Executive Summary of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

Background of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The project is mainly dealing with the development of a mobile application for Victoria University. The new system will be helpful for system management and the students to manage their courses and lectures. The students will be provided by the complete assistance and updates about their courses through emails. The objective of the project is to increase the accessibility of services for teachers as well as students, increase the resource presence of the university, and to increase the e-learning among the students. The present discussion will consider authentic reasons for the closing of the project and how the performance parameters can be calculated based on schedule and budgets.

Reason for Closing the Project of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The project was launched to improve the online management system of the University of Victoria and to facilitate students and mentors to get information using internet connections. The success of services can be measured by considering outcomes of services and how they affect the learning abilities of students. There are some possible reasons to shut down the project such as expended budget, variation in the services policies, priorities of the agency, deadline date, and loss of funding. The loss of funding is the most probable reason to close the project. The overall variation in the cost of development of the mobile application is between 100,000 to 200,000 dollars. The cost of testing the session is 30,000 dollars. If the university is not capable to produce enough funds it could be difficult to continue the project. In such type of situations, the project will be closed due to loss of fundings.    

Highlights and Innovations of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The new application will work based on state of art services and methods. The features include Jira Software update for coding functionality and display. The department of information technology at the University of Victoria will ensure the best quality services with the latest technology. The information technology foundations in the project will include programming, networks, operating systems and database management system. The object-oriented programming, mobile app programming, web programming, database systems and cloud app programming will be considered in the project. Furthermore, the system will apply contemporary and practical technologies for the development of solutions for real-world problems.

Summary of Recommendations of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The students in the University of Victoria are facing some major challenges such as server loads, use of the system, high cost of charges and data budgeting. the study recommends the university to consider the audience and various issues impeding the effective use of technology in the student community. Various issues are required to be managed by the service providers as mentioned below 

Use the improved system with increased random-access memory so the server loads can be managed.

The introduction of the website and application is based on the student online portal. The new services are to be incorporated in the system so the system can meet the requirements of students.

It is recommended that the university can procure computers and then extend the laboratories so it can accommodate the ever increasing number of student users.

The access to the open source computer system in the university can raise privacy concerns for the students upon the logging in and log out from the system. The present reports will consider the number of computer applications in the university and how it can be improved.

Project Performance of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

In the present work, at least the three purposes of an online management system can be conceptualized. These three concepts include quick dissemination of information about course, web-engaged activities, and supplements of the web-enabled services for the customers that are students and teachers. Simply the dissemination services and course information online are necessary to promote efficiency for the face to face courses and distance courses. The arguments can improve the learning of users. The web-enabled supplements are however the more effective factor of services and it has advantages of the multimedia nature of the web. The process allows the students and teachers to share information about the research related courses through the online available services in the dispersed location. The services can be used to promote the higher order thinking in students and web engaged activities to capitalize on the information processing tools for the students.

Performance against Objectives of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The majority concerns of the online course management system are to emphasize on the dissemination tools for the students and teachers as the processing tools. Ever thought the aim is to promote the interaction and engagement of students for development of common products, sharing the data, and synthesizing the information to explore the cases. The online course management system in the present report will be evaluated based on the ability of the services to support the teaching strategies and planned learning goals. Currently, the high level goals and strategies are measured and then supported by online tools. The faculty members who rely on the integrated course management system become able to consider the activities of students in the community building, knowledge sharing and research process. The actual performance is high as compared to the planned outcomes because after launching the programs the teachers and students started relying on the services and innovation. This program provides teaching support to all the students in all disciplines.  

Performance against Outcomes of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

In the present program of application development, the continuous performance management is encouraging the teaching staff and students to be more involved in the new services and it is also giving them a chance or autonomy to set the relevant goals. The program is empowering student strength and goals of the university. All of the important points is that it is taking control of the performance of students. When analysing the actual performance of the project in relation to the achieved outcomes it is important to consider features of an effective performance management system. The objective of the online management is to provide performance feedback of the students to the teachers and their effectiveness in their courses. The outcomes are estimated at this stage and it shows 30% improvement in the results of students. The services are cost effective. The management department of the company is responsible to measure the ongoing performance of the online management system. The head of the department will be responsible to provide information about achievement.

Performance against Outputs of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The online application will be developed by Atlassian Application design group and it was then tested by the IT department of Victoria University. The mobile application website can provide different structured outcomes about uploads, lecture notes, quick notes and group discussions. This system will develop a unit template for the discussion about the data protected system. The cybersecurity process will protect the data of users. While considering the actual performance of the project it is important to deliver all the outputs and the planned outputs of the services. The features are integrated into the services with collaborative online supervision. The system is currently under development and its aim is to provide a student learning experience. The collected feedback from the academic staff and students shows that the system can be used to maintain an efficient and effective relationship between all the parties.

Performance against Schedule of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

As stated in the project the new system will share some common advantages with previously existing proposed tools. The system will try to enhance limitations. When compared to similar online tools, the proposed system will have collaborative and central services at the same time. The specific performance of the system is to consider the communication channels between all the parties that are students and teaching staff. The actual performance of the project is relatively low as compared to the project schedule and the reasons are some constraints in delivering the required inputs to the system. At the initial stages, the financial capabilities are sufficient to provide effective collaborative and integrated tools of the performance management system that can be driven by the needs of students.

Performance against Budget of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

According to the project plan, the cost of the overall process and development of the mobile application is ranged between 100,000 to 200,000 dollars. The cost of services depends on the number of features considered in the services. The cost is the general estimated amount required to develop the program. The maintenance cost is not considered in it. The annual increase in the cost of equipment and services is not estimated in the budget. Therefore, if the project gets completed within the scheduled time span it will be cost-effective. Any kind of delay in development and launching the services can induce a negative impact on the services. Currently, at this stage the development process is according to the designed budget, therefore, the project is going well.

Recommendations of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

By considering the current assessment process the management is recommended to show the best options and how it can be implemented in the most effective way to improve the effective performance management strategies.

The performance management is a continual process, therefore, it must consider the reasonable expectations and measure the outcomes in the best possible way. The primary purpose of performance management is to develop a climate for the success of students and academic staff.

In order to have effective management of online services and performance, it is important to identify the relationship between teachers and students. The critical consideration is to manage the relationship for civility and mutual respect, ability to maintain two-way communication, ability to maintain frequent communication, and strength of skills.

The continuous performance measurement is essential to estimate the effectiveness of the program.

Lessons Learnt of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The lessons learnt in section 2 are based on the assessment of strategies, measured outcomes, and performance parameters of online services for the students and teaching staff. The whole analysis is based on analysing the overall goal and the outcomes of the goals that were achieved.

What Worked Well?

The analysis of the present project and report reals that the quality of the management process is high as compared to the development process. It is important to deliver quality services to students, teachers, and stakeholders. The performance is measured on the basis of reaction of students and records of feedback from the users of services.

What could be improved?

Currently, the department is serving high quality services and it is important to have proper project management to reflect the outcomes of services. On the basis of the present assessment, it can be concluded that it is important to improve project management. The quality of services is already at the maximum so by improving the management it could become a more effective project. The best strategy is to maintain the record of suggestions and feedback from students.

Recommendations of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

Effective project management and performance management can be improved in various ways. On the basis of the analysis conducted in this section, it is recommended that university must enhance training programs and resources for all the teaching staff, and it will improve transparency, respect, trust and communication between the students and teachers. The proper sessions are required to be organized in university to ensure that all the users are well aware of services and how they can use it. The uniform accountability of all the users will also aid in improving the climate of users.

Closure Activities of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

Project staff	Members of Victoria University’s IT Department Atlassian Application Design Group
Issues management	There is no outstanding issue that can affect the progress of services.
Risk management	The only risk in the project is the loss of funding.
Financial management	The head of the finance department will be responsible to maintain the funds.
Asset management	The finance department and IT department of university will work together to improve the outcomes of services
Record management	The record management will be responsible to conduct all the arrangements and to collect feedback from the users either by manual methods or by electronic method.
Post project responsibilities	It is important to list all the important requirements, actions and responsibilities of staff members. The proper maintenance of output will be improved in this way.

Recommendations of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

The management is recommended to conduct a survey in which feedback of students and teachers will be collected about the services. The feedback can be either by interviews or by questionnaire. In this way, the management will be able to improve the services and to get outcomes according to the plans.

Appendices of the development of a mobile application for Victoria University

Project staff

Members of Victoria University’s IT Department Atlassian Application Design Group