EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (ABSTRACT)
Land in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has and continues to be viewed as an
important resource because of the small size of the island and the growing
population.
For many years the Agriculture sector, particularly banana farming,dominated the market and was touted as the lifeblood of the country’s economy.
However, recent data from the Ministry of Agriculture show that the number of
farmers has diminished and farm lands are vulnerable to competing land uses for
tourism, commerce and housing.
This is as a direct result of the problems in the banana industry and poor road infrastructure. These changes in land use may lead to a crisis situation with irreversible negative consequences on the country’s food security and environment.
Today, farms remain idle and farmers, some 30% of whom are female, have lost
their main source of income.
Compounded by the loss of the protected banan market, the government is pressured to develop more efficient options to ensure the survival and competitiveness of bananas and other agricultural products on the international market.
This Project Management Plan forms part of the bigger picture for the Final Graduation Project, to develop a Land Banks Project for St. Vincent and the
Grenadines.
It would chart the way forward and provide a blue print or framework
for the development of the final graduation project; detailing how the project would be implemented, monitored and controlled.
The general objective of the Final Graduation Project (FGP) was to develop a Project Management Plan for the creation of a National Land Banks Project in St.
Vincent and the Grenadines to promote food and nutrition security and support
sustainable management of rural lands, in particular idle and underutilized lands.
The specific objectives were: to develop a Project Charter so as to define the key
elements of the project management plan, to detail how the project scope will be
define, developed and verified in the Scope Management Plan, to develop ascheduled management plan to support the project schedule, thus ensuring the
project is completed within the established framework, to develop a costmanagement plan that ensures proper budget allocation and disbursement of
funds throughout the project life cycle, to ensure quality standards are met through the project quality management plan, to create a resources management plan for assigning resources to ensure that the most appropriate person(s) are identified and managed effectively for the project to be completed successfully, to develop a communication management plan to ensure effective and efficient communication of the project status and other important information ensuring all stakeholders are engaged.
To develop a risk management plans to identify how the risks will be itemized, categorized and prioritized, so as to be eliminated or minimized, to develop a procurement management plan to acquire the products, services or results required for the completion of the project and to detail and identify how all stakeholders would be actively engaged and manage as part of the Stakeholder Management Plan.
The research methodologies used to develop the FGP were analytical and descriptive methods. A combination of interviews, review of minutes of meetings, questionnaires technical reports and literature reviews, provided a review of the various key components needed in the development of the project management plan.
In cases where the information was not readily available for use in the analytical method, historical files and folders were physically perused and assembled for analysis. Moreover, interviews were conducted with the experts on the project.
The Project Management Plan developed using the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition provided a new methodology for the ministry and project coordinating unit to create a thorough project management plan for other future projects, to improve the way they would manage a project.
Additionally, it provides the blueprint or guideline on the development of systematic and comprehensive processes that allow stakeholders to appreciate the different aspects and impact of the project.
It is recommended that the Ministry use the Project Management Plan as a basis to provide the project team with the necessary tools and techniques to be able to
manage the project execution using best practices; and ensure that the project
team is familiarized with the templates provided in each plan in order to use them
appropriately.
Estudiante : CAMILLE SOLEYN
Aprobado el 16 de Marzo 2020
Tutor: Carlos Castro
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