International Project Management

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International Project Management 2
Part A
Executive Summary
Kate Greenwood and her Alternative Technology Associate (ATA) team intend is to offer East
Timor villagers with sustainable and cost effective solar powered electric and lighting system.
The purpose of lighting East Timor village is to ensure that it helps to improve the livelihood of
these people. This report showcase a meticulous analysis of the solar project as well as the
different magement plans that will be undertaken by Kate and her team associates in ensuring
that the project get successfully accomplished. On the same note, the report outlines the
challenges/issue that the project management team face at the time of project execution of the
different management plans. The ATA project will allow the residents of East Timor community
to be supplied by electricity which will serve them both during the day and at night. As a result,
the people of East Timor will be in a better position to improve their economic activities and
apart from that their children will have enough lighting to facilitate their studies at night. With
the completion of the project the electricity will light all the village hence inhabitants will be safe
and secure in their households. The project will be financed by Google. Once the project has
been completed the people will be required to pay some little money in form of monthly fee of
approximately 12 Australian dollars for power and maintenance. ATA team has been planning to
deliver the solar power project and through Google financial aid the project will be launched and
delivered to community members of East Timor.

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Introduction
The main agenda of Alternative Technology Associate (ATA) team is to supply the people of
East Timor with a sustainable and affordable solar generated electricity and lighting system to
help improve people’s revenue generation. In order to realize this project Kate Greenwood and
het ATA affiliates will have to involve the locals, train some of them regarding the solar power
system technology to help them in installation and maintaining of the project (Gonçalves,
Ferreira, and Christiaans, 2017, p.108). This paper provide a comprehensive analysis of the solar
project and different management preparations that Kate and her team are supposed to undertake
to successfully accomplish the project. In addition, the paper highlight various issues that ATA
project experience at the time of managing the plan.
East Timor Solar Project Description
The Alternative Technology Associate (ATA) is an Australian Non-governmental and Not-for-
profit organization specialized in solar power delivery projects. The objective of ATA is to
reduce the use of kerosene by Australian people living in areas that have not been supplied with
electricity yet such as East Timor. Through ATA’s solar power project it intend is to see to it that
East Timor community members’ particular children experiences limited health issues related to
the use of kerosene as the source of lighting in homes. Therefore, through solar project initiative
the people of the community will significantly benefit. For example for school going children
they will be able to study at night using solar energy and for households particularly women they
will feel much safe and secure by the improved lighting at night. Consequently, ATA project will
indeed help to decile unnecessary costs related to purchasing of kerosene and health cases due to
using kerosene (Springer et al., 2015, p.173). Thus, the members of East Timor will instead
invest more in income generating activities to boost their lives.

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Execution Plan for East Timor Solar Project
To execute ATA project Kate and her team will engage in a number of activities listed below:
Training the locals to become technicians to help in project installation and maintenance: The
first things that ATA team will be required to do it to seek for technicians from within the
community who have some skills in electronics to train them on how to install, monitor and
maintain the solar program. In this regard, ATA will work in partnership with CNEFP to train
the selected technicians’ team on how to connect, and maintain the solar system in cases of faults
(Guruswamy, Huang, Haque, and Tshering, 2016). To facilitate for the payment of the
technicians, Kate will form a village committee fund kitty but for materials to be used ATA will
avail.
Installation and maintenance costs: It will be required that each household connected with the
solar power pay 12 AUD as power and maintenance fee every month. Maintaining the project
will involve purchasing spare parts of the faulty parts of the fixed solar system. ATA will have a
technician’s team onboard that will be tasked with installing the solar system and resolving basic
issues connected to the solar program (Gusmedi and Komalasari, 2014, p.139). Additionally,
ATA will sought assistance from CNEFP team, which has the ability to repair and solving
critical problems associated with solar systems.
Strategy used to complete the project: The ATA crew will be required to fix the solar system
within two dry seasons by excluding the wet period because of the poor terrain of the region.
Hence, a well-planned strategy has to be in place to make sure that project gets completed within
the two dry seasons.