INS 4822 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING- TAKE HOME FINAL EXAMINATION
Tuncay İmamoğlu 15042057
Answers:
1)
Change requests include the preventive or corrective actions that needed to forestall
negative impact later in the project. As given in the answer; the corrective action
based on cause, in this situation, will seek to eliminate if there any the root causes of
the project delay and prevent the situation from arising again. Root cause analysis is
typically utilize discover the underlying causes that lead to a problem and develop
preventive action. These causes can be methods, manpower, machine, metarial,
measurement and environment. This corrective action is used to eliminate this
problem causing the project to be delayed as only 75% of the project is completed
and the deadline is approaching. If the delay was as a result of, for example,
wrangles between the project team members and lack of cooperation, then the
corrective action will require the project manager to solve the issues within the team
and bring out the spirit of cooperation among the team members.
2)
A project manager is a person who has the overall responsibility for the successful
initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a
project. A project should be completed in minimum time, cost less and utilize the
available resources as sparingly as possible. Project management processes are
divided into five groups as initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling and
closing.
1. Planning : It involves defining of objectives , listing of jobs to be performed and
determining resource requirement.
2. Scheduling: It is the process of arranging, controlling and optimizing work and
workloads in a production process
Monitoring and controlling : It is the execution of planning and scheduling . If the
project deviates from it's proposed plan and schedule, it deals with replanning and
scheduling which is also called as updating.
Project manager should involves in project appraisal , project development ,
construction planning ,tendering , construction and commissioning and handing over
Project management is essential to provide the necessary directions , coordinating
the various activities involved and coordinating the responsibilities vof various tasks
holders of project
3)
Risk identification is a process which saves time as well as money if applied
correctly. Management has a long history of repeating mistakes that caused
problems in previous projects. Generally the project manager discuss about the risk
identification and performance in the last project, the main motive to discuss about
these things is to make the project cost efficient and minimize the losses and risk. It
is particularly important to involve the project team so they can develop and maintain
a sense of responsibility for identified individual project risks, the level of overall
project risk and associated risk response actions.
So for a growing construction company it is very very important to review on past and
future experiences so that you can do your work with more perfection in future and
give your competitors a neck to neck challange. {Answer C}
4)
In this situation, the best choice would be rejecting the request. The project sponsor
specifically said this scope was not part your project that’s why even if you have the
time or cash they can’t be used for this purpose . It is not right to do the otherwise
according to ethical rules
Here in this case,the project sponser has mentioned that adding this scope was not
the part of project when the deal was signed. So,even if you have time in your project
activities or have any cash with you,you cannot allow this scope to be added
further,you have to reject the request simply ,so statements A and B are
incorrect and you also cannot talk to sponsor because the deal was already being
signed,so option D is also incorrect, Hence C is most accurate option {Answer C}
6)
In this case probably the best thing can be done is taking the responsibility and make
the correction at once in order not to reflect any negativity to client.
Covering up the issue is not a solution because the client may figure out the mistake
and lose his trust to your company. The client might feel cheated and this will make a
bad effect on the relationship between the company and the client.
Ignoring the situation is not a good choice as by doing this you would not be loyal to
your job and behave ethical.
You can’t ask the customer to complain to the A/R department to solve the problem,
this would be an irresponsible attitude and it will cause difficulties to your client. It
would make lose the client his coinfidence in your company. {Answer A}
7) A-o-N
d) Plan and Schedule
This bridge construction project is estimated to take 780 days to complete
including the construction of approach road. It takes about 2 years to undertake
this project. However this amount of time can be lesser or more depending on the
availability of resources such as skillful labor, materials and equipment. In this
study, time constraint alone is considered.
Microsoft Office timeline
e) Project plan and activity
f)
Project management is the discipline to use determined principles, procedures and policies
to successfully direct a project from concept to completion.
Project management processes fall into five groups:
1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Monitoring and Controlling
5. Closing
First of all the proper design should be made and a map is prepared according to our design
and a plan should be prepared of all the activities which should be done for of bridge
structure. And all the work should be done according to the plan made.
The bridge construction project time management was demonstrated using critical path
method (CPM) Managers can use this information to reduce delays by optimizing the work
along the critical path.
We can list the project management stages as follows:
Formation of layout
Making of design and forming a map
Appointment of project manager
Gathering of all the resources human and materials for the construction purpose
Safety purposes should be considered
Project should be managed and well coordinated by the respective authority of the place in
planed way
From the starting of the work to the completion of the the work all the plan should be
managed by the project manager and the plan schedule made should be made according
and performed accordingly in the presence of it.
All the construction activities should be done according to the project engineer appointed at
the place.
Proper design should be implemented and be checked the quantity and quality of work
regularly to complete the work in time and achieve the objectives of the project.
Sponsors and advertisements should be well organized.
Most accidents on bridges occur during bridge construction.
All safety measures should be account able.
