Project Management for Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital Construction Plan

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Assignment 1: Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital Construction Plan
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Table of Contents
1. Network diagram.........................................................................................................................2
2. Communication management......................................................................................................0
3. Cost estimation............................................................................................................................5
References......................................................................................................................................10

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1. Network diagram
The project plan is base on construction work of Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital. The
project is based on building of the hospital building so that it can provide effective healthcare
services to the patients. Network diagram is considered as a time management tool which helps
the project manager analyze the critical path of the project activities (Turner 2014). It is a
diagram where the project activities are involved in project to arrange as well as sequence the
project activities according to how the project work is carried out by group of project resources.
The diagram is a way to manage the construction projects. The benefits of network diagram are
as follows:
 To justify the time estimate for the project work
 To plan, organize and control entire project plan based on project activities and
goals (Heagney 2016).
 To show interdependencies of the project activities
 To show the workflow so that the project team will determine the sequence of the
project activities (Meredithet al. 2016)
 To identify the project opportunities for compress the project schedule
 To show the progress rate of the project plan
Critical path method is a step and technique for planning and organizing the project with
various construction activities. CPM is such a tool for the project management as it recognizes
the critical as well as non-critical tasks to overcome with the project conflicts (Larsonet al.
2014). This method is applied for the project network diagram to make maximum efficiency of
the project work. One of the objectives of CPM is to complete the plan in shortest time as

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possible (Turner 2016). Following are list of activities which are selected for construction plan of
the hospital such as:
List of project activities Name of the activities
A Initiation phase
B Building phase of the hospital
C Planning phase
D Balance the project cost
E Initiate site purchase
F Design phase
G Execution phase
H Monitoring and controlling phase
I
Complete the building application and
bidding
J Closure phase
The critical path method helps to keep the project on track and identify the project
activities that should be completed on time for completion of project on time. It shows how each
of the project tasks can delayed and how long it would provide an impact on the entire project
schedule. The critical path method calculates minimum amount of time it takes to finish entire
project work (Meredithet al. 2016). Critical path analysis is sequence of the project activities
with longer durations. It is a delay of the project activities which will cause delay in entire
project work. In the critical path two of the terms are used such as forward and backward pass.
These two terms are used to determine early or late start or early or late finish of the project

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activities. Forward pass is such a technique which moves forward throughout diagram for
calculation of the activity durations (Lock 2017). In order to determine the early start of the
project activity, the dependencies are done by earliest start date. Backward pass is represented
moving backward to end result for calculating late start or find if there is any slack within the
project activity.
Forward pass calculation
Activit
y Description Time EST
EF
T
A Initiation phase 34 0 34
B Building phase of the hospital 25 34 59
C Planning phase 159 34 193
D Balance the project cost 176 34 210
E Initiate site purchase 216 34 250
F Design phase 232 59 291
G Execution phase 195 193 388
H Monitoring and controlling phase 36 291 327
I
Complete the building application and
bidding 82 388 470
J Closure phase 107 470 577

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Backward pass calculation
Activity Description Time EST EFT LST LFT
(days
)
A Initiation phase 34 0 34 0 34
B Building phase of the hospital 25 34 59 177 202
C Planning phase 159 34 193 34 193
D Balance the project cost 176 34 210 258 434
E Initiate site purchase 216 34 250 172 388
F Design phase 232 59 291 202 434
G Execution phase 195 193 388 193 388
H Monitoring and controlling phase 36 291 327 434 470
I
Complete the building application and
bidding 82 388 470 388 470
J Closure phase 107 470 577 470 577