accordingly
accordingly
Insufficient skills The lack kin skills Hiring the High Medium
could lead to many experienced players
problems those are or the supervisors
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not effective and those have the skills

efficient for the and experience in
delivery of the handling the team
project like this or such
projects
Poor The lack in Lack in Low High
Communication communication or communication can
insufficient be eliminated
information could through the
lead to the integration and
ineffective delivery involvement of the
of the project different
stakeholders those
are related to the
involvement of
every stakeholder
and the discussion
over the different
concepts
Undefined goals There must be the The development of Medium High
development of the the sophisticated
sophisticated goal, plan must cover all
aims and objectives the paths, goals and
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delivery those are necessary
for the successful
deployment of the
project as it is being
supposed
4. Project Budget
WBS Duration Resource Names Cost

1 96 days $10,040.00

1.1 9 days $528.00

1.1.1 1 day $0.00

1.1.2 2 days Analyst $32.00

1.1.3 1 day Analyst $16.00

1.1.4 3 days Analyst, Project Manager, Research and development team $480.00

1.1.5 2 days $0.00

1.1.6 0 days $0.00

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1.2 33 days $3,496.00

1.2.1 4 days $0.00

1.2.2 3 days Project Manager $312.00

1.2.3 5 days Project Manager, Supervisor $600.00

1.2.4 3 days Project Manager, Supervisor $360.00

1.2.5 0 days $0.00

1.2.6 18 days $2,224.00

1.2.6.1 2 days Project Manager, Supervisor $240.00

1.2.6.2 3 days Project Manager $312.00

1.2.6.3 5 days Analyst, Project Manager $600.00

Staffs, Employees, Project Manager, Resource manager,

1.2.6.4 2 days $352.00
Supervisor

1.2.6.5 6 days Project Manager, Supervisor $720.00

1.2.6.6 0 days $0.00

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1.3 26 days $2,712.00

1.3.1 2 days Analyst $32.00

1.3.2 4 days Analyst $64.00

Analyst, Project Manager, Research and development team,

1.3.3 2 days $368.00
Resource manager

Analyst, Project Manager, Research and development team,

1.3.4 5 days $920.00
Resource manager

Analyst, Project Manager, Research and development team,

1.3.5 3 days $552.00
Resource manager

Staffs, Employees, Seeds or shrubs[1], Transportation[1],

1.3.6 4 days $128.00
Machines[1]

1.3.7 2 days Staffs, Employees, Seeds or shrubs[1], Transportation[1] $64.00

1.3.8 1 day Staffs, Employees, Seeds or shrubs[1], Transportation[1] $32.00

Project Manager, Research and development team, Resource

1.3.9 3 days $552.00
manager, Supervisor
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1.3.10 0 days $0.00

1.4 14 days $1,656.00

1.4.1 2 days Analyst, Owner, Project Manager $288.00

1.4.2 3 days Analyst, Owner, Project Manager $432.00

1.4.3 4 days Analyst, Owner, Project Manager $576.00

1.4.4 2 days Analyst, Owner, Project Manager $288.00

1.4.5 3 days Owner $72.00

1.4.6 0 days $0.00

1.5 14 days $1,648.00

1.5.1 4 days Writer $96.00

1.5.2 3 days Project Manager, Writer $384.00

Project Manager, Research and development team, Resource

1.5.3 5 days $960.00
manager, Writer

1.5.4 2 days Project Manager $208.00

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1.5.5 0 days $0.00

5. Communication Management Plan

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Project Information
The goal of the project is to deliver an analysis over the adoption of the sustainable
business by the ATC in managing the project deliverables and assuring the strategic approach
and delivery of the project activities those could lead to the final outcome of the projects. The
proposed plan for the delivery of the analysis is of 100+-10% days and the estimated budget for
the project delivery is $10,000.

Version Control
The primary developed plan is being finalized

Purpose of Communication Strategy:

To external stakeholders
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 ATC customers
 Australian community
 Forestry department

Communications Strategy

Internal Information Management

1. Communication mode 1
Meeting on regular basis and the involvement of all the key stakeholders on regular basis.
2. Communication mode 2
Group conference considering the grouping of all the involved stakeholders at the single
place in manner to communicate and discuss on the ongoing problems accordingly.

3. Communication mode 3
Email or video or telephonic conference in manner to discuss the ongoing approaches and
deliveries of the project in manner to manage the project deliveries.
To internal stakeholders
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 Business analyst

 Project manager

 Staffs and workers

 Supervisors

 Owner of ATC

 Sponsors

 Partners

4. Communication mode 1
Brainstorming or face to face discussion over the approaches those are related to the
ongoing development and growth of the project.
5. Communication mode 2
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Email or meeting in group at meeting hall with large population in manner to discuss the
ongoing growth and development of the project.
6. Recommendations
Following are some of the recommendations those are worth consideration while the business
analyst performs the daily operations related to the ongoing growth and development of the
business deliveries:

1. Make sure that the approaches being delivered will be meeting the organizational needs
and requirements and manage the deliverable of the project as it has been planned in the
above project plan.
2. The project manager must consider the involvement of the different stakeholders in the
project considering the smooth and effective exchange of the information that is required
for the project delivery.

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