Project Management Techniques

Project Management
Techniques

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This, project is based on Turner & Townsend company which is a multinational
professional service company and it is specialized in programme management, project
management, cost management and consult across the infrastructure, property and natural
resources sector. Additionally this company carry out two project which is based on expansion of
5 more runways of Old Park Farm Airstrip Airport and on the renovation of Partick Glasgow
Subway metro station. Therefore to carry out both the project effectively alternative approaches
has been taken into consideration namely Rational Unified Process, Critical Chain Project
management and Extreme Project management approaches.

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Range of project management strategies................................................................................4
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................14
Outline plan and budget for project approval.......................................................................14
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................26
Reflection.............................................................................................................................26
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................28
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................29

INTRODUCTION
Project refers to the set of activities which are organized in such a manner so that
required objective can be achieved and it may range from few months to few years depending on
the amount of work involved. Whereas project management techniques helps in ensuring that the
activities are organized appropriately in order to meet effective implementation of project plans.
The company which is being taken into consideration in order to carry out this case study is
Turner & Townsend. It is a multinational professional service company with its headquarter in
United Kingdom. In addition to this it is specialized in programme management, project
management, cost management and consult across the infrastructure, property and natural
resources sector (Beare, Caldwell and Millikan, 2018). Moreover, in order to carry out the case
study two project is being taken into consideration one of expansion of 5 more runways of Old
Park Farm Airstrip Airport. Th second project is renovation of Partick Glasgow Subway metro
station. This presented report explains about the range of project management and strategies used
for each project. In addition to this outline plan and budget of the project including WBS, RBS
and Gantt chart is being prepared in this report
TASK 1
Range of project management strategies
There is discussion about two project i.e. expansion of Old Park Talbot, Wales, UK and
Partick Glasgow Subway station for the purpose of its renovation. These projects have greater
scope because of development and renovation in infrastructure is beneficial for providing better
services to consumers. At Old Park Talbot airport, there are only 1 runway which creates
problems for consumer. Hence with this project, it is easy to provide better services to society
and it is easy to people residing at Wales to increase interconnectivity. This can be done with the
help of different project management strategies-
Traditional project management- This is the simplest strategy which helps to perform
operations with regular monitoring and coaching. In this strategy project, managers of Turner &
Townsend take feedback from personnel. This helps to know actual outcomes get from working
progress of construction of runway. This strategy is relevant because this helps to divide whole
task in different small groups and hence there is less waiting time and possibilities of duplication
of activities are less. With taking feedbacks it is easy to make changes which are important and