Project Management for Manufacturing a Train Inverter Product

Submission Guidelines and Word Count

Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this 1 submission which accounts for 100% of the marks

· The deadline for submission is 28th April 2020. Please note late submissions will not be marked.

· You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online access. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.

· For coursework, the submission word limit is 3,500 words for part A. The submission word limit is 750 words for part B. You must comply with the word count guidelines. You may submit LESS than 3500 words for Part A and 750 words for Part B but not more. Word Count guidelines can be found on your programme home page and the coursework submission page.

· Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put your student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the marking process.

· A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment, and you are required to achieve minimum 50% to pass this module.

· You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any content which is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be considered as a case of plagiarism.

TTF will manufacture the Inverter Product from the production line as part of its Train Manufacturing Process.

TTF have acquired the site for the New Factory but AF will have to:

· Design and Construct of the new Factory to fit the automation equipment;

· Design and Develop the Automation plant including the production line software;

· Design the Inverter product including the control software. The project was programmed to start on 8 th July 2019. The terms of the contract are as follows:

· The target price for the delivery of the Automation Plant is £58.50m.

· If the cost of the delivery of the Automation Plant is less than the target price, then AF PLC will be entitled to the first 50% of the surplus anything greater than 50% of the surplus will be split 50:50 with the client.

· If the cost of the delivery of the Automation Plant is Greater than 5% of the target price, then AF PLC will be required to bear the first 5% of this excess cost but anything greater than 5% of the excess will be split 50:50 with the client.

· Delivery of the completed Automation Plant must take place no later than 18th September 2020.

· There is a penalty clause inserted into the contract. For, every day (or part day) that the project is late, that is, beyond the completion date of 25th September 2020 (including weekends), AF PLC must pay TTF liquidated damages of £100k per working day.

· However, if they achieve an early completion then they will be able to receive a bonus of £50k per working day.

There is also a standard retention clause inserted into the contract. In effect 10% of the contract value would be retained by TTF for a period of ten weeks after the delivery and installation of the module. If TTF’s operations team detected any faults or problems with specifically the Automation Plant in the ten weeks after completion, then any additional costs incurred to rectify faults would be deductible from these retained funds.

The Factory Design will be Completed by AF and then the Pre-Fabricated parts will be manufactured in house and shipped to Germany for Construction on TTF’s site. It is important that this links to the design, installation and Layout of the Automation Equipment.

AF PLC are currently very busy with work for other clients, but this contract represents a significant opportunity as it will enable it to showpiece its competences in a major growth area.

The Automation equipment is to be installed in modular units built in their factory in the ROI and then assembled at the new factory in Germany. The factory in Germany will need to be completed in time for the Automation Equipment to be installed.

You have been appointed as the AF PLC Project Manager.

1. Project Definition/Parameters and Risks

(a) Discuss the relative importance of the various iron triangle parameters in setting the Overall Project objectives that will need to be managed by you as the AF PLC project manager over the course of the project, and how they may inter-relate to each other.

(b) Use the template provided to create a risk register, identifying a maximum of ten risks that AF PLC are likely to face with a construction project of this nature.