PPMP20011 Portfolio: Contractual Arrangements in Commercial Projects

This portfolio, created by a student, analyzes contractual arrangements in commercial projects, focusing on the Chunnel project and various aspects of contract management. The document explores topics such as the spectrum of contractual arrangements, legal conditions for contracts, and the impact of different contract types. It examines case studies, including the Australia National Audit Office report and the Guardian News article 'Deep in Debt,' to provide insights into contract administration, risk management, and stakeholder agendas. The portfolio also discusses conflict resolution strategies, project delays, and smoothing techniques, referencing key sources such as Kerzner's 'Project Management' and the PMBOK Guide. The student integrates learnings from other units, offering reflections on commercial conflict resolution, communication strategies, and delay analysis, ultimately aiming to provide a broad understanding of commercial planning and projects. The portfolio also includes a detailed analysis of the project's financial success and project management interaction to ensure the understanding of the topic.

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Week 10 Topic:
Contractual
Arrangements in
Commercial Projects.
Case Study for the
Chunnel Project;
Australia National
Audit Office (2012)
Developing and
Managing Contracts -
Getting the right
outcome, achieving
value for money;
HB 140-2000
Administration
manual for AS 4000-
1997 General
conditions of
contract;
Kerzner (2013)
Chapter 19 Contract
Management;
Law handbook;
Fusing various
perspectives for
contract
arrangements in
business
undertakings and bits
of knowledge from
contrasting
viewpoints; requires
an agreeable
disposition and open
discourse that
normally prompts
accord and
commitment.The
coordinated effort
and critical thinking
way to deal with
strife is the most
gainful method in my
view. This method
has two noteworthy
advantages; the
contention itself is
unraveled and the
The objective of this week’s topic is to make sure you have abroad
understanding of commercial planning and commercial projects.
Try to ask yourself the questions that were posed in the 10thweek’s lecture :-
1. What is the spectrum of Contractual Arrangements?
It will help them to provide the insight of relationship between the two
contracting sides
2. What are the legal conditions for a Contract?
o Agreement for consideration, i.e. who will pay to complete the
contract
o Legal intent for both agreeing party
o Acceptance of offer
3. What kind of contracts existed in the Channel Tunnel?
The construction contract existed in the channel tunnel.
4. What was the impact of some of those Contracts?
The impact of contracts amid the development of endeavours to better deal
with the premiums and motivating forces of contractual workers deliver more
noteworthy positive effect on financial specialists than endeavours for cost
regulation; (2) amid the development arrange, meeting the task due date is a
higher speculator need than containing development cost
5. What do others say about Contracts?
It is an agreement between the object accomplished which help in preventing
the litigation or disputes.
Australia National Audit Office (2012) try to explain:
6. What benefits flow from the formalisation of the contract process?
overseeing dangers;
PPMP20011Unit Profile
PPMP20011 Moodle
Web site
Have you any insights
you can add from other
units you have studies or
readings you’ve made?
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Wikipedia Australian
Contract Law;
PMBOK (2013)
Chapter 12 Project
Procurement
Management;
Procurement Rules
-Australian;
- Victorian;
- WA;
- NSW;
- QLD;
- USA.
Guardian News
article 7th April 2004
Deep in debt.
venture group is
fortified as a side-
effect of attempting
to tackle the issue.
This strategy is well
on the way to be
effective in
circumstances where
the venture group as
of now has an
abnormal state of
trust.
• overseeing connections;
• overseeing assets;
• determining duties;
• keeping records; and
• carrying on morally
7. How hard is the process and what training is required?
The process is hard as contracting is a necessary element mostly the Australian
audit office conducts business. The movement ranges from clear acquirements
that can be made, for instance, by means of an administration or buy arrange
through creative long haul extends that may include various session between
associated contracting plans. The audit office has set up a scope of enactment as
well as related arrangements that set out the structure for contracting.
HB 140-2000 try to explain:
8. Do organisations really implement this?
Yes, it is the standard for construction contracts in Australia.
9. What kind of organisations?
The organizations such as:
- Architect firms
- Builders
- Contractors
- Construction companies
Kerzner (2013) Chapter 19 Contract Managementtry to explain:
10. How important is the type of contract for governing contractor and
buyer behaviours?
For governing contractor, the construction contract is the important contract
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where as in the case of buyer behaviours the compensating.
11. What is the relationship between the contract and ownership of risk?
Under a cost-in addition to expense get, the proprietor holds the cost chance;
be that as it may, under a settled value get, the proprietor tries to exchange the
cost hazard to the temporary worker.
Law handbook & Wikipedia Australian Contract Law try to explain:
12. What needs to be in place for a contract to exist?
An acknowledgment of the offer bringing about a coupling contract must occur
with information of the offer and an aim to acknowledge the offer.
13. Can any element be absent for the contract to be still valid?
Yes, any element be absent for the contract to be still valid because event
without a whole assention or merger provision, the gatherings' goal for the
entire of the consent to be in the composed contract must be considered.
PMBOK (2013) Chapter 12 Project Procurement Management try to explain:
14. How much interaction is there between the other knowledge areas and
the procurement processes?
Process bunches are sensible classifications of the undertaking administration
forms in the way that the venture moves from start to shutting.
In information zones, forms are assembled according to their likenesses
regarding the matter.
As per Guide, it is sorted out according to the information regions to facilitate
the way toward procuring the aptitudes for venture experts.
15. Might the interaction make the project fail?
At the point when a task is nearly failing, there will have dependably been
cautioning signs. Making a move instantly can spare the task. Something else,
the entire undertaking goes down the interaction way.
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Government Procurement Rules try to explain:
16. Are all of the processes the same?
No, all the processes are not the same as per government procurement rules,
there can be some open tenders, pre-qualified tenders and the notifications
directly to the market.
17. For an organisation selling to government is it possible to standardise
the sales, procurement, and response process?
Yes, it is possible if organisation selling to government via the tendering process
issued by government for sales , procurement and response process.
In the Case Study for the Chunnel Project and the Guardian News article 7th
April 2004“Deep in debt”try to explain:-
18. By 2004 was the Chunnel a success?
Technically it was a success, but financially the project was in dept of more than
11 million dollars.
19. In hindsight by 2004 would the project have been undertaken if the
clock could be turned back?
Yes, maybe the project would have been undertaken, if the clock could be
turned back with hindsight being set up for the chunnel.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
2. Analyse common
arguments using
logic, persuasion and
influence factors as
commonly applied to
conflicting and/or
competing
stakeholder agendas.
Have you any insights
you can add from other
units you have studies or
readings you’ve made?
Commercial conflict
resolution shall be
Have you any insights
you can add from other
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consolidated for
different perspectives
and bits of knowledge
from varying points of
view; requires an
agreeable mentality
and open discourse
that ordinarily
prompts accord and
responsibility. The
cooperation and
critical thinking way
to deal with struggle
is the most gainful
system in my view.
This method has two
noteworthy
advantages; the
contention itself is
unraveled and the
task group is fortified
as a result of
attempting to tackle
the issue. This
procedure is well on
the way to be fruitful
in circumstances
where the
undertaking group as
units you have studies or
readings you’ve made?
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of now has an
abnormal state of
trust.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
Strategies
incorporate detailing
rules, formats,
meeting standard
procedures and
systems, messaging
rules basic leadership
forms, critical
thinking approaches,
compromise
methods, and main
driver investigation.
Correspondence is a
two way road, and
the PM needs to
guarantee that
movement streams
openly in the two
headings. Tuning in
and watching non-
verbal signs is at any
rate as imperative as
talking, and this
features the need to
really observe
colleagues. Especially
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at dispatch, it's a
smart thought to get
everybody together.
Individual contact
helps construct
connections that
grease up the stream
of data.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
Any task faces
deferrals and
disturbances
particularly the
uber/complex
activities of today,
with numerous
interfaces.
Demonstrating delay
as well as disturbance
isn't a simple
undertaking and it is
a tedious procedure
particularly in the
super/complex tasks
with a huge number
of exercises, loads of
points of interest and
interfaces with the
contribution of
numerous partners.
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The diverse strategies
that are utilized to
demonstrate delays,
as clarified in industry
guidelines and
handbooks, are
hypothetical and
could be connected in
the little
straightforward
ventures with few
quantities of
exercises yet similar
techniques can't
without much of a
stretch be connected
on super/complex
undertakings.
Are any of the
activities above
relevant to your
reflections for the
learning outcomes
on the right?
Smoothing is
additionally alluded
to as pleasing or
obliging style. In this
approach, the
territories of
assention are
underscored and the
zones of difference
are made light of.
Clashes are not
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generally settled in
the smoothing mode.
A gathering may
forfeit it's own
particular concerns or
objectives keeping in
mind the end goal to
fulfill the worries or
objectives of the
other party.
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References
Anbari F.T., Giammalvo P., Jaffe P., Letavec C., and Merchant R. (Date Unknown) “The Chunnel Project”.
PMI Case Studies in Project Management.
http://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Academic/case%20studies/Chunnel%20Project.ashx Visited …../…/…
Kerzner H. 2013.
Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons.
Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”.
Journal of
Management in Engineering. Vol:April 2001 pp.105-121
PMI. 2013a.
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. USA: Project Management Institute.
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