Project plan

It must be kept in mind that all budget figures are only estimates. Their degree of exactness corresponds to, but cannot exceed the predictability of the work to be done. In other words a project budget is only as good as the underlying project plan. 

No plan is perfect and minor changes, mainly additions, have to be made frequently during the project. These changes will first occur within the subplans. In order not to affect the project as a whole, every attempt should be made to contain these changes within the subplans. Everyone should try to achieve the objective of the individual task or section in due time, for example by putting a higher priority or more effort on the solution of critical tasks without affecting others. 

The alternative approaches to solve critical tasks in a project should be initiated, as soon as serious problems are foreseeable. If a problem cannot be solved within a section and within the allowed time, the master plan will need to be revised and the collaborating partners will have to be contacted to reschedule their activities accordingly. 

Changes to the master plan should not affect the general aim of the project and, if possible, not affect or delay the overall time frame. Tasks or sections could be performed more in parallel where this appears justified and not too risky. Time buffers may be shortened or if 

Changing the aim of a project should occur only if there are good scientific reasons to do so - not due to technical difficulties which can be solved. 

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The output supports the partnering companies in their individual analysis of their supply chain risks, gives them a nseful evaluation of existing SCRM practices and offers recommendations for improving their SCRM. Furthermore, the developed stractured methodology will also be valuable for other companies, especially small-medium businesses, by providing them with a stractured approach to SCRM. 

The data collected throughout the project is primarily based on the four longitudinal case studies within the partnering snpply chains. However, at various milestones we have had the interim findings extermlly vahdated through further SME representatives, both within Switzerland and Emope. 

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Project planning techniques are employed to prepare realistic schedules within manpower, materials and funding constraints. Realistic schedules are those that include a time allocation for delays where past experience has shown they may be likely, and... 

The project planning activities may be much more complex than illustrated... 

This book is designed as a handy desk reference covering fundamental engineering principles of project planning schemes and layout, corrosion principles and materials properties of engineering importance. It is intended as a general source of typical materials property data, useful for first pass materials selection in process design problems. 

To make sure that all contractors and subcontractors maintain a minimum level of safety performance, the client, or general or main contractor, should establish standards for compliance. During the project planning stage, affected prime contractors should have an opportunity to provide input and resolve differences. Cross-cut committees are encouraged to allow prime contractors to standardize or normalize such essential elements as procedures, permit systems, and training. 

The requirements for quality are the objectives which the organization is committed to achieving through the contract. They may relate to products, services, or both. The vehicle for you to define and document how these objectives will be met is called a quality plan but may be known by other names such as a project plan or contract plan. In some cases the requirement may be met in the form of a technical proposal by the supplier to the customer. 

A statement of work which you require the subcontractor to perform - it might be design, development, management, or verification work and will include a list of required deliverables such as project plans, quality plans, production plans, drawings, test data, etc. You need to be clear as to the interfaces both organizationally and technically (see Part 2 Chapter 4). 

All audits should be conducted against a standard for the performance being measured. Examinations without such a standard are surveys, not audits. Audits can also be conducted against contracts, project plans, specifications - in fact any document with which the organization has declared it will comply. The standard now requires system audits to be conducted to verify compliance with ISO/TS 16949 and any other system requirements. 

Project plans for introducing new equipment, services, operations, etc. 

VDA 4 Part 3 Quality assurance prior to serial application - project planning... 

The form these end products take should be consistent with your company s style for example, if you have specific protocols for project planning or developing Standard Operating Procedures, these will probably apply to comparable tasks within the PSM initiative. 

Once you have developed the program plan and schedule, and estimated resource requirements, you should organize this information in a manageable form for presentation to your PSM sponsor. If you have kept management informed about your progress you should have a clear idea of what is expected in terms of form, content, and level of detail. A sample table of contents for a project plan appears as Figure 5-12, and Figures 5-13 and 5.14 provide additional detail on selected portions of the plan. 

FIGURE 5-12. Sample Project Plan Table of Contents... 

FIGURE 5-13. Example of Project Plan Sections on Installation and Verification and Financial Controls ... 

PSM installation is proceeding consistent with the approved project plan with the following exceptions ... 

Once the detailed project plan has been developed, your estimates of costs and schedule in a number of areas will have firmed up ... 

Profilpriifer, m. profilometer. projektieren, v.t. project plan, design purpose. 

There are many other factors which affect project planning as it is related to process engineering. However, these are usually peculiar to the process or objective of the project. On first glance some of the items listed in Table 1-11 may appear to be unrelated to the process engineering requirements, and this can be the case for some types of projects. In these situations they become more of a project engineering responsibility. However, in many cases these have a relationship either to the process engineering requirements or to the decisions which must take this into account. 

Once the primary considerations of size, height, conceptual layout, structural loads, servicing (mechanical, electrical, communications, public health, statutory services) requirements, access, material and personnel traffic, etc. have been addressed, a facility brief can be produced to allow collation of the basic project planning information ... 

Project plans for the installation and commissioning of new plant should be prepared in order to ... 

The project plan should be started as soon as possible so that all aspects of the early layout planning can be incorporated into the plan. 

Formulation of specific R D project plans, including choice of screening sequence... 

Below, we focus on aids to R D project planning and process improvement, exploring the extent to which IT really can help managers to be more effective in decision making through simulation that fosters the ability to... 

Even the optimization of outcome distributions does not normally take account of the value of flexibility (i.e., by reacting to project events and flnd-ings as they emerge, one can make better decisions for the future than could be made in advance of the project, planning blind ). 

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