Project Management Application: Construction
Week 6: Assignment
Project Draft
For your Final Project for this module, you are required to apply the concepts studied throughout the module to a construction project of your choosing that has been executed or is in the process of being executed. You are encouraged to use situations and data from your own experience where possible. If you are not in a position to analyse a project for which you are personally familiar, you should begin your search for a suitable project as early in the module as possible. You are expected to use diverse sources of information and data to present an original analysis.
You will ‘stepin’ as the Construction Project Manager working on behalf of the client and will analyse, assess and make recommendations based on the data you report.You should approach selecting and researching your project using a bottom-up approach. Such an approach will ensure that you have sufficient detail to address the components outlined below from the inception to commissioning and closeout. In essence, you will be creating a detailed case study of your selected project, applying the material covered throughout the module.
TheAssignment for Week 6 is the submission of your updated Project Proposal based on the feedback you received during Week 5 and components 2 through 6 identified in the table below.Remember to utilise narrative and graphical descriptions and analyses of the topics and data specified below:
Requirements for Final Project Report / Initial Submission- Project proposal
- Assess the competitive situation and the business need/business case for the project
- Define the Scope of Work
- Define the project organisation, including design team roles and responsibilities and a stakeholder analysis/ map
- Assess the legal and regulatory environment, including the applicable health, safety and environmental requirements
- Evaluate/recommend the appropriate contracting processes, approaches , and documents
7.Describe information technology requirements and use/proposed use of technology infrastructure / Week 8
8.Propose/describe the site organisation. / Week 8
9.Assessment of risks and values inherent to the proposed approach / Week 8
10.Propose/describe approaches to quality management and assurance / Week 8
11.Describe procurement supply chain and the liabilities born by the organisations/individuals within / Week 8
12.Describe/recommend commissioning, closeout and occupation procedures / Week 8
13.Describe effective practices that should be continues on future projects of this type as well as recommendations for areas of improvement, including the consideration of more innovative, efficient approaches / Week 8
In Week 6, you will submit the first draft of the Final Project including your updated Project Proposal and Items 2–6 identified in the table above.
In Week 8, you will submit the final draft of the Project as a 2,500- to 3,000-word report, excluding bibliography and attachments, that addresses the 13 items identified in the table above.
The components of the Final Project submitted in Week 6 and Week 8 will be assessed for:
- Comprehensiveness.
- Inclusion and resolution of the professor's comments.
- Inclusion of the appropriate variables, correct and comprehensive inferences, and valid and justifiable conclusions based on references to the professional literature and material covered in the module
- Currency of materials—emerging concepts and events must be included and evaluated in the project; justifying thinking-out-of-the-box solutions.
- Organisation, style and grammar.
- Elegance of presentation—does the report clearly identify the financial practices and themes, draw the proper conclusions and completely demonstrate the interrelatedness of markets and organisation(s) and outcomes?