Sequencing Activities and Their Relation to Each Other
The identification and documentation of scheduled work called as sequencing activities. These activities need to be completed in sequence. In the Hong Kong natural gas pipeline project also follows the sequencing activities which are co related to each other and on every stage being more or less completed before the next task can begin. Their relation also influences the scheduling process. In the process sequence are estimation of concept, planning of natural gas project, execution and implementation and monitor controlling are related to each other and any changes in one process will influence another (Hill, 2013,). For example, in this project due to waterfall methodology application, channel dredging process had to be finished before the pipeline could be laid, to meet its deadline.
Table 1: Project Schedule
|
WBS |
Task Name |
Duration |
Start |
Finish |
Predecessors |
Resource Names |
Cost |
|
1 |
Hongcong natural gas pipelining project |
960 days |
Tue 1/1/08 |
Mon 9/5/11 |
$1, 126, 960.00 |
||
|
1.1 |
Estimation of project concept |
90 days |
Tue 1/1/08 |
Mon 5/5/08 |
$43, 360.00 |
||
|
1.1.1 |
project concept |
0.5 Mons |
Tue 1/1/08 |
Mon 1/14/08 |
government officials |
$800.00 |
|
|
1.1.2 |
gas pipeline project vision and objective |
0.5 Mons |
Tue 1/15/08 |
Mon 1/28/08 |
3 |
financial manager, country representative 1, country representative 2, government officials, program manager |
$3, 760.00 |
|
1.1.3 |
assessment of demand |
0.5 Mons |
Tue 1/29/08 |
Mon 2/11/08 |
4 |
project manager1, country representative 1, country representative 2, government officials, program manager, project manager2 |
$4, 560.00 |
|
1.1.4 |
feasibility assessment |
1 Mons |
Tue 2/12/08 |
Mon 3/10/08 |
5 |
project manager2, country representative 1, country representative 2, financial manager, government officials, legal advisor, project manager1 |
$10, 880.00 |
|
1.1.5 |
environment requirement assessment |
1 Mons |
Tue 1/29/08 |
Mon 2/25/08 |
4 |
program manager, project manager1, project team 1, risk management team, team coordinator |
$7, 520.00 |
|
1.1.6 |
administrative and legal framework assessment |
1 Mons |
Tue 3/11/08 |
Mon 4/7/08 |
6, 7 |
language communicator, country representative 1, country representative 2, government officials, legal advisor |
$6, 880.00 |
|
1.1.7 |
further evaluation of gas pipeline projection |
1 Mons |
Tue 4/8/08 |
Mon 5/5/08 |
4, 8 |
country representative 1, country representative 2, engineer, program manager, project manager1, project manager2 |
$8, 960.00 |
|
1.2 |
planning of natural gas pipelining project |
320 days |
Tue 5/6/08 |
Mon 7/27/09 |
$192, 720.00 |
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|
1.2.1 |
project scope |
2 Mons |
Tue 5/6/08 |
Mon 6/30/08 |
4, 8, 9 |
country representative 1, country representative 2, financial manager, government officials, legal advisor, program manager, project manager1, project manager2 |
$24, 000.00 |
|
1.2.2 |
financial analysis and procurement |
1.5 Mons |
Tue 7/1/08 |
Mon 8/11/08 |
11, 5, 6 |
supervisor 1, financial manager, government officials, legal advisor, program manager |
$10, 080.00 |
|
1.2.3 |
inventory management planning |
2 Mons |
Tue 8/12/08 |
Mon 10/6/08 |
12 |
contractor, project manager1, project manager2, project team 1, project team 3, project team2, team coordinator, labor |
$31, 360.00 |
|
1.2.4 |
resources planning program |
1.5 Mons |
Tue 10/7/08 |
Mon 11/17/08 |
11, 12, 13 |
team coordinator, labor, country representative 1, country representative 2, engineer, project team 3, project team2, spectra engineers |
$21, 360.00 |
|
1.2.5 |
human resources management planning |
1 Mons |
Tue 11/18/08 |
Mon 12/15/08 |
12, 14 |
program manager, project manager1, project manager2, team coordinator |
$5, 120.00 |
|
1.2.6 |
scheduling of task and activities, responsibility allocation |
0.5 Mons |
Tue 12/16/08 |
Mon 12/29/08 |
15 |
contractor, program manager, project manager1, project manager2, team coordinator |
$3, 200.00 |
|
1.2.7 |
engineering design and construction plan |
1 Mons |
Tue 12/30/08 |
Mon 1/26/09 |
11, 16 |
legal advisor, contractor, country representative 1, country representative 2, engineer, program manager, project manager1, project manager2, spectra engineers |
$13, 120.00 |
|
1.2.8 |
planning research on location, consumer, mapping |
2 Mons |
Tue 1/27/09 |
Mon 3/23/09 |
17 |
senior technician, junior technician, project team 1, project team 3, project team2, team coordinator |
$24, 640.00 |
|
1.2.9 |
Effective communication planning program between countries |
1 Mons |
Tue 3/24/09 |
Mon 4/20/09 |
12, 18 |
country representative 1, country representative 2, language communicator, program manager |
$5, 120.00 |
|
1.2.10 |
marine traffic impact analysis |
2 Mons |
Tue 3/24/09 |
Mon 5/18/09 |
18 |
country representative 1, contractor, country representative 2, engineer, program manager, project manager1, project manager2, spectra engineers |
$23, 680.00 |
|
1.2.11 |
Risk management planning |
0.5 Mons |
Tue 5/19/09 |
Mon 6/1/09 |
19, 20 |
country representative 2, country representative 1, program manager, project team 1, project team 3, project team2, risk management team |
$7, 360.00 |
|
1.2.12 |
estimation project completion deadline. |
2 Mons |
Tue 6/2/09 |
Mon 7/27/09 |
11, 19, 21 |
engineer, contractor, country representative 1, country representative 2, government officials, program manager, project manager1, project manager2 |
$23, 680.00 |
|
1.3 |
Implementation and execution |
380 days |
Tue 7/28/09 |
Mon 1/10/11 |
$831, 120.00 |
||
|
1.3.1 |
management of multitude of stakeholder from both countries |
1 Mons |
Tue 7/28/09 |
Mon 8/24/09 |
22 |
financial manager, language communicator, program manager, project manager1, project manager2, team coordinator |
$7, 520.00 |
|
1.3.2 |
communication with investors and financial authorities |
2 Mons |
Tue 8/25/09 |
Mon 10/19/09 |
24 |
country representative 1, country representative 2, financial manager, government officials, language communicator, program manager |
$16, 640.00 |
|
1.3.3 |
material procurement and transportation |
2 Mons |
Tue 10/20/09 |
Mon 12/14/09 |
24, 25 |
contractor, labor, project team 1, project team 3, project team2, construction raw materials [1], Equipment’s [1] |
$273, 360.00 |
|
1.3.4 |
land acquisition |
3 Mons |
Tue 12/15/09 |
Mon 3/8/10 |
25, 26 |
country representative 1, country representative 2, financial manager, government officials |
$19, 200.00 |
|
1.3.5 |
channel dredging |
2 Mons |
Tue 3/9/10 |
Mon 5/3/10 |
27 |
engineer, junior technician, project team 1, project team 3, project team2, senior technician, spectra engineers, team coordinator |
$30, 720.00 |
|
1.3.6 |
Pipeline laying like pipeline, welding |
2 Mons |
Tue 5/4/10 |
Mon 6/28/10 |
27, 28 |
contractor, junior technician, labor, program manager, project manager1, senior technician, supervisor 1, supervisor 2, natural gas plan machinary [1] |
$217, 920.00 |
|
1.3.7 |
under sea pipeline through shipping channels |
3 Mons |
Tue 6/29/10 |
Mon 9/20/10 |
29 |
labor, program manager, project manager2, risk management team |
$12, 960.00 |
|
1.3.8 |
As scheduled project implementation |
2 Mons |
Tue 9/21/10 |
Mon 11/15/10 |
30 |
contractor, engineer, junior technician, labor, program manager, project manager1, project manager2, project team 1, project team 3, project team2, senior technician |
$38, 720.00 |
|
1.3.9 |
Testing process for pipelining |
1 Mons |
Tue 11/16/10 |
Mon 12/13/10 |
31 |
engineer, program manager, supervisor 1, supervisor 2 |
$4, 800.00 |
|
1.3.10 |
maintenance program |
1 Mons |
Tue 12/14/10 |
Mon 1/10/11 |
31, 32 |
junior technician, program manager, project team 3, senior technician, supervisor 1, supervisor 2, team coordinator, natural gas plan machinary [1] |
$209, 280.00 |
|
1.4 |
monitoring and control |
90 days |
Tue 1/11/11 |
Mon 5/16/11 |
$35, 600.00 |
||
|
1.4.1 |
Intensive water quality for pipeline project |
1 Mons |
Tue 1/11/11 |
Mon 2/7/11 |
33 |
spectra engineers, supervisor 1, supervisor 2, risk management team |
$4, 640.00 |
|
1.4.2 |
marine mammal monitoring |
2 Mons |
Tue 1/11/11 |
Mon 3/7/11 |
32, 33 |
engineer, risk management team, supervisor 1, supervisor 2 |
$8, 960.00 |
|
1.4.3 |
site inspection |
1 Mons |
Tue 3/8/11 |
Mon 4/4/11 |
35, 36 |
program manager, project manager1, project manager2, supervisor 1, supervisor 2 |
$6, 560.00 |
|
1.4.4 |
implementation of health and safety program |
0.5 Mons |
Tue 4/5/11 |
Mon 4/18/11 |
37 |
risk management team, supervisor 1, supervisor 2 |
$1, 520.00 |
|
1.4.5 |
consumer feedback analysis |
1 Mons |
Tue 4/19/11 |
Mon 5/16/11 |
38 |
program manager, project manager1, project manager2, project team 1, project team 3, project team2 |
$13, 920.00 |
|
1.5 |
closure |
80 days |
Tue 5/17/11 |
Mon 9/5/11 |
$24, 160.00 |
||
|
1.5.1 |
documentation and reporting in different language |
1 Mons |
Tue 5/17/11 |
Mon 6/13/11 |
38, 39 |
junior technician, language communicator, program manager, senior technician |
$3, 840.00 |
|
1.5.2 |
administration process of gas pipeline project |
2 Mons |
Tue 6/14/11 |
Mon 8/8/11 |
41 |
country representative 1, country representative 2, language communicator, legal advisor, program manager |
$12, 800.00 |
|
1.5.3 |
project closure |
1 Mons |
Tue 8/9/11 |
Mon 9/5/11 |
41, 42 |
country representative 1, country representative 2, program manager, project manager1, project manager2 |
$7, 520.00 |
The critical path analysis of natural gas pipelining project: – critical path analysis is the process of scheduling all necessary complex task in minimum time duration. As shown in figure for this project critical path is from except stages 7,19, and 35 all the other from stage 3 to 44 are consider as critical path means the change in one process will affect another. For example the activity 11 as project scope won’t be define until the before concept estimation process not complete. By this process the estimated time duration for completion of the natural gas pipeline project is 960 days (Ahern, Leavy and Byrne, 2014). The change in scheduled task will influence the processed activities and their time spam as well.
3. Costing Technique
As given scenario Hong Kong natural gas pipeline project is the biggest pipeline project and for estimation of the whole project cost project manager needs to apply cost estimation technique. There are many techniques but the Activity Based Costing (ABC) can apply for allocation of cost on activities of pipeline project (Sánchez, 2015). In this project, manager has used ABC technique for allocating cost on various main milestones of the project plan. For instance: cost of assessment activity is $43,360.00; cost of planning activity is $192,720 and monitoring and controlling activity has required the total cost of $35,600. Therefore, ABC is one of the best techniques for allocating optimum cost without any unexpected expenses for this big pipeline project.
4. Cost Element
Elements of cost: – Hong Kong natural gas pipeline project’s elements of cost are Material cost and labour cost. Project manager has used ABC technique for allocating cost and according to that material cost of the project $649999.99. This project consist material cost on equipment $100000, natural gas plan cost as $400000 and construction raw material cost is $149,999.99 (Sánchez, 2015). The labour cost of the project is $476960.01 which is applied on all the human resources connected with the project.
References
Hill, G. M., 2013, The complete project management office handbook. CRC Press.
Ahern, T., Leavy, B. & Byrne, P. J., 2014, Complex project management as complex problem solving: A distributed knowledge management perspective. International Journal of Project Management, 32(8), pp.1371-1381.
Sánchez, M.A., 2015, Integrating sustainability issues into project management. Journal of Cleaner Production, 96, pp.319-330.
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