Project Planning

Lack of solid project plan leads to project failure!!!!!!!!!

The main purpose is to plan time, cost and resources adequately. It is essential therefore to logically plan the sequence and timing of these activities in order to arrive at the optimal programme for any project.

Project planning includes:

• Developing the schedule (Gantt chart)
• Developing procurement plan
• Developing the budget
• Selecting the team
• Creating a work breakdown structure
• Identifying deliverables
• Risk planning
• Communication planning

Site Tiger process for project planning includes:

• Identifying the project activities in detail.
• Identifying the critical activities and long-time deliverable items.
• Freezing project plan in detail.
• Preparing Gantt/ PERT chart and highlight critical activities and milestones.
• Define your procurement requirements.
• Identify all of the items you need to procure.
• Create a sound financial justification for procuring them.
• List out all procurement items and strategy for purchases.
• Freeze dead line for various procurements.
• Develop conceptual budget.
• Managing and coordinating the submission of the design in stages if appropriate, to the employer and obtain his approval thereto.
• Monitoring the performance of the design consultant and other consultants in respect of deliverables associated with the agreed design program.
• Advising the employer on an appropriate management structure for the project defining responsibilities.
• Preparing a project execution plan in consultation with the employer.
• Managing and coordinating the preparation of a testing and commissioning program.
• Identifying and quantifying the foreseeable project risks and provides a set of actions to be taken to both prevent the risk from occurring and reduce the impact of the risk should it eventuate.
• Identifying the types of information to be distributed, the methods of distributing information to stakeholders, the frequency of distribution and responsibilities of each person in the project team for distributing information regularly to stakeholders.