ORG 5800: Project Schedule, Team Behavior and Conflict Resolution

This project management assignment analyzes the construction of a new building in Northern Virginia, focusing on project scheduling and team dynamics. The project includes a detailed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with tasks, durations, start and finish dates, resource allocation, and associated costs. The document examines how individual team member behavior impacts task assignments and project success, emphasizing the importance of finance and resource managers. Key processes for managing the project schedule are outlined, including phase management, planning, team management, and communication. The assignment also explores the application of the precedence diagram method for managing team tasks and mitigating conflicts, as well as the role of the critical path method (CPM) in task assignments and resource allocation. The project references several academic sources to support its analysis. The assignment is based on the course ORG 5800, Managing Project Teams, at Waldorf University.

Running head: NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
New building construction in northern Virginia
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:

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Schedule of the project
WBS Task Name Duratio
n Start Finish Resource Names Cost
0 Building construction
schedule in Virginia 180 days 12/10/09 18/06/1
0 $600,000.00
1 Pre construction stage 30 days 12/10/09 20/11/0
9 $21,208.00
1.1 Site selection and
supervision 8 days 12/10/09 21/10/0
9 Site supervisor $5,120.00
1.2 Feasibility report
presentation 9 days 22/10/09 03/11/0
9 Finance manager $4,680.00
1.3 Resource allocation
and task distribution 7 days 04/11/09 12/11/0
9 Resource manager $3,920.00
1.4 Final bidding and
negotiation 6 days 13/11/09 20/11/0
9
Construction manager,
Contractor $7,488.00
2 Construction stage 141 days 23/11/09 07/06/1
0 $577,088.00
2.1 Signing contract and
permit processing 8 days 23/11/09 02/12/0
9 Construction manager $5,440.00
2.2 Blueprint design 18 days 03/12/09 28/12/0
9 Architect $10,080.00
2.3 Vendor selection 17 days 29/12/09 20/01/1
0
Contractor, sub
contractor[1] $9,701.00
2.4 Purchase material 15 days 29/12/09 18/01/1
0 Material cost[1] $100,000.00
2.5 Concrete work 34 days 21/01/10 09/03/1
0 Concrete [1],Labours $228,960.00
2.6 Flooring and tiles 25 days 10/03/10 13/04/1
0
flooring and tile
cost[1],Labours $127,547.00
2.7 Electricity and
plumbing 15 days 14/04/10 04/05/1
0
Plumbing and
electricity cost[1] $80,000.00
2.8 Final construction
draft submission 16 days 05/05/10 26/05/1
0 Construction manager $10,880.00
2.9 Time and schedule
management plan 8 days 27/05/10 07/06/1
0 Resource manager $4,480.00
3 Post construction stage 9 days 08/06/10 18/06/1
0 $1,704.00
3.1 Project closure 2 days 08/06/10 09/06/1
0 $0.00
3.2 Final delivery 3 days 10/06/10 14/06/1 Contractor $1,704.00

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0
3.3 Stakeholder signoff 4 days 15/06/10 18/06/1
0 $0.00
Figure 1: Schedule for the project
(Source: created by author)
Individual team member’s behavior impact
Individual team member’s behavior helps to determine the tasks. The project manager is
accountable to assign specific role to different team members based on the expertise, previous
knowledge and skills. A project is considered successful only when it is completed within the
boundary line of scope, quality, time and budget.
The finance manager’s responsibility is to conduct feasibility analysis and ensure that the
project will give on-time and quality delivery expected by clients. The resource manager need to

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allocate resources for individual activities and the project manager should monitor the activities
and control them according to requirements. If the above mentioned roles are properly played by
human resources then, easily the project will deliver expected outcomes.
Key process followed to manage project schedule
In order to manage the schedule of the construction project there are certain key
processes to be followed:
Phase management: Each of the project management phases needs to be well
performed, controlled and managed as well.
Planning: Before developing the project schedule individual’s complexity needs to be
measured and based on that the schedule or time for each activity has to be planned.
Control and team management: The project is comprises of many members who comes
from different cultural background. In order to manage such diverse team member’s proper
leadership and motivation is very essential.
Communication and procurement plan: Each team member need to use open
communication to make interaction with each other and sharing information.
Integration: The construction activities are needed to be integrated together to give an
accurate outcome.
Role of Precedence diagram method for managing tam task and avoid conflict
The activity precedence diagram helps to find relationships and dependencies among the
different activities. It also helps to plan and overcome probable risk. Infact missing activity can

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also be identified easily. Critical activity can be identified using this diagram. If critical activities
are not identified then it may cause delay in schedule.
This is defined as one of the most effective communication tool as well because
stakeholders can easily visualize the schedule and activities using this diagram. If
communication is done properly then chances of team conflict also gets reduced. Without the
help of a precedence diagram a perfect project schedule cannot be developed.
Role of critical path method (CPM) regarding task assignments and the
negotiation of resource allocation
CPM is used to prevent timeframe issues and identifies both the critical and non critical
activities. It helps calculating slack which is the amount of time that a particular activity can
delay or extend from the early start date and final project finish dates. The graphical
representation gives logical interrelationship between the activities.
The issues of resource allocation can also be controlled with the help of CPM. If there are
insufficient resources found then that can also be mitigated with the help of this method. The
method visualizes projects in a much clear format and defines the most import tasks. It helps to
save time and manage deadline. It makes dependencies much clear and identifies a critical
activity that requires attention.

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