Environmental Project Management: Open New Branch for Flight Catering Company

Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Environmental Project Management
Open a New Branch of Flight Catering Company
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Planning Narrative...........................................................................................................................3
WBS.................................................................................................................................................4
Critical Path Network Diagram.......................................................................................................5
Float period calculation...................................................................................................................7
Organization charts i)....................................................................................................................10
Organization chart ii).....................................................................................................................11
Potential ‘cultures and’ and ‘methods of working’.......................................................................11
Budget of the Project.....................................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................16
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
Nowadays, the projects are being much complex and advanced than the previous projects
as the room for service improvement are being filled through innovation and implementation of
new services. Project management can play vital role in allowing the projects to be completed in
an efficient and effective manner and delivering the necessary outcomes. The project
management allows the project manager to accomplish the complex operational activities in far
better and efficient manner through providing better and simple strategies to meet the objectives
and goals. The selected project is to open new branch for flight catering company in an effective
and efficient manner. The aim of this report is to propose a sophisticated and executable project
plan for this project that can allow a pathway for the successful and efficient delivery of all the
operational activities in proper managerial aspects. Following are the objectives for the proposed
project:
 To estimate the timeline and budget for the development of new branch for fight catering
company
 To estimate the work breakdown structure and the critical path that can be followed for
prior delivery of the project
 To manage the managerial aspects for the operational activities of entire project
 To successfully develop new branch for fight catering company that can fulfil the
organization needs and requirements
 To establish a mini rail system for transferring the food to the respective consumers
This report will be covering the project constraints and the pathway that can be followed
for successful accomplishment of the entire operational activities in a smooth and efficient

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manner. Strictly following the mentioned approaches will allow the project manager to deliver
the project in an efficient and effective manner.
Planning Narrative
The project plan will include the different phases considering initiation, planning,
execution, and closure in manner to assure that the project delivery can be made in a way that it
can fulfil the organizational needs and requirements. The project will have major activities and
sub-activities those have been demonstrated in the following table with the duration, start, and
finish dates:
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
1 Open a new branch of flight
catering company 143 days Thu 8/16/18 Mon 3/4/19
1.1 Project Initiation 42 days Thu 8/16/18 Fri 10/12/18
1.1.1 Business plan development 12 days Thu 8/16/18 Fri 8/31/18
1.1.2 Project Fund 15 days Mon 9/3/18 Fri 9/21/18
1.1.3 Project Budget 12 days Mon 9/3/18 Tue 9/18/18
1.1.4 Services and Goods
Contracts/procurements 10 days Mon 9/24/18 Fri 10/5/18
1.1.5 Project Scheduling 5 days Mon 10/8/18 Fri 10/12/18
1.2 Requirement Analysis 35 days Mon 10/15/18 Fri 11/30/18
1.2.1 Target Market Defining 7 days Mon 10/15/18 Tue 10/23/18
1.2.2 Location 6 days Wed 10/24/18 Wed 10/31/18
1.2.2.1 Sanitation Services 4 days Wed 10/24/18 Mon 10/29/18
1.2.2.2 Utilities 6 days Wed 10/24/18 Wed 10/31/18
1.2.3 Space management 15 days Thu 11/1/18 Wed 11/21/18
1.2.4 Staffing allocation 7 days Thu 11/22/18 Fri 11/30/18
1.3 Selection of Site 27 days Mon 12/3/18 Tue 1/8/19
1.3.1 Planning and Zoning 12 days Mon 12/3/18 Tue 12/18/18
1.3.2 Lease/Contract 15 days Wed 12/19/18 Tue 1/8/19
1.4 Catering Design 37 days Mon 12/3/18 Tue 1/22/19
1.4.1 Employee Selection 5 days Mon 12/3/18 Fri 12/7/18
1.4.2 Catering venue Design 32 days Mon 12/10/18 Tue 1/22/19
1.4.2.1 Interior design 12 days Mon 12/10/18 Tue 12/25/18
1.4.2.2 Exterior design 12 days Mon 12/10/18 Tue 12/25/18
1.4.2.3 Build Out 15 days Wed 12/26/18 Tue 1/15/19

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1.4.2.4 Construction 20 days Wed 12/26/18 Tue 1/22/19
1.4.2.4.1 Interior 15 days Wed 12/26/18 Tue 1/15/19
1.4.2.4.2 Exterior 20 days Wed 12/26/18 Tue 1/22/19
1.4.2.4.3 Utilities 7 days Wed 12/26/18 Thu 1/3/19
1.5 Communication and food
travelling 23 days Fri 1/4/19 Tue 2/5/19
1.5.1 Mini rail system 12 days Fri 1/4/19 Mon 1/21/19
1.5.2 Staffing 6 days Tue 1/22/19 Tue 1/29/19
1.5.3 Merchandising 7 days Tue 1/22/19 Wed 1/30/19
1.5.4 Pricing 5 days Tue 1/22/19 Mon 1/28/19
1.5.5 Display merchandise 4 days Thu 1/31/19 Tue 2/5/19
1.6 Marketing 12 days Wed 2/6/19 Thu 2/21/19
1.6.1 Advertisement 12 days Wed 2/6/19 Thu 2/21/19
1.7 Grand Opening 7 days Fri 2/22/19 Mon 3/4/19
1.7.1 Guests Invitation 5 days Fri 2/22/19 Thu 2/28/19
1.7.2 Entertainment 7 days Fri 2/22/19 Mon 3/4/19
1.7.3 Catering 2 days Fri 2/22/19 Mon 2/25/19
WBS
Figure 1: WBS
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Critical Path Network Diagram