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ENGT5053 Project Management for Engineers - De Montfort University

Learning outcome 1. Understand both the organisational and the strategic contexts of engineering projects and demonstrate a critical awareness of the resources and the technical aspects required for successful project management

Learning outcome 2. Select and apply appropriate analytical techniques to the various stages of an engineering-based project in its life cycle

Learning outcome 3. Evaluate project management techniques and critically appraise their use

Learning outcome 4. Acquire problem solving and decision-making skills

Assignment - Develop a high-level Project Initiation Document

Project description:

Your company has been awarded £10 million to install a 5 MW wind farm. You have been assigned as the Project Manager for this installation which must take place during the summer time (April-Sept in 2021). Your job is to manage the delivery of the entire project within the agreed price and on time before the winter weather makes concrete foundation construction difficult. Using the location-related and project financing information from your Assignment A activity, and making reasonable assumptions on your Project delivery plan, prepare a Project Initiation Document (PID, i.e. a high-level project planning document for presentation to the Selection Committee), showing how your team will complete the installation on time and to budget, as well as highlighting any relevant risks and their impact on the overall project payback. This should include your plans for site selection, installation, connection and commissioning of the plant and must ensure that the local community is well- informed throughout the project delivery stages.

Tasks: Prepare a Project Initiation Document (PID) to include three out of the five activities from the list below:
1. Project scoping and organisation:
a. PESTLE Analysis
b. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), listing at least fifteen (15) activities and the relationship between activities using Critical Path Analysis
c. Project Gantt
2. Financial planning and risk management:
a. Project costing - Develop a table to estimate the cost of conducting the project
b. Project feasibility - Apply at least one (1) financial feasibility assessment tool (Payback, NPV, ROI) and provide justification for your chosen approach
c. Risk analysis - Identify and evaluate at least eight (8) potential risks using a risk register table and propose a Risk Management Strategy
3. Develop a brief "Human Resource Management Plan" for the project. This should include:
a. Project Organisation Chart
b. Responsibility Assignment (RACI) Matrix
c. Some recommendations for team development
4. Quality Assurance Plan:
a. Criteria to evaluate the quality
b. Staff in charge of quality assurance
c. A list of control techniques
5. Stakeholder Management:
a. Stakeholder engagement plan
b. Communication strategy

Attachment:- Project Management for Engineers.rar