Flat Renovation In Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia - Project Proposal

Discuss about the Flat renovation in Vertex Apartment NSW Australia.

The project is titled “Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia” and it is developed for forming the completion of the project works for renovating and refurbishing the flat. The following document is a project proposal document that would highlight the various information points that would help in clearly understanding of the project for an outsider. The documentation starts with a request for approval letter to the sponsor for getting the approval for the commencement of the project works. The rest of the document is a project charter document that includes project scope, business case, milestones, risks, stakeholders, resources, and lessons learnt.

The main scope of the project work is the completion of the renovation works in the estimated time and duration. The implication of the project activities had helped in forming the completion of the flat renovation and refurbishment. However, the overall project scope can be divided into three sections,

Documentation: The documentation required for the project of Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia include the project initiation document, letter for approval to sponsor, schedule plan, and cost estimation plan. These documents must be completed for the successful completion of the project and hence they are the in scope items of the project.

Renovation works: The renovation works of clearing of the flat, spraying of manifestation killer, washing the house, plumbing fixation, electrical works, painting the flat, furniture fixation, change of drapes and curtains, and laying of new carpets. The renovation works are also the in scope items of the project.

Out of scope: The project for Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia has not included the various other documents like change management plan, scope management plan, and others as they are not a required for this project. 

The Vertex Apartment is located in a posh area of NSW, Australia and the project of Flat Renovation has been implemented for overcoming the possibility of the development of the flat renovation. The renovation of the flat had been developed for making the interior of the flat better and more attractive. The implication of the project management principles for construction such as following traditional methodology, use of resource scheduling, and making proper documentation would help in assisting the project operations (De los Ríos-Carmenado et al. 2016, pp-195). The project management principles would help in forming the management of the operations for renovation for achievement of the final project deliverable.

Documentation

The milestones of the project of Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia are dependent on the three phases of the project namely initiation phase, planning phase, and execution phase. The milestones of the project are,

1. Approval of the Plan: The plan approval is the first deliverable for the project and it marks the end of the planning phase. The approval of the plan would be done by the client and would be completed by the sponsor on 26^th April, 2018 and it would be the first milestone of the project.
2. Project Kick off: It is the second milestone of the project and it marks the end of the project initiation phase. The activities of the initiation phase ends with the approval of the project commencement and since, the initiation and planning phase runs simultaneously, the milestone would end on 27^th April, 2018, one day after the project plan approval.
3. Completion of the renovation: The completion of the renovation is the final deliverable as the project is a smaller project and the completion of the renovation works would mark the end of the project itself. The completion of the renovation would be achieved on the last day of the project and that it 22^nd May, 2018.

According to Lad et al. (2016, pp-287), the various risks of the project of Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia are renovation work issues, faults in tools used, client disagreement, and delay in completion. These risk factors have been explained in the table below,

The stakeholders of the project of Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia are the sponsors, customers, board members of vertex apartment, and project team (Naaranoja, Kahkonen and Keinanen 2016, pp-611). The interest of the project stakeholders showing their level of interest in the project is given below,

The project requires a number of human and material resources for completion of the project of Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia. The resources required for the project are characterized below,

Human: The various human resources required for the project are renovator, project manager, planner, worker, plumber, electrician, painters, and carpenter. They would form the project team that would be responsible for carrying out the activities of renovation project.

Material: The material resources of the project are cleaning tools, killer spray, taps, pipes, showers, basin, wires, tapes, boards, switches, regulators, paint, carpets, wood, bolts, door handle, glasses, drapes, and curtains. These materials are being used for the various activities of the renovation project.

The lessons learnt from the project of Flat Renovation in Vertex Apartment, NSW Australia are pointed out below,

Implication of the  Project Management Principles: The implication of the principles of project management had been the primary thing that we learnt from the project. We were able to understand the implication of the project management principles for construction such as Following Traditional Methodology, Use of Resource Scheduling, and Making Proper Documentation that helped in assisting in the renovation project operations.

Renovation of the Flat: Another major learning from the project was the various activities, resources, risks, and stakeholders that are required for the renovation project. It would help us in forming better projects in future with the help of documentation done and preserved during the project.

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