QuickFund Online — Implementation Plan and Gantt Chart
The following Gantt chart outlines the key implementation milestones and activities for QuickFund’s first year of operations, from company registration through to full operational launch and initial scaling:
Section 14 · Business Plan
Implementation Plan and Gantt Chart
The following Gantt chart outlines the key implementation milestones and activities for QuickFund’s first year of operations, from company registration through to full operational launch and initial scaling:
14.1 Year 1 Implementation Timeline
The following Gantt chart outlines the key implementation milestones and activities for QuickFund’s first year of operations, from company registration through to full operational launch and initial scaling:
| Activity / Milestone | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M9 | M10 | M11 | M12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHASE 1: ESTABLISHMENT (Months 1–3) | ||||||||||||
| Company registration (CIPC, SARS) | █ | |||||||||||
| NCR credit provider registration | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| FSCA licensing application | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| Secure office premises | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| Recruit founding team & key hires | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| Open business banking accounts | █ | |||||||||||
| Establish legal & compliance framework | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| PHASE 2: PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT (Months 2–6) | ||||||||||||
| Platform architecture & design | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| AI credit scoring engine development | █ | █ | █ | █ | ||||||||
| Mobile app & web portal development | █ | █ | █ | █ | ||||||||
| Banking API integrations (EFT, debit orders) | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| KYC/FICA verification integration | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| Fraud detection system implementation | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| Security audit & penetration testing | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| User acceptance testing (UAT) | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| PHASE 3: PRE-LAUNCH (Months 5–7) | ||||||||||||
| Brand development & marketing collateral | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| Digital marketing setup (SEO, SEM, social) | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| Partner agreements (retail, payroll) | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| Staff training & operational readiness | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| Pilot launch (limited beta – 500 users) | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| PHASE 4: LAUNCH & SCALE (Months 7–12) | ||||||||||||
| Full public launch – Gauteng | █ | |||||||||||
| Marketing campaign activation | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ||||||
| Customer support operations go-live | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ||||||
| Western Cape expansion | █ | █ | ||||||||||
| Performance monitoring & AI retraining | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | |||||||
| Monthly investor reporting commences | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ||||||
| Series A close & capital deployment | █ | █ | █ | |||||||||
| Year 1 review & Year 2 planning | █ |
14.2 Gantt Chart Legend
| Colour | Phase | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | Phase 1: Establishment | Company registration, licensing, legal setup |
| Blue | Phase 2: Platform Development | Technology build, integrations, testing |
| Green | Phase 3: Pre-Launch | Marketing, partnerships, pilot, training |
| Purple | Phase 4: Launch & Scale | Go-live, marketing activation, expansion |
14.3 Key Milestones
| Milestone | Target Date | Success Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Company Incorporated | Month 1 | CIPC registration complete |
| NCR Licence Granted | Month 3 | Credit provider licence issued |
| Platform MVP Complete | Month 5 | Core lending functionality operational |
| Beta Launch | Month 6 | 500 pilot users onboarded |
| Public Launch | Month 7 | Full platform live in Gauteng |
| 1,000th Loan Disbursed | Month 8 | Volume milestone achieved |
| Western Cape Launch | Month 9 | Second province operational |
| Break-even Month | Month 10 | Monthly EBITDA positive |
| Series A Closed | Month 11 | Full R20 million capital raised |
| 10,000th Customer | Month 12 | Customer base milestone |
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