Assignment (doc) | Project Management

hi, i am doing bachelor of engineering(civil and structural) so my project proposal should be based on that. Can you please update me with work because i have to show that work to my tutor. thanks

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management: Construction of an office floor in Australia, Darwin
Name: Harpreet Singh Billing
Student number: s326290
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1. Executive summary
This research proposal focuses on reconstruction of an office floor for Atlassian Private Limited
in Darwin, Australia. The business is facing operational as well as functional challenges. For
avoiding these risks, the large organization has introduced PRINCE2 project management
methodology. The details of the Project that has been proposed in the paper must be completed
in 8 months and in the budget of $40,000. A detail research methodology is also elaborated in
this paper.
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Table of Contents
4. Overview..................................................................................................................................4
a. Purpose or objectives of the proposal......................................................................................4
i. Problem identification..........................................................................................................4
ii. Scope...................................................................................................................................4
iii. Project development phases...............................................................................................4
b. Success measurement..............................................................................................................5
5. Expected project benefits and dis-benefits..................................................................................6
a. Context and analysis................................................................................................................6
i. Research context...................................................................................................................6
ii. SWOT analysis....................................................................................................................6
iii. Further analysis of the research..........................................................................................7
iv. Research development ideas...............................................................................................8
b. Identify the expected benefits and dis-benefits.......................................................................9
6. Project requirements....................................................................................................................9
a. List and describe the requirements..........................................................................................9
i. Human resources......................................................................................................................9
b. Possible assumptions.............................................................................................................10
c. Project constraints..................................................................................................................10
7. Cost............................................................................................................................................10
a. Estimating cost.......................................................................................................................10
b. Way for cost estimation.........................................................................................................10
8. Risks..........................................................................................................................................11
a. Potential risks.........................................................................................................................11
b. Risk management approaches................................................................................................11
9. Timescale...................................................................................................................................11
a. Project timeline..................................................................................................................11
b. Major milestones...............................................................................................................13
10. Conclusion...............................................................................................................................13
11. References................................................................................................................................15
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4. Overview
a. Purpose or objectives of the proposal
i. Problem identification
This project represents the positions and application of project administration prcatices
used specifically in civil and structural engineering projects. The project that has been nominated
in the proposal is Construction of an office floor for Atlassian Private Limited in Darwin,
Australia. The company operates with advance information technology applications and as a
result it is accommodating more numbers of employees. However, the existing office floor is
failing to accommodate these employees. In order to provide sufficient accommodation and other
facilities to the working employees, the company is willing to reconstruct their office in the
similar location and tower in Darwin, Australia within a budget and time of respectively $80,000
and 5 months.
ii. Scope
In order to accomplish the construction work and other ongoing projects the company has
undertaken PRINCE2 project management methodology. For improving the employee profiles
to become more socially responsible the company had decided to spend an amount of $40,000 in
the coming 8 months. The scope of the project is to prepare a blueprint of the new office area
considering the requirements if the stakeholders.
iii. Project development phases
For development and reconstruction of the office floor the respective PRINCE2
development phases that will be followed include:
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 Initiation phase
 Creating constructing project plan
 Revising project plan
 Project execution phase
 Final document handover
b. Success measurement
For measuring success of the project different knowledge areas on which the supervisor
needs to focus are:
Design of proper scope statement: Scope plan is the intended result and comprises the
requirements must bring to complete any project. For getting genuine measures of the project the
scope framework must be designed and prepared considering project objectives.
Schedule and budget: The supervisor must hit a specific activity or phase on anticipated
finances and instance. This scheme will be identified as a unbeatable one if it is completed in
assigned time and budget.
Customer satisfaction: Customers are the most vital asset for any project. Therefore,
success of the project will be measured if after its evaluation the customers feel that it has met all
the primary target and objectives.
5. Expected project benefits and dis-benefits
a. Context and analysis
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i. Research context
CSR is referred to as a business model which helps company to become a socially
regulating one. The relationship between employees and corporation will become stronger with
CSR. The stakeholders values will also be maximized if CSR components are properly
considered by the researchers.
The research will identify the most suitable construction project management
methodology and contextual construction theories those will help the project supervisor to meet
the primary project objectives, aims and goals. Before initiation and planning of the
reconstruction project a research needs to be conducted to identify the expectation of the
employees, sponsors and company owners as well. A mixed data collection (both primary and
secondary) approach is proposed for completing the reconstruction project.
ii. SWOT analysis
SWOT
Strength
 The PRINCE2 project management
approach allows optimal deployment of
both human and physical resources
 It gives better communication options to
the project supervisor and other associates
 It minimizes the overall cost
 It maximizes overall efficiency of all
ongoing projects of Atlassian Private
Weaknesses
 The PRINCE2 project methodology fails
to cover soft skills of the project associates
and employees
 The documentation prepared for PRINCE2
method is heavier than any other
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Limited in Darwin
Opportunities
 It gives a better control to all the project
elements
 The project development approach can
successfully modify the processes
 It gives opportunities to monitor and
govern the project towards proper
direction
Threats
 If the document is not properly maintained
then it would threat the project objectives
iii. Further analysis of the research
The further research analysis identifies that Atlassian Private Limited Consultation
Company located in Darwin, Australia must use positivism research philosophy, deductive
research approach, descriptive research design and mixed data collection. Managers and
employees are the participants who will take part in the primary data collection process. The
feedback or opinion of the participants will be considered before developing the project plan and
apply that in the real case scenario.
1. Criteria determination for the research
Criteria determined of the research include the below:
 Identifying target population
 Finding sample size
 Specifying sample design
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 Respondent selection criteria
2. Weighted scoring analysis
Atlassian Private Limited in Darwin is expanding these days with the high level
application of advanced Information Technology. As number of employees are enhancing thus,
the company is not being able to accommodate all of them in the current office. Therefore, they
are planning to reconstruct the office structure for satisfying the existing and new working
employees as well.
Requirement score
Criteria Weight A B C D
Value 30% 80 45 40 15
Risk 20% 60 65 50 25
Compliance 20% 55 25 40 85
Stakeholders 30% 25 60 40 65
iv. Research development ideas
Regardless of nature, type, size and feature of project, the researcher requires to identify
proper research development ideas while before commence of the actual real life construction
project. While conducting the research, project owner should use positivism research philosophy,
deductive research approach and descriptive research design. Additionally, the researcher is also
required to use primary data collection before initiating the reconstruction project.
b. Identify the expected benefits and dis-benefits
Benefits
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 It will give opportunity to create a better relationship between the corporation and
employees
 It will give commercial benefits to the organization
Dis-benefits
 Additional sponsorship will cost additional resource and time management cost
6. Project requirements
a. List and describe the requirements
i. Human resources
Resources Roles
Project manager Controlling and monitoring the project
progress
Finance manager Conducting feasibility analysis
Architect To design the interior and office exterior
Civil engineer To design and outline the blueprint
b. Possible assumptions
 The reconstruction project is assumed to be completed in 8 months and budget of
$40,000
 The project is expected to benefit the Northern territory community
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 The project will be completed without external outsourcing, additional
sponsorship and grants
c. Project constraints
Triple project constraints selected for the project are scope, instance and finance. The
budget estimated for the project is $40,000 and time is 8 months. The project scope is to outline
and structure of the new office floor to accommodate huge numbers of employees.
7. Cost
a. Estimating cost
The cost that has been estimated for the project is $40,000. However, there is a variance
between the actual cost and planned cost, The variance is $40,000- $34,720= $5280.
b. Way for cost estimation
For estimating the project budget, cost benefits analysis and payback period is the best
suited or most suitable cost estimation technique that the project owner needs to use. Various
cost estimation techniques are available in the market used by project supervisor such as expert
judgment, three point estimation, reserve analysis, bottom up estimation, parametric estimation
etc. However, for this particular project the most suitable cost estimation technique is bottom up
technique.
8. Risks
a. Potential risks
Potential risks that may interrupt success of the research or construction project include
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Risk Id Risk name Likelihood Severity
R1 Over allocation of budget Possible High
R2 Over running time Rare High
R3 Insufficient sponsorship Most likely Medium
R4 Improper communication approaches Likely Extreme
R5 Resource over allocation Unlikely Medium
b. Risk management approaches
Risk name Risk mitigation approach
Over allocation of budget Risk transfer
Over running time Risk transfer
Insufficient sponsorship Risk acceptance
Improper communication approaches Risk mitigation
Resource over allocation Risk avoid
9. Timescale
a. Project timeline
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Construction schedule 168 days Wed 8/14/19 Fri 4/3/20
Project initiation 19 days Wed 8/14/19 Mon 9/9/19
Office plot analysis 6 days Wed 8/14/19 Wed 8/21/19
Feasibility analysis 5 days Thu 8/22/19 Wed 8/28/19
SWOT analysis 8 days Thu 8/29/19 Mon 9/9/19
Milestone 1: carrying out construction
phase 0 days Mon 9/9/19 Mon 9/9/19
Project preparation 37 days Tue 9/10/19 Wed 10/30/19
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Time and budget estimation 15 days Tue 9/10/19 Mon 9/30/19
Risk management plan 12 days Tue 10/1/19 Wed 10/16/19
HR management plan 10 days Thu 10/17/19 Wed 10/30/19
Milestone 2: Completion of construction
project planning phase 0 days Wed 10/30/19 Wed 10/30/19
Project design and development 55 days Thu 10/31/19 Wed 1/15/20
Blueprint design 20 days Thu 10/31/19 Wed 11/27/19
Contract to raw material supplier
companies 15 days Thu 11/28/19 Wed 12/18/19
Interior and exterior design 20 days Thu 12/19/19 Wed 1/15/20
Milestone 3: Achievement of construction
project design phase 0 days Wed 1/15/20 Wed 1/15/20
Project execution 50 days Thu 1/16/20 Wed 3/25/20
Office set up 15 days Thu 1/16/20 Wed 2/5/20
Hardware, software and network setup 20 days Thu 2/6/20 Wed 3/4/20
Identification of CSR 10 days Thu 3/5/20 Wed 3/18/20
Milestone 4: Construction project
execution phase 5 days Thu 3/19/20 Wed 3/25/20
Project closure 7 days Thu 3/26/20 Fri 4/3/20
Stakeholder signoff 2 days Thu 3/26/20 Fri 3/27/20
Draft submission 3 days Mon 3/30/20 Wed 4/1/20
Document handover 2 days Thu 4/2/20 Fri 4/3/20
Milestone 5: Final document handover 0 days Fri 4/3/20 Fri 4/3/20
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b. Major milestones
 Milestone 1: Initiation plan completion
 Milestone 2: Planning phase completion
 Milestone 3: construction project design phase completion
 Milestone 4: Project execution
 Milestone 5: Final draft handover
10. Conclusion
From the entire discussion it can be proposed that PRINCE2 is the most appropriate
project administration methodology that has to be pursued by project supervisor and
supplementary associates during reconstruction of the office floor. The major milestones,
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timescale, budget, risk management and stakeholder’s engagement plan are also elaborated in the
research proposal. It is also proposed that the researcher needs to use positivism research
philosophy and deductive approaches. If the proposed solution is followed then the owner would
be able to meet expectation.
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