PROJ6002 - Project Planning and Budgeting: St. Dismas Facility Report

This report details the St. Dismas Medical Centre's project to establish an assisted living facility. It begins by outlining the project's goals and objectives, including the strategic initiative to improve outpatient referrals and inpatient census. The scope statement defines the project's purpose, justification, deliverables, and constraints, such as a maximum budget of $11,000,000 and a completion deadline of June 2022. The report then presents a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and a project schedule, including a Gantt chart and a network diagram, to illustrate the project's timeline and critical path. The report concludes by emphasizing the project's potential to benefit the geriatric population and improve the hospital's overall performance, referencing the need for an aided living facility and its connection to the main hospital.

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Project Planning and Budgeting
Name of Student
Name of University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
1. Project Goals and Objectives...........................................................................................2
1.1. Project Goals.............................................................................................................3
1.2. Project Objectives.....................................................................................................3
2. Project Scope Statement..................................................................................................4
2.1. Purpose and Project Justification..............................................................................4
2.2. Scope Description.....................................................................................................5
2.3. Project Requirements................................................................................................6
2.4. Project Deliverables..................................................................................................6
2.5. Project Assumptions.................................................................................................7
2.6. Acceptance Criteria..................................................................................................7
2.7. Project Constraints....................................................................................................8
3. Work Breakdown Structure.............................................................................................8
4. Project Schedule............................................................................................................12
4.1. Gantt Chart..............................................................................................................12
4.2. Network Diagram...................................................................................................14
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................16
Bibliography......................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
St. Dismas Medical Centre is a metropolitan not-for-profit organization that is planning
to advance to an assisted living facility to help the old aged people get the necessary medical
help as well as assistance in leading their life. The initial approximation of the probable return on
investment on the proposed living facility indicates that the idea of setting up of such a facility
will be beneficial for St. Dismas as the inpatient population was declining slowly and steadily.
Furthermore, the facility project that is proposed is expected to meet the premeditated
inventiveness of growing a business by improving the count of referrals to different outpatient
therapy processes. The strategic objective of this program is to reinforce the focus on the
reimbursable precautionary wellness processes for a better geriatric populace. In the following
paragraphs, the goals and the objectives of undertaking the St. Dismas Facility project is
discussed. The scope statement of the facility project is discussed. A realistic schedule for
implementation of the St. Dismas Facility project is prepared. All the works are set to be
completed within April 2022 so that the facility can be opened by June 2020.
1. Project Goals and Objectives
The St. Dismas Facility project is proposed in relation to identifying future opportunities
for the St. Dismas. The need for identifying the future opportunities arose mainly because there
have been a steady decline in the admission to the inpatient and the outpatient admission.
Therefore, bringing in a steady yet a meaningful change in the working process of St. Dismas
have become a necessity. The ROI of the proposed project is calculated and is found to be
positive. Apart from that a competitive analysis of the proposed business idea is completed
which indicate that the proposed project has the capability of yielding high profit. The facility is

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proposed to be set up as a for-profit secondary of a health center that has the capability of
generating profit. The goals and the intentions of the proposed St. Dismas Facility project are
indicated in the subsequent section.
1.1. Project Goals
The goal of the proposed St. Dismas Facility project is to set up an assisted living project
with 100 units. Out of the proposed 100 units, 15 to 30 units will be categorized as intense
assisted units while the rest are units that need light assistance. The objective of the proposed
project is to improve the patients’ referrals mainly for the outpatient services. The proposed
facility Project will help St. Dismas in strengthening the attention on designing programs that
can be a great help to old people in the geriatric populace.
The long term goal of the St. Dismas Facility project is to improve the overall census of
the inpatient unit of the hospital (which is currently declining at a steady rate). This could be
achieved by developing a place where people could peacefully age till they are in requirement of
hospitalization. With the help of the proposed project, the aged people could easily get the
needed help with the hospitalization and the facility is connected to the main hospital.
1.2. Project Objectives
The main objectives of the proposed St. Dismas Facility project are indicated as follows-
 To estimate the cost of completion of the project and the time necessary for
project completion
 To identify the ROI and the payback time of the proposed facility project

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 To analyze the benefits that this particular project would bring to the geriatric
population
 To identify the business opportunities for the hospital
 To prepare a business case for the St. Dismas project
 To construct 100 units of proposed assisted living
 To increase the census in the inpatient Unit of the St. Dismas by providing the
facility of aided living
 To Complete the project by June 2022
The fulfilment of the above defined objectives will ensure effective accomplishment of
the facility project. The success of the project however also depends on development of an
effective and realistic plan for ensuring all the key purposes and the objectives of the facility
project are fulfilled.
2. Project Scope Statement
The project scope statement outlines the project’s scope along with major project
deliverables assumption and the acceptance criteria of the facility project. The statement further
helps in outlining the key constraints that can disturb the normal accomplishment process of the
facility project.
2.1. Purpose and Project Justification
The St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility project is proposed to improve the business
opportunity for Dismas along with providing a helping hand to the aged people by providing
them an option of aided living. The purpose of the St. Dismas Assisted project is to design a self-
supporting apartment like unit having a protected connection for easier access to the main

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hospital. The proposed facility will include 100 units in total, out of which 15 to 30 units being
categorized as highly assisted and other as light assisted. There are separate criteria for the heavy
and the light aided units.
The proposed project is justified since there is a very less competition for this project or
idea as although there are several assisted living facility across the country, only few of them
provides medical assistance. None of the existing facility has the capability of offering the
facilities that St Dismas could offer and therefore, the proposed project has a high chance of
being a success. Furthermore, the board is quite confident that the facility will be able to meet
the tactical initiative of improving the existing business as the plan that is developed for the
project has assured an instantaneous improvement outpatient programs referrals. The project is
feasible and the projected budget of the project is $11,000,000 maximum. The cash flow is
projected to be $1,500,000 per year and therefore, the project is justified.
2.2. Scope Description
The in scope needs that will be fulfilled in this facility project are specified as follows-
 To deliver a business case and a feasible project plan
 To deliver an effective marketing plan for promoting the assisted living facility
 To deliver a communication platform for the community and the staffs of the
hospital
 To deliver an aided living facility having 100 units at St. Dismas
 To launch the aided living Unit by June 2022
The success of the St. Dismas project depends on the successful fulfillment of the above
mentioned scope of the Dismas project.

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2.3. Project Requirements
The key necessities of the facility project are indicated as follows-
1. Setting up of an experienced project team to manage the implementation of the project
2. Development of a realistic and feasible schedule plan to ascertain that the entire project
is accomplished within the set budget
3. To ensure a continuous resource availability during the implementation of the facility
project
4. Approval of the project budget prior to the start of the construction phase
5. To thoroughly research about the medical needs upon which the assisted facility will
be designed
6. To obtain government approval prior to the start of the project
7. To develop a comprehensive action plan for all the resources
2.4. Project Deliverables
The main deliverables associated with the execution of the St. Dismas project are
indicated as follows-
1. Delivery of the Project Business Case
2. Delivering the Operational Implementation Plan of the Project
3. Obtaining the Legal and the Licensing Requirements

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4. Delivering a realistic Project Plan
5. Delivering the Marketing and communication package for the staffs and the
community
6. Delivery of ready to move in assisted living facility
The above six points indicate the key deliverables of the St. Dismas project.
2.5. Project Assumptions
The key assumptions linked with the proposed St. Dismas Facility project are indicated as
follows-
1. The budget for the facility project is pre-approved
2. A continuous resource availability will be ensured during project execution
3. The project will get maximum support from the family members of aged people across
the country.
2.6. Acceptance Criteria
The project of developing assisted living facility for St. Dimas will be a success only on
fulfillment of the following criteria-
1. The project needs to be completed within June 2020 to achieve maximum business
2. The project will be accepted only if the assisted living facility managed to meet all the
identified project objectives.
2.7. Project Constraints

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The key constraints linked with the development of assisted living facility project are
specified as follows-
1. Time constraint: The project can be delayed no more than June 2020
2. The maximum budget of the project is $11,000,000
3. Work Breakdown Structure
The WBS for the St. Dismas Facility project is indicated as follows-

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Figure 1: Demonstrating the WBS
(Created by author using MS Project)
In the following figure, the WBS is depicted in chart form-

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Figure 2: Detailed WBS
(Created by Author using MS Project and MS Schedule Pro)
4. Project Schedule
4.1. Gantt Chart
The schedule of the project is represented in the Gantt chart below-

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Figure 3: Representing the Schedule in form of Gantt chart

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(Created by Author using MS Project)
4.2. Network Diagram
The network diagram for the proposed project is indicated as follows-

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02-07-20 11-11-20
Dur: 95 days Slack: 0 days
02-07-20 11-11-20
22-12-20 27-05-21
Dur: 113 days Slack: 0 days
22-12-20 27-05-21
28-05-21 01-12-21
Dur: 134 days Slack: 97 days
12-10-21 15-04-22
29-12-20 19-11-21
Dur: 234 days Slack: 0 days
29-12-20 19-11-21
29-11-21 10-12-21
Dur: 10 days Slack: 0 days
29-11-21 10-12-21
13-12-21 04-02-22
Dur: 8 weeks Slack: 10 weeks
21-02-22 15-04-22
22-11-21 03-12-21
Dur: 10 days Slack: 55 days
07-02-22 18-02-22
03-12-21 03-12-21
Dur: 0 days Slack: 55 days
21-02-22 21-02-22
06-12-21 28-01-22
Dur: 8 weeks Slack: 11 weeks
21-02-22 15-04-22
Phase 1 - Foundation &
excavation (basement/1st
floor slab)
Phase 2 - Structure
(steel/framing)
Phase 3 - Enclosure
(masonry/windows/roof)
Phase 4 - Interiors
(drywall/ceiling/flooring/case
goods)
First 45 (light assisted) units
readiness to prepare for
occupancy
First 45 units ready for residents
Remaining 57 units (light &
heavy) readiness to prepare
for occupancy Construction complete Building ready for residents
Figure 4: Illustrating the Network Diagram of the St. Dismas Project
(Created by Author using MS Project and MS Schedule Pro)
In the following figure, the critical path is depicted in red-

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Figure 5: Illustrating the critical path marked in Red
(Created by Author using MS Project)
Conclusion
The report justifies the need of developing an aided facility in St. Dismas. The goals and
the purposes of the facility project are discussed in the report and the scope of the same is

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outlined. The report provides an outline of the work breakdown structure and the schedule
established for the St. Dismas Facility project.

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