Project Report: QA Higher Education Campus Renovation and Development

This report presents a comprehensive project management plan for the renovation and development of the QA Higher Education campus. It includes detailed budgetary information, outlining costs for various tasks such as infrastructural development, IT installations, and classroom refurbishments, with a total budget of £358,100. The report also provides a project timescale, detailing start and finish dates for each task, along with dependencies. Objectives of the project are to enhance the learning environment and upgrade IT infrastructure. The approach involves quantitative measurement and financial statement analysis. Key staff roles and responsibilities are defined, including directors, principals, managers, accountants, teachers, lab controllers, and technicians. Stakeholder analysis clarifies the roles of each staff member. A risk register identifies and assesses potential risks, categorizing them based on likelihood and seriousness. The project plan outlines the tasks, durations, and costs associated with the renovation. The report highlights the importance of a well-structured plan to ensure the successful implementation of the campus renovation and development project, aiming to create a state-of-the-art IT learning hub.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
1.1 Budgetary Information..........................................................................................................3
1.2 Timescale..............................................................................................................................4
1.3 Objectives..............................................................................................................................4
1.4 Approach...............................................................................................................................5
1.5 Key Staff...............................................................................................................................5
1.6 Stakeholder analysis..............................................................................................................6
RISK REGISTER............................................................................................................................7
Risk management........................................................................................................................7
Project plan..................................................................................................................................8
A Quality risk management plan...............................................................................................11
B Potential relevant to PRINCE2 Methodology.......................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
In order to develop the operational activities of QA Higher Education in context with
managing the proper teaching environment, class rooms, furniture, IT supports desk etc. The
motive of the professionals in the school campus is to develop the most suitable and favourable
educational practices which will be helpful to students. The report contains all the plans and
procedures which represent the strategies and technique to renovate the campus. Report will
highlight the main plans such as stake-holder's analysis, budgets, risk and time scale for overall
development.
1.1 Budgetary Information
To develop the campus and have the fruitful renovation there is need to plan for the
budgets which are meant to be adequate and appropriate for such operations (McKenzie, 2017).
In relation with installing various devices, furniture, machineries and supporting tool the
managing director has planned to invest £358,100. The infrastructural development of building
and the classrooms. There is need to analyse the costs requirements in each item. However, such
needs can be analysed as follows:
Task Name cost
Planning 1500
Selection of location 2000
setting rules and policies 200
Analysing the fund requirements 500
Determining the available resources 1000
Recruitment of employees 1200
Assigning duties 1700
training and development 18000
Analysing the school accommodation requirements 25000
Infrastructural facilities 10000
Installing Hardware 70000
Installing Software 50000
Developing Network infrastructure 15000
Designing Classroom refurbishments 20000

Installing Furniture 35000
Designing IT supports desk 40000
Appointment of Local IT supports representative 20000
Analysing the operational practices 2000
Discussing the outcomes of performance 45000
Total cost 358100
1.2 Timescale
By considering the requirements of the organisation and the budget plan is decided by the
managers there is need to set time limits over such activities (Bernhardt, 2017). Therefore, it will
provoke the professionals to make efforts and complete the work in prompt manner. However,
the targeted limit of such activities can be analysed as follows:
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Planning 1 day 3/14/2018 3/14/2018
Selection of location 3 days 3/14/2018 3/16/2018 1
setting rules and policies 1 day 3/15/2018 3/15/2018 2
Analysing the fund requirements 4 days 3/19/2018 3/22/2018 3,1
Determining the available resources 5 days 3/19/2018 3/23/2018 3,4,1
Recruitment of employees 5 days 3/16/2018 3/22/2018 2,4
Assigning duties 3 days 3/26/2018 3/28/2018 6
training and development 6 days 3/23/2018 3/30/2018 7
Analysing the school accommodation
requirements 2 days 3/26/2018 3/27/2018 4,6
Infrastructural facilities 5 days 3/28/2018 04/03/18 10
Installing Hardware 2 days 04/04/18 04/05/18 10,11
Installing Software 1 day 04/06/18 04/06/18 12
Developing Network infrastructure 4 days 04/09/18 04/12/18 13
Designing Classroom refurbishments 4 days 04/04/18 04/09/18 11
Installing Furniture 6 days 04/10/18 4/17/2018 11,15
Designing IT supports desk 2 days 4/13/2018 4/16/2018 13,14

Appointment of Local IT supports
representative 2 days 4/17/2018 4/18/2018 17
Analysing the operational practices 5 days 4/19/2018 4/25/2018 18
Discussing the outcomes of performance 2 days 4/19/2018 4/20/2018 17,18
1.3 Objectives
The objective of this plan is to develop a healthy environment which will be helpful for
the students to have better learning and have increment in the educational level. The report will
be helpful to inform the managing director regarding the requirement in such activities. It will
determine the costs of such function, duration required in such activities as well as profitability
of various operations which are meant to be performed by the professionals (Chang, 2017).
Therefore, the main motive of managers is to facilitate the upgraded technologies to students
which will ease their learning and have better educational activities in the entity. However, there
will be requirement of individuals who will perform such tasks with full efficiency and efforts.
Thus, the main objective of the managerial professionals is to have successful implication of the
plan as well as the aim to develop the school as best Information Technology learning hub. It
will be beneficial to the society in terms of having the adequate increment in the level of
information as well as facilitate the updated technical education.
1.4 Approach
There will be quantitative measurement over this plan which will be helpful in analysing
the costs required in each task. In addition, there are various operations and each of them
requires different level of funds and durations. In relation with measuring such expenses of the
entity there will be preparation of budgets and financial statements which will be helpful in
analysing the profitability of such tasks (Boyd and Barber, 2017). To perform the adequate
expansion plan for the development of school in London QAHE will have better planing and
execution which will be successive in terms of installing IT techniques in studies. However, as
per the above estimation of the costs the professionals has analysed the costs of 358100 will be
required to meet the expansion requirements.

1.5 Key Staff
To bring the fruitful learning and knowledgeable gains to students there is need to have
appropriate numbers of teachers. They must have the talent to handle IT tasks such as providing
the teaching lessons over projectors, internet surfing for better access to various educational
sites. The development of smart class room will be necessary (Ramiah, Kuppusamy and
Gharleghi, 2018). Therefore, in relation with performing such activities in the QAHE school
there is need to have sufficient workforce who can make it successful.
Staff No. Of employees
Directors 2
Principle 1
Managers 2
Accountant 1
Teacher 12
Lab and IT controller 5
Technician 2
Total Staff 25
1.6 Stakeholder analysis
Staff Role
Directors The role of the director in the school to assess the school
environment as well as the external scenario which will be
helpful for them to implement new policies and procedures
in the school. They ascertain all the financial and
operational requirements. Propose new development and
must be committed to work.

Principle They seek the educational requirements in the school such
as availability of the teachers and professionals who
facilitate the better learning and funnelling to students
(Herbst, 2017). They also determine the requirements such
as accommodation facilities like class room tools,
blackboards, table chair, lightning etc.
Managers They analyse and ascertains the requirement in the school
premises such as proper lightening, electricity and
appropriate facilities to the students. They also schedule
the teaching and other curricular activities which helps in
enhancing the talent and skills of the students (von
Rintelen, Arida and Häuser, 2017). They organise
conferences, debate competition, sport tournaments and
make arrangement for celebrating the national events
among students.
Accountant They record all the financial transactions of the school
such as gins and expenses. They also present the
information regarding the expansion and new operational
advancement in the premises (Abdulrazaq and Mustafa,
2017). They will manage accounts of the school and
present the data set to the top level professionals.
Teacher They must be committed towards their duties as well as
facilitate the adequate learning and information to the
students. They must be highly qualified and must have
appropriate knowledge about their subjects.
Lab and IT controller The computer lab operators are need to have appropriate
talent and skills to handle IT applications and bring the
updated knowledge to students (Salman and et.al., 2017).
It will be helpful as it creates the curiosity and awareness

among them in terms with operating the computer devices
as well as in internet surfing.
Technician To facilitate the better IT environment in the school there
is need to have appointment of technicians who look after
all the devices and ascertains their repairs and maintenance
(Boyd and Barber, 2017).
RISK REGISTER
Risk management
In relation with managing the internal environment of the school there is need to have a
proper policies and disciplined rules and regulations which will be helpful in managing the
healthy environment at premises (Bernhardt, 2017). However, there are various risks indulged
with the school such as:
Risk Register: It is a helpful technique which records and analyse all associated risks
with the new projects. It helps in determining the impacts of the risk as well as the level of
damage will be incurred while performing such projects. However, in order to analyse the risks
there are several categories and actions which are meant to be ascertains and analysed by the
professionals as per the rating over it as:
Grading: In accordance with seriousness/ likelihood
Likelihood
Seriousness
Extreme high Medium Low
High A A B C
Medium A B C D
Low A C D N
Recommendation action for managing the risks
Grade Risk Mitigation Action

A In relation with this mitigation action it has been identified that the
project is need to be commences on priority basis.
B It identifies that there is need to implicate various actions in the
execution of the projects.
C It considers the costs of all possible actions which will be applicable
over the actions
D There is no requirement of the actions as if there is increment in the
grades
N There is no requirement of the actions as if there is increment in the
grades
Project plan
In relation with developing the school in London there are various requirements which
are need to be followed and implement by the professionals. However, to manage all the
operations as well as overcome with the requirements in the profitable way (Chang, 2017). Thus,
it can be said that there are various needs which are meant to be met by the professionals.
Therefore, the plan starts from planning which will require a day for the completion of all the
plans such as:
Task Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish Predece
ssors cost
Auto
Scheduled Planning 1 day 3/14/20
18
3/14/201
8 1500
Auto
Scheduled Selection of location 3 days 3/14/20
18
3/16/201
8 1 2000
Auto
Scheduled setting rules and policies 1 day? 3/15/20
18
3/15/201
8 2 200
Auto
Scheduled
Analyzing the fund
requirements 4 days 3/19/20
18
3/22/201
8 3,1 500
Auto
Scheduled
Determining the available
resources 5 days 3/19/20
18
3/23/201
8 3,4,1 1000
Auto
Scheduled Recruitment of employees 5 days 3/16/20
18
3/22/201
8 2,4 1200
Auto Assigning duties 3 days 3/26/20 3/28/201 6 1700

Scheduled 18 8
Auto
Scheduled training and development 6 days 3/23/20
18
3/30/201
8 7 18000
Auto
Scheduled
Analyzing the school
accommodation requirements 2 days 3/26/20
18
3/27/201
8 4,6 25000
Auto
Scheduled Infrastructural facilities 5 days 3/28/20
18 4/3/2018 10 10000
Auto
Scheduled Installing Hardware 2 days 4/4/201
8 4/5/2018 10,11 70000
Auto
Scheduled Installing Software 1 day 4/6/201
8 4/6/2018 12 50000
Auto
Scheduled
Developing Network
infrastructure 4 days 4/9/201
8
4/12/201
8 13 15000
Auto
Scheduled
Designing Classroom
refurbishments 4 days 4/4/201
8 4/9/2018 11 20000
Auto
Scheduled Installing Furniture 6 days 4/10/20
18
4/17/201
8 11,15 35000
Auto
Scheduled Designing IT supports desk 2 days 4/13/20
18
4/16/201
8 13,14 40000
Auto
Scheduled
Appointment of Local IT
supports representative 2 days 4/17/20
18
4/18/201
8 17 20000
Auto
Scheduled
Analyzing the operational
practices 5 days 4/19/20
18
4/25/201
8 18 2000
Auto
Scheduled
Discussing the outcomes of
performance 2 days 4/19/20
18
4/20/201
8 17,18 45000
Gantt chart

Critical path
A Quality risk management plan
To successfully manage the risks there are various plans which will be helpful in quality
risk management. Moreover, these are the plans which will be beneficial in accordance with