Project Management Plan: Bungalow Design and Construction (PROJ6002)

This project management assignment presents a comprehensive scope and time management plan for a bungalow construction project. It begins by outlining the scope management plan, detailing the process of planning, defining requirements, and defining the scope, including the creation of a work breakdown structure (WBS) to organize the project's tasks. The assignment then moves on to scope validation, explaining how to ensure the project meets the defined requirements and deliverables. It also addresses scope control, emphasizing the importance of variance analysis to prevent issues like scope creep. The time management plan is then developed, including a detailed project schedule with estimated start and finish dates for each task. Furthermore, the document includes a three-point estimation technique to calculate the minimum expected duration for each activity based on optimistic, likely, and pessimistic scenarios. The project schedule is then analyzed to determine the maximum time the project can take in the worst-case scenario. Finally, the document provides a list of references used in the project.

Running Head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Bungalow Project
Name of the Student
Name of the University

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Table of Contents
1. Scope Management Plan..............................................................................................................2
1.1 Plan Scope Management........................................................................................................3
1.2 Requirements.........................................................................................................................3
1.3 Scope Definition....................................................................................................................3
1.4 Work Breakdown Structure...................................................................................................4
1.5 Scope Validation....................................................................................................................5
1.6 Scope Control........................................................................................................................5
2. Time Management Plan...............................................................................................................6
References......................................................................................................................................12

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1. Scope Management Plan
According to PMBOK, a full scope management plan for a project consists of six main
components as shown in the following table.
Figure 1: Scope Management Plan according to PMBOK
(Source: Varajão, Colomo-Palacios & Silva, 2017, pp.220)
Accordingly for the Bungalow Project, the detailed scope management plan is developed
as follows.

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1.1 Plan Scope Management
The primary scope of the project is to design and build a bungalow as per the
specifications provided. The design of the bungalow must be based on the specific requirements
like strip footing base, double brick veneer external walls, tiled roof, plaster on brick internal
finish and others. At any situation, these design specifications must not be changed.
1.2 Requirements
The requirement of this project is to build a six room bungalow based on the following
specifications.
 Strip footing base is required for the bungalow.
 Double brick veneer has to be used for the external walls (two skins of brick work
with cavity). Timber studwork is used for internal partition walls.
 Brick pier and timber joist support is required for the floor of the bungalow. In
addition, Tongue & Groove pine is required to construct the floor.
 The roof of the bungalow must be tiled and laid upon timber-trussed along with
suitable emulsion paint.
 Plastic on brick along with emulsion paint is required for the internal finish.
 The bungalow must be a total of six rooms that include main bedroom, lounge,
kitchen dining, second bedroom, guest bathroom and laundry.
1.3 Scope Definition
The scope of the project is design and building the bungalow as per the specifications
within an expected time period of 60 weeks in total. The scope includes procuring the project
budget in form of a bank loan and paying the labors based on weekly installments.

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1.4 Work Breakdown Structure
The work breakdown structure of the project is shown in the following diagram.
Figure 2: Work Breakdown Structure of the Project
(Source: Created by Author)

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1.5 Scope Validation
In order to ensure the scope is accurate and as per the plan developed, it is important to
validate the scope. For validating the scope of the project, it is required to inspect the project
requirements using a requirement traceability matrix to ensure the requirements are gathered
correctly (Reich & Wee, 2019). Involvement of the entire project team is also required for
making group decisions regarding the validating the scope of the project. The outputs of the
scope validation process are the final list of deliverables and others.
For the Bungalow project, the project management team needs to conduct the scope
validation technique and determine the final list of deliverables as follows.
 A six room bungalow with certain specifications already mentioned earlier
 Specific bungalow features that can be added to the building within realistic
budget and architectural design
The project management team also needs to ensure the project can be realistically
completed within the 60 weeks of estimated time before validating the project scope.
1.6 Scope Control
Scope control is essential for the project in order to avoid various project risks like scope
creep, schedule overshoot, budget overshoot and others. For this purpose, variance analysis is
generally performed to determine the actual time and budget performances compared to the
estimated time and budget performances (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). This allows the project
manager to determine the accurate expected time and budget for the project that in turn helps to
control the scope of the project.

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2. Time Management Plan
Based on the given durations for the project activities in the case study, the following
schedule has been developed.
WBS Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0 60 wks Mon 6/3/19 Fri 7/24/20
1 51 wks Mon 6/3/19 Fri 5/22/20
1.1 2 wks Mon 6/3/19 Fri 6/14/19
1.2 48 wks Mon 6/17/19 Fri 5/15/20 1.1
1.3 1 wk Mon 6/17/19 Fri 6/21/19 1.1
1.4 2 wks Mon 6/17/19 Fri 6/28/19 1.1
1.5 1 wk Mon 5/18/20 Fri 5/22/20 1.2
1.6 2 wks Mon 6/24/19 Fri 7/5/19 1.3
1.7 2 wks Mon 7/1/19 Fri 7/12/19 1.4
1.8 6 wks Mon 7/8/19 Fri 8/16/19 1.6
1.9 1 wk Mon 7/15/19 Fri 7/19/19 1.7
1.10 2 wks Mon 8/26/19 Fri 9/6/19 2.1
1.11 38 wks Mon 7/8/19 Fri 3/27/20 1.6

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2 49 wks Mon 8/19/19 Fri 7/24/20
2.1 1 wk Mon 8/19/19 Fri 8/23/19 1.8
2.2 48 wks Mon 8/26/19 Fri 7/24/20 2.1
2.3 1 wk Mon 8/19/19 Fri 8/23/19 1.8
2.4 1 wk Mon 8/26/19 Fri 8/30/19 2.1
2.5 1 wk Mon 8/26/19 Fri 8/30/19 2.1
2.6 1 wk Mon 8/19/19 Fri 8/23/19 1.8
2.7 1 wk Mon 8/26/19 Fri 8/30/19 2.3
2.8 3 wks Mon 9/2/19 Fri 9/20/19 2.4
2.9 1 wk Mon 9/2/19 Fri 9/6/19 2.5
2.10 1 wk Mon 8/26/19 Fri 8/30/19 2.6
2.11 1 wk Mon 9/2/19 Fri 9/6/19 2.7
3 13.5 wks Mon 9/23/19 Wed 12/25/19
3.1 3 wks Mon 9/23/19 Fri 10/11/19 2.8
3.2 1 wk Mon 10/14/19 Fri 10/18/19 3.1

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3.3 1 wk Mon 10/21/19 Fri 10/25/19 3.2
3.4 1 wk Mon 10/14/19 Fri 10/18/19 3.1
3.5 3 wks Mon 10/21/19 Fri 11/8/19 3.4
3.6 3 wks Mon 11/11/19 Fri 11/29/19 3.5
3.7 2.5 wks Mon 12/2/19 Wed 12/18/19 3.6
3.8 1 wk Mon 12/2/19 Fri 12/6/19 3.6
3.9 1 wk Wed 12/18/19 Wed 12/25/19 3.7
3.10 1 wk Mon 12/2/19 Fri 12/6/19 3.6
3.11 2 wks Mon 12/9/19 Fri 12/20/19 3.8
3.12 1 wk Mon 12/9/19 Fri 12/13/19 3.8
3.13 1 wk Mon 12/9/19 Fri 12/13/19 3.8
4 10 wks Mon 12/16/19 Fri 2/21/20
4.1 1 wk Mon 12/16/19 Fri 12/20/19 3.12
4.2 1 wk Mon 12/16/19 Fri 12/20/19 3.12
4.3 1 wk Mon 12/16/19 Fri 12/20/19 3.12
4.4 0.2 wks Mon 12/23/19 Mon 12/23/19 4.1

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4.5 3 wks Mon 12/23/19 Fri 1/10/20 4.3
4.6 2 wks Mon 12/23/19 Fri 1/3/20 4.3
4.7 4 wks Mon 1/13/20 Fri 2/7/20 4.5
4.8 2 wks Mon 1/6/20 Fri 1/17/20 4.6
4.9 2 wks Mon 2/10/20 Fri 2/21/20 4.7
4.10 2 wks Mon 1/6/20 Fri 1/17/20 4.6
4.11 2 wks Wed 12/25/19 Wed 1/8/20 3.9
4.12 3 wks Mon 12/23/19 Fri 1/10/20 4.1
4.13 1 wk Mon 12/23/19 Fri 12/27/19 4.1
4.14 1 wk Mon 12/23/19 Fri 12/27/19 4.1
4.15 1 wk Mon 1/20/20 Fri 1/24/20 4.8
4.16 1 wk Wed 1/8/20 Wed 1/15/20 4.11
4.17 1 wk Mon 1/13/20 Fri 1/17/20 4.12
4.18 1 wk Mon 12/30/19 Fri 1/3/20 4.13
However, it is to be noted that these are only the likely durations of the project and do not
reflect the minimum expected duration. The minimum expected duration is determined using
three point estimation technique with the formula TE = (O + 4L + P)/6 where TE is the minimum

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expected duration, O is optimistic duration, L is likely duration and P is the pessimistic duration
(Hermano & Martín-Cruz, 2019). Accordingly, considering estimated values for O and P, TE is
calculated as follows. (It is given here that the optimistic duration will be 20% less than given
schedule and pessimistic duration will 50% more than the given schedule)
Activity O L P TE = (O + 4L + P)/6
1.1 1.6 2 3 2
1.2 38.4 48 72 50
1.3 0.8 1 1.5 1
1.4 1.6 2 3 2
1.5 0.8 1 1.5 1
1.6 1.6 2 3 2
1.7 1.6 2 3 2
1.8 4.8 6 9 6
1.9 0.8 1 1.5 1
1.1 1.6 2 3 2
1.11 30.4 38 57 40
2.1 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.2 38.4 48 72 50
2.3 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.4 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.5 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.6 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.7 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.8 2.4 3 4.5 3
2.9 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.1 0.8 1 1.5 1
2.11 0.8 1 1.5 1
3.1 2.4 3 4.5 3
3.2 0.8 1 1.5 1
3.3 0.8 1 1.5 1
3.4 0.8 1 1.5 1
3.5 2.4 3 4.5 3
3.6 2.4 3 4.5 3
3.7 2 2.5 3.75 3
3.8 0.8 1 1.5 1
3.9 0.8 1 1.5 1
3.1 0.8 1 1.5 1

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3.11 1.6 2 3 2
3.12 0.8 1 1.5 1
3.13 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.1 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.2 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.3 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.4 0.16 0.2 0.3 0
4.5 2.4 3 4.5 3
4.6 1.6 2 3 2
4.7 3.2 4 6 4
4.8 1.6 2 3 2
4.9 1.6 2 3 2
4.1 1.6 2 3 2
4.11 1.6 2 3 2
4.12 2.4 3 4.5 3
4.13 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.14 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.15 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.16 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.17 0.8 1 1.5 1
4.18 0.8 1 1.5 1
Based on the calculations done using the estimated and pessimistic scenarios, it has been
found that as per the estimated schedule of 60 weeks for the project, the maximum time that the
project can take in the worst case scenario is 90 weeks.