Comprehensive Summary of Project Management Practices in Construction

The importance of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is paramount in effective project management. This summary delves into various academic perspectives and practical applications to highlight its role in ensuring project success. The WBS acts as a foundational tool that breaks down projects into manageable sections, facilitating better planning, execution, and control. It aids in assigning responsibilities, allocating resources, and monitoring progress. Studies have shown that effective implementation of WBS can lead to improved risk management and quality assurance (Mir & Pinnington, 2014; Yang, 2008). The analysis includes insights from Pemsel & Wiewiora (2013) on the role of Project Management Offices in acting as knowledge brokers through WBS. Additionally, the work by Siami-Irdemoosa et al. (2015) emphasizes the need for tailored WBS development to address complexities in specific projects like underground construction. Overall, this synthesis underscores that mastering WBS techniques is crucial for any project manager aiming at delivering successful projects.

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 1
PROJECT DESIGN FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF ROAD RESURFACING
ACTIVITIES
by (Name):
Course:
Tutor:
College:
City/State:
Date:

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 2
Project Design for quality management of road resurfacing activities
Introduction
According to Burke (2013), quality management plan is a fundamental component of
project management and execution. This quality plan is a response to the tender request to
rehabilitate (resurface) existing roads at Perth War Cemetery. Specifically, the plan aim at
describing how the project will be implemented throughout its lifecycle, and how the project
team will accomplish, maintain and converse project value procedures. This plan will also
include relevant processes that will be involved in quality planning, assurance, control and
continuous development.
Therefore, the quality plan for the rehabilitation of road networks at Perth War
Cemetery will establish various activities and procedures that will ultimately ensure quality
conclusion of the project. Precisely, the primary purpose of this quality plan will include:
 Ensuring quality planning of the project
 Giving clear definition of project quality management procedures
 Clearly defining various project quality assurance activities
 Explaining how quality control activities will influence project conclusions
 Examining acceptable project quality ideals
Based on the above purposes, this project quality plan will provide a solid foundation for
efficacious, well-timed and quality execution of project activities. It will form the common
principles that will be applicable throughout the project lifecycles. Moreover, this project
quality plan will provide all activities that will be necessary for attainment of the set project
objectives and ensuring high quality level. The plan take in consideration various operational,
administrative and accounting aspects of the project.
Indeed, facilitating compliance with all pertinent rules and procedures can be a very
complex and detailed undertaking that may necessitate strict adherence to various quality

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 3
requirements. As such, this project quality plan will also give clear definition of the quality
prospects and objectives, give clear guidelines on the specific roles and responsibilities of the
stakeholders, policies and standards, and establish processes and metrics that appropriate. The
quality plan is specifically tailored to meet the specified requirements for the road resurfacing
project at Perth War Cemetery (Pemsel and Wiewiora, 2013).
Project quality objectives and expectations
The primary objective of this quality plan is to ensure that all relevant phases of the
road resurfacing project are implemented with the highest level of quality and proficiency
fulfilling the project sponsor’s requirements (Demir and Kocabaş, 2010). The implementation
of the stipulated project objectives shall be effected with the full support of all relevant
stakeholders.
Other the quality objectives of the road resurfacing project at Perth War Cemetery
include:
 To ensure that project meets the specified project requirements
 To completely fulfil all the quality needs of the Australian department of veteran
affairs who are the project sponsor among other requirements of key stakeholders
 To minimize the seriousness of critical incidents that may significantly interfere with
project implementation
 To attain smooth project transition and support to the new project upon completion
 To surpass the quality expectations of the project sponsor through the provision of
quality project outcome
 To deliver the project within the agreed cost and schedule structures
 To minimize chances of project rework by identifying possible defects in the project
lifecycle and recommending appropriate remedial actions
 To record minimal deviations on the set standards and important procedures

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 4
 To ensure that the project deliverables are strictly adhering to the quality requirements
 To ensure clear definition of quality responsibility of the identified project
stakeholders
On the quality of project deliverables, this quality plan will give a clear definition of
various project challenges and objectives. There should also consistency in the work
procedures based on set strategies, procedures and codes of practice governing the project
(Demir and Kocabaş, 2010). Moreover, there is an expectation of regular monitoring of the
projected project outcomes with an objective of ensuring adherence to high quality standards
that can increase value and allow constant improvements.
Project quality scope management
This quality project management plan clearly defines such activities and procedures
that will facilitative the implementation of the stipulated project guidelines and procedures
(Flyvbjerg, 2013). This plan will be applicable to the management of project lifecycle and
successful execution of the road resurfacing project at Perth War Cemetery. Moreover, the
plan will include detailed analysis and implementation of various project applications and
procedures.
Project quality management approach
A comprehensive quality management approach for the road resurfacing project is in
place to ensure quality planning and outcome. Satisfactorily, this project stakeholders will
meet various quality objectives based on a cohesive approach that will give clear definition of
acceptable quality standards, quality measures and improvement procedures (Flyvbjerg,
2013). Therefore, this quality plan clearly describes the precise processes and appropriate
metrics that can be used to assess various quality procedures required to successfully conduct
the road resurfacing at Perth War Cemetery. Other quality approaches for the road
resurfacing project include engaging all stakeholders in executing various project phases

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 5
(Kerzner, 2013). This will enable the incorporation of different quality activities to ensure
successful outcome of the road resurfacing project. Additionally, any possible risks or issues
pertaining to quality are adequately communicated to all project stakeholders.
Summary of project requirements
Our project team will ensure prompt and quality implementation of the project objectives.
Specifically, the project team will be expected to:
 Remove and dispose old retractable bollards along Perth War Cemetery road
 Grind and dispose road surfacing materials
 Reconstruct the identified sections of the base course
 Conduct primer sealing and asphalt surfacing
 Mount new bollards along the rehabilitated road as shall be directed by the project
manager
 Completely restore project site and ensure well-ordered and tidy surroundings
Specifically, the project team will familiarize themselves with these project requirements
and ensure quality output (Kerzner, 2013). As such, a technical review of these requirements
will conducted to ensure compliance with the set quality specifications.
Project quality planning requirements
According to Kuo et al. (2010), quality planning is majorly done to determine the
anticipated quality and how such quality will be quantified. This will entail the identification
of diverse quality requirements for the tendered project and how our project team will exhibit
compliance. The team will establish various project quality standards and will include
creating quality checklists and executing different remediation undertakings.
Project planning is mostly conducted under the planning phase and involve the development
of various project scope and client requirements among other project delivery strategies
(Meredith and Mantel Jr, 2011).

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 6
As such, quality planning will entail an explicit identification of varied client quality
objectives and helping them to clearly communicate their quality expectations both in
objective and numerical expressions. Therefore, our quality manager will ensure compliant
with relevant professional standards. Furthermore, quality planning will entail an effective
balancing of all client needs and stakeholder requirements coupled with a comprehensive
performance measure threshold based on the quality objectives.
Our team will further establish pertinent quality standards that will direct the
implementation of the project requirements. The clear description of the quality processes
procedures and ideals will the sole responsibility of the PDT members in collaboration with
project director. Our quality planning process will also involve the identification of
applicable quality checklists to ascertain whether the road resurfacing works at the Perth War
Cemetery is being executed according to the postulated quality guidelines. The quality
checklist will facilitate the effective remediation of the any problem that may have risen in
any of the project phases.
Quality assurance planning requirements
According to (Meredith and Mantel Jr, 2011), the core focus of quality project
assurance is on the procedures that are used in the implementation of the project. This entail
adhering to and meeting quality standards by incessantly refining project outputs and
correcting the identified flaws.
The project delivery team will clearly identify strategic processes that will be
subjected to regular reviews to ascertain whether they are compliant with the projected road
resurfacing standards (Meredith and Mantel Jr, 2011). As part of our quality assurance
planning, the PDT will also establish various quality review standards. Moreover, quality
assurance will entail a special identification of various stakeholder expectations, facilitate the

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 7
establishment of appropriate timelines and an explicit description of different quality
assurance tools and activities.
Our quality assurance team will majorly focus on relevant project processes and
provide confidence to the clients that all quality requirements will be met, and that all project
procedures are effective. In order to boost clients’ confidence on the inherent ability of the
company to produce quality results, an iterative quality process will be established during all
phases of the project lifecycle. This will facilitate an accurate analysis of the process data and
continuous improvements of the project procedures.
For correct identification, access, response, observation and control pf project quality
procedures, all the identified project stakeholders will be incorporated in quality assurance
planning (Meredith and Mantel Jr, 2011). For example, the project manager will schedule
regular meetings to review the outcomes of diverse quality assurance activities. Similarly, all
the processes enhancement efforts will be documented, implemented, and appropriately
conversed to all project team members to further execute various changes.
The table below gives a clear description of our proposed quality assurance standards
for the road resurfacing project at Perth War Cemetery.
Project process Quality assurance standard Relevant responses
Project schedule
plan
The primary objective of this schedule
plan will be to verify and document all
relevant activities (Meredith and Mantel
Jr, 2011).
The project stakeholder will hold review
meetings to modify, track and approve the
project schedule plan. Correspondingly,
the team will estimate the impact of any
Comprehensive project
schedule standards

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 8
modification process to the schedule plan.
Project design
review
The project stakeholder will meet to ratify
any modifications to the project design
documents that will be tracked and stored
appropriately. A process is instituted to
accurately communicate various changes
to the design modifications (Meredith and
Mantel Jr, 2011). Subsequently, there will
be an executive review and analysis of all
design quality based on the quality
assurance checklist. This will ensure that
every project design input are suitably
selected and integrated.
Various design principles
Comprehensive project design
review procedure documents
Change management A process will be instituted to
appropriately communicate the sanctioned
changes to project stakeholders. The
specific roles and responsibilities of every
project stakeholder is clearly stipulated.
Change control procedures and
important standards.
The management of
various risks and
issues
The project stakeholders will relevantly
categorise various risks and issues based
on the perceived level of impact among
other important metrics.
The identified risks and issues are
urgently communicated to the senior
A comprehensive project risk
and issue management plan

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 9
project management teams.
Peer reviews The documented project results will be
peer-reviewed to ascertain compliance
with various quality requirements.
Relevant project standards and
guidelines
The validation and
verification of
pertinent software
and tools
The verification and validation of
software to be used during various project
phases will be accurately documented.
The testing processes are clearly defined
with a comprehensive verification
approach correctly instituted (Schwalbe,
2015).
The test and validation procedures are
well-explained for easy comprehension.
The test outcomes will be tracked using
the identified testing tools and software.
Relevant software and tools
test procedures, approaches
and guidelines
Management of the
identified defects
A comprehensive defect detection
processes is in place (Schwalbe, 2015).
All the identified defects are accurately
tracked using various tools. Defect reports
are reported to the senior project
management team.
Appropriate defect detection
standards and guidelines.
Comprehensive defect
management plan.
Project quality control

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 10
Our project quality control will involve monitoring the specific project products to
establish whether they are meeting various performance measurement thresholds that are
defined in the quality plan (Meredith and Mantel Jr, 2011). The quality control program also
ensure ascertaining whether all the standard operating procedures have been met. According
to Burke (2013), project implementation is undoubtedly a very vigorous process that requires
effective project control to ensure that all the stipulated project purposes are duly met.
Our project quality control s majorly focused on ensuring effective project delivery by
monitoring and validating the acceptable quality standards. Specifically, the quality control
processes will involve:
 The correct verification, validation and the observation of various project procedures
to ensure that the stipulated project scope and quality are being fulfilled.
 The inspection of project deliverables and correct documentation to ensure that the
stakeholders and clients’ quality specifications are being met.
 The authentication of diverse client requirements to ensure strict adherence to various
quality requirements.
 The effective examination of output workflow progression that will detect possible
glitches and technical challenges that will be rectified to ensure a smooth flow of all
the project requirements.
The project manager and other senior stakeholders will use the matrix described in the table
below to ensure adherence to the specified quality control standards.
Project specification Quality control standard Response
The inspection of project
schedule
Ascertain relevant allocation
of project resources (should
not surpass 100%) (Meredith
Detailed project schedule
specification document

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 11
and Mantel Jr, 2011).
All project activities are
assigned specific resources
that are relevant
The project phases are
realistically outlined
Change management Proper documentation of the
change orders that will also
include possible impact
assessments and ratifications
Ratified change orders will
be reflected in the change
schedule
A comprehensive change
management plan that will
include acceptable standards
and procedures.
The management of risks
and issues
Proper categorization and
documentation of all the
identified risks and issues
A proper risk and issue
management plan
Tracing client requirements Clients requirements are
traced and the satisfied
quality requirements are
uniquely documented
Accurate records of client
requirement standards
Test plan The integration of various
test designs based on the
project requirements
(Meredith and Mantel Jr,
2011). Realistic analysis and
Appropriate test guidelines
and relevant standards.

Project Design for Quality Management of Road Resurfacing Activities 12
rectification of the identified
challenges.
The inspection of design
document and various
defects
Stakeholders’ approval on
the appropriate
documentation of the project
deign.
The identification of test
variances, tracking and
rectification.
A functional design and
defect management plan
based on the specified
project guidelines and
standards.
Project stakeholders and their related duties and responsibilities
According to Winch (2007), stakeholders plays an integral role in the development
and ultimate accomplishment of any project. Every member of the project delivery team will
be tasked with ensuring quality implementation of the project objectives (Case, 2017). It is
imperative every project stakeholder ensures that the project is implemented at an acceptable
level of quality with every project deliverable adequately met. Some of the most important
project stakeholders are subsequently stipulated.
Project Sponsor
The project sponsor will be responsible for the approval of every stipulated quality
standard for the Perth War Memorial road rehabilitation task. The benefactor will also review
every quality reports and facilitate the effective determination of the identified escalated
problems (Mir and Pinnington, 2014). Moreover, the individual will supervise and back the
application of the stipulated project quality standards. Lastly, the project sponsor will have
the sign off authority on the eventual approval of the project deliverables.
Senior Project Director