Project Management Assignment :Great Barrier Reef

CASE TWO ENVIRONMENT
SCIENCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
SCOPE STATEMENT....................................................................................................................2
ESTIMATION.................................................................................................................................2
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT PLAN...................................................................................3
WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE..........................................................................................5
COMMUNICATION PLAN...........................................................................................................6
RISK ANALYSIS...........................................................................................................................7
PROCUREMENT PLAN................................................................................................................8
GANTT CHART...........................................................................................................................10
CRITICAL PATH.........................................................................................................................13
CRITICAL CHAIN.......................................................................................................................13
COST BASELINE.........................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17
TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1WBS...................................................................................................................................4
Figure 2Gantt chart........................................................................................................................11
Figure 3CRITICAL PATH............................................................................................................12
Figure 4COST BASELINE...........................................................................................................13
Figure 5Budget cost report............................................................................................................14
Figure 6Baseline cost report..........................................................................................................15
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INTRODUCTION
Project management is considered as tool that helps in organising activities in order to
accomplish project successfully (Sheaves and et.al, 2016). Present study is based on protection of
Great Barrier Reef which is being damaged by global warming on Phosphates. In order to
accomplish this project it is essential to purchase tanks and ancillary equipments. Furthermore,
project manager will have to monitor coral over six week period. Government of Queensland
will pay for this task. Recently Great Barrier Reef is getting affected due to global warming thus,
the main agenda of this project is to protect the Great Barrier Reef from such kind of situations.
Study will carry out research on three environments placebo, warm water and phosphates.
Current assignment will set up scope statement and stakeholder management plan. Furthermore,
it will prepare procurement plan and Gantt chart to demonstrate entire plan of managing
successful project.
SCOPE STATEMENT
The study has huge scope because by working on this project, manager will be able to
minimise issue of global warming to great extent. Proposal will involve cost system and it will
collaborate with all stakeholders. The main objective of this task is to establish control over
global warming and improve cost control by using correct environment (Rolfe and et.al, 2018).
Deliverables for this project are:
 Document requirements
 Server installation
 Tank testing equipments
 Environmental setup
 Training
 Manuals
 Review
ESTIMATION
 Protection of Great Barrier Reef from global warming till the end of 2019
 Acceptance of this project by Queensland government
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STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT PLAN
The main stakeholder for this proposal is government of Queensland, project manager, Reef
trust, Sponsors, technicians and contractors (Westcott and et.al, 2016).
Table 1: STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT PLAN
Stakeholder Role and
responsibility
Contact information Details
required
Medium Time
Project
sponsors
Individual will
be
responsible for
attaining
expected
benefits at the
end of
proposal.
Furthermore,
sponsor will
be accountable
for secure
funding.
0145-23548
Email:
[e-mail]
Cost
baseline
Project plan,
Variance
report,
Profit/ loss
report
Progress
report
Written
reports
through
fax and
email
Weekly
Government
of
Queensland
Authorities
will be
responsible for
giving
permission for
this protection
of Great
Barrier Reef
project.
Arrange
funding for
478562314 Progress
report,
Cost report
Email Quarterly
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