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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MIN BODY.....................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTIONProject management refers to the process of planning, organising and managing theactivities to be perform in order to accomplish a project successfully. Balfour Beatty plc is anUK based construction company which provide services such as construction, support servicesand infrastructure investments (Chih and Zwikael, 2015). This project elaborates about thecharacteristics of project and role of project manager along with theoretical framework andmethodology used for project. Apart from this it describes about the composition andmanagement of team in project environment. Further it describe about project management plan,measures used for control & monitor project risk, quality and configuration along with projectsuccess or failure status of project. MIN BODYProject refers to the set of interrelated act that are planned to be executed within in afixed period of time over certain cost and limitation in order to achieve particular aim. BalfourBeatty plc is an UK based international infrastructure company provide innovative and efficientinfrastructure services.Project title & Background:-Company currently working over a 'Office Relocation' project where they want to relocate theircurrent office from London to Manchester. As size of current location is very small and companywant to expand its operation by adding new services in their current portfolio such as interiordesigning. This require company to recruit more manpower to manage their operation, thereforeBalfour Beatty plc decided to move their business. Purpose:-Reason behind relocating the office is to expand its business by adding new service such asinterior designing in their current offerings (Eskerod and Vaagaasar, 2014). This require BalfourBeatty to appoint new staffs and adjust extra cabins for them so in order to achieve this aimcompany decide to shift their office to another location. Objective:-Main aim behind relocation project is to expand workforce of company for adding anotherservice to company's portfolio. Another objective behind moving office to another location is togenerate brand identity at new place. 1

Scope:-For accomplishment of project, Balfour Beatty plc is required to effectively plan and createother department for interior designing. So in order to successfully relocate their businesscompany must ensure that new office should be painted, furnished and carpeted effectively. Deliverables:- Main aim is to develop an interior designing department in company by movingBalfour Beatty plc to another location where infrastructure facilities are more better (Eskerod,Huemann and Savage, 2015). In order to accomplish this goal proper schedule is required todevelop for performing actions effectively. Apart from this appropriate cost is required to beconsider for relocation that includes acquiring a location for moving company, carpeting,painting and other costs. In addition to this risk involve in project are required to identify andmust be communicate effectively to people involve in project. Constraints:- There are certain issues that are faced by project manager during its executionwhich are as given below:Lack of coordination among team members.Cost incurred for moving the stuff from old office to new is little bit higher as assumedTime given for execution of project is less as per the activities to be performedAssumptions:- Resources that company required to accomplish its task will be available easily.It will require 8 weeks to relocate the office.Material required to complete the project will be easily available to new location. Characteristics of a project:- A project is consists of certain characteristics that can be betterunderstood from following points:Project is temporary in nature and consists of definite start and end-point.It contains unique set of requirements which is to be fulfilled within the boundaries ofproject (Floricel and et. al., 2014).This relocation project consists of cross-functional activities because it includes peoplefrom various department such as financial, human resources, IT department etc. Role of project managerA person who is responsible for managing and guiding the workforce to perform set ofactivities in order to accomplish their goal is known as project manager. They have certain roleto perform for executing a project effectively which are as follows:2

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