Project Scope Statement Essay

Introduction The main purpose of the project scope statement is to have a basic understanding of the scope of a project, its deliverables, work required by deliverables to complete, and give common scope understanding to all stakeholders. Project Purpose and Justification The project of Great India Taste Restaurant has been approved by considering the demand of Indian food in the GTA by the related peoples. It has also been started for serving and creating a choice amongst the various types of world food in the Canadian market. Nowadays lots of immigrants are migrating here in Canada from India and South Asia. Therefore, the demand for their food is also increasing. Though there are some restaurants in GTA but they are not up to the mark. So, to be expert and perfect in every field of hospitality and service, we are here to work on this project. There is high probability of the success of this project as the public opinion has been considered. Scope description This project (restaurant) will be serving almost all the vegetarian and non vegetarian varieties of Indian food and related drinks and deserts such as Chana masala, Dal Makhani, Shahi Paneer, Butter chicken, Lassi, Naan, Puri and many more items. The specialty about all these food items would be that they will be prepared in clean and hygienic environment and made by the expert chefs. Due to increase in south Asian population in the selected area, this will not only keeps our restaurant busy but also may demand to open another chain of restaurant in the GTA. High Level Requirements In order to complete this project, we need to grant permission from Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and other related bodies. For this we will have to ensure them the process of food preparation will be done by experts and in clean, hygienic environment and will have good nutrition value. Another high level requirement is that we have to construct our site as per the rules prescribed by the city and meet their requirements. These tasks are not difficult but they require high formalities and safety procedures which will ensure the success of the project. Project Boundaries As the name suggests, this project will serve only Indian food nothing out of that, no Chinese, no Italian, no Thai and so on. It will serve both vegetarian and non vegetarian food but it will not serve alcoholic drinks. It will charge affordable and fair price to the customers so to maintain goodwill and long term customer relationship. Project Strategy Number of strategies will be followed and experimented in this project. These are just for the promotion, dynamic environment, customer attention and retention and attracting more customers. This will increase our profitability and our competing power in the market. Deliverables Several deliverables will be produced as a result of successful completion of this project. The project will be considered successful only on the meeting of the following deliverables. These deliverables are: All the requirements described by various licensing bodies of Ontario must be met. It must be effective and efficient in food preparation and ensure better customer service It must generate enough profits to develop, maintain and improve services. Acceptance Criteria Following steps are to be considered to accept this project as a successful and effective: Meet all the deliverables Must be not out of budget Must meet customer requirements Must ensure quality standards Must be completed on time effectively Constraints Like every project, this project might also have some constraints. Some of  the constraints could be as follows: Shortage in funds It may take more than expected time to accomplish It may be hard for the project managers to found effective and expert human resources Project managers might work more than 75% of billable hours on this project Assumptions The location of this restaurant will be in that area where there are large number of Indian people Most of the people like to eat out most of the times The project manager is responsible for appointing chefs, servers, managers and the required furniture and equipments. Change in income will not affect their eating habits Project is capable of attracting more customers through advertisement, offers, discounts and social media. Cost estimate The estimated costs of this project are shown in the table below. As the project proceeds, additional costs may be there and it will be redefined and will be communicated to all stakeholders.