Quality Issues & Project Planning: A Case Study Of Camstruction Ltd

Background

Figure 1: Expected timeline of the project planning

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The above Gantt chart demonstrates the list of the activities necessary for the project planning and assuring that the planning being managed will be efficient and capable of managing the entire project activities. Construction projects are always sensitive projects and due to lack in proper planning it might influence the entire project and hence, the project planning is very vital. The above Gantt chart lists the activities those are necessary for the project planning and assuring that the project being delivered will be effectively and efficiently delivered. This includes all the phases within the planning including the scope, objective, and many others. Much emphasis has been provided on the better communication activities and risk management in manner to make sure that the quality of the project delivery is capable of meeting the expectations of the consumers.

The revised activities and timeline has been demonstrated in the below Gantt chart and every activity ad predecessor has been kept same as it was however, timeline has been altered in manner to meet the new deadline. Since, the project being delivered needs to be compressed from four months to three months and hence, the long deadline activities have been compressed, and hence, the overall delivery has been restricted to three months. Restriction in time will need to be done precisely in manner to manage the activities and assure that the restriction does not impact the quality of the project. The quality assurance will be managed through enhancing the work percentage in manner to complete the project one month early than the planning. The project planning will include all the activities listed previously however, compression will be made to the number of days and work percentage of the stakeholders and assure that the activities being delivered is up to the mark or above the expectations.

Figure 2: After restricting the timeline for one month

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Task Name	Duration	Resource Names	Cost
Project Planning	120 days		$464,600.00
Identification of the best practices of the quality assurance	15 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$63,000.00
Detailed analysis of the practices	10 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer	$28,400.00
Outlining the improvement initiatives	10 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer	$28,400.00
New project Detailed Description	9 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer	$25,560.00
Designing training plan	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$14,560.00
Project changes proposal	10 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$20,800.00
Staff safety training	10 days	Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$21,200.00
Cost estimation	10 days	Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$21,200.00
Roadmap of the implementation	7 days	Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$14,840.00
Developing implementation plan	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$14,560.00
Engineers meeting	9 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$18,720.00
Interior designer meeting	8 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$16,640.00
Development of risk management plan	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$14,560.00
Manage planning scope	12 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$50,400.00
Communication with the workers	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Secretory 2	$31,360.00
Training mechanism	10 days	Project Transformation officer	$7,600.00
Communication with the MD	15 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$31,200.00
Final report preparation	10 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$20,800.00
Demonstration of the final report	10 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$20,800.00

The above table provides detail of the resources and the cost necessary for each activity and hence, the total budget will be prepared for every activities listed during the planning. The cost has been kept feasible considering accomplishment of every activities necessary for the deployment of the construction project. The cost for every resource has been kept in hours and thus, the consumption will be calculated as per the percentage of work delivered and time spent for the delivery of the activities. The resources necessary for the deployment of the construction project have been listed accordingly however the critical path analysis will be helpful in delivering the objectives and scope of the construction project. The expected budget for the planning has been stated in the above table and hence, every activity is necessary for the deployment of the construction projects.

Task Name	Duration	Resource Names	Cost
Project Planning	90 days		$312,400.00
Identification of the best practices of the quality assurance	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$29,400.00
Detailed analysis of the practices	8 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer	$22,720.00
Outlining the improvement initiatives	5 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer	$14,200.00
New project Detailed Description	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer	$19,880.00
Designing training plan	6 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$12,480.00
Project changes proposal	10 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$20,800.00
Staff safety training	5 days	Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$10,600.00
Cost estimation	10 days	Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$21,200.00
Roadmap of the implementation	4 days	Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$8,480.00
Developing implementation plan	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$14,560.00
Engineers meeting	4 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$8,320.00
Interior designer meeting	10 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$20,800.00
Development of risk management plan	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$14,560.00
Manage planning scope	6 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Writer	$25,200.00
Communication with the workers	7 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2, Project Transformation officer, Secretory 1, Secretory 2	$31,360.00
Training mechanism	6 days	Project Transformation officer	$4,560.00
Communication with the MD	5 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$10,400.00
Final report preparation	5 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$10,400.00
Demonstration of the final report	6 days	Consultants 1, Consultants 2	$12,480.00

The above table describes the new budget for the entire project considering the activities those have been compressed and the cost of the project will be decreased. The revised budget will be less than the previous activities as the above table presents the new revised cost considering the previous changes. The above table describes the newly estimated budget that will ensure that the project planning will be accomplished in an efficient and effective manner.

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