Analyzing Academic Research Papers

The provided content consists of a list of academic research papers across various disciplines, including marine policy, sociology, project management, and construction. The assignment requires students to analyze these papers, likely focusing on their methodology, findings, contributions to the field, and potential limitations. This exercise helps students develop critical thinking skills and gain a deeper understanding of academic research within different subject areas.

Running head: COMPLETE PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
Assessment 4: Complete project documentation
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
1. Schedule.......................................................................................................................................2
2. Budget Sheet................................................................................................................................4
3. Critical Path.................................................................................................................................5
4. Implementation Plan....................................................................................................................6
5. Management Plan........................................................................................................................8
6. Project performance Evaluation................................................................................................10
7. Project closure...........................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................15

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1. Schedule
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Repairing Australian storage facility 21 days Sat 16-09-
17
Mon 16-10-
17
Initiation phase 10 days Sat 16-09-
17
Fri 29-09-
17
Developing business case 2 days Thu 21-09-
17
Fri 22-09-
17
Undertaking feasibility study 3 days Mon 25-09-
17
Wed 27-09-
17 2
Establishing project charter 1 day Mon 25-09-
17
Mon 25-09-
17 2
Appointing team members 3 days Mon 25-09-
17
Wed 27-09-
17 2
Performing phase review of the
project 2 days Thu 28-09-
17
Fri 29-09-
17 3
Completion of initiation phase 0 days Sat 16-09-
17
Sat 16-09-
17
Planning phase 11 days Sat 16-09-
17
Mon 02-10-
17
Creating project plan 1 day Thu 28-09-
17
Thu 28-09-
17 4,3
Creating resource plan 3 days Tue 26-09-
17
Thu 28-09-
17 4
Creating financial plan 2 days Thu 28-09-
17
Fri 29-09-
17 5
Creating quality plan 1 day Thu 28-09-
17
Thu 28-09-
17 5
Creating acceptance plan 1 day Mon 02-10-
17
Mon 02-10-
17 6
Completion of project planning
phase 0 days Sat 16-09-
17
Sat 16-09-
17
Execution phase 21 days Sat 16-09-
17
Mon 16-10-
17
Achievement of agreement from
participants 8 days Mon 02-10-
17
Wed 11-10-
17 6
Settlement of external issues 6 days Mon 18-09-
17
Mon 25-09-
17 7
Agreement and financing of the 7 days Mon 18-09- Tue 26-09- 7

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project 17 17
Preparatory work completion 9 days Tue 03-10-
17
Fri 13-10-
17 8
Completion of work that prevent
leakage 10 days Tue 03-10-
17
Mon 16-10-
17 8
Creating proper condition that
minimizes risk 12 days Fri 29-09-
17
Mon 16-10-
17 9
Adjustment of activities 10 days Fri 29-09-
17
Thu 12-10-
17 9
Completion of whole repair risk 8 days Fri 29-09-
17
Tue 10-10-
17 9
Activities adjustment 7 days Fri 29-09-
17
Mon 09-10-
17 9
Completion of repair risk 6 days Fri 29-09-
17
Fri 06-10-
17 10
Analysis of work completed 10 days Fri 29-09-
17
Thu 12-10-
17 10
Closure of issues that reduces
environmental fines 9 days Fri 29-09-
17
Wed 11-10-
17 10
Completion of execution phase of
the project 0 days Sat 16-09-
17
Sat 16-09-
17
Closure phase 11 days Sat 16-09-
17
Mon 02-10-
17
Completion of construction work 1 day Fri 29-09-
17
Fri 29-09-
17 10
Reporting by financial experts 1 day Mon 02-10-
17
Mon 02-10-
17 11
Analysis of completed project 1 day Mon 02-10-
17
Mon 02-10-
17 11
Completion of closure phase 0 days Sat 16-09-
17
Sat 16-09-
17

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2. Budget Sheet
Figure 1: Budget Sheet
(Source: Created by Author)

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3. Critical Path
Figure 2: Critical Path
(Source: Created by Author)

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4. Implementation Plan
It is identified that in order to implement the Australian storage facility properly, it is
quite important to follow some conditions that are elaborated below:
Management structure: The structure of management plays an important role in
managing as well as implementing the project. It is quite important in decision making and as a
result project related decisions must be taken accurately as well as appropriately (Kerzner 2013).
It is identified that the management structure is very much significant in achieving various
objectives as well as goals of the project. It generally helps in managing changes within the
project.
Style and culture of management: According to Chang (2016), the style as well as
culture of management is related with the project success rate in number of areas including time
management, processes as well as training. It is identified that in order to repair the Australian
storage facility tank, the management uses number of techniques including proper work ethics,
environmental factors as well as views on risks tolerance. It is found that the vision, mission as
well as expectations are also shared in order to make the implementation of the project
successful.
Autonomy: Autonomy is considered as the major driver of motivation in the project. It
helps in allowing the management to make choices in the workplace (Eadie et al. 2013). The
project manager generally outlines the goals of the project for repairing the Australian Storage
Facility and assists in allowing the employees to decide in a proper way so that the project goal
can be achieved.

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Personal skills: The personal skills of the members of the project are very much
necessary in order to successfully implement the project. The various significant skills include
team building, decision making, motivation, communication, leadership as well as negotiation. It
is stated by Cassidy (2016) that communication is one of the vital ingredients for implementing
the project successfully as proper communication strategy needs to be followed during meetings
while updating the team and during sharing of project status as well as progress report. In
addition to this, it is analyzed that the project manager utilizes their intellect for making proper
decisions in context to quality, schedule constraint as well as acceptance criteria.
Attributes: There are number of attributes that should be followed in order to make the
project successful. The attributes mainly include proper way of communication, maintaining
balance, learning to trust the instinct, enthusiasm, as well as way of knowing the procedure of
change for adapting. According to Fleming and Koppelman (2016), it is identified that
maintaining balance within the project can be achieved by motivating the team, paying attention
to details as well as by using the technique of perseverance.
Characteristics of project team members: The project team members generally posses
some characteristics of the project which are quite effective in making the project
implementation successful. The project team members must have a clear understanding of the
project objectives, clear expectation of each person role, and high degree of co-operation as well
as high level of trust (Migilinskas et al. 2013). All this characteristics are very much important
for achieving the project scope by properly organizing, planning as well as controlling project.
Adequate cost estimation and budget: It is identified that proper, well-developed as
well as implemented cost estimation procedure including trend identification, forecasting as well

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s risk analysis must be utilized for successfully repairing the Australian Storage Facility. In
addition to this, adequate contingency must be provided by considering all the level of project
completion as well as project related risks.
Adequate schedule: It is very much necessary to have well planned as well as
documented schedule logic as well as assumption so that the project can be successfully
implemented. It is identified that flexible contractor generally interfaces in order to
accommodate various mitigation of delays. Proper as well as adequate planning of contingency
are also required.
Proper project management plan and supporting documents: Proper well developed
change order processes as well as documents must be created properly in order to repair the
Australian Storage Facility (Fleming and Koppelman 2016). In addition to this, well developed
project management principles of the project must be taken undertaken properly.
5. Management Plan
In order to manage the project successfully, it is quite important to identify proper tools,
techniques as well as methods for successfully managing the project. The various methods, tools
as well as technique for managing the time, cost, resources as well as quality of the project are
elaborated below:
Time: In order to be an effective project manager, it is quite important to set proper tools
and techniques for time management. Time management is quite necessary for making the
project successful (Kelley et al. 2016). It is identified that effective time management is
considered as proactively planning the amount of time that is generally spent on project

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planning. The time can be managed properly by doing the list of tasks, weekly reviewing the
tasks as well as by utilizing the method of time blocking. According to Crawford (2014), for
being an effective project manager, the actions related with the project must be done and in order
to complete all the activities of the project it is quite important to list the activities of the project
successfully. This helps in ensuring that the project successfully helps in managing the activities
of the project. In addition to this, it is analyzed that structuring as well as organizing project
activities as per the priority of the tasks are considered useful (Portny 2017). Moreover, weekly
review is considered as one of the powerful tool for managing the time of the project. It generally
helps in allowing reviewing all the significant actions that are prioritized. It is identified that time
blocking is another significant tools and technique that helps in blocking off the leave opening
for handling interruption within the project.
Cost: The project must be estimated properly which includes the cost of resources,
equipments, materials and more. It is analyzed that in this project bottom up estimation tool is
generally utilized in order to estimate the cost of the entire project. It is stated by Martinelli and
Milosevic 2016) that the bottom-up estimation technique is considered as definitive technique
that is found to be accurate, time consuming as well as costly technique. It is identified that in
this technique, the cost of each of the activity is generally determined with greatest detail and
then the entire activities of the project are rolled up in order to calculate the entire cost of the
project (Lodge et al. 2014). It is identified that by using this technique the entire work is broken
down into various small components of work and each of the component are generally measured
in order to measure the entire budget of the project. Proper management of the project cost is
necessary in order to make the implementation of the project successful.

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Resources: It is quite important to manage the resources of the project properly in order
to make the project successful. It is identified that resource plan is one of the tool that helps in
specifying the resources that is required within the project. The resources of the project must be
planned by creating the resource plan with the project plan (Sumner 2014). It is considered as
one of the significant tool that is quite helpful in managing various resources of the project. In
addition to this, it is identified that resource breakdown structure can be utilized in order to
manage the various project resources. It is identified that RBS is one of the visual representation
that generally includes department in which the resources belongs to, resource itself as well as
the reporting manager (Sears et al. 2015). Proper levels are provided which is quite helpful in
determining the resources of the project properly. When it is utilized tangentially, the WBS as
well as the allocation of resources becomes simpler and as a result the entire activities of the
project can be completed easily which assists in making the project successful.
Quality: Quality management is quite important steps for making the project successful.
Checklist can be considered as one of the basic tool for managing the quality of the project. It is
identified that it is mainly utilized in order to manage as well as organize data quite effectively.
(Portny 2017). This tool is considered one of the beneficial tools for backing up as well as
storing information. It is identified that with the help of this technique the quality of the project
can be maintained that further helps in signifying that the project is successful.
6. Project performance Evaluation
It is identified that there are number of tools, techniques as well as methods which are
helpful in determining the goals of the project successfully. The tools, techniques as well as
methods are elaborated below:

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Scope: The project scope helps in providing proper idea about the completion of the
project. For measuring the performance of the project, it is very much important to determine
that the objectives of the project have been achieved and with the help of project scope, it can be
easily identified (Arends 2014). If the scope of the project evaluates that the project objectives
have been achieved which is helpful in signifying that the performance of the project is positive
as the project is completed successfully.
Schedule: If the schedule of the project is completed within the time limit that is
estimated then it can be easily analyzed that the objectives as well as goals of the project is
completed successfully. If the project time exceeds in comparison to the time that is estimated
then the project is considered unsuccessful as it will create number of issues as well as
challenges for the project (Govindan et al. 2015). It is identified that measurement of project
schedule is considered as one of the technique or method that is quite helpful in analyzing that
the performance of the project meet the objectives of the project.
Budget: The entire project can be delivered within the budget, under the budget or over
the budget. It is identified that the ability of delivering the project within the budget that is
estimated within the project considered as one of the greatest indicators of project success.
(Schmidt 2016). Therefore if the project is completed successfully then it can be analyzed that
the performance of the project is quite good for meeting the goals and objectives of the project.
Team satisfaction: Team satisfaction is considered subjective in nature as it is generally
overlooked while evaluating the success of the project (Shields et al. 2015) However, it is
identified that the satisfaction of the team is at the top level of the project success criteria. The
project team members have proper as well as deeper insights that even the top authority does not

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have. (Preiser, White and Rabinowitz 2015). Therefore if the team members of the project are
satisfied then it can be assumed that the project is performed well for meeting the goals as well
as objectives of the project.
Quality: It is very much necessary to track the quality of the project properly in order to
analyze the adjustments that are required to be completed for repairing the Australian Storage
facility properly. Even if the entire project is properly delivered then also quality assurance of the
project is undertaken (Snyder 2014). If the entire project is delivered with appropriate quality
then it is identified that the performance of the project is quite appropriate for achieving the
different objectives as well as goals of the project.
Lessons learned: Proper lessons must be achieved from every project. It is identified
that there are significant factors that helps in evaluating the success of the project properly. If the
project is instrumental and assists in enhancing the knowledge of the stakeholders then it can be
analyzed that the performance of the project helps in achieving the objectives as well as goals of
the project (Taylan et al. 2014) It is identified that it is quite better for the company for different
future endeavors then it can be analyzed that the project is successful.
7. Project closure
The steps that are undertaken to close off the project “repairing Australian storage
facility” are provided below:
Development of closing procedures: All the procedures related with closing must be
developed properly so that the project “repairing of Australian storage facility” must be done
properly.

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Gain formal acceptance from the stakeholders of the project: Proper as well as
formal acceptance from the project stakeholders must be gained properly so that the project close
off can be done properly (Larson and Gray 2013).
Conducting lesson learnt session with the team: A session must be undertaken in
which proper discussion with team members must be taken in order to ensure that proper lesson
from the project is achieved and the project successfully meets the objectives.
Getting a final sign off on implementation: Proper sign off on implementation of the
project can must be achieved in order to close out the entire project successfully (Lutter 2015).
Submission of final performance reporting: The final performance of the tank must be
submitted before the entire project is close out properly in order to provide information about the
performance of the repaired Australian Storage facility.
The activities that must be undertaken in the closure phase of the project are elaborated
below:
Report to financial experts: During the closure phase of the project, the financial
experts are reported in order to provide information about the budget that is spent on the project
for completing it. Information on budget to the financial experts must be provided in order to
ensure that the project successfully completed within the budget that is estimated (Marcelino-
Sadaba et al. 2014). The financial experts manage the remaining budget properly and invest
them in accurate place in order to achieve proper outcome from the remaining money.
Analysis of completed project: The entire project must be analyzed properly in the
closure phase in order to ensure that the entire project is completed successfully. It is very much

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necessary to analyze the project properly in order to review that all the phases of the project
including all the activities are completed properly for repairing the Australian Storage Facility.
Stakeholder signs off: The stakeholders of the project must sign off the entire project
properly for ensuring that all the activities of the project are executed successfully and all the
stakeholders of the project agree to close off the project successfully (Smith et al. 2016).

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