Critical path method cpm tracking project logbook

Assignment title Technologies in off-site construction

Assessment Information

Assignment 1 of 1 Part 1

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Pass	Merit	Distinction
LO1 Formulate a project that will provide a solution to an identified problem
P1 Select an appropriate construction-based project, giving reasons for your choice.	M1 Explain why the project specification is of fundamental importance to a successful project outcome.
LO2 Manage a project within agreed timescales and specification, documenting the process throughout
P4 Describe a range of appropriate techniques for generating realistic potential solutions.	M2 Prepare and update a project management plan, using standard systems of time and resource tracking.

Assignment 1 of 1 Part 2

Project Scenario:

Working as a Site Manager on a “Design and Build” project, you have been asked to develop and appraise a specification for your current project, in order for it to be successful.

Your project should be based on one of the following construction projects:

Affordable Housing in the Sheffield City Region

i) Using your specification, you are required to prepare and update a project management plan, using standard systems of time and resource tracking, whilst also identifying potential resources, costs and timescales. Some or all of the following should be developed/considered/discussed.

Resources and resource planning, Costs and cost planning

Again, using your developed specification, you are required to describe a range of appropriate techniques for generating solutions.

Task 4:

Research what the project brief is asking. How can you approach the problem, opportunity, hypothesis and requirements being posed?
Apply a range of secondary research sources to plan/scope and support the project and its findings. Secondary research sources may include textbooks, journal articles, newspapers and magazine articles (not factual accounts).
- a record of what you did, when and what you were thinking.
- a record of where things went wrong and what you did to overcome any unexpected results.

LO1 Formulate a project that will provide a solution to an identified problem

Project identification

Costs and cost planning

Work plan:

Progress tracking – project logbook

Milestones.

LO4 Produce a project report and deliver a presentation of the final project outcomes

Report formats

Performance Review Template - use to help with your project review

What was the project supposed to accomplish?
Did the project succeed in its aims? How do you know? Specifically, please outline any evaluation and assessment undertaken.
What strengths and weaknesses of your performance did you identify?
How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?

Recommended Sources

Academic articles that relate to the key concepts of the unit.

Recommended Resources

LAWSON, B. (2005) How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. London: Routledge.

POTTS, K. and ANKRAH, N. (2014) Construction Cost Management: Learning from Case Studies. London: Routledge.