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Essay / Automated Lawn Mower with Integrated GPS - 1794
Background Product DescriptionLawn Solution Ltd has recently produced a concept design for an automated lawn mower with GPS tracking system. The planned product aims to generate profits and beat competitors, mainly producers of automated lawn mowers that dominate the current market. In addition to discovering future uses for GPS as it becomes cheaper, the company also aims to improve the reliability of current automated lawn mowers. This is achieved using the GPS tracking system which is more precise and allows complete control of the mower's position. The company focuses on selling the GPS-integrated automated lawn mower to local councils, mid- and high-income private homeowners and large businesses such as universities and park owners. They are recommended to use this product because it is more reliable, automated, with a wider working range and capable of providing better results. Stakeholders These include government safety regulators (for consent processes), road enforcement agencies (for consent processes), GPS coverage providers (for consent processes), feedback agencies information on research (for approval), media (for publicity and comments), society (for environmental constraints), owners (financial and decision-making), subcontractors of telecommunications engineers (system of network for GPS).ScopeThe scope of this report relates to the risk management of the product Automated Lawn Mower with Integrated GPS. This includes risk assessment and risk treatment and communication plans for each of the identified risks. Project management and financial decision making are not included in the scope of the report even though it supports these processes. Risk Assessment Fault Tree Analysis • Success Tree • Successful Autonomous Lawn Mower Lawn Mower lawn machine...... middle of paper... ...with product description.ConclusionThe risk assessment reveals that the most critical risk is the implementation of GPS technology and management decision as to when to make the product public. There is less risk in other factors as the rest of the project is based on the already available operations of Lawn Solutions ltd. However, since it is a standalone product and is the first of its kind, this product is getting a lot of attention. So, media can play an important role in the marketing side of this project. This combination of risks means that attention must be paid to public relations and advertising. The report also documents recommended actions to ensure opportunities are seized. This report will be useful to management in decision making to set priorities and improve product performance in the market..