Project Management Process Group And Network Tunnel Project

This week was the introductory week. It was a bit overwhelming with all of the information but I have accessed blackboard course outline and course materials. I started reading Channel Tunnel Project case study as part of this week course material. It was an enormously complicated project involving two languages, two governments, numerous subcontractors, and a syndicate of 220 banks which huge cost overruns and delays had severely eroded stakeholder confidence. I believe if more effective communication and teamwork, and more importantly, scope change control system had been in place, those huge claims due to cost overruns and schedule delays wouldn’t have happened. I have also started reading chapter 3 of PMBOK standard 5th edition (PMI,†¦show more content†¦WEEK 2 The focus of the learning material this week is to understand the process and issues involved with handover and commissioning of the project. Throughout the readings and lesson materials, I realized the proper commissioning of building services is crucial to ensure the correct operation of the system and its associated building services plant. It affects both the effectiveness and efficiency of building services and hence the comfort of occupants, and the environmental and financial costs of maintaining it. It is worth mentioning that good commissioning of building services requires specialist skills and knowledge. It also requires an early input in the life of a project, when key decisions relating to the construction process are taken which demands a proper commissioning management. The main objective of commissioning management is to manage the overall pre-commissioning and commissioning activities, including programming and co-ordination of energizing the installation, to achieve the project completion date. Based on what I have learnt from the heavy construction projects that I have been involved so far, the key requirements to successfully commission a building, service or product can be summarized as follows: †¢ There should be a sufficient time to complete the pre-commissioning and commissioning activities. †¢ A commissioning management team should be formed early in the design and construction process to advise on