Project Management: Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital Construction

This report outlines a project plan for the construction of the Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital. It includes a network diagram using the critical path method (CPM) to manage project timelines, identifying key activities and potential delays. The report also addresses communication management, detailing procedures, roles, and stakeholder analysis to ensure effective information flow. Furthermore, it discusses cost estimation, employing a bottom-up approach to determine the overall project cost. The plan covers initiation, building, planning, design, execution, monitoring, and closure phases, providing a comprehensive framework for the hospital's construction.

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Assignment 1: Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital Construction Plan
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Table of Contents
1. Network diagram.........................................................................................................................2
2. Communication management......................................................................................................0
3. Cost estimation............................................................................................................................5
References......................................................................................................................................10

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1. Network diagram
The project plan is base on construction work of Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital. The
project is based on building of the hospital building so that it can provide effective healthcare
services to the patients. Network diagram is considered as a time management tool which helps
the project manager analyze the critical path of the project activities (Turner 2014). It is a
diagram where the project activities are involved in project to arrange as well as sequence the
project activities according to how the project work is carried out by group of project resources.
The diagram is a way to manage the construction projects. The benefits of network diagram are
as follows:
 To justify the time estimate for the project work
 To plan, organize and control entire project plan based on project activities and
goals (Heagney 2016).
 To show interdependencies of the project activities
 To show the workflow so that the project team will determine the sequence of the
project activities (Meredithet al. 2016)
 To identify the project opportunities for compress the project schedule
 To show the progress rate of the project plan
Critical path method is a step and technique for planning and organizing the project with
various construction activities. CPM is such a tool for the project management as it recognizes
the critical as well as non-critical tasks to overcome with the project conflicts (Larsonet al.
2014). This method is applied for the project network diagram to make maximum efficiency of
the project work. One of the objectives of CPM is to complete the plan in shortest time as

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possible (Turner 2016). Following are list of activities which are selected for construction plan of
the hospital such as:
List of project activities Name of the activities
A Initiation phase
B Building phase of the hospital
C Planning phase
D Balance the project cost
E Initiate site purchase
F Design phase
G Execution phase
H Monitoring and controlling phase
I
Complete the building application and
bidding
J Closure phase
The critical path method helps to keep the project on track and identify the project
activities that should be completed on time for completion of project on time. It shows how each
of the project tasks can delayed and how long it would provide an impact on the entire project
schedule. The critical path method calculates minimum amount of time it takes to finish entire
project work (Meredithet al. 2016). Critical path analysis is sequence of the project activities
with longer durations. It is a delay of the project activities which will cause delay in entire
project work. In the critical path two of the terms are used such as forward and backward pass.
These two terms are used to determine early or late start or early or late finish of the project

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activities. Forward pass is such a technique which moves forward throughout diagram for
calculation of the activity durations (Lock 2017). In order to determine the early start of the
project activity, the dependencies are done by earliest start date. Backward pass is represented
moving backward to end result for calculating late start or find if there is any slack within the
project activity.
Forward pass calculation
Activit
y Description Time EST
EF
T
A Initiation phase 34 0 34
B Building phase of the hospital 25 34 59
C Planning phase 159 34 193
D Balance the project cost 176 34 210
E Initiate site purchase 216 34 250
F Design phase 232 59 291
G Execution phase 195 193 388
H Monitoring and controlling phase 36 291 327
I
Complete the building application and
bidding 82 388 470
J Closure phase 107 470 577

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Backward pass calculation
Activity Description Time EST EFT LST LFT
(days
)
A Initiation phase 34 0 34 0 34
B Building phase of the hospital 25 34 59 177 202
C Planning phase 159 34 193 34 193
D Balance the project cost 176 34 210 258 434
E Initiate site purchase 216 34 250 172 388
F Design phase 232 59 291 202 434
G Execution phase 195 193 388 193 388
H Monitoring and controlling phase 36 291 327 434 470
I
Complete the building application and
bidding 82 388 470 388 470
J Closure phase 107 470 577 470 577

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Critical path method and slack
In the project management, slack is amount of time that the project task in the network
diagram can be delayed without causing any delay of project. The critical path is path through
which the project network in which none of the project activities have slack, that is the path
through which the early start, early finish, latest start, latest finish for the activities in the path are
determined (Leach 2014). Any delay in the project activities can cause delay in completion date
of the project work. Slack will help the project manager to run the project work properly without
compromising the quality of the project plan.
Activit
y Description Time EST EFT LST LFT Slack
Criticalit
y
(days)
A Initiation phase 34 0 34 0 34 0 **
B Pre-construction phase 25 34 59 177 202 143
C Project procurement phase 159 34 193 34 193 0 **
D Planning phase 176 34 210 258 434 224
E Execution phase 216 34 250 172 388 138
F Design phase 232 59 291 202 434 143
G Site work phase 195 193 388 193 388 0 **
291 327 434 470 143

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I Monitoring and controlling phase 82 388 470 388 470 0 **
J Closing phase 107 470 577 470 577 0 **
From the above table, it is analyzed that the critical path are A-C-G-I-J which have a
slack of zero. Therefore, the total critical paths are (34+159+195+82+107) days = 577 days. It is
the delay in the project activities which can cause delay in completion date of the project work so
that it impacts on the business reputation.

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Figure 1: Network Diagram
(Source: Created by author)

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2. Communication management
Project Name: Omagh Enhanced Local Hospital Construction Plan
Date: 18/03/2019 Release: Final
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Introduction
Communication management is a knowledge area to manage and deliver the projects.
The purpose of effective communication for the managers in business organization is to perform
the management functions such as planning, leading as well as controlling the project work. The
objectives of communication management strategy are to help the managers to carry
outworkswith responsibilities (Mir and Pinnington 2014).The scope is that in order to complete
the job task, the organization is required for effective communication.The project manager is
responsible for the communication management strategy.
Communications Procedure
One of the most key significant communication methods among all the methods is face-
to-face communication. This method helps to expand the network and enhance the future
communication (Binder 2016). This method boosts success of relationships.It is better for
persuasion, engaged the stakeholders along with leadership.
Tools and Techniques
The set of communication tools and techniques used for the communication in the project
is status and progress reports, daily meetings and communication management plan.
Communication management plan is preferred for the project as it anticipates what information
is required to communicate to audience segments (Turner 2016).