Project Management: Leopold Shopping Centre Construction by ADCO

This project delves into the construction of the Leopold Shopping Centre by ADCO Construction, highlighting the integrated design and construction of a retail solution that includes Kmart, ALDI, speciality stores, and a dining precinct. The project charter outlines objectives such as providing extensive landscaping, external car parking, and pavement. Success criteria are measured by realized benefits, adherence to the 14.5-month timeframe, and staying within the $45 million budget. The project scope includes retail services, landscaping, and dining facilities. Key personnel include the project manager, financial manager, and construction manager, among others. Potential risks, such as schedule slippage and budget shortfalls, are identified and assessed. The project life cycle follows a predictive approach, ensuring sequential completion of phases. The work breakdown structure and project schedule are detailed, illustrating the project's progression from planning to closure. Desklib provides access to this and other solved assignments.

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Project management: construction of Leopold Shopping Centre by ADCO construction
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Table of Contents
1. Selection of project at target company........................................................................................2
2. Background of the project...........................................................................................................2
3. Development of project charter...................................................................................................2
3.1 Project overview....................................................................................................................2
3.2 Project objectives...................................................................................................................3
3.3 Success criteria......................................................................................................................3
3.4 Scope statement.....................................................................................................................4
3.5 Assumptions..........................................................................................................................4
3.6 Constraints.............................................................................................................................4
3.7 Project deliverables................................................................................................................5
3.8 Key personnel........................................................................................................................5
3.9 Summary milestone schedule................................................................................................6
3.10 Project budget......................................................................................................................7
3.11 Project risk...........................................................................................................................8
4. Systematic literature review describing project life cycle.........................................................10
5. Work breakdown structure........................................................................................................12
6. Project schedule.........................................................................................................................13
6.1 Schedule...............................................................................................................................13
6.2 Network Diagram................................................................................................................18
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................19

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1. Selection of project at target company
The paper mainly reflects on the construction of “Leopold Shopping Centre” by ADCO
construction company which is one of the established construction companies in Australia. The
Leopold shopping centre mainly includes a proper standout example of a fully integrated design
and construction of a retail solution which generally includes Kmart, ALDI 40 speciality stores,
dinning precinct with the brownfield redevelopment. The shopping centre also includes a
foresight of a new loading dock. In addition to this, the vision of the project also includes
extensive landscaping, car parking facility as well as construction of pavement.
2. Background of the project
The organization “ADCO construction” company wants to construct Leopold Shopping
centre in Australia for providing proper services to the nearby people. The construction of
Leopold shopping centre will utilize proper integrated design for successfully constructing the
shopping centre. The shopping centre will provide number of services to the people who stay
nearby to the shopping centre as it generally includes Kmart, alfresco area, ALDI stores as well
as dining precinct for complementing the expanded food and retail services. Moreover, the
people who stay nearby to the Shopping Centre can be able to enjoy the experience of shopping.
3. Development of project charter
3.1 Project overview
The paper mainly reflects on the construction of Leopold Shopping Centre by ADCO
construction company. It is found that the construction of the shopping centre generally includes
proper designing as well as construction of Kmart, dining precinct, ALDI, alfresco and more for
providing proper retail services to the customers. In addition to this, the project manager needs to

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focus on the construction of extensive landscaping, external car parking as well as pavement
development. It is found that the project will be completed successfully within the budget of
around 45million within 14.5 months for providing proper retail services to the customers.
3.2 Project objectives
The main objectives of the project are mainly listed below:
 To construct Leopold Shopping Centre by ADCO construction company
 To provide proper facility of extensive landscaping, external car parking as well as
pavement
 To provide proper shopping experience to the customers by including brands like Kmart,
ALDI as well as alfresco
3.3 Success criteria
The success of the project is considered as one of the measurable term that must be the
outcome of the project that must be properly accepted by the end user, customer as well as the
stakeholders of the project. The factors that are helpful in ensuring the successful completion of
Leopold Shopping Centre construction are generally illustrated below:
Realized benefits: It is found that with the construction of Leopold Shopping Centre, the
people who stay near the shopping centre can be able to enjoy the shopping experience which
further enhances benefit.
Time: If the work of the project gets successfully completed within the time-period of
14.5 months, then it can be analyzed that the project which was undertaken is successful.
Cost: If the project manager is able to complete the construction of Leopold Shopping
Centre within the budget that is around 45 million then the project can be considered successful.

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3.4 Scope statement
The scope of the project includes:
 Construction of Leopold Shopping Centre
 Providing retail services with the help of Kmart, ALDI as well as alfresco
 Construction of landscaping, external car parking as well as pavement
 Providing the facility of dining precinct
3.5 Assumptions
The assumptions that are made within the project in order to complete the work of the
project are generally elaborated below:
 It is assumed that the materials that are needed for the construction purpose will be
supplied by the project suppliers
 The project team will effectively engage within the project for effectively completing the
work of the project.
 The project manager also makes assumption that the work of the project gets completed
within the budget of around $45 million.
3.6 Constraints
The constraints which can limit the progress of Leopold Shopping Centre are generally
illustrated below:
Budget: If the project managers are unable to finish the work of the project within the
approved budget then a number of financial issues occur within the project that can obstruct the
project progress.

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Scope: If the project managers are unable to manage the scope of the project then it
would be difficult to complete the project within the expected time and budget.
Time: If the time that is assumed for the project is not enough for the project then it
would create delay within the project that can further increase the budget of the project.
3.7 Project deliverables
The project deliverables mainly include:
 Project management plan
 Project charter
 Scope management plan
 Status report
 Progress report for the Leopold Shopping Centre construction
3.8 Key personnel
The key personnel who are involved with the project are listed below:
 Project manager
 Project planner
 Financial manager
 Construction manager
 Contractor
 Sub-contractor
 HR manager
 Workers

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3.9 Summary milestone schedule
The summary milestone schedule that is provided below reflects that the construction of
Leopold Shopping Centre will be completed in 14.5 months.
Figure 1: Project schedule
(Source: Created by Author)

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3.10 Project budget
The project budget that is provided below reflects that the construction of Leopold
Shopping Centre will be completed within budget $45 million.
Figure 2: Project budget
(Source: Created by Author)

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3.11 Project risk
The risks which can occur during the construction of Leopold Shopping Centre are
generally reflected in the table below:
Risk Id Risk Description Impact Probability
1. Schedule
slippage
If the schedule
of the project is
not managed
then the chances
of schedule
slippage is quite
high that can
cause delay in
completing the
project.
High High
2. Improper quality
of materials
If the quality of
materials that are
supplied are not
of good quality
then number of
quality related
issues occurs
within the
project.
Medium High

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3. Inexperienced
construction
manager
If the
construction
manager who is
involved within
the project are
not experienced
then it can cause
number of issues
in completing
the construction
work.
Medium Medium
4. Budget shortfall If the budget of
the project does
not get
completed
within the
budget that is
provided then
the chances of
financial issue
occurrence is
quite high.
High High
5. Improper Inappropriate Medium Medium

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resource
management
management of
resource creates
financial issues
and well as
enhances the
need of more
resource which
can create
negative impact
of the project.
4. Systematic literature review describing project life cycle
According to Lesage and Samson (2016), the project life cycle generally refers to the four
step procedures that is mainly followed by the project managers when moving through different
stages of the project completion. The life cycle of the project helps in providing a proper
framework in order to manage any type of project within a business. It is stated by Lesage and
Samson (2016) that predictive life cycle or Waterfall model that is considered to be one of the
project lifecycle, in which the project utilizes phase by phase approach where the work that is
associated with each phase of the project gets completed successfully before moving to the next
phase of the project. In this life cycle of the project, all the requirements must be properly signed
off before the development of the project (Conforto et al. 2016). It is considered as one of the
sequential step that is considered to be flowing downwards through the phases including
conception, initiation, analysis, design, construction, testing, production and maintenance.

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On the other hand, it is opined by De Souza et al. (2017) that incremental life cycle
focuses on the development team that generally starts working on the basis of single set of
requirement once the entire project is properly signed off. It is found that while the stakeholders
are generally working on the different set of requirement then both the development as well as
testing team can be able to start their work. The outcome is considered to be one of the partial
products that generally increments and move further. The steps that are needed to be followed
include analysis phase, design phase, implementation phase, testing phase, deployment phase as
well as project maintenance phase. Moreover, it is stated by Rausch et al. (2016) that the
adaptive life cycle of the project will generally take phase by phase approach multiple times. It is
found that each iteration will generally be helpful in generating a proper set of deliverable. The
outcome of the project can generally be improved in further iterations. The phases that are
needed to be followed includes planning, analysis, design coding as well as testing.
It is found that in this project, predictive life cycle will be utilized so that the construction
of Leopold Shopping Centre can be done effectively. The predictive life cycle is mainly utilized
within the project as with the help of the life cycle, the scope as well as time and cost of the
project are properly defined (De Souza et al. 2017). This project lifecycle helps in following
proper series of sequential or overlapping phase of the project in order to complete the work that
is associated with each phase and then it is necessary to move to the next phase of the project.