Discussion About Project Management Project

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DISCUSSION ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT
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Introduction
This essay aims to discuss the experiences and knowledge gained by doing the cottage
renovation project. Project management helps in the planning and executing the project and
organize the roles of the members of the team to attain accelerated results. This essay uses
different types of theories for the implementation of the project. The effective methods that
were used are WBS, RACI Chart, AoN, Gantt chart, budget estimation and many more. This
project helped me gain a lot of knowledge regarding project management and different tools
used to effectively implement the project.
Project management theory
Project management theory helped me to understand the underlying principles of
managing a project. Project management theory was helpful while estimating and minimizing
the costs and quality control of the project. Firstly, the Work breakdown structure (WBS) was
used to breakdown the events to distribute them efficiently. As per the idea of project
management theory the decomposition of work helped in the efficient implementation of the
project. The different processes of initiation, planning, execution of the outline, control on the
budget and resources and the closing of the project were used in this project. Planning of the
process were done by the team jointly and the execution and the control were divided among
the team members. From contacting the contractor and working according to the timeline of
the project are explained in the theory of execution. The theory of controlling was used to
control the overall changes in the project.
How the theory was used
All the methods and tools used to analyse the situations were very effective however,
WBS, RACI, resource overload and risk management were the most effective ones. WBS or
Work breakdown structure helped in the breakdown of the whole project into smaller

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convenient tasks or components. This provided a roadmap to better execution of the project.
The main categories were broken down into sub categories which made the project easily
manageable. Moreover, this was a small project so the number of levels were less compared
to a large project. The different units made by this process were shutters, floors and purchase
supplies, windows, walls and porch. WBS helped me as the project manager, to organize the
requirements effectively. RACI chart helped in the distribution of tasks and roles of the
stakeholders and each member of the team with respect to four factors which are responsible,
accountable, consulted and informed. The roles of each member were distributed using this
chart. This RACI chart ensured the proper distribution of roles and responsibilities of each
members associated with the project. Every activity and the progress of the project were
informed to the stakeholders as they are important members. The cottage renovation project
had only four workers with few tasks and this made the creation of RACI chart relatively
easy. Though the project had fewer tasks, RACI chart ensured that every task was completed
on time and the human resources available were used efficiently. All the interior works were
assigned to the contractor and the manager made sure that the work flow is even and properly
done. AoN (Activity on node) diagram is also a useful method that show the proper structure
of activities and the sequence they should be implemented. This diagram consists of boxes
and arrows that provides clear understanding of the structure of the project. This simplified
diagram is very helpful to understand the process even if a person has no knowledge of
project management. Risk management is very important for the successful completion of
the project. If a detected risk becomes true then that may hamper the project or might result in
failure of the project. Risks were detected and managed properly in this project as the budget
was very low for this project with limited time. The major risk detected was the injury of the
workers which would increase the overall budget and the time span. Budget estimation is one
very important factors for any project. It helps in the estimation of costs for each task. The