Woody 2000 Project Proposal

Woody 2000 Project Proposal

Background

The Woody 2000 project was set up by the management of The Custom Woodworking Company (known as Woody's) located at an existing facility in Industrial Estates, Someplace, BC and millwork manufacturing facility and was established in 1954. The executive Woodworking Company plans an expansion of its current factory floor for additional 25% of its existing floor area to meet the new required capacity with an estimation of $17 million.

Objectives

The main goal of the expansion project is to construct an addition to the building, installation of new air conditioning system, installation of a dust free paint shop with additional compressor capacity, the development and installation of a new production train including new hardware and software, and renovation of the executive offices. These are requirement towards the development, with an estimation of $17 million for the proposed project.

Scope of Work

The proposed scope of work in order to successfully meet the objective above, the project team must conceptually design, detail design, procure, build, install, commission and start-up the new equipment.

Target date

The project is targeted to meet all objectives through the phases described in SOW within a maximum timeframe of 18 months counting from project start to equipment hand-in to production.

Resources

The project team will be composed by in house lead positions including production and maintenance departments. Additionally, an engineering outsource company shall be contract to develop the detailed design for new equipment, the installation, commissioning and start-up efforts. Construction and installation will be sub-contracted to local construction companies according to installation and commissioning specifications from the engineering consulting firm with approval of project team.

Additionally, material and equipment procurement will be according production capacity as specified in the SOW and detailed design phase.

Woody 2000 Project Proposal

Managing the Project

To meet the objectives, the project team will follow the project management phases according to PMBOK (2008):

* Project Initiation

At this phase the project initiation team will be formed, building the customer relationship, developing effective management procedures, and project workbook will be constructed. The team will develop a scope of work statement including a detailed list of deliverables included in project and any excluded part from scope of work and follow-up required after project completion to be address by others.

* Project Planning

This is the second phase of the process which involves the design of the project, site development, building construction and finally the production Equipment. The communication will flow from the project manager to the team members and feedback sent to the customer through the same channel. The following As we look at the background on the Woody 2000 project, the following risks will be considered and identified- Securing permits, weather condition, schedule creep, and the following risk categories as describe by Wysocki (2009):

o Technical- we will review the quality and performance of the objectives.

o Project Management resources- Poor allocation of resources, cost and schedule