Critical Evaluation of Project Management Plan of LSERR (2015)

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND
MGT8022
PROJECT-BASED MANAGEMENT
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Executive Summary
This report offers a critical evaluation of the Project Management Plan of the Lower
Solukhumbu Education Rebuild and Recovery Project (2015). The report adopts a
comparison approach where the contents and structure of the PMP is contrasted with the
standards recommended by various literatures. The main aim of this report is to establish
whether the PMP of the project meets the standards set for this type of document. For this
reason, it will analyze the structure and contents of the LSERR (2015). The LSERR (2015)
was initiated with the aim of implementing a major rebuilding program in the region to
restore infrastructure. After the devastating earthquakes in Nepal in 2015, the Australian
Himalayan Foundation (AHS) focused its efforts to rebuilding schools in the affected Lower
Solukhumbu region. The foundation has been providing essential educational and health
services in the area for the past one decade. After a careful analysis of the document, it can be
concluded that it has incorporated most of the relevant contents in its PMP as recommended
by various literatures. It has incorporated fundamental elements such as scope planning,
quality management, risk management, and procurement. However, it failed to provide other
essential components of the PMP such as human management plan and stakeholder
management. Therefore, the report provides recommendations at the end of the analysis that
can be incorporated into the PMP to make it better.

Contents
1.0 Introduction......................................................................................................................................5
2. Project Background............................................................................................................................6
3.0 Contents of the PMP.........................................................................................................................7
3.1Project Management Plan..............................................................................................................7
3.2 Structure Comparison...................................................................................................................8
4.0 Contents of the PMP.......................................................................................................................12
4.1 Theoretical framework of PMP contents....................................................................................12
4.2 Content analysis of LSERR (2015).............................................................................................14
4.2.1 Scope planning....................................................................................................................14
4.2.2 Schedule plan.......................................................................................................................14
4.2 3 Cost management plan........................................................................................................15
4.2.4 Quality management plan....................................................................................................15
4.2.5 Risk Management plan........................................................................................................15
4.2.6 Procurement Plan................................................................................................................15
5.0 Conclusion......................................................................................................................................16
6.0 Recommendation............................................................................................................................16

List of Tables
Table 1: PMP definitions............................................................................................................5
Table 2: Theoretical Framework of PMP Structures..................................................................6
Table 3 Literature recommendations on the contents of a PMP...............................................11