Answer to Question #264437 in Management for mayank

Question

Government has given you a project of major renovation in railway infrastructure. The project consists of following work.

a. Feasibility study of changes required

b. Estimating the cost – Material and Construction

c. Providing the support to Railway for procuring the material

d. Construction and installation of the changes required

e. Testing of the infrastructure

f. Training and handing over the infrastructure.

You as a project controller are asked to submit your plan for project control. Cover different project control tools and explain how they will be applied in this case. Also, mention as a head of project control which control you will monitor personally and why.

Answer 1

Planning, monitoring, and controlling all phases of a capital project's lifetime are part of the project control process. Some examples of this are estimating and scheduling and danger and trade management. Proper planning is crucial to a project's achievement. Only an efficient price and schedule control approach can ensure the execution of a project based on a solid project plan. As the project manager, I will ensure the following is followed during the construction;

(i)                First of all feasibility study and what changes to be made will be considered.

(ii)              After that move to estimating and costing and all about materials to be used while constructing.

(iii)            The quality of the materials should be ensured then further it will be used in construction.

(iv)            Proper work configuration and engineering to be done and make the installation.

(v)              Thereafter, proper testing and checking any kind of disaster should be done. If found then sort it out.

(vi)            All paperwork, strength check and project completed will then be handed over to the authorities.

As the head of the project, I will ensure that construction and installation will be checked by me because this will impact the whole project. Therefore, checking and monitoring of the construction will give us a satisfaction of how the project is going on.