Project Management - A Team Action Approach
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Project Plan
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Introduction to Project Plan....................................................................................................1Project Roles...........................................................................................................................2Schedule, Cost and Quality Identification, Management and Control...................................3Detailed Risk Analysis, Control Procedures, and Back-Up Plan...........................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONProject can be said to be a team action which is devised and executed with the solemotive of achieving the desirable results. Project management can be done with the effectiveapplication of skill set, knowledge base and competences of personnel for the attainment ofproject goal. The present report is based upon a project plan executed to carry out expansion ofmanufacturing unit of Woolworths Group in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The project planconsists of overview of project, business activities, WBS, PIM, project team, ProjectManagement Plan. Also, it consists of risk management, controlling and response or backupplan.Introduction to Project PlanWoolworths Group is a supermarket chain retail organisation operating across theperipheries of Australia as well as New Zealand. This is recognised as one of the leadingsupermarket groups of Australia. It is dominating the Australian Retail market together withColes and maintaining a duopolistic system with reference to the respective business sector. Inorder to facilitate growth and development of company, Woolworths Group carried outexpansion of its manufacturing unit within Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. It was seen thatduring the expansion of manufacturing unit of the company into Banbury, a major projectsetback occurred. This was acknowledged to be “a sudden spike in raw material costs” inBanbury.Need for bringing the ProjectA review of the business operations was done so as to determine the opportunities presentwithin market to facilitate growth and development of the corporation. Post the conduction ofmarket research, it was finalised that Woolworths would be expanding its manufacturing units.To systematically and structurally carry out such expansion, cost benefit analysis was done bythe firm, resulting in stipulation of detailed overview of information pertaining to the existingmanufacturing capabilities and the requirements to further expand it (Milani, 2019). Apart fromthis, budget, resources, accountability, risks, monitoring and controls were taken into accountwhile proposing a plan for the chosen project. All of this was done in order to make sure that theexpansion project gets completed within the stipulated course of time.1
Preparation for execution of Project PlanContinuous examination and assessment of operational processes is the prerequisite forgrowth and development of business entity. This is usually done while keeping alignment withrelevant and appropriate project management tools and techniques. While doing so, cost benefitanalysis is taken into consideration by an entity. With reference to the expansion project of Woolworths, it was essential to ensure that themethod chosen to execute the project had the capacity to elevate the quality of business activities(Ellis, 2019). This meant the direction of project towards the desirable outcome by ensuringproper adherence to organisational policies. All of this was aimed at effective execution ofmonitoring and controlling procedures and rendering aid to Project Manager to feasiblyimplement the expansion project within the predetermined course of time by making use ofoptimum resources.Project RolesThe project was based on expansion of manufacturing capabilities of Woolworths. Theactivities associated with the execution of project were analysed in detail in order to achieve thedesired outcomes. For this purpose, a project team was developed consisting of 20 persons. Theoverview of roles and responsibilities of personnel that belonged to the project team is asfollows:-RoleResponsibilitiesProjectManagerIt was the responsibility of project manager to manage and coordinate allthe activities associated with expansion of manufacturing unit of entity.Project manager possessed the capability to align all the project activitieswith the desired outcomes and report the daily progress to Top Managementof Woolworths. Further, his role also included stipulation of budget anddelegation of authority among the project team. Lastly, the supervision ofcourse of action related to the project was also done by the Project Manager(Carter, 2019).TopManagementThis is the highest authority which is responsible for undertaking essentialdecisions related to allocation of resources and project implementation.AdministrativeDepartmentThe employees belonging to this department of project team held theresponsibility to execute the tasks stipulated by the top management. 2
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