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Project Initiation, Planning and Execution Assignment

   

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................1Milestone schedule...........................................................................................................................1Work Breakdown structure...............................................................................................................1Implications of any changes on the resource requirements..............................................................3Details of necessary adjustments to the schedule.............................................................................4Personal reflection............................................................................................................................4CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................6APPENDICES......................................................................................................................................7Updated Milestone............................................................................................................................7Updated Tasks lists...........................................................................................................................7Revised Gantt chart...........................................................................................................................92

INTRODUCTIONIn this unpredictable world, generally, projects do not go according to the plan createdbecause any sudden fluctuation or occurrence of risks make it necessary for the project manager toredesign or update the plan. The current project is based on a family who is relocating their place ofresidence from Maroochydore to Perth. Currently, they are living in two bedroom rental apartmentbut as Jeff got a new position as Marketing Director therefore, they decide to transfer to a fourbedroom rented house in Perth. The assignment aims to develop an updated milestone schedule,work breakdown structure and Gantt chart for successful relocation. Milestone scheduleMilestones are the significant events that are used in project management to mark certainspecific point along a timeline. It adds significant value to the project and when it is incorporatedwith PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) and CPM (Critical Path Method) enableproject manager to accurately determine the project progress whether behind the schedule or aheadof schedule (Heagney, 2016). For the house relocation plan, milestones are set below: 1.Vacant current place of residence at Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast, Qld 2.Completion of survey to choose target location 3.Designing well-organized movement schedule 4.Creating financial plan 5.Shifting to new location, PerthAbove are key events or milestones for the house relocation that is required to be achievedwithin set time to successfully relocate to new house within stipulated time (Martinelli andMilosevic, 2016). Work Breakdown structureWork breakdown structure (WBS) is extremely useful in project management to dividecomplex tasks into simpler form by classification or segregation of main tasks with sub activities. Itis presents as hierarchical sub-division of the given project. It works as a foundation for all themanagerial work including planning, estimation of cost and efforts, allocation of resources andscheduling (Steyn and et.al., 2016). The project of house relocation comprises various tasks such asmoving from current location, selecting new location, hiring people to shift to other place,transition, set budgets and finally moving to new place. Thus, such segregation of the complicatedtasks into sub-sets helps to define total scope and establish a control baseline. It helps to clearlyestablish the relationship among various activities, which in turn, assist project manager and staff tocoordinate with each other. 1

Current location checklists:In order to shift to new place, at first stage, family needs tovacant the existing place of residence. Thus, this stage consists of creation of plan for utilities andfloor arrangements for the house (Burek, 2013). Moreover, as goods and all the belongings need toshift to new place therefore, it will require purchase of packaging material to shift the house. Selecting target site: As in the case, Jeff joined a new position as a Marketing DirectorInterstate and needs to move to Perth. Therefore, before leaving to a new place, family need toselect a target location where all the facilities are easily available at near locations. Here, initially,building profile need to prepared including capacity and space requirements. Moreover, as family isshifting from 2-bedroom rental property to 4-bedroom rental house therefore, they will definitelyrequire more furniture, hence, it must be identified. Besides this, layout, interior decoration set-up,construction plan, permits and amenities plan must be design (Stoshikj, Kryvinska and Strauss,2014). Hiring staff for relocation: Every project requires a project team and for the given project,family will require mover staff. Packers will be hire who owes accountability to pack or unpack allthe goods (Turner, 2016). Planner will be responsible to create plans whereas coordinators, as nameimplies, will instruct others and maintain coordination among all the people. Movers will beaccountable to move all the items from existing place to new place and perform assigned tasks andduties. 2

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