Riordan Manufacturing Project Management Plan - Final Submission
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN 11
Scope Statement
| Project Title: China Relocation Date: Prepared by: |
| Project Justification: This project plan involves the location of Riordan Manufacturing’s China operations in Hangzhou. The major driving force for this decision is the fact that the company’s Chinese partners already have the necessary facilities in place. In addition, another reason for this is that the Hangzhou city is proximal to the Qiantang River. Consequently, Qiantang River is significant since the access to the river is responsible for Hangzhou Bay, which is big enough to handle the company’s shipping needs. The project is also justified by the fact that there has been an increase in the volume of production from the China plant and therefore, if container shipping companies for instance the China Shipping Container Lines are utilized. The ports in Shanghai and Hong Kong are utilized by container shipping companies. However, Shanghai port, which is 180 kilometers away from the current location, results in extra logistical steps. The products of the company are transported to a port located on Qiantang River before being loaded into containers for shipping. The shipping containers are then loaded onto barges and taken to Shanghai port. At Shanghai, the shipping containers are offloaded and transported to another place of port where final loading takes place before delivery to final destinations. The other option is to use the truck to transport the products to the Shanghai port. There, they will be loaded into shipping containers and onto the ships directly for delivery into their final destinations. However, trucking companies charge the same price as local shipping companies. Therefore, if the China operations are relocated to the city of Shanghai, there will be great cost savings. Besides, there will be more sufficient urban infrastructure, putting the company in a better market position and the company’s Chinese products can be shipped throughout Europe and Asia. |
| Project Characteristics and Requirements:
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| Summary of Project Deliverables Project management-related deliverables: business case, charter, team contract, scope statement, WBS, schedule, cost baseline, status reports, final project presentation, final project report, lessons-learned report, and any other documents required to manage the project. Product-related deliverables: research reports, design documents, software code, hardware, etc.
These include the documents highlighting the main features of the way the port will be structured to manage many operations.
This refers to the mapping of the whole project, the different locations, offshore and on land locations and the layout of the same. |
| Project Success Criteria: The success of the project can be based on some criteria. One of the criteria is whether the project was accomplished within the planned time and cost. The other criterion concerns the output. In this case, if the output matches the expected in terms of the amount of cost saving. If the project generates the required amount, then it was successful. |
Project Charter
Project Title: Chinese Relocation
Projected Start Date: 11/25/2013 Projected Finish Date: 12/23/2018
Project Objectives:
One of the objectives of the project is to ensure that there is significant cost saving upon the implementation of the project. This is through the reduction of the logistical costs.
The other objective is to ensure that more Chinese products are shipped to Asia and Europe.
The third objective is to ensure that there is reduction of time used in trucking and shipping activities.
Approach:
The work will be broken down into a number of main activities, under which the expected deliverables are to be obtained. Among these categories are the structural part, the project initiation part, project planning part and project execution part. The activities are as follows:
Port Design
1.1 Electrical
1.2 Structural
1.2.1 Documents
1.2.2 Drawing/Layouts/Schematics
1.3 Mechanical
Project Initiation
2.1 Evaluation and recommendations
2.2 Project Charter development
2.2.1 Submission of project charter
2.2.2 Review of project charter
2.3 Approval of project charter
2.4 Implementation of the project charter
Project Planning
Creation of preliminary scope statement
Project team determination
3.2.1 Kickoff meeting for project team
3.2.2 Development of project plan
Submission of project plan
Approval of project plan
Project Execution
Project kickoff meeting
System Design
Hardware/software procurement
Installation of development system
Testing Phase
Going Live
Communication Plan
Project Name: Riordan Chinese Operations Relocation
Project Team Members Names and Sign-off:
| Name | Sign-off on Team Contract |
| Project manager | |
| Consultant | |
| Electrical Engineer | |
| Mechanical Engineer | |
| Structural Engineer | |
| Contractor |
Code of Conduct: As a project team, we will:
Be considerate since other people will use our work and we will also depend on others as well.
Be respectful while treating each other since we are all able to make valuable contribution to the project. Disagreement should not result in poor manners and poor behaviors.
Be collaborative, meaning that individuals should work with others in teams.
Participation: We will:
All take part in decision making and implementation of the same decisions.
Contribute in the project planning and project execution processes.
Offer our time to take part in any of the project’s activity when called upon to do so.
Communication: We will:
Provide valid email addresses or contact information so that direct responses can be made
Avoid the use of repetitive arguments and personal attacks while communicating.
Attend any of the project meetings we are called upon to so as to get information regarding the project.
Problem Solving: We will:
Seek to find the root cause of the particular problem affecting the project.
Come up with solutions that are sensible.
Come up with workable plans for the implementation of the solutions.
Meeting Guidelines: We will:
Stick to the guidelines agreed upon by the project team.
Ensure that we accomplish a planned task in time.
Ensure that we meet the expectations of the tasks assigned to us.
Stakeholder Analysis
| Stakeholder | What Information | When | How | Responsible Person |
| Project Manager | Project Status | Weekly | Face to Face/Email | Project Team Leads, Consultant, Contractor |
| Project Team Leads | Project Status | Weekly/As Needed | Face to Face/Email | Project Manager; Project Team |
| Contractor | When to execute desired service; Community concerns; port requirements/restrictions ;permit needs | As Needed before executing desired work/Weekly once work has begun | Face to Face/Email | Project Manager |
| Consultant | Assessments/Survey (Preliminary and Final) Findings | As Completed | Face to Face/Email | Project Manager |
| Project Team | Project Status | Weekly | | Project Team Leads, Project Manager |
Grading Guide
Riordan Manufacturing Project Management PlanGrading Guide
| Content 60 Percent | Points Available 2 | Points Earned | Additional Comments: |
| All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way and includes the following:
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b. You have good detail in your project file. Make sure to define the resources. c. Good detail in the communication plan. | |
| Total Available | Total Earned | ||
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| 2 | 2 | Great job on the assignment. See comments above. Thanks! |
