PROJECT CHARTER

Project: AMRITA PERSONAL SAFETY SYSTEM (APSS)

Date: August 20, 2014

Project Scope

The purpose of the APSS project is to design and construct a wearable

device which can trigger emergency alerts through smart phones or
the safety devices.
This project focuses on women safety in India.
It is also designed to help police, relatives & friends to reach the user
by monitoring the location in real time, in the time of distress.

Business Case
Many women are afraid to be alone in public places due to fear of
being harmed. This fear has been caused by repeated cases of violence
towards women. Each and every day hundreds of abuse cases are reported
against women and children. Children are being abducted for many illicit
reasons.
Women are being raped, harassed and tortures. How safe are elderly
alone in their homes?. People keep losing track of their way home due to
Dementia or Alzheimer. In order to combat this fear Amrita University is to
introduce a new device that helps empower women to have no fear while
being alone. AMMA stressed the need for developing technology to protect
and make Indian women feel more safe.

Background

Milestone
Milestone
Submit Technical Report
Present Alternatives for
technology in place
Present Design Concept
Design the System
Launching Date of
System

Completion Date
26th-30th,August,2014
3rd-10th
September,2014
15th-20th
September,2014
25th Oct-5th Nov,2014
14th November,2014

Stakeholder
Project Team
Project Manager
Project Manager
Technical Team

Risks and Assumptions

Stakeholder List
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Sponsor
Project Manager
Project Team
Technical Team
Women

Children
Elderly People with Dementia
Disabled citizens
Police

Budget Allocation
The budget for APSS is Rs. 20,00,000 is to be funded by Ashram of Math
Amritanandamayi Devi.

Estimated Cost:
Items
Administrative cost
Employee Salary

Amount (Rs)
12,00,000
4,20,000

Material cost
Staff travel
Other Expense
Total Project Budget

2,00,000
80,000
1,00,000
20,00,000

Team Operating Principles

Regularly scheduled project team and meetings will be held every

Saturday at 4 p.m.
Timely Communication: The team will communicate status and issues
with the Project Manager daily . Project actions will be distributed to
the team every Monday.