Management Plan for Ashfield Commuter Car Park Project

This report discusses the project management plan for Ashfield Commuter Car Park project, including the quality management plan, risk management plan, and procurement management plan. It covers the components and steps involved in each plan, as well as ways to handle risks associated with the project. The report concludes with a summary of the importance of project management plan in real-time projects.

Management plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Project overview.....................................................................................................................1
Purpose of report....................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Quality management plan.......................................................................................................1
Components of quality management plan.....................................................................1
Steps of a Quality Management Plan............................................................................2
Risk management plan...........................................................................................................3
Ways to handle risks.....................................................................................................3
Steps of a Risk Management Plan.................................................................................3
Procurement management plan..............................................................................................4
Components of procurement management plan............................................................4
Steps of a Procurement Management Plan...................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
References:.......................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Project overview
Real time project chosen is “Ashfield Commuter Car Park” which has the complete
status. It is a new multi storey car park which has 96 extra parking spaces along with the variety
of features in order to be safe and more accessible. It was opened on 24th March, 2018. Its
construction started in May, 2017. It is developed so that the comfort in parking can be provided
to the citizens for better management of traffic. It has more commuter parking spaces which has
approximately 235 in total on the brown street. It also provides the lift access to people who are
disable or elders, parents with prams, customers carrying luggage and many more. It is majorly
designed in order to integrate the surroundings so that the equipment of new lights and signs
along with the CCTV cameras.
Purpose of report
The following discussion is based on the project management plan on Ashfield
Commuter Car Park which demonstrates the quality management plan and risk management plan
along with the procurement management plan. Quality management plan includes the description
on components of quality management plan and steps of quality management plan. Risk
management plan includes ways to handle risks and steps of risk management plan. Procurement
management plan includes the description of components of procurement management plan and
steps of procurement management plan in context of project management plan on Ashfield
Commuter Car Park with proper conclusion.
MAIN BODY
Quality management plan
Components of quality management plan
Project Deliverables & Project Processes is one of the component of quality
management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that the owner of the project
has ensured that resources required in the project must satisfy the average quality of the
construction along with the systematic procedures used. Deliverable Quality Standards is an
another component of quality management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project
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such that all the deliverables used in the project must maintain the quality of the project and
hence maintenance of standards as well for better future considerations of it. Customer
Satisfaction is also one of the component of quality management plan used in Ashfield
Commuter Car Park project such that the designing of the car parking is done in such a way so
that the customer could not complaint about the quality of the project and thereby satisfying the
customers (Fewings and Henjewele, 2019). Quality Control Activities is also an another
component of quality management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that
the project has initiated and accomplished the activities which takes measures for quality control
in order to operate the project on such actions for better management of it. Process Quality
Standards is one of the component of quality management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car
Park project such that the procedure used by the project to maintain the quality helped them to
follow it in an appropriate manner with all the resources required for the completion of the
project. Stakeholder Expectations is an another component of quality management plan used in
Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that the project owner has met the expectations of
stakeholders regarding the investments and costs along with the prices and satisfaction level
(Richardson and Jackson, 2018). Quality Assurance Activities is also one of the component of
quality management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that the project was
tested again and again in order to assure the quality of the car parking area and activities are also
conducted for the same.
Steps of a Quality Management Plan
Step 1: Plan the Development of the QMP is the first stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car
Park project such that they first conducted the planning process of how they can manage the
quality standards of the project along with the feasibility study for better estimation of cost and
interpretation of it (Kerzner, 2019).
Step 2: Execute the QMP is the second stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that the project stakeholders started executing the idea and plan in a systematic manner without
any complications and difficulties in a smooth manner so that the execution management of
quality can be strategic in nature that is proactive rather than reactive.
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Step 3: Perform Quality Checks is the third stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project
such that after execution of the quality standards in the project, it is important to perform checks
on it to measure the accuracy (Rowe, 2020).
Step 4: Take Corrective Action if Necessary is the fourth stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car
Park project such that they have found out different bugs after a quality check to they rectified
out in the last stage by taking the corrective actions for resolving the errors.
Risk management plan
Ways to handle risks
Avoid is one of the way to handle the risks used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project
such that the project owners has used this method in some situations where there are less value or
in a low priority to mitigate the same. This situations are generally avoided in the large projects.
Mitigate is an another way to handle the risks used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that the project owners has used this method in the situation where there are more value and in a
high priority to mitigate. These situations are necessary to resolve in order to be successful
(Carstens and Richardson, 2019). Transfer is also one of the way to handle the risks used in
Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that the project owners has used this method in the
situations where the risk is to be mitigated by other domain of the project. This is a transferable
situation. Accept is also an another way to handle the risks used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park
project such that the project owners has used this method in the situations where they are of good
value and essentially to be mitigated but the problem is the resolving out of the risk due to no
solutions, it is to be accepted and when risk arises, it mitigated at that time only (Nicholas and
Steyn, 2020).
Steps of a Risk Management Plan
Step 1: Risk Identification is the first stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that the several risks are identified by the project owners along with the alternative risks, small or
big and every type of the risk associated with the project plan (Silva, Bianchi and Amaral, 2019).
Step 2: Risk Evaluation is the second stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that each and every risk identifies are being evaluated in this stage so that the prioritising of the
risk can be done that which risk is to be mitigated first and which to be last.
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Step 3: Risk Mitigation is the third stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that
every risk identified and evaluated are mitigated by the project owners after planning the
procedure of mitigation (Daniel and Daniel, 2018).
Step 4: Contingency Plan is the fourth stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that the situations are identified by the project owners that what are the risks which are
interdependent on each and and how they can be sorted out.
Procurement management plan
Components of procurement management plan
Procurement process is one of the component of procurement management plan used in
Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that the project owners have followed the proper
procurement process which contains the documentations and all the legalities in order to be
ethical and legal in its project management plan. Roles and responsibilities is an another
component of procurement management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that there are various people who are involved in the completion of the project, they have
assigned all their roles and responsibilities relating to the procurement of the project with better
expert level (Bjorvatn and Wald, 2018). Identified procurement needs is also one of the
component of procurement management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that it is important to first identify the needs so that the user who will be using the project on an
ultimate basis cannot suffer any problems. Timing is also an another component of procurement
management plan used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that it is necessary to keep
the track of deadline so that any extra expenses cannot occur which can be the out of budget.
Change review and approval process is one of the component of procurement management plan
used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that it is essential that the project must be
approved before final using of it along with the change review as well (Keshk, Maarouf and
Annany, 2018). Vendor processes is an another component of procurement management plan
used in Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such that the project owners has fulfilled all the
requirements of the vendor and their processes before final procurement of the project.
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Steps of a Procurement Management Plan
Step 1: Define roles and responsibilities is the first stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park
project such that assigning the different tasks of procurement to different people who are expert
in their own domain is the stage where roles and responsibilities are defined of procurement
process.
Step 2: Creating a schedule is the second stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project
such that the project owners formulate the proper schedule of the entire process of procurement
and then starts implementing the same with an appropriate justification of it.
Step 3: Identify and mitigate risks is the third stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park
project such that identification and mitigation of the risks are also the part of the procurement
process but this is at the level of users point of view after real time using of the project
(Friedland, Folt and Mercer, 2018).
Step 4: Determine costs is the fourth stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park project such
that there are cost of procurement process also as it contains the whole process which is also the
time consuming and hence, it incurs cost which are significant to determine.
Step 5: Establish decision criteria and approval workflow is the fifth stage used by Ashfield
Commuter Car Park project such that decision making is imperative in the procurement process
so that an appropriate approval can be gained of the entire workflow which is established during
the project completion.
Step 6: Establish vendor management is the sixth stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car Park
project such that it is crucial to attend vendor in a proper manner by establishing the vendor
management strategies for a perfect procurement of the project (Noguera, Guerrero-Roldán and
Masó, 2018).
Step 7: Review and approval processes is the seventh stage used by Ashfield Commuter Car
Park project such that it is vital to review the whole process along with the approval of it for the
successful final accomplishment of the project.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded that project management plan is an important concept to learn and study
so that its applications can be applied in the real time projects. Planning and implementation of
the project consist several methodologies which are important to execute for better succession of
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the project in order to meet the goals and objectives of the project along with the purpose and
mission. Therefore, it is important to analyse the quality management plan and risk management
plan along with the procurement management plan. It is essential to examine the components of
quality management plan and procurement management plan. It necessary to determine the steps
or process for quality management plan, risk management plan and procurement management
plan. It is significant to gain the knowledge about ways to handle the several risks associated
with the project management plan. Hence, this report covers all such areas in order to better
understand the conception of project management plan on Ashfield Commuter Car Park.
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