CSM80006 Engineering Project Management - Project Management Plan - Assignment Help

 Project Description & Scope of Work:

• About the project:

North East Link will finally connect Melbourne's freeway network between an upgraded Eastern Freeway from Springvale Road to the M80 Ring Road.

It will be a safe and efficient freeway connection for 100,000 vehicles a day, slashing travel times, getting trucks off local roads and linking key growth areas in the north and south-east.

The idea was first considered in 1929. Now the Victorian Government is committed to build the North East Link – Victoria's next priority road project identified by Infrastructure Victoria and the single biggest transport infrastructure investment in Victorian history.

• Project Purpose and Need:

• North East Link will-
• Slash congestion and travel times
• Support more than 10,000 Victorian jobs
• Get trucks off local streets
• Build Victoria's longest tunnel to protect the Yarra River and Banyule Flats
• Clear bottlenecks on the Eastern Freeway

• Overall Goals and Objectives:

• On-time,
• Within budget,
• With the highest degree of quality,
• In a safe manner for both the individuals working on the project and for the travelling public, and
• In a manner in which the public trusts and supports while maintaining confidence in the project.

• Conflicts and dispute

Organization is a facility that allows people to work together effectively to achieve a purpose that is more clear and focused. In the implementation of a project there are elements of implementation and each has the duty and authority in accordance with his position. Organizational structures in a project need to know to explain the relationship of duty, responsibilities and authority of individuals and groups. In the implementation of the project, there are several elements in the project, namely owner, consultants and contractors. Working relations elements of the project are as follows:

• The working relationship between the owner and the consultant is contractual relationship that poured in the agreement Working.
• The working relationship between the owner and the contractor is a contractual relationship that poured in the agreement Working.
• The working relationship between the consultant and contractor is functional relationships in performing their duties and responsibilities of each as been stated in the implementation of the document.

Causes of Conflicts and Disputes:

Conflicts can be interpreted a disagreement between two or more members of organizations or groups within the organization that arise because they have to use scarce resources jointly, or carry out activities together, or have the status, goals, values, and perceptions is different.

Although the conflict in the project can be blocking the achievement of one of the parties, but the advantage is as follows:

• Conflict can provide information and new ideas that ultimately improve the quality of decision-making.
• Conflict can force the parties involved to think and reconsider his view.
• Conflict can lead to problems that had been buried become the open and enable the leadership assist in finding the best solution for the project.
• Conflict can teach existence mutual understanding and respect for other opinion.