Introduction
Project management is considered as tool that allows to develop diverse strategies in order to analyse the efficient working. By having an effective consideration of diverse aspects of project management plan the Fletcher Building Limited can have improvement in supply chain management process through application of Flash View and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). It has been witnessed that stakeholders and communication management plan are also critical aspect which allows to have sustainable development. With an assistance of project management the risk evaluation can also be taken into account in more efficient manner. Cost management requirement and various other requirements which is helpful in order to achieve the desired objective of the organization can also be referred significantly.
PART 1
1.1 Project documentation
Fletcher Building Limited is one of leading construction firm in New Zealand and looking forward to have continuous development. It has been witnessed that company is facing issues in terms of supply chain management. In order to have long term development the company is looking forward to have improvement in supply chain management process through application of Flash View and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). In this regard the deliverables of project need to be understand in significant manner (Burke, 2013). Using diverse standards the activities can be accomplished. It includes material, strategy plans, new place, workers, and productive finances keeping in mind the end goal to meet the goal of the business venture.
1.2 Project stakeholders and scope
Project Leader: XYZ |
Team members |
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In present project various team mates and a project manager will be participating so that objective can be accomplished. Diverse members will hold responsibilities according to their skills and needs of organisation. |
Finance: 2 |
Marketing: 2 |
HR: 2 |
Operations: 2 |
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Employees: 8 |
Technical: 2 |
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Total man power |
20 |
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Goal statement: Main goal of this project is to advance the supply chain management. |
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Problem statement: Businesses are not having appropriate supply chain which creates issue. It impacts the performance so the advancement in supply chain is essential using diverse methods. |
Timelines |
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Examination |
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Selection of tools |
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Planning of activities |
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Selecting man power |
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Project Scope: Company can easily improve the supply chain at low cost investment which will also improve the technological productivity. |
Project application |
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Improving technological use |
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Improving supplying |
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Monitoring of activities |
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Final review of performance |
1.3 Issues faced by stakeholders
- Financial risk
- Technological application risk
- Project review issues
- Human resource management due to lack of knowledge.
1.4 Limitations of project manager responsibility
The project manager is focus on better communication and distribution of responsibility of each and very employees in work place. It is help and decide what type of human resource management is doing work and hire for the job. It includes what type of training will be provided and help to build capacity and improve productivity in organisation. It means the project manager is only accountable of activities within project (Flyvbjerg, 2013). Control over other related activities is not much impressive which can be considered as limitation of responsibility. It is excellent way to build the relationship between each and every employees in organisation. There are some limitation of project manager are as follows:-
Project management is lead to complex project plan and find out that factor, which is give negative impact on the whole project or improve overall development. On the other hand, Alteration to the project planning drawing may necessitate more industrial plant time that can be tolerated. Another limitation can be that project manager cannot have accomplishment of activities on own basis. He/she requires an assistance of other parties or members in significant manner (Kerzner, 2013). The project planning drawing should be very limber and open to the modification and change.
1.5 Aspects to meet organisation objectives
It is necessary for management of Fletcher Building Limited to have consideration of measures that allows to improve performance. Project manager and other authorities can focus on allocation of resources in more efficient manner. It will assist in make sure that goals and objectives are being accomplished. In addition to this, it can be said that continuous monitoring of activities is also essential to refer to advance the supply chain and application of technology (Larson and Gray, 2013). It is also necessary to set out time frame so that activities can be accomplished in desired manner. Roles and responsibilities of each member need to be evaluated in more significant manner for sustainable development.
1.6 Resource required for project completion
In addition to this, it can be said that there are number of resources which need to be referred by management in order to have effective accomplishment of objectives. It is significant to have consideration of resources like human resource, finance, technological sources, etc (Mir and Pinnington, 2014). It means by having an appropriate support of all the factors and allocation of resources the implementation of project activity can be accomplished in desired manner.
1.7 Project Plan
Task Name |
Duration |
Start |
Finish |
Predecessors |
Initiation phase |
6 days |
Thu 4/12/18 |
Thu 4/19/18 |
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Development of business case |
1 day |
Thu 4/12/18 |
Thu 4/12/18 |
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Undertaking feasibility |
1 day |
Fri 4/13/18 |
Fri 4/13/18 |
2 |
Establishing project charter |
1 day |
Mon 4/16/18 |
Mon 4/16/18 |
3 |
Appointing project team |
1 day |
Tue 4/17/18 |
Tue 4/17/18 |
4 |
Setting up project office |
1 day |
Wed 4/18/18 |
Wed 4/18/18 |
4,5 |
Performing phase review |
1 day |
Thu 4/19/18 |
Thu 4/19/18 |
6 |
Planning Phase |
8 days |
Fri 4/20/18 |
Tue 5/1/18 |
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Creating project plan |
1 day |
Fri 4/20/18 |
Fri 4/20/18 |
6,7 |
Creating resource plan |
1 day |
Mon 4/23/18 |
Mon 4/23/18 |
9 |
Creating quality plan |
1 day |
Tue 4/24/18 |
Tue 4/24/18 |
9,10 |
Creating risk plan |
1 day |
Wed 4/25/18 |
Wed 4/25/18 |
11 |
Creating application plan of Flash View |
1 day |
Thu 4/26/18 |
Thu 4/26/18 |
12 |
Communication plan |
1 day |
Fri 4/27/18 |
Fri 4/27/18 |
12,13 |
Creating application plan for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) |
1 day |
Mon 4/30/18 |
Mon 4/30/18 |
14 |
Performing phase review |
1 day |
Tue 5/1/18 |
Tue 5/1/18 |
15 |
Execution Phase |
1 day |
Thu 4/12/18 |
Thu 4/12/18 |
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Time management |
1 day |
Tue 5/1/18 |
Tue 5/1/18 |
15 |
Risk analysis |
1 day |
Wed 5/2/18 |
Wed 5/2/18 |
15,16 |
Marketing strategies |
1 day |
Wed 5/2/18 |
Wed 5/2/18 |
18 |
Quality management |
1 day |
Thu 5/3/18 |
Thu 5/3/18 |
20 |
Hiring employees |
1 day |
Fri 5/4/18 |
Fri 5/4/18 |
21 |
Training to employees |
1 day |
Mon 5/7/18 |
Mon 5/7/18 |
21,22 |
Monitoring |
1 day |
Tue 5/8/18 |
Tue 5/8/18 |
23 |
By having a detailed consideration of project plan the issues can be overcome in desired manner. Project manager of Fletcher Building Limited can easily analyse the factors which are essential for success of project. With an assistance of this, application of Flash View and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can be accomplished in desired manner. Also, risk can be measures in critical manner so that objectives can be attained sign