Save the kids

 

 

Introduction

4.1 Purpose and Scope

            Many people across all ages may fear to try and learn swimming on their own due to the fear of drowning also many homes with kids fear to own a swimming pool due to the fear that the child might play near the pool and accidentally fall into it, then drown and die if there is no one to save the child. The smart pool sensor has come do away with this fear and cut on the cost of hiring a pool guy to come and add chemicals to the pool. This device will also work in public swimming places and relieve the life guards that are always on watch in case someone drowns. This device connected to an app in the phone of a life saver will alert him/her in case there is someone drowning in the pool. This will help control deaths that result from drowning in public swimming pools. A survey conducted by WHO shows that drowning is amoung the leading causes of unintentional deaths (World Health Organization, 2018). This amount of deaths can now be minimized by this device that will be linked to a smart phone app that will detect when someone is drowning.

In a country like China many children die from drowning every year (World Health Organization, 2018). The use of this device will help save the life of many children not only in China but the world at large. Parents will be no longer afraid to own a swimming pool due to the fear of their child drowning to death. They will be able to know when their child falls accidentally in to the pool by keeping their app close at all times. On top of ensuring the safety of children it will help pool owners cut on the cost of hiring a pool guy to come and check the chemical balance of the pool and ensure that they are swimming in a pool where the acid and base are perfectly balanced.

This device has a high scope of selling in the market. It is a life saving device and every person owning a swimming pool, whether a public swimming pool or a private swimming at home will want this device, in order to ensure the safety of those who use the pool. The process of making this device will not require a lot of money since this device will be a modification of the devices in the market already, an example of a device that will guide us in the making of this device is the device that senses when one is in the pool, therefore many unnecessary costs will not be incurred.

4.7 Program Management Plan

To ensure that the project is completed successfully within the scope of time we have planned. We will follow the Gantt chart we made closely and avoid being deviated into another direction. We will also monitor the expenses of the project in order to ensure that the project stays on budget, and meets still meets all its requirements. To measure the performance of our program we will measure the average time the device takes so it can detect a drowning person, and the speed at which it will notify the app that will raise an alarm using, Average Response Time metric, for the device to work effectively it must be able to detect a drowning person fast and alert the app first in order to be able to save live before the person drowns to death (Watson, 2017). For this device to attain its main purpose which is to save life it must be fast in notifying the app. We will also monitor the rate at which this device makes an error using Error Rates. No person will buy an app that makes errors all the time (Watson, 2017). The chances of the device making an error and raising false alarm should be minimized.

5.0 Cost Estimates

5.1 Development Program Estimate

The table below contains an estimation of cost that is likely to be incurred in the process of paying engineers, analysts and other technical staff in the process of making this device. The cost has been broken down to cost per hour.

Specialty	Cost per hour	Duration	Total cost
Engineers	$17.00/hour	105 hours	$1785
Analysts	$15.00/hour	105 hours	$1575
Project manager	$15.00/hour	105 hours	$1575
Designers	$15.00/hour	105 hours	$1575
Test manager	$215.00/hour	105hours	$1575
System manager	$15.00/hour	105 hours	$1575

Table 1: specialty cost

There are other costs that will be incurred apart from that of paying the engineers, analysts and technical staff. The team will also need to incur other costs in the making of the device such as overhead cost. Tests on the device have to be run for approximately 200 hours. The technical team will have to be around until the device is completely effective and ready to be put in the market, where they will also help if any technicality occurs therefore, they will have to be up to date with the developments of the device.

5.2 Piece (Unit) cost breakdown

The device will require an ultrasonic sensor, the estimated cost of an ultrasonic sensor is $60, the device also needs a battery to act as its power source since the size of the device should be small therefore, small batteries are recommendable, the estimated price of a high Duracell battery is $5. This device also will need tom be connected to a WIFI rooter, the estimated price of a WIFI rooter is $35. Manual labor will also be needed in the making of this device, the estimated price of manual labor is $1100. The overhead cost of overseeing the making of this device is approximately $400.

5.3 Production Plan

This device will outdo all the other devices in the market despite the market price that will be set for it since, the market price will be determined by the cost that was incurred when making the device. Compared to other devices in the market this device is still cost effective and users will be able to afford it. The table below shows the estimate of factory tooling and the production cost.

Product	Cost
Factory tooling	$8,200
Prototype production	$2,150

Table 2: cost of factory tooling and cost of prototype production

Devices that sense when one enters the pool do not sense if the person is drowning therefore this device in the market will have an added advantage and will attract a large market. This prototype will be made by components that will be bought from other external suppliers.

Conclusion

. Drowning kills people across all years and is a leading cause of deaths worldwide. The amount of deaths will be controlled with the making of a new proto type device that will be connected to an app in a smart phone that will raise alarm when one is drowning in a pool. This device will attract a vast scope of the market. The cost of paying engineers and other specialists building this device has been estimated and everything has been done to ensure it is cost effective. The price of every component has also been estimated in order to estimate the total price of making this device. This prototype has a high chance of commanding a large market.

 

 

References

Watson, M. (2017). 8 Key Application Performance Metrics & How to Measure Them. Retrieved from: https://stackify.com/application-performance-metrics/

World Health Organization. (2018). Drowning. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drowning