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Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project: Fisher Street Car Park Construction
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Question 2........................................................................................................................................3
Question 2 (a)..............................................................................................................................3
1. Defining organization and the project.................................................................................3
2. Updated business case and revised project charter..............................................................3
3. Project management plan...................................................................................................11
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................27

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Question 2
Question 2 (a)
1. Defining organization and the project
The paper mainly focusses on the construction of Fisher Street Car Park for Fairfield
City Council by the ADCO Construction Company. It is identified that the company “ADCO
Construction” which is one of the leading construction company in Australia engages in
constructing the Fisher Street Car Park in order to provide proper car parking facility
(Adcoconstruct.com.au 2018). The project mainly includes car parking for 180 vehicles over 3-
storey building that is split into five different levels. The company also includes some of the
environmentally sustainable initiatives including 30 kW photovoltaic system that is mainly
installed on the top level of the car parking area. In addition to this, the design that is made for
the façade treatment is very much spectacular with various significant black butt timber
stenciling in order to provide proper themed mural.
2. Updated business case and revised project charter
2.1 Business case
The paper mainly focusses on the construction of Fisher Street Car Park, which is mainly
located in the area of Cabramatta by the ADCO construction company in order to provide proper
parking facility. The project was mainly funded by the Commonwealth Nation building program
so that the people of Cabramatta does not have to face any issues or challenges related with
parking. In addition to this, the ADCO construction company utilizes some of the environmental
sustainable features including 180-grid connection array that is mainly accounted for over 35%
of the annual energy needs of the parking area (Adcoconstruct.com.au 2018). The entire project

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will be executed successfully within 3 years of its commencement and it is found that an extra 1-
month time is provided in order to allow the scope creep. Furthermore, the project needs budget
of around AUD 4,432,400.00 in order to complete the construction of Fisher Street Car Park.
2.2 Scope
The scope of the project is elaborated below.
In-scope: The in-scope of the project are as follows:
 Construction of a 3 Storey car park
 Creating drainage as well as landscaping area
 Developing environmental sustainable initiatives
 Installation of photovoltaic system
 Butt timber stenciling
 Designing facade treatment
 80-panel grid connected solar array
Out-Scope: The out-scope of the project are as follows:
 Detailed description about the materials that are supplied for the project is not
provided
 Information about external stakeholders of the project are not provided in detail
2.3 Duration
It is assumed that the company “ADCO construction” generally required 3 years in order
to complete the project successfully. It is found that 1-month extra is provided to the project
manager in order to allow scope creep thus it is estimated that the entire project will be
successfully completed by 7/26/22

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WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0
Construction of Fisher Street Car Park
by ADCO
1122 days Mon 4/9/18 Tue 7/26/22
1 Planning phase 25 days Mon 4/9/18 Fri 5/11/18
1.1 Development of project plan 5 days Mon 4/9/18 Fri 4/13/18
1.2 Creation of resource plan 3 days Mon 4/16/18 Wed 4/18/18
1.3 Development of financial plan 3 days Thu 4/19/18 Mon 4/23/18
1.4
Development of quality management
plan
3 days Tue 4/24/18 Thu 4/26/18
1.5
Development of risk management
plan
4 days Fri 4/27/18 Wed 5/2/18
1.6
Development of communication
management plan
3 days Thu 5/3/18 Mon 5/7/18
1.7 Development of procurement 4 days Tue 5/8/18 Fri 5/11/18
1.8
Milestone 1: Completion of project
planning phase
0 days Fri 5/11/18 Fri 5/11/18
2 Initiation phase of the project 15 days Mon 5/14/18 Fri 6/1/18
2.1 Development of business case 4 days Mon 5/14/18 Thu 5/17/18
2.2 Undertaking feasibility analysis for 3 days Fri 5/18/18 Tue 5/22/18

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the project
2.3 Establishment of project charter 3 days Wed 5/23/18 Fri 5/25/18
2.4
Appointment of project team
members
4 days Mon 5/28/18 Thu 5/31/18
2.5 Approval of the project 1 day Fri 6/1/18 Fri 6/1/18
2.6
Milestone 2: Completion of initiation
phase of the project
0 days Fri 6/1/18 Fri 6/1/18
3 Execution phase of the project 1052 days Mon 6/4/18 Tue 6/14/22
3.1 Soil preparation foundation 90 days Mon 6/4/18 Fri 10/5/18
3.2 Raw material procurement 120 days Mon 10/8/18 Fri 3/22/19
3.3 Construction of a 3 Storey car park 190 days Mon 3/25/19 Fri 12/13/19
3.4
Creating drainage as well as
landscaping area
220 days Mon 12/16/19 Fri 10/16/20
3.5
Developing environmental
sustainable initiatives
100 days Mon 10/19/20 Fri 3/5/21
3.6 Installation of photo voltaic system 120 days Mon 3/8/21 Fri 8/20/21
3.7 Butt timber stenciling 50 days Mon 8/23/21 Fri 10/29/21
3.8 Designing facade treatment 80 days Mon 11/1/21 Fri 2/18/22

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3.9 80 panel grid connected solar array 82 days Mon 2/21/22 Tue 6/14/22
3.10
Milestone 3: Completion of
execution phase
0 days Tue 6/14/22 Tue 6/14/22
4 Closure phase 30 days Wed 6/15/22 Tue 7/26/22
4.1 Reviewing project 8 days Wed 6/15/22 Fri 6/24/22
4.2 Checking the Fisher car park area 9 days Mon 6/27/22 Thu 7/7/22
4.3 Stakeholder sign off 8 days Fri 7/8/22 Tue 7/19/22
4.4 Documentation 5 days Wed 7/20/22 Tue 7/26/22
4.5
Milestone 4: Completion of closure
phase
0 days Tue 7/26/22 Tue 7/26/22
2.4 Budget estimate
The ADCO construction company generally required budget of around AUD
4,432,400.00 in order to complete the construction of Fisher Street Car Park successfully. The
table that is provided below highlights the cost that is required for executing each of the project
activities are listed in the table below:
Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost

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Construction of Fisher Street
Car Park by ADCO
1122 days
AUD
4,432,400.00
Planning phase 25 days AUD 11,560.00
Development of project plan 5 days Project manager AUD 2,000.00
Creation of resource plan 3 days Project planner AUD 1,080.00
Development of financial plan 3 days Project manager AUD 1,200.00
Development of quality
management plan
3 days Project planner AUD 1,080.00
Development of risk
management plan
4 days
Project manager, Sub-
contractor
AUD 2,720.00
Development of
communication management plan
3 days Project manager, Architect AUD 2,040.00
Development of procurement 4 days Project planner AUD 1,440.00
Milestone 1: Completion of
project planning phase
0 days AUD 0.00
Initiation phase of the project 15 days AUD 6,520.00
Development of business case 4 days Architect, Contractor AUD 2,400.00
Undertaking feasibility
analysis for the project
3 days Project planner AUD 1,080.00
Establishment of project
charter
3 days Project manager AUD 1,200.00
Appointment of project team 4 days Project planner AUD 1,440.00

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members
Approval of the project 1 day Project manager AUD 400.00
Milestone 2: Completion of
initiation phase of the project
0 days AUD 0.00
Execution phase of the project 1052 days
AUD
4,404,000.00
Soil preparation foundation 90 days Contractor, Supervisor AUD 57,600.00
Raw material procurement 120 days
Contractor, Sub-contractor,
Supervisor
AUD 110,400.00
Construction of a 3 storey car
park
190 days
Builder, Contractor, Sub-
contractor, Additional
expenditure[1],Construction
materials[1]
AUD
2,667,200.00
Creating drainage as well as
landscaping area
220 days
Architect, Builder,
Contractor, Additional
expenditure[1]
AUD 693,600.00
Developing environmental
sustainable initiatives
100 days
Architect, Builder,
Contractor, Additional
expenditure[1]
AUD 588,000.00
Installation of photo voltaic
system
120 days
Builder, Contractor, Sub-
contractor, Supervisor
AUD 144,000.00
Butt timber stenciling 50 days Architect, Contractor, AUD 46,000.00

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Supervisor
Designing facade treatment 80 days Contractor, Sub-contractor AUD 48,000.00
80 panel grid connected solar
array
82 days Architect, Contractor AUD 49,200.00
Milestone 3: Completion of
execution phase
0 days AUD 0.00
Closure phase 30 days AUD 10,320.00
Reviewing project 8 days Supervisor AUD 2,560.00
Checking the Fisher car park
area
9 days Supervisor AUD 2,880.00
Stakeholder sign off 8 days Project planner AUD 2,880.00
Documentation 5 days Project manager AUD 2,000.00
Milestone 4: Completion of
closure phase
0 days AUD 0.00
2.5 Assumptions and Constraints
Assumptions: The assumptions of the project are as follows:
 The project will be completed within 3 years after commencement
 The budget that is needed for constructing the Fisher Street Car Park is around AUD
4,432,400.00
 The scope of the project will be followed in order to complete the project within the due
date.

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Constraints: The constraints of the project are provided below:
Budget: It is quite important to complete the entire project within AUD 4,432,400.00. If
the project is not completed within the assumed budget then the project manager will face
number of budget related issues during project progress.
Time: It is quite necessary to complete the entire project within 3 years. If the project is
not completed within 3 years then the budget of the project will increase which will create
number of issues and challenges for the project.
Scope: It is necessary to follow the scope of the project in order to complete the complete
the construction of Fisher street car park within the assumed time and budget.
3. Project management plan
3.1 Project integration management
Development of project
plan
Execution of project plan Integrated change control
It was planned that the
entire project will be
completed with 3 years
after commencement
The entire project plan was
not executed within 3 years
due to scope creep.
The project manager extends
the schedule of the project by
1 month in order to allow
scope creep.
It was assumed that budget
of around 4,146,400.00 is
needed in order to complete
the project.
As per the planning, the
entire project management
plan will be completed within
4,146,400.00
No changes needed
It was planned that the The project do not follow the The scope creep extends the

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project will follow the scope
of the project in order to
complete the project on
time
scope and as a result, scope
creep occurs within the
project.
time of the project by 1
month.
3.2 Project scope management
Detailed scope
The scope of the project is elaborated below:
In-scope: The in-scope of the project includes:
 Construction of a 3 Storey car park
 Developing drainage as well as landscaping area
 Developing proper initiatives related with environmental sustainability
 Designing facade treatment
 Installation of photovoltaic system
 Butt timber stenciling
 80-panel grid connected solar array
Out-Scope: The out-scope of the project are as follows:
 Proper details about project external stakeholders are not provided
 Detailed description about the materials that are supplied by the project suppliers are
not provide
List of resources

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The list of resources are provided in the table below:
Resource Name Type Initials Max. Units Std. Rate
Project manager Work 100% AUD 50.00/hr.
Project planner Work P 100% AUD 45.00/hr.
Supervisor Work S 100% AUD 40.00/hr.
Contractor Work C 100% AUD 40.00/hr.
Sub-contractor Work S 100% AUD 35.00/hr.
Architect Work A 100% AUD 35.00/hr.
Builder Work B 100% AUD 35.00/hr.
Construction materials Material C AUD 2,000,000.00
Additional expenditure Material AUD 500,000.00

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Work breakdown Structure
Figure 1: WBS
(Source: Created by Author)
Project milestones
Task Name Completion date
Milestone 1: Completion of project planning phase Fri 5/11/18

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Milestone 2: Completion of initiation phase of the
project
Fri 6/1/18
Milestone 3: Completion of execution phase Tue 6/14/22
Milestone 4: Completion of closure phase Tue 7/26/22
3.3 Project schedule management

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Figure 2: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by Author)
Schedule
management
approach
Schedule control Schedule changes Scope change
Time allocation Time measures
generally include
staff hours, number
of days and weeks.
No changes No approval
Estimation of budget The budget can be
measured by
calculating the cost of
materials as well as
resources.
The estimation of
budget is not
appropriate as per the
contractor of the
project and therefore
it is quite important
to extend the
schedule of the
project.
The project sponsor
approved the budget
Construction of 3
storey building
The Work
breakdown structure
is quite helpful in
managing the
schedule of the
The project
supervisor wants to
extend the schedule
of the project in order
to allow scope creep
Approved by the
project manager

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project. of the project
3.4 Project cost management
Cost
management
approach
Responsible for
managing cost
Responsible
person for
approving
changes in
budget or
project
Cost
performance
measurement
Frequency
Project staff
cost
Senior Project
Director
Project manager The Earned
value
management is
mainly utilized
in order to
measure the cost
performance.
Monthly
External
resources cost
Senior Project
Director
Project manager With the help of
earned value
management, the
cost performance
related with the
project can be
generally
Once

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measured.
Infrastructure
cost
Senior Project
Director
Project manager With the help of
total cost of
ownership, the
cost performance
can be measured.
Monthly
Material cost Senior Project
Director
Project manager With the help of
total cost of
ownership, the
cost performance
can be measured
Monthly
3.5 Project quality management
Factor
identification
Purpose Project quality
measurement
Project quality
analyze
Quality control
Proper training
to the project
team members
Appropriate
training facility
should be
provided to the
project team
members so that
they can be able
to complete the
It is found that
appropriate level
of training is not
provided to the
workers of the
project.
The training
that is provided
is not of
appropriate
quality and it is
mainly reflected
from the
problem related
Proper training
must facility
must be
provided in
order to
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project
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project
successfully
within the
estimated budget
and time.
issues and
challenges.
time.
Use of proper
quality of
materials
It is necessary
to utilize
appropriate
quality of
materials within
construction in
order to avoid
quality related
challenges
within the
project.
The materials
that are utilized
for constructing
the fisher street
car park is not of
proper quality.
The materials
that are
generally used
are not of proper
quality and thus
the quality of the
materials must
be checked
before utilizing
them.
It is necessary
to use proper
quality materials
within
construction
project.
3.6 Project resource management
Role Project
responsibility
Skills Duration
Project manager The project manager
is the person who
mainly engages in
Project management 3 year

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managing, planning
as well as executing
for completing the
project within due
date.
Project planner
The project planner
mainly make proper
planning include the
time and budget
planning for the
project.
planning 3 year
Supervisor
The supervisor are
the individuals who
mainly assists in
giving appropriate
guidance to the
different staffs of the
organization.
Construction 3 year
Contractor
The contractor are
the person who
generally involves in
constructing the car
parking area.
Construction 3 year

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Architect
They generally
involve themselves in
creating design for
constructing the
Fisher street car
parking area.
Designing 3 year
Builder
The builder
generally helps in
building 3 storey
building for car
parking
Building 3 year
Resource
Name
Type
Material
Label
Initials Group
Max.
Units
Std. Rate
Ovt.
Rate
Cost/Use
Accrue
At
Base
Calendar
Project
manager
Work 100%
AUD
50.00/hr.
AUD
0.00/hr.
AUD
0.00
Prorated Standard
Project
planner
Work P 100%
AUD
45.00/hr.
AUD
0.00/hr.
AUD
0.00
Prorated Standard
Supervisor Work S 100%
AUD
40.00/hr.
AUD
0.00/hr.
AUD
0.00
Prorated Standard
Contractor Work C 100%
AUD
40.00/hr.
AUD
0.00/hr.
AUD
0.00
Prorated Standard

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Sub-
contractor
Work S 100%
AUD
35.00/hr.
AUD
0.00/hr.
AUD
0.00
Prorated Standard
Architect Work A 100%
AUD
35.00/hr
AUD
0.00/hr.
AUD
0.00
Prorated Standard
Builder Work B 100%
AUD
35.00/hr
AUD
0.00/hr.
AUD
0.00
Prorated Standard
Construction
materials
Material C
AUD
2,000,000.00
AUD
0.00
Prorated
Additional
expenditure
Material
AUD
500,000.00
AUD
0.00
Prorated
3.7 Project communication management
Communicati
on Type
Objective Medium Frequen
cy
Audience Owner Deliverab
le
Project status
report
The
meeting is
mainly
arranged
in order to
get
informati
on about
the
project
Video
conferencin
g, face to
face
Weekly Project
manager
Project
stakeholde
rs
Meeting
minutes