THUMB SMART SDN.

BHD
Lot 14, Kompleks PKNS, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor

Car Park’s Available Lot Detector

Sensor System
Project of installation and implementation of available lot detector
at I-City parking lot

BUSINESS CASE

PREPARED BY,

ZUL AZFAR BIN SULAEMAN

ZAHIRUDDIN BIN ZAINUN
AMAR SYAFIQ BIN AZMAN
RAJA AZZAM BIN RAJA AZNOR

9th AUGUST 2010

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1.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.2 Brief description of the of problem or opportunity

The reason why this IT project management is chosen because we want to provide a
service that will help facilitate user to find a parking at the I-City parking lot.

The newly-opened I-City has caught people’s attention and the number of people
coming to the place has increased tremendously day by day. These brings problem
at the place in terms of finding parking for their vehicle. Visitors are unable to find
available parking space at each of the level, unable to know how many parking
spaces available and these produce another problem in that indoor parking lot, which
is congestion.

So with the introduction of the Car Park’s Available Lot Parking Detector Sensor
System being installed in the parking area, this will help facilitate user or visitor to find
and easy locating available parking space at the I-City. There is a board that will tell
how many parking space available at each level and which parking space is
available.

1.3 Brief description of organization’s goal and strategy

The organization’s goals are:

 To install Car Park’s Available Lot Parking Detector Sensor System at I-City
 To sense which parking lot is available or occupied by the parking’s sensor light
indicator
 To inform visitors how many parking spaces available at each parking lot’s level.
 To help visitor in finding parking space easier and thus avoid congestion and
save time.

The organization’s strategies are:

 To identify the problem
 To get the approval from the I-City in order to install the parking sensor system
 To plan the right solution to fit the situation

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 1.4 Brief description of project’s MOV and how it ties to the organizational goal
and strategy

Year MOV
1 10% return on investment of I-City
2 30% return on investment of I-City

1.5 Brief description of each option or alternative analyzed

1.1.1 Alternative A:

Installation of install Car Park’s Available Lot Parking Detector Sensor

System, together with the information board at the parking entrance to

inform visitors which level has parking available.

1.1.2 Alternative B:

Installation of install Car Park’s Available Lot Parking Detector Sensor

System, together without the information board at the parking

entrance. This is to cut budget if needed.

1.6 Brief explanation of which alternative is being recommend and why

Of all the options, Alternative A is highly recommended to the client due to

the efficiency of the system that is able to inform visitors that which parking level is

available. This will save time and avoid congestion in that parking area.

2.0 INTRODUCTION

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2.1 Background

Smart Thumb Sdn Bhd has established in 21 October 2000 at Shah Alam,
Selangor by Prof. Dr Khairul Syukri Mohd Redzuan, and the owner of the company.
This company is developed for the purpose to give the best problem solution in
technology to the enterprise environment, such as parking issue.

The available lot detector, as an important part of the sub-systems of spaces

detecting in parking guidance system, is a kind of non-contact measuring instrument,
installed in the appropriate parking lot, using of ultrasonic reflex-reflective echo
testing the distance from the detector to the object, which to determine whether there
is available parking space or not. It provides available lot information for the parking
guidance system.

During ten years in this IT industry, our company have 5 branches where the HQ is at
Shah Alam and the others at Teluk Intan, Ipoh, Kuantan, Melaka and Arau.

Currently, our staffs have reached about 386 people (approximately) including
technician, financial, operator, human resourse and etc.

2.2 Current situation

Our company wants to collaborate with UiTM Shah Alam to install fiber optic
in order to increase the speed of network connection. UiTM has several systems to
handle student and lecturer information, academic portal and activities. The
increasing number of users that used the system makes the server become burden
at the crucial time such as course registration, course validation, check examination
result and etc. The system used in UiTM is managed by Pusat Sistem Maklumat
Bersepadu (PSMB).

2.3 Description of the problem and opportunity

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 The reason why this IT project management is chosen because we want to provide a
service that will help facilitate user to find a parking at the I-City parking lot.

The newly-opened I-City has caught people’s attention and the number of people
coming to the place has increased tremendously day by day. These brings problem
at the place in terms of finding parking for their vehicle. Visitors are unable to find
available parking space at each of the level, unable to know how many parking
spaces available and these produce another problem in that indoor parking lot, which
is congestion.

So with the introduction of the Car Park’s Available Lot Parking Detector Sensor
System being installed in the parking area, this will help facilitate user or visitor to find
and easy locating available parking space at the I-City. There is a board that will tell
how many parking spaces available at each level and which parking space is
available.

2.4 Project’s Measurable Organization Value

i) Be measurable – To give the best services to the customer collaborate with

our company. Our staff is directed to focus on the given tasks that they should
do within the time, budget and cost

ii) Provide value to the organization – Our company has decided to focus on the
installation of fiber optic within the resources and time. However, if there is
some kind of opportunity come across within the project development and it
give the value to us, then we will take it.

iii) Be agreed on – The meeting will be organized with the admin of UiTM Shah
Alam to explain the further process of fiber optic installation and also explain
our goals and aims to be agreed on. When the both agree on the proposed
project, the schedule, budget and cost will determine.

iv) Be verifiable – At the end of the project, we will make sure that our objective
is achieved and satisfies our customer.

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2.5 How achieving the project ‘s MOV will support the organization ‘s goal and
strategy

The project will start its installation and implementation steps as soon as the
agreement between Smart Thumb Sdn Bhd and I-City is reached and proper
planning work has been done. By this, the project will be done according to its
schedule smoothly.

2.6 Objectives of writing this business case

i) To identify the workflow of the project that will be developed.

ii) To identify and manage the tasks to be done within the schedule
iii) To allocate the resources to be used for the project

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3.0 ALTERNATIVE

Alternative A: Sensor with the information board

1. Non-contact the detected vehicle when measuring;

2. Adjustable detection sensitivity, to adapt to different vehicle height;
3. The use of ultrasonic detection methods will not be as infrared, microwave,
and other ways to detect vulnerable to external interference;
4. Can be flexibly set detection range, when the vehicle in place to measure the
distance when the distance is less than the default, LED signal produced and
via board interface to send the information of vehicles in place to the lane
controller;
5. It uses board interface, simple interface, high stability, may be secondary
development;
6. No part of movement, simple installation, simple commissioning
7. Maintenance convenience
8. High-precision measurements;
9. Green environmental protection, no pollution.

Alternative B: Sensor without the information board

1. Non-contact the detected vehicle when measuring;

2. Adjustable detection sensitivity, to adapt to different vehicle height;
3. The use of ultrasonic detection methods will not be as infrared, microwave,
and other ways to detect vulnerable to external interference;
4. Can be flexibly set detection range, when the vehicle in place to measure the
distance when the distance is less than the default, LED signal produced to
send the information of vehicles in place to the lane controller;
5. No part of movement, simple installation, simple commissioning
6. Maintenance convenience
7. High-precision measurements;
8. Green environmental protection, no pollution.

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4.0 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES

4.1 Methodology of how alternatives will be analyzed

4.1.1 Data Collection Methods

Smart Thumb Sdn Bhd has used several data collection methods in
order to gather user requirement. We used interviews, questionnaires,
observations, and survey to I-City top management people, technical staffs, as
well as visitors.

4.1.2 Metric used.

We decided to use Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Total Benefits of

Ownership and Scoring Model.

4.2 Presentation of Results that Compares each Alternative

4.2.1 Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

4.2.2 Car Park’s Available Lot Parking Detector Sensor System at I-City, Shah
Alam
Resource Description Alternative A Alternative B
Staff 8 working hours RM 50,000.00 RM 50,000.00
salaries/wages including overtime.
Installation tools Required tools for RM600,000.00 RM 500,000.00
installation
purpose.
Maintenance and Cost of RM 100,000.00 RM 80,000.00
support maintenance and
upgrades.
In-house training Training for staff. RM 50,000.00 RM 50,000.00
TOTAL RM 800,000.00 RM 680,000.00

Scoring Model

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 Criterion Weight Alternative Alternative
A B

Financial Raw material 15% 10 7

10 8
Information Board 10% 10 6
10 9
Equipment 10%

Transport 10%
Project Skill of team members 3% 7 4
Maintainability 3% 8 6
Time 5% 5 5
Highest Risk 7% 7 5
Effectiveness 7% 10 7
Maintenance 5% 3 3
Alignment with 10% 6 6
objective
External Visitor Satisfaction 10% 9 7
Visitor Participation 10% 4 4

Total Score 100% 8.44 6.59

4.3 Proposed recommendation

After analyzed all two alternatives, Alternative A which is the installation Car
Park’s Available Lot Parking Detector Sensor System with the inclusive the
information board at the parking entrance is highly recommended by Smart Thumb
Sdn Bhd since it can give impact to the organizational goals and strategies.

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