Critical Analysis of the Clift Village Shopping Centre Project Management Plan

A project refers to a sequence of unique, complex and connected activities having one goal or purpose and that must be completed by a specific time, within budget and according to specification (Whitten, Bentley & Dittman, 2000).

While concrete highway barriers may appear simple on the outside, they are, on the contrary, quite sophisticated safety devices. Often found on highways, construction sites, and other places of traffic, they serve a number of functions such as minimizing car crossovers, reducing head-on collisions, enhancing security, and protecting designated areas.

A project is a collaborative or individual entity which is temporary and unique in nature. In a

This paper has been prepared to critical analyse the project management plan (PMP) of the Clift Project Village shopping centre barrier guard upgrade. The shopping centre multistorey car park was audited by its public liability insurer and they deemed the perimeter barrier fence not compliant to Australia standards and a danger to the public, the fence had to be replaced with a complaint fence. TJA Industries was approached to fix the problem which it completed with an Ingal anti-climb system with an integrated car barrier.

These standards give the team a specific set of dimension and load constraints for the design of a new guardrail. The dimensions of the guardrail the team is designing shouldn’t be much different than the current design. The team believes the load requirement will be the biggest requirement to meet, since the current design is failing from vibration loads. This set of standards states that the replacement of a fixed guardrail for a retractable guardrail is allowed. This states that the purpose of the project follows the international standards; the only difference is the project is called a collapsible guardrail.

The Purpose of the PMP is to 'define ' (PMBOK Guide Third Edition). Its emphasis is on the approach. The goal is to lay down the path to be followed by the team working on the project. The intention of the PMP is to deliver the scope of the work!!

A project is a temporary endeavour designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value

According to Schwalbe (2012, p.4) a project can be defined as, ‘‘a temporary endeavor geared towards the production of a particular product, service or result with a specified starting and ending date, designed to attain unique goals and objectives, in order to add values or bring about valuable changes’’. Project management is a noble profession but at the same time very challenging and needs expertise knowledge in order to better manage successfully projects. The reason is that, projects are not static by nature due to the numerous factors affecting the processes involved in a project that makes it cumbersome to manage. For instance, when it comes to determining project scope and managing the scope. This rendered project execution challenging to project managers. A reason why some projects fails and some are been terminated before completion because of poor scope management (e.g. if a project is to implement a radical innovation such as a new technology, or new service, completing the processes of gathering information or requirements may be

A project is an important and carefully planned piece of work that is intended to build

According to the Project Management Institute, project management is “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements” (para. 6). In relation to project management, a project is defined as a temporary endeavor that has a specified beginning and end, which is executed to create an exclusive service, product, or result (PMI, 2016). Notably, projects which require the oversight of a project manager entail many various components. It is imperative that each component of the project is executed as planed to avoid the failure of the project.

A project is a defined set of planned and managed activities carried out for a period of time, which has a defined start and end time. (State of New South Wales, Dep of Education and Training 2013, Topic 1, p.1) E.g. the erection of bus stop shelters on all bus stops in the suburb of Wellwish.

Before we discuss about the Project Management and the major areas of project management, let see actually what is a project? A project is defined as ““a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result” (Schwalbe, 2014). Projects involve different operations like the project is terminated when the scope and objective of the project are met. According to an IT project or any kind of project it involves number of persons or a team or an individual in order to complete the mission. A project can be of different types for example developing a mobile application, implementing a new system, implementation of database for some institution purpose and so on. For implementing or designing a project it involves various technologies like cloud computing, internet and many more the usage of technologies depends upon the specifications of an organization.

For e.g. the development of software for an improved business process, the construction of a building or bridge, the relief effort after a natural disaster, the expansion of sales into a new geographic market — all are projects.

A project can be handled only by a construction project manager. The construction project manager should be well educated with what he is to deal with, In order to, He should know what his duties and responsibilities are. The project manager is nothing but who has good skill in executing and planning with co-workers, materials and equipment which is needed for the project. He also be educated to use the modern management techniques in were it saves time, money and scope.

Project management involves starting, planning, acting, control and the closure of a team’s work so as to achieve specific set objectives. A project is defined as a temporary endeavour which is formulated to give birth to a unique product, service or a result which had fore-shadowed beginning and end. It is usually taken to meet specific goals and objectives which bring out added advantage (Dunne and Dunne, 2011).