Quality Approach Description
The quality of the project is managed by placing priority to the communication conducted among the business owner, business staffs and the customers. Even there is required to have participation of all the stakeholders and embrace changes to take ownership of the project planning. The implementation of business improvements required to manage the large-scale changes in the project planning.
Applicable Quality Standards
ISO 14000: It is the quality standard for the environmental system. This standard helps the business to reduce the environmental impacts as well as waste so that the business can maintain hygiene in the business.
ISO 9001: The organizations are using this standard to demonstrate capability to provide the products as well as services to meet with the customers plus regulatory needs of the business.
ISO 22000: This standard demonstrates the commitment to ensure safe as well as sustainable food safety through the food safety certifications.
Quality Control
Deliverable | Standard | Acceptance Criteria | Quality Control Activity Details | Assessment Intervals |
Project management plan | Iso 9004 | Success of the project work | Process checklistsReview of the project deliverables | 5 days |
Quality plan | ISO 9000:2015 | Management of the quality of the project | Quality testing process | 9 days |
Food and safety management plan | ISO 22000 | Hygienic foods provided to the customers | Quality testing process of food | 4 days |
Environmental regulations | ISO 14000 | Management of waste so that the business can maintain hygiene | Process documentation and project audit | 5days |
Customer regulatory | ISO 9001 | Meeting with the customer’s requirements and expectations | Process checklistsReview of the customer feedback | 7 days |
Manage Quality (Quality Assurance)
Associated Deliverable | Process | Applicable Process Requirement | Quality Assurance Activity Details | Assessment Intervals |
Project management plan | Measurement and criteria of the project quality | Documents and records and information management | Process checklistsReview of the project deliverables | 9 days |
Quality plan | Management of the profitability plus resources | Continual improvement | Quality testing process | 12 days |
Food and safety management plan | Manage and resolve the food risks | Internal processes and attributes of food items | Quality testing process of food | 14 days |
Environmental regulations | Manage and resolve the environmental risks | Internal processes and attributes of food items | Process documentation and project audit | 9 days |
Customer regulatory | Feedback review and maintain the customer’s requirements | Expectations of the customers for quality | Process checklistsReview of the customer feedback | 10 days |
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Risk Register
Project Name: Re-opening of The Tandoor Oven Restaurant Project Manager: Please enter your name
Risk Identification | Risk Analysis | Risk Implementation and Monitoring | ||||||||
ID | Risk Statement | Probability of Occurrence | Impact of Occurrence | Risk Score | Dimension (Scope, Cost, Schedule, Etc.) | Response Strategy | Trigger | Response Plan | Assigned To | Status (Open, Closed) |
1 | Risk of lack of funds for the project capital | Moderate (3) | Major (4) | 12 | Cost | Accept | Lack of funds collected | There should require doing proper budget planning for the project so that the project will not exceed $15,000 funds. | Financial Manager | Open |
2 | Risk of low sales of the foods | Moderate (3) | Moderate (3) | 9 | Scope | Reduce | Health regulations | It should require taking feedback of the customers regarding the food quality standard (Olechowski et al., 2016). | H&S Manager | Open |
3 | Risk of health and hygiene of the food during COVID-19 pandemic | Likely (4) | Major (4) | 16 | Health | Accept | Health regulations | Before re-opening of the restaurant, the business owner is required to do proper quality get and contract with quality manager. | H&S Manager | Open |
4 | Legal risks to re-open the restaurant during pandemic | Moderate (4) | Minor (2) | 8 | Legal | Reduce | Rules and regulations of Toronto during COVID-19 | It should require going to phase 2 COVID-19 guidelines before planning for re-opening of the restaurant. | Legal Officer | Open |
5 | Lack of resources in the project | Moderate (3) | Major (4) | 12 | Resource | Reduce | Project management knowledge | Project management students should require hiring of experts in planning and executing of the plan (Tupa, Simota, & Steiner, 2017). | Program Coordinator | Open |
6 | Lack of time to take decisions in restaurant re-opening | Moderate (3) | Major (4) | 12 | Schedule | Reduce | Project management knowledge | It should require doing time management of the entire project work. | Program Coordinator | Open |
7 | Risk of customers not coming to the restaurant | Moderate (3) | Moderate (3) | 9 | Scope | Accept | Rules and regulations of Toronto during COVID-19 | Customer analysis is required to be done to know the expectations and requirements of the customers (Fan, & Stevenson, 2018). | Project Manager | Open |
8 | Competitor risk if any other business is also re-opening the business at same time | Moderate (3) | Major (4) | 12 | Competitor | Accept | Market research | The market analysis is performed on the competitors so that there is getting idea (Borkovskaya, Degaev, & Burkova, 2018). | Research Analyst | Open |
9 | Scope creep due to sudden change in the plan | Likely (4) | Major (4) | 16 | Scope | Reduce | Not approval of the scope before kicking off plan | Approval from the project sponsor is required to take before project execution. | Program Coordinator | Open |
10 | Lack of support from the management to plan the activities | Moderate (3) | Major (4) | 12 | Scope | Accept | Lack of interest in plan | The management team is required to involve in planning activities of the project work (Araz et al., 2020). | Program Coordinator | Open |
Proposed Review Dates:
Date | Reason | Required Reviewers |
15/8/2020 | Funds checking | Financial Manager |
09/9/2020 | Market analysis | Research Analyst |
References
Araz, O. M., Choi, T. M., Olson, D., & Salman, F. S. (2020). Data analytics for operational risk management. Decision Sciences.
Borkovskaya, V., Degaev, E., & Burkova, I. (2018). Environmental economic model of risk management and costs in the framework of the quality management system. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 193, p. 05027). EDP Sciences.
Fan, Y., & Stevenson, M. (2018). A review of supply chain risk management: definition, theory, and research agenda. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.
Olechowski, A., Oehmen, J., Seering, W., & Ben-Daya, M. (2016). The professionalization of risk management: What role can the ISO 31000 risk management principles play?. International Journal of Project Management, 34(8), 1568-1578.
Tupa, J., Simota, J., & Steiner, F. (2017). Aspects of risk management implementation for Industry 4.0. Procedia Manufacturing, 11, 1223-1230.
Scope Baseline
Project Scope Statement
The components of the project scope statement are listed as:
- Project Scope Description – The project will accomplish with planning and executing of the project with a small budget to pay up to $15,000 for the re-opening of the restaurant. The in-scope items for this project are materials gathering and purchasing, project management activities and the marketing of the restaurant among the customers.
- Project Deliverables –The list of the key deliverables for the project are listed as:
- Statement of the work
- Work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Scope statement of the project
- WBS dictionary
- Project plan contains the constraints and assumptions included
- Project Acceptance Criteria – The project is accepted that if Amandeep can be able to re-open the province of the business which was temporality closed due to COVID-19. The acceptance criteria is when the Toronto will permit to move to phase 2 up to June 12, 2020 and for this there is required to progress in positive way. The take-out services of the restaurant is going well to increase in profits of business again.
- Project Exclusions – The training provided to the staffs those are going to attend the customers are out of the scope of the project. The staff’s training is required to maintain high food standards that the customers are expecting.
- Project Constraints –
- Capital: The project capital is a constraint as the budget of the project is limited to $15,000, if the project capital goes above the budget then it is capital limitation.
- Resource: The resource is a constraint for the project as there is very low resources involved in the project to re-open the restaurant and provide services to the customers.
- Time: The time is limited as the stage 2 of COVID-19 will require to progress from June 12, otherwise it would be big loss for the business.
- Project Assumptions – It is assumed that the restaurant will re-open on time and even the project will finish within the budget of $15,000.
Roles and Responsibilities
Name | Role | Responsibilities |
Amandeep Kaur | Business Owner | The owner plays a strategic role in the project to manage daily activities of managing restaurant re-opening services. They have authority to take decisions of the financial challenges. |
John Smith | Project Team | Carry out the regular technical work of the project and produce the deliverables of the plan |
Jeremy Spencley | Program Coordinator | Managing the project management program of the project plus handle the administrative activities |
Please enter your name | Project Manager | Accountable to manage the scope of the plan, resources and the success of the project |
Table 1.1, Scope Management Roles and Responsibilities
Major Milestones
Milestone Activities | Start date | Finish date |
Initiation of the plan | 8/5/2020 | 8/5/2020 |
Planning of the activities | 28/5/2020 | 28/5/2020 |
Execution of the plan | 12/6/2020 | 12/6/2020 |
Monitoring and controlling | 19/7/2020 | 19/7/2020 |
Closure and handover | 29/8/2020 | 29/8/2020 |
Work Breakdown Structure
WBS Dictionary
Level | WBS Code | WBS Item | Definition | Resource and responsibility assignment |
Level 1 | 1 | Initiation of the plan | ||
Level 2 | 1.1 | Reflect on new idea of business | After closing of the business, the owner comes with innovative idea to re-open | Business Owner |
Level 2 | 1.2 | Learn about the business | ||
Level 3 | 1.2.1 | Learning about the customers | Market research is done on the customers to learn their needs | Market researcher |
Level 3 | 1.2.2 | Learn about other business in the industry | market research is done on competitor’s having same business goals | Market researcher |
Level 1 | 2 | Planning | ||
Level 2 | 2.1 | Funds collection | Collecting enough capital for the project | Financial officer,Project sponsor |
Level 2 | 2.2 | Time scheduling | Managing the time required for the team to implement new processes | Project manager |
Level 2 | 2.3 | Implement processes for social distancing | ||
Level 3 | 2.3.1 | Reviewing of COVID-19 guidelines | Guidelines review help to improve the business | Program coordinator |
Level 3 | 2.3.2 | New business model implement | Coming out with lockdown new business model | Legal officer |
Level 1 | 3 | Execution | ||
Level 2 | 3.1 | Focus area of the business | ||
Level 3 | 3.1.1 | Financing | Collecting funds for the business | Financial officer |
Level 3 | 3.1.2 | Supply chain | Managing the supply of the materials and equipment | Project manager |
Level 3 | 3.1.3 | Shipping and logistics | Shipping of the food items | Project manager |
Level 3 | 3.1.4 | Workforce | Management of the expert’s workforces for planning | Program coordinator |
Level 3 | 3.1.5 | Change in regulations | Management of the food regulations required for pandemic | Legal officer |
Level 3 | 3.1.6 | Customers | Review of the customer needs | Market researcher |
Level 2 | 3.2 | Workplace safe principles | ||
Level 3 | 3.2.1 | Details of the financial assets | Amount required for re-open the business | Financial officer |
Level 3 | 3.2.2 | Document plan for rehiring | Bringing of project management experts to the location | Program coordinator |
Level 1 | 4 | Monitoring and controlling | ||
Level 2 | 4.1 | Measure performance of the new process | ||
Level 3 | 4.1.1 | Quality management standard | Implement business quality standards | Business Owner,Financial officer |
Level 3 | 4.1.2 | Identify the risks | Risks management occurred to mitigate and take possible steps | Program coordinator,Project manager |
Level 3 | 4.1.3 | Track project progress | Monitor the project progress by scheduling software | Project manager |
Level 1 | 5 | Closure | ||
Level 2 | 5.1 | Handover of the plan | Plan is handover to the business owner | Project manager |
Level 2 | 5.2 | Customer feedback | Taking feedback from the customers on business re-opening | Market researcher |
Level 2 | 5.3 | Release of team members | Stakeholders and members are released after completion | Program coordinator,Project manager |
Validate Scope
The process required to validate the scope of the project included completion of the work and validated the project deliverables. Approved scope or scope baseline is also checked for the project if there is possibility of Toronto to go to phase 2 of COVID-19. Requirement traceability matrix is required to show the project requirements achieved to validate the project deliverables.
The output of validate the project scope process is accepted project deliverables, change requests, project document updates and the work-related information on project performance.
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