Assessment 2 Specification Group Assessment (40%)
Introduction
Based on the scenario given in Assessment 1, you are now presented with many issues (to build your client’s home):
• The performance of your subcontractors and vendors are not satisfactory and is directly impacting the quality of their work performed. You realise that you haven’t instituted proper reporting procedure to be followed by your subcontractors and vendors.
• You are unable to make informed decisions as you don’t have the data to objectively manage your subcontractors and vendors
• You have failed to develop a risk management plan to assess all risks that could affect your project
• You now realise that you lack leadership capabilities to successfully manage this project
This assessment item requires you to work in a group (no more than 3 students).
Your tasks
Write a report to your senior management explaining your action plans to overcome all the issues highlighted above. For each of the issue, you are expected to:
• propose necessary actions that must be taken by way of implementing the appropriate project management processes
• provide examples of how these new control measures are to be implemented
You are also expected to include the following in your report:
1. A brief executive summary
2. An explanation of an effective and efficient project review and reporting mechanism for monitoring and controlling purposes
3. The demonstrated use of the seven quality control tools (7QC) tools (and / or other quality tools) to generate subcontractor / vendor performance data (provide examples – these could be fictitious but practical data)
4. An explanation of an effective risk management plan
5 An explanation of the appropriate leadership style that you could adopt to manage this project successfully
6. A conclusion section
Solution
Name:
Date:
Report to: Senior management team
RE: SUCCESSFUL BUILDING AND DELIVERY OF CLIENT HOME
- Executive summary
Construction projects are complex to execute because they involve varying dynamics in terms of material costs, labor supply, and regulatory variances among other factors. Such variables influence a project team’s performance as far as the delivery of the final product is concerned. The more a project is faced with unfavorable conditions, the less it is likely to be successful in line with the client’s expectations. The vice-versa holds true in the construction industry. In this case, it is clear that the customer had specific project scope that had to be adhered to for the project to be deemed successful. In this report, it is clear that an effective and……………….
benchmark of operations in their project delivery duties.
- Project review and reporting
Poor project monitoring and control mechanisms can be attributable to the substandard performance attached to subcontractors and vendors. The more dismal evaluation approaches are applied, the higher the chances of reluctant personnel in various capacities are to be negligent in duty execution (Demirel, Volker, Leendertse & Hertogh, 2019). In this project, it will be vital to establish quality assurance in a bid to determine whether various aspects are compliant or at risk of failure. The review process will take place within various time frames that are based on the complexity and criticality of the project in question. Predetermined procedures are supposed to be followed in a bid to make sure that there is a timely and effective review of the project……………………..To access the rest of the solution for $10, please click on the purchase button.
