Project Management Analysis for High Speed 2 Railway Project

Project Management
Analysis

Executive Summary
The main purpose of this project is to evaluate and analyse the plan of project
management for High Speed 2 Railway Project. Projects risk management states the various
types of risk which were faced by projects executives while accomplishing the project.
Mitigation strategies of risk are identified to reduce the risk while performing the activities
of the project. Risk management plan leads to recommendations which were the application
of project closure and benefit realization topics through the plan of project.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Overview of High Speed 2 (H2S) Railway project...........................................................................4
Summary of Projects Scope and Priorities.................................................................................5
Purpose of High speed 2 railway project....................................................................................5
Strategic context of High speed 2 railway project......................................................................5
Project Risk Management...........................................................................................................6
Risk Mitigation............................................................................................................................8
Project closure and benefits realization.....................................................................................9
Recommendations............................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Project management may be defined as the process of leading the working of a team in
order to attain all the set objectives of a project within the set or given time constrain. By
utilizing proper skills, knowledge, tools and techniques a project manager can effectively
manage the project and deliver something value to people. For this report, High Speed 2 (H2S)
Railway project, UK has been taken into consideration (Kim, Chang and Castro-Lacouture,
2020). The following report is going to discuss about the objectives of the selected project along
with its strategies and organisational setting. Along with this, this report also critically evaluates
as well as analyse the two areas i.e., project schedule management and project risk management
in relation to the chosen project. In the end, this report gives recommendations on each of the
area selected with proper justification.
MAIN BODY
Overview of High Speed 2 (H2S) Railway project
High Speed 2 (H2S) is basically an under construction railway line project in the United
Kingdom that connect the London with numerous cities of Midlands and the North of England.
This railway network is in the shape of Y that delivered in several stages. On January 2009, a
firm named HS2 was commence by Department for Transport in order to develop the project. In
the first quarter of January 2010, the firm submitted their proposal to the government and
in January 2012, government approved the route recommended by firm. The first phase of HS2
project comprises of engineering, design and environmental work. In the first phase of HS2 a
new high speed line will be created from Euston to Birmingham which again re-join with the
existing WCML. This high speed line will cover the city centre of Birmingham as well as wider
west Midlands (Obradović, Todorović and Bushuyev, 2018). A new interchange will be
designed at Old Oak Common that connect the high speed rail line with the great western main
line and Cross rail. Up to 2026, in the phase one passenger services are planned to start. In 2015,
the government asked to accelerate the delivery of phase 2 section between Crewe and west
Midlands. For the Phase 2(a) route the passenger services are planned to start in 2027. For the
phase 2 (b) the government confirmed the majority of routes in November 2016 that will
completed the full Y network. For the phase 2 B the services for passenger are planned to
commenced in 2033.