Project Planning and Timeline Optimization Analysis

This project planning assignment focuses on the essential elements of construction project planning, emphasizing the creation and analysis of Gantt charts for managing project timelines. The student delves into detailed cost analysis, presenting primary planning costs and revised costs after timeline adjustments. The assignment covers the importance of efficient resource allocation, risk management, and communication strategies to ensure project success. The student demonstrates an understanding of project compression, adjusting timelines to meet deadlines while maintaining project quality. This assignment is a valuable resource for students, offering insights into creating effective project plans and managing project budgets efficiently.

Running head: PROJECT PLANNING
Project Planning
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Part A...............................................................................................................................................2
Gantt chart of Primary Planning:.................................................................................................2
Gantt chart after restricting one month........................................................................................3
Cost for the Primary Planning......................................................................................................4
Total Cost after Restricting Timeline...........................................................................................5
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................7

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Part A
Gantt chart of Primary Planning:
Figure 1: Expected timeline of the project planning
(Source: Created by Author)

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The above Gantt chart demonstrates the list of the activities necessary for the project
planning and assuring that the planning being managed will be efficient and capable of managing
the entire project activities. Construction projects are always sensitive projects and due to lack in
proper planning it might influence the entire project and hence, the project planning is very vital.
The above Gantt chart lists the activities those are necessary for the project planning and
assuring that the project being delivered will be effectively and efficiently delivered. This
includes all the phases within the planning including the scope, objective, and many others.
Much emphasis has been provided on the better communication activities and risk management
in manner to make sure that the quality of the project delivery is capable of meeting the
expectations of the consumers.
The revised activities and timeline has been demonstrated in the below Gantt chart and
every activity ad predecessor has been kept same as it was however, timeline has been altered in
manner to meet the new deadline. Since, the project being delivered needs to be compressed
from four months to three months and hence, the long deadline activities have been compressed,
and hence, the overall delivery has been restricted to three months. Restriction in time will need
to be done precisely in manner to manage the activities and assure that the restriction does not
impact the quality of the project. The quality assurance will be managed through enhancing the
work percentage in manner to complete the project one month early than the planning. The
project planning will include all the activities listed previously however, compression will be
made to the number of days and work percentage of the stakeholders and assure that the
activities being delivered is up to the mark or above the expectations.

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Gantt chart after restricting one month
Figure 2: After restricting the timeline for one month
(Source: Created by Author)

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Cost for the Primary Planning
Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost
Project Planning 120 days $464,600.00
Identification of the best
practices of the quality
assurance
15 days
Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project
Transformation officer, Secretory 1,
Writer
$63,000.00
Detailed analysis of the
practices 10 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project
Transformation officer $28,400.00
Outlining the improvement
initiatives 10 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project
Transformation officer $28,400.00
New project Detailed
Description 9 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project
Transformation officer $25,560.00
Designing training plan 7 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $14,560.00
Project changes proposal 10 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $20,800.00
Staff safety training 10 days Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer $21,200.00
Cost estimation 10 days Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer $21,200.00
Roadmap of the
implementation 7 days Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer $14,840.00
Developing implementation
plan 7 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $14,560.00
Engineers meeting 9 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $18,720.00
Interior designer meeting 8 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $16,640.00
Development of risk
management plan 7 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $14,560.00
Manage planning scope 12 days
Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project
Transformation officer, Secretory 1,
Writer
$50,400.00
Communication with the 7 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project $31,360.00

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workers Transformation officer, Secretory 1,
Secretory 2
Training mechanism 10 days Project Transformation officer $7,600.00
Communication with the
MD 15 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $31,200.00
Final report preparation 10 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $20,800.00
Demonstration of the final
report 10 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $20,800.00
The above table provides detail of the resources and the cost necessary for each activity
and hence, the total budget will be prepared for every activities listed during the planning. The
cost has been kept feasible considering accomplishment of every activities necessary for the
deployment of the construction project. The cost for every resource has been kept in hours and
thus, the consumption will be calculated as per the percentage of work delivered and time spent
for the delivery of the activities. The resources necessary for the deployment of the construction
project have been listed accordingly however the critical path analysis will be helpful in
delivering the objectives and scope of the construction project. The expected budget for the
planning has been stated in the above table and hence, every activity is necessary for the
deployment of the construction projects.
Total Cost after Restricting Timeline
Task Name Duration Resource Names Cost
Project Planning 90 days $312,400.00
Identification of the best
practices of the quality assurance 7 days
Consultants 1, Consultants 2,
Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer
$29,400.00
Detailed analysis of the practices 8 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2, $22,720.00

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Project Transformation officer
Outlining the improvement
initiatives 5 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2,
Project Transformation officer $14,200.00
New project Detailed
Description 7 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2,
Project Transformation officer $19,880.00
Designing training plan 6 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $12,480.00
Project changes proposal 10 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $20,800.00
Staff safety training 5 days Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer $10,600.00
Cost estimation 10 days Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer $21,200.00
Roadmap of the implementation 4 days Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer $8,480.00
Developing implementation plan 7 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $14,560.00
Engineers meeting 4 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $8,320.00
Interior designer meeting 10 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $20,800.00
Development of risk
management plan 7 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $14,560.00
Manage planning scope 6 days
Consultants 1, Consultants 2,
Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Writer
$25,200.00
Communication with the
workers 7 days
Consultants 1, Consultants 2,
Project Transformation officer,
Secretory 1, Secretory 2
$31,360.00
Training mechanism 6 days Project Transformation officer $4,560.00
Communication with the MD 5 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $10,400.00
Final report preparation 5 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $10,400.00
Demonstration of the final report 6 days Consultants 1, Consultants 2 $12,480.00
The above table describes the new budget for the entire project considering the activities
those have been compressed and the cost of the project will be decreased. The revised budget

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will be less than the previous activities as the above table presents the new revised cost
considering the previous changes. The above table describes the newly estimated budget that will
ensure that the project planning will be accomplished in an efficient and effective manner.

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