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By
R.CHANDRASEKARAN, DGM/Mech.
TECHNICAL SECTION
MINE-I&IA, NLC.
What is a project ?
Essentials
It can be small
It can be very large
It can contain many smalls to make up the large
Project phases
Pre-project phases
Project phase
Post project phase
Project justification
Checking the basics availability
Feasibility report
Statutory clearances
Project appraisal
Project sanction
Project phase
Planning
Scheduling
Monitoring
Controlling
Inspection
Expediting
Reviewing and
Reporting
In materials
Selection based on need
Based on availability
Based on cost economy
In procedures
For shop inspection
For site inspection
For commissioning
For processing deviation
What is management ?
Generally a multi purpose organ that
It controls
It expedites
It monitors
to achieve the organization's objective
We manage men
We manage machineries
We manage materials
We manage money
We manage time
Planning
Scheduling
monitoring
controlling
inspecting
expediting
Reviewing
Reporting
Planning
Preparation of a set of targets to
be achieved to attain the objective
of the project is what is called
planning
Planning steps
Scheduling
Scheduling is applied planning
Scheduling affixes the plan on to a
time frame
Scheduling allocates resources
Deciding calendar date for start and
finish of activities
Scheduling
Scheduling decides
The start and end time for activities
The sequence of activities
Scheduling
In a net work can show critical activities
Can help in computing the project end date
With scheduling
It is possible for judicious allocation of resources
so that critical activities are speeded up at the
delay of non critical activities
Monitoring
Monitoring is the major role of the
project manager
It means
Controlling
Controlling follows Planning and scheduling
What is not planned cannot be monitored
With out monitoring there cannot be any control
Monitoring is measuring deployment of
resources against their schedule
Controlling is regulating the deployment of
resources against variance
List of packages
To facilitate effective management
Large projects can be split up into
convenient packages
The grouping is normally into civil,
mechanical, electrical packages
Further classification of convenience
can also be done like A type, B type,
C Type and D Type
List of packages
Project cost
Direct cost
It includes materials cost
It includes machineries cost
It includes man-hour cost
The direct cost can be crashed with
deployment of additional resources
Project cost
Indirect cost
It includes overhead
It includes Supervision & establishment
It includes loss of profit
It also includes market loss in
competition etc
Indirect cost is assigned to the total duration
of the project
Preliminary investigation
Land and land development
Roads Bridges drainage
Rehabilitation charges
Civil mechanical electrical & Instruments
Taxes and duties
Consultancy fees
Tasks
Return
Milestone
A milestone is simply a task with no
duration (zero days). These are used to
identify significant events in project.
Examples
Drum lifting
Boiler light-up
Synchronizing
Return
Project manager
Project management is not every managers cup of
tea
He should learn
Psychology
Human behaviour
Organizational behaviour
Inter personnel relations
Communication skills
Problems of Project
management
The project manager should foresee the events
The project manager should be a very good problem
solver
The project manager should be a human relations
expert
The project manager should have very good
communication skill
It is better if he has expert knowledge of his work
area