Project Specialist
Project Specification and Scheduling: Case Study Report on the Pan African Transport Fleet Renewal Project
Projects get talked about quite a lot these days. Per Dennis (Lock, 2007)projects date back before the 1900’s when project planning tools like the Gantt charts were in use. In the1950s when computer use became pretty expansive, project planning and scheduling tools were developed. Projects differ in size, scope, cost and time. There are now big international projects requiring millions of dollars to implement over a number of years to small projects taking days or months to conclude. As such, a project can be defined as a set of unique and coordinated activities undertaken to deliver a desired result in a given specified timeframe ( (Harvey, 2010). Projects are very important in the development of a country, organization, and even individuals. Effective Project Management is a catalyst essential towards the creation of change that enhances the ability to do things more efficiently and effectively.
By and large, the discipline of Project Management lays down the tools and techniques that enable any project team to organize their work to meet time cost and scope constraints.
The importance of project management needs not to be overemphasized. Effective Project Management has given rise to the successful execution of projects. Needless to say, that the use of project planning implementation tools and techniques enable project teams to organize their work to meet time, cost and scope constraints.
This paper focuses on project planning and scheduling. The paper will analyse the skills, tools and techniques used in project planning mooting the Pan African Transport Fleet Renewal Project.
The Board of the Pan African Transport Fleet would like to renew their fleet of trucks, trailers and tractors in order to remain valid on the market. In order to effectively and efficiently plan the renewal of the fleet the Board decided to involve a Project Manager with
Projects get talked about quite a lot these days. Per Dennis (Lock, 2007)projects date back before the 1900’s when project planning tools like the Gantt charts were in use. In the1950s when computer use became pretty expansive, project planning and scheduling tools were developed. Projects differ in size, scope, cost and time. There are now big international projects requiring millions of dollars to implement over a number of years to small projects taking days or months to conclude. As such, a project can be defined as a set of unique and coordinated activities undertaken to deliver a desired result in a given specified timeframe ( (Harvey, 2010). Projects are very important in the development of a country, organization, and even individuals. Effective Project Management is a catalyst essential towards the creation of change that enhances the ability to do things more efficiently and effectively.
By and large, the discipline of Project Management lays down the tools and techniques that enable any project team to organize their work to meet time cost and scope constraints.
The importance of project management needs not to be overemphasized. Effective Project Management has given rise to the successful execution of projects. Needless to say, that the use of project planning implementation tools and techniques enable project teams to organize their work to meet time, cost and scope constraints.
This paper focuses on project planning and scheduling. The paper will analyse the skills, tools and techniques used in project planning mooting the Pan African Transport Fleet Renewal Project.
The Board of the Pan African Transport Fleet would like to renew their fleet of trucks, trailers and tractors in order to remain valid on the market. In order to effectively and efficiently plan the renewal of the fleet the Board decided to involve a Project Manager with