Critical Factors for Successful Project Management

Project Management
System

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Describing the critical factor that contribute to the successful management of the project........1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Project management system refers to managing a project by proper planning, organizing
and managing all requirement. It also includes estimation activities, scheduling, cost control and
budget management. The chosen project scenario of this report is Waterloo and Derby successful
rail project which is a remodelling project that installed 65 new signals, 17 km new track and one
new platform. Thus, the report critically evaluate the success factor that leads a project towards
success.
MAIN BODY
Describing the critical factor that contribute to the successful management of the project
The project is based upon Waterloo and Derby which is a successful project, in response
to William Rail review, the Civil Engineer Contractor Association also identified a handful of
rail generation project which accomplish the perfect balance between cost, time frame, passenger
disruption and improved infrastructure. For this project, Matt Brown had chosen because he has
enough experience of rail project and know how to complete the project without physical barrier.
This, project is successful in UK because of many success factor which are as mention below:
 Effective planning: Planning requires that the project manager decide which people,
resource and budget is required in order to complete the project. In the same way, for
Waterloo and Derby project, project manager produce deliverable using Work
Breakdown Structure (Connor, 2018). Such that remodelling of the project is completed
within 79 days because the delegation of roles and responsibilities is proper and effective,
which further help to deliver the project on time. On the other side, it is critically
evaluated that the current project involved a prolonged period working alongside an
operational railway which may change, but, project manager did not implement the
strategy,
 Communication: The entire project planning is delivered to the staff members in an
effective manner such that every team members know about their roles and
responsibilities, which is the key success factor. The project manager explain all the key
facts of the rail project to an entire team and always keep providing new upgrades to
them so that they work accordingly (Turnock, 2016). Thus, this in turn assist to complete
the project with a specified deadline as well. On the other side, it is critically evaluated
that if project manager did not communicate the goals to its team then they are not able to
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