EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (ABSTRACT)
Despite the harsh economic times that can be seen all over the Caribbean, and to some extent, the world, Chefette Restaurants has been able to steadily increase their market share by having the most restaurant locations of any fast food restaurantin Barbados. With its profits, Chefette Restaurants seeks to invest in itself once again and not only be a choice for food locally but to become a household name in other parts of the Caribbean. The first step in this process is to be able to produce theamount of raw materials necessary to provide all of its locations with a great variety of food. They are achieving part of this goal by constructing an ice cream plant in Barbados. This ice cream plant would be producing their own brand of ice cream that would serve two purposes. Manufacturing their own brand of ice cream would mean they no longer have to import from neighbouring island Trinidad and Tobago and Chefette Restaurants would be able to export their brand of ice cream to other Caribbean territories so that it could be sold regionally.
Moorjani Caribbean Ltd (MCL) is a small but growing construction company that has been contracted to construct the ice cream plant. MCL and Chefette Restaurants have worked together in the past as MCL has been contracted to construct restaurants in the past. MCL and Chefette Restaurants have built a good working relationship and it continues to prosper with this project.
MCL has used
construction management tools and techniques thus far in its time as a
construction company, but the owner feels it is time that the company moves in
a project management direction by developing a formal project management plan
for this project to guide all of the critical aspects of the project’s
lifecycle and that can be used as a template for other project management plans
going forward.
The general objective of the Final Graduation Project (FGP) was to develop a Project Management Plan within the standards of the Project Management Institute (PMI), to manage the construction of an ice cream plant. The specific objectives were: to develop an integration management plan to unify and coordinate the processes and project management activities during the project, to create a scope management plan to ensure that all work necessary to successfully complete the project is noted and included, to create a time management plan to develop a project schedule that ensures the project is completed within the time constraints, to create a cost management plan to develop the project budget, as well as, tools for managing the project budget to ensure it is completed within the budget constraints, to create a quality management plan to ensure that the quality of not only the final product but the processes used during the project are of the highest standards and meets the needs of the client and project management team, to create a resource management plan to ensure that all human and material resources are identified and managed effectively to successfully complete the project, to create a communication management plan to ensure timely and effective communication of all necessary information to members of the project management team and the stakeholders, to create a risk management plan to ensure that all potential project risks are identified, examined, planned for, and monitored for the successful completion of the project, to create a project procurement plan to identify what products or services cannot be handled by the project team and from whom to obtain these products and services, and to create a stakeholder management plan to ensure effective stakeholder engagement throughout the life of the project.
The methodology used
for the research was analytical. The main sources used to gather information
included A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ® Guide)
Sixth Edition, interviews which were held with the performing organization, and
the internet. The information was analysed to create each subcomponent of the
subsidiary plans used to develop the Project Management Plan for the
construction of an Ice Cream Plant. The Project Management Plan provided a new
methodology for the project team to build a more thorough project management
plan for this project. The Scope Management Plan allows the project team to
fully breakdown each part of the project scope. MCL developed the Schedule
Management Plan for this project to plan their schedule as they have considered
each activity beforehand and can therefore do a better estimation of the
overall project schedule. The Cost Management Plan was developed to ensure the
client knew how much funding was needed to complete the project successfully.
The Quality Management Plan ensures that the processes used during the project
and the final product of the project are of acceptable quality. The Resource
Management Plan identified the human and physical resources needed to
successfully complete the project. The Project Communications Plan was
developed so that each stakeholder had all information pertinent to them as
often as they needed it and in the best forum to receive it. The Risk
Management plan allows the project team to split the project risks and
opportunities to the members of the project team who would be best suited for
each particular risk. The Procurement Management Plan was developed to ensure
that the same process was used for each vendor contracted to provide a service
or material for the project. The Stakeholder Management Plan allows the project
team to truly dissect each stakeholder to ascertain their needs and their stake
in the project.
It is recommended
that the project team at Moorjani Caribbean Ltd consider the use of the
planning process and documents developed during the development of the Project
Management Plan for the Construction of the Ice Cream Plant as a basis for
implementing a methodology for similar projects in the future, as well as,
hiring a Project Management Office who can review said documents. Additionally,
Moorjani Caribbean Ltd should seek to utilise document management and storage
systems, to organise, store, and create a central location for project planning
documents and future Organisational Process Assets, as well as, invest in
project management software to make the planning process easier. Finally, MCL
should enroll each project management staff member in a short course in Project
Management to become more familiar with PMI best practices.
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https://www.uci.ac.cr/Biblioteca/Tesis/PFGMAP2091.pdf
Estudiante: Tyrell
Forde
Tutor: Karolina
Jiménez Monge
Lector: James
Perez
Lector: Carlos
Castro
