MOT ASSIGNMENT – 1

TITLE: SMART HOME

TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION –
PROJECT HEAD AT SITE

REG.NO: 191228
NAME: PRUTHVI C
CR: HEMANTH C REDDY
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 19TH AUGUST
TIME OF SUBMISSION: 01:30PM
Role: Project head on site
Home Automation, often referred to as “Smart Home Technology”, is
the use of technology to automate your home. Home automation allows
you to control almost every aspect of your home through the Internet of
Things (IoT).
What is a Project Manager?
At a high level, a project manager is responsible for planning, executing,
and closing projects. Typically, these projects have a set start and end
date, with a defined scope and set of resources that must be allocated to
bring about project completion. It is the job of the project manager to
coordinate these resources in order to execute the tasks needed to
complete the project within time and budget constraints.

HOW
Typical Home Automation Installation Procedure
 Connect the home automation system hub to power. Some hubs
connect to power through an AC adapter, while others have backup
batteries that are rechargeable (when charged, they do not have to
be connected to power in order to function).
 Turn on the internet and connect the hub. This will depend entirely
on the type of hub you have. There are some that connect to the
internet wirelessly (router and password), while others connect
through an Ethernet cable.
 Download the App from the internet. Updated or most recent
systems can even be accessed through free apps or smartphones.
The older versions will need you to have a setup done on the
computer by use of a downloadable program.
  Come up with an account. The app or program will easily make
you find a way of simply setting up a process of account creation
and a password for security reasons.
 Connect your smart devices to the central monitor (the hub) step
by step following the on-screen prompts.
 Set up triggers, schedules, and scenes. A group of actions that are
set to occur during specific times are called scenes, for instance, a
bedtime scene is inclusive of the doors locking and the lights off
by 9:00 p.m. Some scenes are, however, controlled by triggers, a
good example is the lights turning on automatically when the
motion sensors notice your door opening.
 The final step is to set up alerts. These alerts are sent by email or
text when specific events like when the door opens or any other
movement is sensed.
STEPS BY PROJECT MANAGER

1 Initiation and planning

To begin outlining a project, the scope, deliverables, and stakeholders
must be identified. When the project is approved, a thorough plan is then
created to fully visualize how the process will run, with associated goals
and jobs.

Project plans require a great deal of organization. Some of the processes

include:

Establishing a timeframe and a budget

Identifying costs, materials and people resources
Providing training
Identifying risks, roadblocks and potential bottlenecks
By visually capturing their processes and attaching supporting
documentation, project managers can make the most accurate recent
information available in one place for everyone to access.
Project managers and their resources can get a visual of existing
processes related to the new project, thereby getting an overview of who
and what will be impacted by any changes.
By capturing new processes related to the project, everyone in the
organization will be kept in the loop, with notifications on their
dashboard alerting them of any action they need to take.
Risks related to the project can be managed and monitored in the process
management platform, giving execs the confidence that potential threats
are being tracked.
Those team members who are new to the organization or aren’t sure
about what is expected of them can refer to the relevant processes for
step-by-step information that they can access in as much detail as they
require.
2. Execution
Once the project has begun, it’s the project manager’s job to oversee
everything. Execution processes for a project manager will typically
include:
Organizing workflows and tasks
Tracking resources
Communicating progress to stakeholders
Arranging regular meetings with stakeholders and workers
Problem solving if any budgetary or resource issues are encountered
To make sure that all aspects of the project are visible, project managers
can share their data-driven projections about how the project is
progressing, within the relevant process maps.

Real-time reporting and automatically generated reports can also be

stored within the tool, giving project managers the assurance that teams
are viewing the most recent version of the relevant reports.

3. Monitoring and control

This stage runs alongside execution and oversees the performance of the
project.

To ensure that a project is running smoothly, project managers will:

Track the project budget, KPIs and SLAs

Reallocate resources
Monitor tasks to prevent downtime
Track high-quality deliverables
Monitor project performance

4. Project closure
When a project comes to an end, the project manager and their team will
typically assess whether it was a success. Did it achieve the goals agreed
upon? Were the deliverables of a high standard? Can the project be
considered finished?
But project management should also be about enduring value – leading
organizations to better outcomes that continue to deliver value, years
after project completion.

It is true that analytics are key for project managers to present to

stakeholders and indicate overall success post-project.

To close a project, the project manager will:

Follow steps like communicating with stakeholders about the closing

status of the project
Examine the success of the project in relation to the scope that was
agreed
Analyze team performance
Evaluate how effectively resources were used
Reallocate any unused budget or resources
Providing data and insights about the project to relevant parties
Analytics are key for managers to present to stakeholders and indicate
overall success post-project. Operational metrics will give a thorough
overview of how successful the project was in terms of productivity,
budget, and efficiency—and these insights can be used to improve and
optimize future projects.
Figure: Phases of project management

 What is done?
Devices, each with a unique IP address, are connected directly or
indirectly to the home Wi-Fi making it easy to control them. These
devices can also monitor certain aspects of a user’s life. Software tracks
a person’s habits, like the music they like in the morning and play that,
smart mattresses adjust to a person’s back, smart mirrors point out health
issues.
Home Automation started with the invention of the Thermostat and has
developed into one of the biggest and fastest growing markets in
technology. Home Automation’s potential continues to grow. You can
use it for home security, controlling appliances, monitoring energy use,
as a personal assistant, for looking after the elderly or disabled and
more. The benefits of home automation typically fall into a few
categories, including savings, safety, convenience, and control.
Additionally, some consumers purchase home automation for comfort
and peace of mind. Consumers purchase these devices because they
want to make their homes safer and more secure.
Home automation is helpful to all the ages, people basically prefer this
to make life more easier, however this is popular only in the pro urban
areas. With smart cities , smart vehicles bidding towards the smart
homes can be just called as the next step .

 When is it done?
The project head is assisted with two more members – one engineer and
other technician.
The hub is set up in the most feasible region in the home and the next
connections go about from this point
The project head has to take care of certain things more ;
Set up time: 2 days
The project head has to determine a particular set date also work and
finish the task by the set date.
Now once the project is taken up the people will have to make the
payment and then the project set up team appears at the doordtep.
The date and time of set up is dicussed and then the wiring is done
After the set up of hub and wiring.
The project head surveys the work up until then and the other devices
are computerized and set up. Then each of this devices is connected to
each and every device. This is known as Internet of things. The devices
itself communicate through signals and according to the signal each
device has been programmed to activate or perform certain tasks
The engineer assisted ,along with the project head will take care of these
programming and installing of chips to each and every device inline of
the smart home.
The technician helps with all the wifi set up and all the electrical work
and hence the whole job is done.

 Why is it done?
Let us consider the step where the project head has to first put up a
blueprint of the house.
Before the project head begins the set up, he has top make sure in how
much Square feet the house is floored , where which device is set up , is
there any wiring required , What is the exact distance between the
devices that are being connected over internet to form smart home.
Example: When ever a car passes inside the garage then there should be
a signal sent to the coffee maker to prepare coffee. Now the gate of the
house must be connected to the coffee machine.
The distance must be calculated so that the signal reached from the gate
to the coffee make almost immediately.
Hence planning – making a blue print is very much important for the
project head.
  Where is it done?
Usually smart home technology is sufficed to the smart and developed
cities or the metropolitan cities.

Conclusion:
The home automation using Internet of Things has been experimentally
proven to work satisfactorily by connecting simple appliances to it and
the appliances were successfully controlled remotely through internet.
Thank you