Project Management for QAHE London Campus Redevelopment

This report covers project management strategies for QAHE London Campus redevelopment including stakeholder analysis, risk management, critical path analysis, and agile methodology. It also includes a detailed project plan, required resources, and evaluation of research methodology.

Project Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Detailed Project Plan........................................................................................................................3
Overview of Project................................................................................................................3
An analysis of stakeholders and their requirements...............................................................3
An analysis of required resources to facilitate the project.....................................................5
An assessment of risks of the plan.........................................................................................5
A critical Path analysis of the project including a Gantt Chart representing timescales of the
project.....................................................................................................................................8
An outline of the supporting documentation/forms..............................................................10
An evaluation of research methodology to determine stakeholder satisfaction with the project. .11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
The concept of project management is referred to the practice of formulating, executing
and controlling the plans along with closing of teamwork in order to accomplish set goals within
defined period of time. Generally, it is considered as an application of techniques, skills and
knowledge that is associated with project operations to meet project aspirations. This project is
based on QAHE which wants to improve its space that is being given to business students. In
order to do so, redevelopment as well as restoration has to be executed in London Campus. This
is significant for apparatus management department for making sure that teaching is
discontinuoued meanwhile whole process (Bjorvatn and Wald, 2018). There will be project
initiation document and many other aspects such as budget, stakeholder analysis, timescale as
well as breakdown structure. Additionally, this report also covers risk register and structured
interaction with methodology which for execution of the study of project.
Detailed Project Plan
Overview of Project
The overview of the existing project is based on the QA Higher Education and this
university is engaged in conducting a project in which its key objective is to improve the space
for business students. So as to surround the students with an environment that is suitable for the
purpose of learning within the existing as well as modern age, QAHE has framed the decisions
for refurbishing its London Campus. In such kind of the project, the project manager is required
to redevelop and refurbish within the area of London Campus. This university is conducting
distinct kinds of arrangement for the purpose of creating better as well as effective teaching
space for the students of the business (Dinnik, Grigoryeva and Galoyan, 2019). The project will
effectively and efficiently integrate the related project organisation as well as management with
Agile product management methodology for achieving higher efficiency.
An analysis of stakeholders and their requirements
The process of recognising the individuals before the commencement of the project and
grouping them as per their levels of involvement, interest as well as influence within project
along with determining foremost way to include and transmit each of these stakeholder groups
overall referred to stakeholder analysis. There are different kinds of stakeholders tat exist within
an organisation and these include suppliers, directors, members and many more. Among such

stakeholders, some of them acts as a significant asset for business. This must be maintained and
managed by them in an efficacious and related manner. The stakeholder analysis of QAHE has
been given as under:
Stakeholder Why they are interested in
project
Whether they are for or against the
project of the firm
Government It has interest because this will
enable university for developing
more students number as proper
space will be there (Filippetto,
Lima and Barbosa, 2021)
Government is in favour as maximum
number of youths can have impelling
knowledge.
Donors These consist of employees,
trustees, research councils and
many more. Such people have
interest in this because it will
allow them to get more students
within classroom.
Such kinds of stakeholders have high
power and high interest and therefore
are in favour of such refurbishment.
Because it will enable them in having
greater amount of profit.
Suppliers These stakeholders will provide
University with raw materials
such as cement, bricks and so on
by which process of
redevelopment can be carried out
effectively.
This will permit them in attaining
higher levels of profitability through
providing QAHE with proper resources
(Guo and Zhang, 2022).
University Head Such stakeholders have high
interest within the processes and
operations which are executed as
they will be able to verbalise well
qualified individuals from their
university.
They are in the favour of this project.

An analysis of needed resources to ease the project
There are multiple kinds of resources that are needed to facilitate the project and the
analysis of these resources is given as under:
 Human Resources: These kinds of resources consist of the members of the team or
employees of the business who are involved in the process of accomplishing the
desirables of the project. The project manager must ensure that these resources should be
productive, effective and efficient.
 Financial Resources: Such types of resources include the budgets of the project and the
cost that are associated with different activities of the project (Hair and Sarstedt, 2021).
This kind of resource makes sure that whether the projects gets completed in the current
cost of the project or within the allocated budget.
 Material Resources: These are another kinds of resources that are required within the
process of project completion and these resources involve raw materials like cement and
bricks, machine tools, equipment, resource management software and many more. These
resources ensure the capability or availability of such kinds of equipment.
 Time Resources: Within such types of resources, the planning of the project takes place
along with the scheduling of project as well as time invested to complete each and every
activity of the project (Heigermoser and et.al., 2019).
An assessment of risks of the plan
The major types of risks that are concerned with the project are described as under:
Risk Mitigation
action
Contingency
action
Pre action score
(out of 10, where
10 is high and 1
is low)
Post action score
(out of 10, where
10 is high risk
and 1 is low)
Budget Risk Within this,
organisation plans
regarding the
expenditures of
the project.
To overcome
such risk, the
business can use
risk management
and budget
planning for
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achieving
expected
outcomes.
Integration risk The risk includes
integration of
technologies and
information
processes. For
improving space
in relation to
respective
company, they
want to
refurbishment.
Hence, by mainly
chacking the
system that they
are integrated
with one another
or not can be
determined.
The concerned
risk with project
is integration
through making
use of IT systems
that is vital piece
of activities
facilitate in
integrating
different
processes
favourably.
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Resources risk These are
uncertainties that
expresses
potential failure
of skilled
manpower and
budget.
Mitigation action
of business it
In relation to
QAHE, through
identifying,
evaluating and
treating ongoing
process of the
resource risk
management for
them.
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evaluate the
consumption of
resources and
their availability.
Contract Risk In this risk,
counterparty is
unable to provide
services for which
they are bound. In
relation to
QAHE, space of
campus can be
improved by
contracting with
builder.
Contingency
action for risk is
to build contract
or written
information on
which everyone
gets agreed.
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Quality risk To minimise risk
within
construction,
QAHE use right
quality as well as
quantity of raw
material.
Contingency
action is to use
Total quality
management tool
for setting
standards for
products.
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Schedule risk For minimising
schedule risk, this
is significant for
specifying time
zone for
accomplishing
certain task which
proved beneficial
Business can use
minimum critical
paths which
hampers self-
interest.
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for QAHE.
A critical Path analysis of the project excluding a Gantt Chart representing timescales of the
project
Gantt Chart: This graphical tool expresses activities that are carried against time in visual
format. As per this tool, project is break down and displayed on chart which creates it easy to
interpret and understand (Obradović, Todorović and Bushuyev, 2018). The Gantt Chart in
context to QAHE is given as follows:

Critical Path: Steps or series that are responsible to identify minimum time which is
being needed to carry out project is defined as critical path. Generally, with support of this tool,
QAHE will be able to schedule its task and makes sure that the respective project is
accomplished on time.

An outline of the supporting documentation/forms
It is a very significant component within the aspect of the project management to furnish
the base for the business project which is referred to the project initiation documentation.
Moreover, this act like a reference that is used in order to attain requirements of project including
essential details. This has been shown under in relation to when project was initiated and when it
will get accomplished (Pan and Zhang, 2021). The Project Initiation Development Plan in
context to QAHE has been explained as follows:
Title of the project Launching of an event
Set budget Within QAHE, the department of facility management
has estimated a budget of £100.000 to fulfil project
requirements. This project includes redevelopment as
well as refurbishment in the London Campus of QAHE.
Money break down  Human resources - £30
 Other entities - £30
 Raw material - £40
Initiation date 12th July, 2022
End date 31st December, 2022
Project Sponsor Director of QAHE University
Project Manager
Key Objectives (short list of the
major business associated with why
such project is being undertaken)
 To offer proper space to students of business
through which they can be comfortable within
classroom.
 To develop charts as well as other key
equipment by which business students can be
given with proper resources for improving their
learning.
Entire suggested approach (some
necessary points in explanation of
Effective strategies should be used which will provide
assistance in accomplishing overall objectives an studies

how goals can be met) of students also not get influenced through it.
Any major risks There is a chance that students study may be distracted
when such kind of project is carried out.
Reference(s)
An assessment of research methodology to find out stakeholder satisfaction
with the project
As QAHE is going to refurbish and redevelop its premises within London which is
significant for identifying effective approach so that processes which are being carried out will
not get affected. In context to QAHE, below is a description of methodology:
Agile Methodology is considered as an iterative process which is used to furnish the project
throughout its lifecycle. This kind of methodology states the project which is divided in to
various stages and includes regular cooperation with its stakeholders as well as makes
improvements in coherency within every stage of process (Wu and et.al., 2021). In relation
to QAHE, management is responsible to describe end product that will be achieved through
them and the kind of troubles will be resolved through this. This will give project team with
clear perception in reference to what they have to do.
The steps involved are: evaluation, planning and execution through which the needs of
the students can be addressed in an effective way.
Strengths:

 There will be minimal loss as each individual of the project team works on date-to-date
tasks. This will allow the management of QAHE to respond faster. Feedback can be taken instantly which will allow appropriate action to be taken and
timely changes (Zuo and et.al., 2018).
Weaknesses:
 The project requires more time as well as energy from the people involved as the
interaction has to be done on an ongoing basis (Zwikael and Smyrk, 2019)..
 QAHE's project team working on odd budgets may not identify what the actual cost will
be, this can cause problems for the team and there is a possibility that the project may
remain incomplete.
CONCLUSION
From above description of the report, it has been concluded that an organisation conducts
multiple business operations in order to analyse such activities that are being conducted within
the workplace. It also analyse the influence that impacts these business operations of the
organisation. The aspect of the project management provides assistance to the business in
operating its business operations systematically in an effective as well as efficient manner.
Within this report, there has been different perspective that are associated with the project
management such as stakeholder analysis, risk management, critical path and many more that
helps in conducting various business activities in a successful manner. Additionally, this report
has been covered strategies that must be developed and according to that budget is formulated
that would help in carrying out organisational activities effectively. Moreover, QA High
Education can choose agile methodology which would facilitate in having flexibility within their
activities as well as operations. Furthermore, effective outcomes can be achieved and this can be
ensured that results are obtained within set time period. Along with it, this report has been also
concluded that the concept of risk management strategies must be acquired by the respective
organisation in order to recognise the probable risks that may occur.

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