Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1
Project Charter .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Budget Information................................................................................................................................... 1
Project Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Main Project Success Criterion ................................................................................................................. 1
Approach ................................................................................................................................................... 1
Roles and Responsibilities ......................................................................................................................... 2
Sign Off ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Comments ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Project Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Scope Description ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Project Characteristics and Requirements:............................................................................................... 4
Acceptance Criteria: .................................................................................................................................. 5
Project Deliverables .................................................................................................................................. 5
Constraints: ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Assumptions:............................................................................................................................................. 5
Project Success Criteria: ............................................................................................................................ 5
Milestones..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Project Cost Estimate .................................................................................................................................... 7
References .................................................................................................................................................... 9
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Introduction
This project has been created to develop the Brave Privacy Browser which was requested by our Project
Sponsor, Luke Carter. Brave is a browser on which you can earn cryptocurrency. It also emphasizes
privacy as one of its big objectives as well as Ad-Blocking. The project will have one project manager
with six staff working under him. Our budget is approximately $270,000 - $300,000 and we will have 3
months to complete the project starting from December 1st 2021.
Project Charter
Project Title: Develop the Brave Privacy Browser
Project Start Date: Dec 01, 2021
Project Finish Date: Feb 11, 2022
Project Manager: Alan Mark
Budget Information
The Project Sponsor has provided $300,000 to carry out the project. Most of the cost is labour
costs. An initial estimate provides the total calculated work hours as 3,451.21 hours distributed
among 7 members.
Project Objectives
Develop the Brave Privacy Browser which gives its users enhanced privacy when browsing the
internet by blocking the collection of personal data by cookies, ads and other sources.
“Revolutionize the way web commerce works, by introducing direct micropayments to take the
place of ads” (Muchmore, 2021, para. 14). However, the ads can still be shown if the user wishes
to and can be turned off in the settings at any time. Viewing ads lets users earn money in the
form of BAT cryptocurrency which is a cryptocurrency used in the browser to make transactions.
Users can make payments in the form of direct micropayments using BAT.
Main Project Success Criterion
All features of the browser are fully operational by the project end date.
Approach
The approach used will be an iterative approach which means that we will adapt our needs and
methodology over the course of the project.
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Analyse current market about browsers to see opportunities and risks.
Research about competitor’s browsers for features, customer reviews and complaints to get an
overall picture of positives and negatives to include in the project.
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Analysis of required functions like privacy protection, ad-blocking, micro payments,
fingerprinting protection, force HTTPS etc.
Analysis of required features like Brave rewards, crypto wallets, integrated search etc.
Develop designs for the browser, determine the various platforms/OS to release, programming
languages to use, open source codes and extensions to use.
Roles and Responsibilities
Name
Role
Position
Contact Information
Luke Carter
Sponsor
Brave Inc, CEO
lukecarter@bravesoftware.com
Alan Mark
Project
Manager
Brave Inc, Manager
alanmark@bravesoftware.com
James Eaton
Team Member
Brave Inc, IT
Department
jameseaton@bravesoftware.com
Rocky Ellen
Team Member
Brave Inc, IT
Department
rockyellen@bravesoftware.com
Roger Dyer
Team Member
Brave Inc, IT
Department
rogerdyer@bravesoftware.com
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Melina
Franco
Team Member
Brave Inc, IT
Department
melinafranco@bravesoftware.com
Alex Danial
Team Member
Brave Inc, IT
Department
alexdanial@bravesoftware.com
Rose John
TeamMember
Brave Inc, IT
Department
rosejohn@bravesoftware.com
Sign Off
Luke Carter :
Alan Mark :
Alex Danial :
Rose John :
James Eaton :
Rocky Ellen :
Roger Dyer :
Melina Franco :
Comments
Project Scope
Project Title: Develop the Brave Privacy Browse
Project Title: Develop Brave privacy browser
Project Manager: Alan Mark
Project Sponsor: Luke Carter
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Date Of Project Approval: 1 December 2021
Date of completion of Project: 11 February 2022
Scope Description
IN SCOPE
 Rebuild the website with existing features
 New website with privacy protection
 5-7 people – team of project completion
 The total budget of cost will be in the range of $270-300,000
 The approximate completion time for the entire project is 3 months by the end of
February 2022
OUT SCOPE
 Working with accuracy and according to WBS
 The total budget could decrease
Project Characteristics and Requirements:
1. Brave Browser safety: Browser focus is given on privacy and ad-blocking. It blocks
third-party data storage and IP address collection. It also upgrades every webpage to
secure https and http connections with its powerful privacy safety. We need to develop
brave browser safety.
2. Cryptocurrency: This browser helps you to earn cryptocurrency while you browse. It
helps you to hoard crypto. Therefore, more information on cryptocurrency should be
provided to users.
3. Strong Protection against Web Tracking: Many browsers use your cookies for web
tracking but brave blocks tracking, and advertising-related-tracking, It supports the
privacy community.
4. Advanced Fingerprinting protections: Brave protects you from browser-fingerprintingbased tracking by randomizing your fingerprint, providing strong protection against
tracking which is done when you fill up your credentials for one window and it gets
saved as a fingerprint. Brave restart browser each time which prevents sites from using
fingerprints.
5. Earn cryptocurrency rewards: BAT is short for Basic Attention Token. It is any optional
plan as it gives the option to see first-party, privacy-protecting ads while a person
browses, if a person is willing to see them, then he can earn Brave Rewards Programs.
You can keep BAT like a crypto asset.
6. Kickoff Meetings deliverables: To view the requirements and characteristics of Brave
Browser, meetings were conducted, and issues were discussed (if any) with Project
Sponsor.
7. Brave Wallet: The Brave Rewards can be collected through Brave Wallet. By this, after
viewing any advertisement, you get a fair share of revenue to view and which is stored in
Brave Wallet.
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Acceptance Criteria:
Project will be accepted by Project Sponsor: Luke Carter when it will meet all feature
requirements mentioned in project criteria. Thus, a project will be considered as a success.
Project Deliverables
 Project Charter
 Scope Statement
 WBS
 Work Schedule created
 Risk Management Plan
 Budget created
 Brave Privacy Browser version created
 Lesson Learned Report
 Final project presentation
Constraints:
o If the developers will take more time to complete the browser updating, there can be a surge in
cost estimation.
o Undedicated workers can delay the project completion date.
o Cheap and weak privacy tools used in developing browsers can make its privacy weaker and its
look awful.
Assumptions:
o Delay in project completion date
o Higher cost estimation
 More tools can be required in correcting the faults in browser
Project Success Criteria:
Experienced professionals are used in developing the browser, which assure the accuracy and
time management in completing the project. Project Manager and Project Sponsor plays the vital
role as the milestones are conducted and approved by them. Moreover, the maximum cost is
spent on workers which is around $255,00 which will help in making workers motivated to make
the project successful.
Milestones
Milestone Report for MASG Millionaires Team Project
Prepared by: Alan Mark, Project Manager
Date: December 01, 2021
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Milestone
Date
Status
Responsible
Issues/Comments
Project Charter
Approved
Thu
21-1202
Approved
Alan Mark
Approved
Project Planning
Approved
Wed
21-1208
Approved
James Eaton
No Issues
Planning Completed
Thu
21-1209
Approved
Alan Mark
No Issues
Recommendations
Approved
Tue
21-1214
Approved
Alan Mark
Approved
Design Approved by
Project Manager
Mon
22-0131
Approved
Alan Mark
All Good
Brave Privacy
Browser Launched
Thu
22-0210
Approved
James Eaton
Everything Good
Giant Formal
Acceptance
Thu
22-0210
Approved
James Eaton
Approved
Project Completed
Fri 2202-11
Approved
Alan Mark
No Issues
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Project Cost Estimate
Figure 1: Costs analysed by phases
Our material calculations for material are zero as we will be using company computers to create
the software using programming languages that are free to use (such as Java, Python, etc).
Electricity being used is provided by the building free of charge. This current budget of
$271,851.33 meets our constraints as it within the range of $270,000-$300,000. The initiating
phase of the project costs $1650. The planning phase of our project costs $8700. The executing
phase of our project costs $202,256.83. The monitoring and controlling phase of our project
costs $56,294.50. The closing phase of our project costs $2950. The most expensive phase was
execution which is expected in a project where the focus is upon building software.
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Figure 2: Resources cost overview (with hours and cost)
The resources that did cost the project was the labour. The supervisor Alan Mark was paid
$150/hr and he worked for 311.57 hours which cost in total $46,735.50. James Eaton was paid
$125/hr and he worked for 291.43 hours which cost in total $36,428.33. Rocky Ellen was paid
$125/hr and she worked 370.5 hours which cost in total $46,312.50. Roger Dyer was paid
$125/hr and he worked 259.67 hours which in total cost $32,458.33. Melina Franco was paid
$125/hr and she worked 278.33 hours which in total cost $34,791.67. Alex Danial was paid
$125/hr and he worked 322.67 hours which in total cost $40,333.33. Rose John was paid $125/hr
and he worked 278.33 hours which in total cost $34,791.67. The average cost of an employee
(including the supervisor) is $38,835.90. The average cost of an employee (not including the
supervisor) is $37,519.31.
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References
Muchmore, M. (2021, July 26). Stop Trackers Dead: The Best Private Browsers for 2021. PC
Mag. https://www.pcmag.com/picks/stop-trackers-dead-the-best-private-browsers