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Project 1: Defining and Documenting a Project

Introduction

Taylor's Management has approach your project management company with an idea of a pavilion. A pavilion that will house architectural and design models for display to the university community and the public. Due to the urgency to complete it for the upcoming International Conference to be held at the University compount in 6 months time, starting from April 2017. In order not to interfere with campus activities during the semester, a propoer planning needs to be done. The pavilion will be built at 3 different sites identified to be the most suitable locations:

Our site is located at an opened parking area next to the commercial block. Listed below are the deliverables of the design proposal:

Establish a fictional Project Management Company (PMC), with a NAME, clear ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE and ORGANIZATIONAL TYPE.
Produce an advisory document highlighitng the viability of executing the given projects based around the adaptive re-use of energy (solar/hydro/wind) and rainwater harvesting in place of conventional systems for irrigation.
Design recreational and operational facilities, advising on the pros and cons of your proposal in regards of the site locations and conditions.
Identify the strategic planning and the criteria for the space allocation including apporpriate facilities to be provided, street furniture and suitibiity of materials for the project assuming a diversified type of users.
Produce a design analysis, success criteria, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), simple Gantt Chart documenting the timeline for your project.
Produce relevant 2D & 3D drawings to explain your project. Models are not required.
Ensure that the running cost of your finished project is lower than that of a standard building
Provide 1 suitable case study for your project to drive from as precedent studies.

The project should comply with the following Project requirements:

Maximum land size: as per site given by client
Usage of reusable energy sources
Site layout and landscaping

Project 2: Documenting a medium sized project

Introduction

Your task is to document your own Design Studio Project from the point of view of a Project Manager. Document (Written report, annotated visual images) will be in 4 Components in total:

Introduction of Project (Identifying clients, stakeholders, objectives and goals)
Design Analysis, picking up issues of Design Suitability and Project Viability and specifically related to your design. (Note: This is to be in essay format, schematic diagrams, sketches and drawing where necessary).
Risk Analysis, and Maintenance Strategy (to achieve the identified success criteria and project deliverables). This must be in a table format.
Success Criteria, WBS, Gantt Chart (showing the measurable success criteria for the overall implementation strategy, analysis of critical paths, floats, plotted against time). This chart will highlight Project Deliverables