Initial Project Assessment for Grassroots Case Study Memo

1 Running head: GRASSROOTS Student Name Project and Change Management Wilmington University July 14, 2023 Memo To: Top Management From: …………………… cc: ………………………… Date: ……………………………… Re: Initial Assessment of Each Project

2 GRASSROOTS CASE Task 1 Summarize each of the proposed projects using a simple table format suitable for presentation to top management. Include the name of each project, identify how each one supports business strategies, assess the potential financial benefits and other benefits of each project, and provide your initial assessment of the value of each project. Write your results in a one-to two-page memo to top management, including appropriate back-up information and calculations The pointed analysis expresses topics to be addressed such as change the laws campaign, Global Treps, wealthy unite and the Global Smart Shoppers. Project Names Business Strategies Financial Benefits Initial assessment Global Smart Shoppers Development of different ideas in combination of high strategies people in being aware of the products as well services produced. Customizing the mobile application applications to work for countries in promoting social responsibilities. Renders platforms for organizations for developing the mobile applications. Wealthy Unite Develop a system for people around the world to get the opportunity and to provision of inputs to the world. Allows entrepreneurs like Bill Gates to promote such philanthropy. Enable different low income persons to invest their ideas and to discuss with the high income persons.

3 GRASSROOTS CASE Change the Laws Campaig n Aid in reduction of various forms of inequalities between the students and learners through the help of various laws. Creating mobile friendly website and applications helpful for including the information proposed system. Assists to brainstorm other ideas between students to enhance more ideas. Global Treps To create an application and website helpful to grow and find various solutions for customers. Accepting the donations from investors targeted towards organizations and to host an event. Creation of applications useful to colleges, high school learners and elementary school in the globe. Task 2 Evaluate the four projects by preparing a weighted scoring model using the template provided on the Companion website for this text. Develop at least four criteria, assign weights to each criterion, assign scores, and then calculate the weighted scores. Print the spreadsheet and bar chart with the results. Also write a one-page paper that describes this weighted scoring model and the results. Weighted Scoring model

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4 GRASSROOTS CASE Task 3 Prepare a business case for the Global Treps project. Assume that the project will take six months to complete, use many volunteer hours, and cost about $130,000 for hardware, software, travel, and labor. Use the business case template provided on the Companion website for this text. Be sure to research information on the television show and events held by colleges and other groups, which have been sparked by the need for more successful entrepreneurs. Also visit DonorsChoose.org to see how that site operates and look into steps for forming a non-profit organization Business Case for Grassroots Project Name: Grassroots for Global Traps 1.0 Introduction/ Background This project relates to the grassroots group of college students who tend to work to make the world a better place. 2.0 Business Objective

5 GRASSROOTS CASE The key objective of the grassroots group of college students intends to include different developing skills for college students and other needy populations to avoid inequalities between different groups of people in terms of income. 3.0 Current Situation and Problem/Opportunity Statement The current opportunities seem to build the project on the basis of innovative ideas of the students and need to provide the opportunities of speaking to entrepreneurs. 4.0 Critical Assumption and Constraints Developed to mainly avoid forms of inequalities among humans as well as to enhance new ideas among the students. The project is also developed to accept donations from investors. 5.0 Analysis of Options and Recommendation The overall percentages of all donations and profits are mostly earned by the contestants and are donated by the Global Treps organizations. 6.0 Preliminary Project Requirements 1 . Providing an online version of the various events by showing videos and live reactions of the sharks. 2. Developing ideas for mechanisms with certain percentages of donations and percentages. 3. Leaders of the organizations review ideas for projects. 4. There are requirements present such as gathering different requirements and people in one team. 7.0 Budget Estimate and Financial Analysis Initial Project plan – $136,000

6 GRASSROOTS CASE Purchasing software licensing and website development – $55,000 Organizing the Shark tanks – $45,000 Publishing the Shark tanks - $30,000 Miscellaneous - $9,000 8.0 Schedule Estimate Project Planning – 4 months Project Design – 2 months Project Development/Testing and Implementation – 2 months Marketing – 2 months (To be done in parallel with development) 9.0 Potential Risks The goal of this project is meant to develop forms of ideas of the project intended to promote different ideas in the individuals’ minds and help to encourage investors to invest in the project. 10.0 Exhibits Exhibit A: Financial Analysis TASK 4 Prepare a draft project charter and an assumption log for the Global Treps project. Assume that the project will take six months to complete and have a budget of $130,000. Use the project charter template provided in this text and the sample project charter provided in Table 4-1 as guides. For the assumption log, document at least two assumptions including an assumption ID, date, source, category, description, and status. You will be the project manager, and Dr. K. will be the project sponsor. Other team members will include

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7 GRASSROOTS CASE Bobby, Ashok, Kim, and Alfreda. You plan to hold four shark tank like events plus develop the Global Treps site and application Project Charter 05/14/2023 Project Title : Grassroots Group – Global Treps Project Start Date: 05/14/2023 Projected Finish Date: 11/14/2023 Budget Information: $136,000/- Project Manager: Elin Sabri, 557786321, elin@gmail.com Project Objectives Need to decrease economy inequality in the world. Need to increase different talents in the world. Need to increase the talent among the young ones. Need to decrease the gap between donors and entrepreneurs. Success Criteria If donors are agreeing to become investors. When the online version of the events are showed in videos of the contestants and live reactions of the sharks. When leaders in the groups are reviewing some ideas of the project. Approach i. Motivating the donors in being investors. ii. Finding volunteers in to develop the project Roles and Responsibilities

8 GRASSROOTS CASE Name and Signature Role Position Contact Information Elin Sabri Manager Management Position elin@gmail.com Bruno Denielson Developer Software Engineer bruno@gmail.com Veren Samdin Marketing Executive Marketing Executive veren@gmail.com Salmon Said Developer Sr. Software Engineer salmon@gmail.com Comments: (Handwritten or typed comments from above stakeholders, if applicable) Task 6 Prepare a change request for the Global Treps project, using the template provided on the Companion website for this text. Assume that you have decided not to provide an online version of the show as it would be too much work for the initial project. Be creative when making up information. Change Request 05/14/2023 Project Name: Grassroots Group – Global Traps Date Request Submitted: 05/14/2023

9 GRASSROOTS CASE Title of Change Request: Add different categories in the mobile applications for various regions of the world. Change Order Number: ……………….. Submitted by : ………………………….. Change Category :  Scope  Schedule  Cost  Technology  Other Description of change requested There are different categories that need to be added when the customers finding can be easy as well as user friendly. Events that made this change necessary or desirable There are different categories present and some categories present which needs to be added so that the customers can be able to feel the application useful. Justification for the change/why it is needed/desired to continue/complete the project: There are given situations present in which the applications that need to be modified and needs to be inserted with various options which are available so that the user or customers can get a user friendly environment. Impact of the proposed change on: Scope: Dropping the mobile application world-wide feature Schedule: Delay of 1 month, in adding and modifying different options in the applications in order to enhance the performance of the applications. Cost: $5,000 Staffing: No Changes in number. Changes applicable only in duration with a delay of 1 month Risk: The organizations planning to organize the Shark tank events might have to re-organize the events which are pre-planned.

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10 GRASSROOTS CASE Other Suggested implementation if the change request is approved: The modifications needs to be applied for applications and needs to update the applications. Required approvals: Name/Title Date Approve/Reject Elin Sabri Bruno Denielson

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