Project Management

This article provides an in-depth analysis of a project management case study on the Regional Rail Fleet project in NSW. It covers various aspects such as the background, literature review, risk framework, the Western Australian Government's need for the project, feasibility, and risk events/conditions. The article is a valuable resource for students studying project management.

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Project Management
Assignment 1, Case Study: Project - Regional Rail Fleet (NSW)
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Table of Contents
Background......................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review............................................................................................................................3
Risk framework and Identification of Risk.....................................................................................5
The Western Australian Government’s need for the project...........................................................7
The feasibility of the project............................................................................................................8
Both negative as well as positive risk events/conditions present in the Western Australian
scenario............................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Background
There has been request of urban rail traveler transport in Australia has been expanding
and arranged rail frameworks have been encountering overwhelming PC traffic in morning and
evening top periods providing food from standard CBD workday. Conventional traveler rail
framework have been putting resources into new foundation and stock administrations
(Profillidis, 2016). This venture has been started by NSW government for supplanting old NSW
rail armada of XPT, XPLORER and Endeavor trains. This venture has been started to build
openings for work and abilities in the nation. The old trains have been packed amid available
time. Travelers feel distress in going with old trains. Swarming of administrations has prompted
disappointment of clients and pressurizing rail administrators and government for illuminating
this swarming issue. The cost for improving the framework for fulfilling need of travelers have
been started with this new venture of NSW. The NSW government has given the agreement to
convey Regional rail Fleet Project to Momentum Trains.
Literature Review
The Australian Railway framework has been confronting a great deal of issues in regards
to congestion and distress of travelers. The trains have been old and comprised of customary
structure and framework. Accordingly, amid pinnacle time, trains endured structure stuffing.
This make an immense issue in the going of the people in the railroads (Albrecht & Dasigi,
2016). Different mishaps and occurrences may happen due to congestion. In this way, Australian
government has showed a drive to change all old model trains into new model. An undertaking
has been started under NSW government. The NSW government has been supplanting all
maturing NSW territorial rail armada into new models. These new trains will help in improving
security, availability and solace for clients who used to make a trip from Sydney to various piece

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of NSW including Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane (Aragonés-Beltrán, García-Melón &
Montesinos-Valera, 2017). The NSW government has given the agreement to Momentum Trains.
Force Trains is an inward consortium that incorporate UGL, CAF rail administrations, CAF
Investment Projects and DIF Infrastructure V Cooperatief. This undertaking incorporate
planning, venture financing, assembling, keeping up and working new reason constructed
armada support in Dubbo. The new armada of intercity trains will be come in administration in
2019 running from Sydney to Central Coast, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains and the South
Coast. There have been different advantages of this venture including Improved accessibility,
overhauled security, improved comfort and present day features including: increasingly broad,
dynamically ample two-by-two seating for extra room and comfort with arm rests, plate tables,
and high seat backs, charging ports for mobile phones, and submitted spaces for things, prams
and bicycles, improved accessibility including wheelchair get to and open toilets, improved
customer information through cutting edge information screens and presentations, CCTV and
help centers, and present day warming, ventilation and cooling (Mikaeil et al., 2016).
Progressively pleasing and utilitarian arrangement including reversible seating, open buffet
vehicles and overhead apparatus stock, Open toilets on each train, increasingly broad portals,
single-deck carriages, need seating and accessible help centers, Programmed specific door
opening for stations with short stages and ebb and flow CCTV equipment, Electronic contraption
charging centers, plate tables sensible for workstations and spacious seat pockets. For fulfill
future augmentations in need, the New Intercity Fleet will addition to a total of 554 carriages
with the purchase of an extra 42 carriages. Most of the new carriages will continue running on
the South Coast Line to help top hour organizations from 8 carriage trains to 10 carriages and
will enter undertaking from 2021 (Lobo & Whyte, 2017).

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Risk framework and Identification of Risk
The NSW government has been replacing all developing NSW commonplace rail fleet
into new models. These new trains will help in improving prosperity, transparency and comfort
for customers who used to wander out from Sydney to different bit of NSW including
Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane (Tavakolan & Mohammadi, 2018). The NSW government
has given the consent to Momentum Trains. Vitality Trains is an inside consortium that join
UGL, CAF rail organizations, CAF Investment Projects and DIF Infrastructure V Cooperatief.
This endeavor fuse arranging, adventure financing, manufacturing, keeping up and working new
reason developed task force upkeep in Dubbo. The new naval force of intercity trains will be
come in organization in 2019 running from Sydney to Central Coast, Newcastle, the Blue
Mountains and the South Coast.
Risk categories
Subcategories Risk examples
Market Foreign currency debts
External indices that reflect inflation
Losses due to investments in share
Natural Risks related to the weather
Political-legal Civil war
War with another country
Government Change priority
Investment lack
Changes in legislation - labor, commercial, tax, foreign exchange
and intellectual property.
Economy Crises in partner countries
Inflation
Tax increases
Credit volume reduction
Increase in interest rates
Blocking funds in banks
Exchange rate variations
Private Sector (bank,
dealers, construction
companies,
Minimal private area investment in the railroad venture;
Little venture to improve the framework activity;
Traveler volume underneath projections;

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environmental
stakeholders, railway
Industries)
Loss of clients because of high costs as well as the low
administration quality;
Inaccessibility of land
Government (Transport
Ministry, Regulators)
Danger of expenses and activities consumed by the State if there
should be an occurrence of disappointment of the private
administrator;
Dangers of postponements and expenses past the planned and
commitments from getting earlier authorizing and establishment;
Danger of intensity supply interference to the HST activity by
disappointment which isn't the Concessionaire's duty
Population (Civil entities
and affected owners)
Low cost paid for seizure of structures;
Deferral in accepting the seizure cash;
Protection from leave the neighborhood;
High estimation of ticket; low nature of administration; framework
poor dependability;
Significant neighborhood resistance at the formal proceedings
Emerging Phase No monetary assention
Stoppage of the procedure
Absence of political help
Restriction of natural halls
Feasibility Phase Defective information of the market;
Excessively cynical or hopeful traffic gauge;
Refusal by the administration specialist to approve a task in light
of issues with the nature of the information or potentially thinks
about submitted
Troubles with land securing
Design phase Questionable learning;
Absence of information;
Rising specialized hardware inaccessible in time;
Out of date quality of specialized hardware;
Change in principles amid structure lifecycle;
Unseemly specialized arrangements
Construction phase Absence of power and water;
Dangers of contamination of the surface water because of draining
brought about by water from earthworks territories, or
contamination squander from works apparatus;
Dangers of harm to the beds and banks of water courses amid
work on structure connects over waterways or while redirecting
the course of streams and streams;
Dangers of characteristic living spaces being harmed by worksite
squander
Operation phase Danger of impacts;
Expanded costs: an expansion in costs raises task and
support costs;
Deficiency of ecological measures;
Low practicality;

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Low unwavering quality;
Harm caused to the concession property
The Western Australian Government’s need for the project
The NSW Government is overriding developing commonplace rail task force of XPT,
XPLORER and Endeavor plans and amassing another reason manufactured help office to help
the naval force in Dubbo. The Bombardier Consortium pulled once more from strategy in May
2018 (Wu & Liu, 2016). Various proposals have been assessed against going with criteria:
customer focused outcomes; train game plan; upkeep office and asset the board course of action;
occupations, aptitudes and industry support; business game plan; budgetary structure and cutoff;
and cost. The get-together will fuse pertinent government assistants, Momentum Trains and their
key suppliers. Transport for NSW has a Jobs, Skills and Industry Participation Strategy to
intensify work creation and business openings in Dubbo. The Dubbo Maintenance Facility will
make sensible business, aptitudes improvement and business openings in the midst of
advancement and operation. Current checks demonstrate endeavor will create around 200 new
vocations in midst of apex improvement, 60 new occupations for last train fit out, testing and
charging works and 50 new advancing occupations in the midst of errands, including traineeships
(Yang, 2018). A Jobs, Skills and Industry Participation Advisory Group will give capacity and
advantages for help get openings, encourage workforce organizing and address neighborhood
aptitudes deficiencies Griffin & Patro, 2018).
The feasibility of the project
The attainability of the task has been certain so as to change the issue of congestion of
trains in Australia. The financial backing has been given by the NSW government. The total

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spending plan for the endeavor is $2.8 billion which fuses a capital cost of $1.26 billion for the
new naval force, the new upkeep office in Dubbo, some minor framework engaging works and
assignment costs, similarly as discontinuous costs related with upkeep organizations for the
underlying 15 years.
Both negative as well as positive risk events/conditions present in the Western Australian
scenario
Positive Negative
The weather is great. Most isolated places in Australia.
Transport management is easy. Costly place.
Government is cooperative. Government is not stable.
Huge amount of land available for
construction of industry.
Wildlife danger

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