Case Study: The Benfield Column Repair Project
The Benfield Column Repair Project:
Project definition:
Overhaul the damaged carbonate regeneration column of the Benfield Unit of the Gas Circuit at Sasol within the shortest possible time to prevent any further loss of income.
Project scope:
The PMBOK framework is applied for this case. It covers the design, execution and evaluation phase. The case does not give any details pertaining to the finishing phase. Also no details are given about the environmental and managerial aspects of the phases mentioned in the case.
Project analysis:
Design Phase:
The primary objective was to get the repair work done on time and so to enable this a set of ground rules were established which included instructions on how the process of technical decisions and …show more content…
This regulation was challenged by developing a man rider specifically for the said purpose which was taken all the way to Pretoria to get the responsible minister’s approval. The efforts finally did pay off. Besides this to prevent bureaucracy and to motivate the workers to finish ahead of time they were given morale boosters through measures such as placing a board in the project area where names of those who performed well during the day were included. Also to extensive steps were taken to identify the actual needs of the workers such as the one case where they realized that the welder flown in from the US was actually unhappy with the accommodation he was provided with despite it being top notch as the children within the apartment prevented him from getting adequate rest. The matter was immediately resolved by shifting his accommodation. Also every key member involved in the project process were kept in the loop after discovering that delays were being caused by lack of communication(the case of the inspector who went home without clearing the goods that had arrived as he was not …show more content…
However this objective could have been performed better if the management had been a little more culturally sensitive, as the case of the Muslim welders demonstrated that detection if too late will make it difficult to effect any changes. The efforts to motivate, and improve communication among workers by providing morale boosters, increasing visits at night so that the workers do not feel lonely, encouraging participation in discussions across all classes and functions of workers etc however yielded rich dividends which would serve as a source of reference for future
Project definition:
Overhaul the damaged carbonate regeneration column of the Benfield Unit of the Gas Circuit at Sasol within the shortest possible time to prevent any further loss of income.
Project scope:
The PMBOK framework is applied for this case. It covers the design, execution and evaluation phase. The case does not give any details pertaining to the finishing phase. Also no details are given about the environmental and managerial aspects of the phases mentioned in the case.
Project analysis:
Design Phase:
The primary objective was to get the repair work done on time and so to enable this a set of ground rules were established which included instructions on how the process of technical decisions and …show more content…
This regulation was challenged by developing a man rider specifically for the said purpose which was taken all the way to Pretoria to get the responsible minister’s approval. The efforts finally did pay off. Besides this to prevent bureaucracy and to motivate the workers to finish ahead of time they were given morale boosters through measures such as placing a board in the project area where names of those who performed well during the day were included. Also to extensive steps were taken to identify the actual needs of the workers such as the one case where they realized that the welder flown in from the US was actually unhappy with the accommodation he was provided with despite it being top notch as the children within the apartment prevented him from getting adequate rest. The matter was immediately resolved by shifting his accommodation. Also every key member involved in the project process were kept in the loop after discovering that delays were being caused by lack of communication(the case of the inspector who went home without clearing the goods that had arrived as he was not …show more content…
However this objective could have been performed better if the management had been a little more culturally sensitive, as the case of the Muslim welders demonstrated that detection if too late will make it difficult to effect any changes. The efforts to motivate, and improve communication among workers by providing morale boosters, increasing visits at night so that the workers do not feel lonely, encouraging participation in discussions across all classes and functions of workers etc however yielded rich dividends which would serve as a source of reference for future