2. oVERVIEW
Project Scope Management includes the processes required to ensure that the project
includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project
successfully. Managing the project scope is primarily concerned with defining and
controlling what is and is not included in the project. Following are some steps involved
in the scope management process.
• Collection of requirements.
• Formation of project scope statement
• Formation of WBS
• Controlling through requirements traceability matrix
SCOPE STATEMENT
How to create opportunity for CATALYST CONSTRUCTION LTD:
The main boundary lines of these gas lines are from Balakot to Muzafarabad. As we
discussed earlier that during the last 10 years the network of main and distribution gas
pipeline has been expanded by 85%. But the geological and geographical conditions of
Pakistan are tough for the construction. On one side there are glaciers and high
mountains, on the other side there is desert and plan of river Indus with extensive
network of wide rivers and canals. There is always risk of earthquake, landslides and
floods. Instable Government policies, high rate of inflation, rapid change in material
prices are also important risk factors. Looking the current geopolitics situation there is a
persistent threat of war and terrorism in the country. All these factors make the situation
very complex in quantifying the risk factors especially when the project is gas pipeline in
which the impact factor of risk exponentially rise in case of risk occurrence. Moreover,
due to the absence of modern project or risk management techniques and methodologies
the projects are usually not completed in their planned time or budget. Effort has been
made to quantify the associated risks of gas pipeline project on the basis of historical
data. The research will be helpful to separate the most important risks from the trivial
many for the construction of any sort of pipeline project in the northern areas of Pakistan.
So government of Pakistan selected our company to improve the infrastructure of gas
pipelines in Pakistan.
OBJECTIVES
Main objectives of our company
• To lower the cost by smart moves
• To increase the profitability of the company by fulfilling the overall requirements
of this project.
3. • To complete the project on time by covering all the requirements.
• To satisfy the needs of the key stakeholders in my project.
• To minimize the risk associated and its impact on the cost
• To market the brand name of our company, so that in the next few years we move
towards the international markets.
Requirements of Overall Project
As the project boundaries describes that the nature of the project is very complex due to
the tough conditions of Pakistan geographical areas. So especially skilled workers are the
key requirements in this project. On the other hand, the mining phase for the construction
of these gas pipelines requires a detailed plan for the safety of our workers due to the
emission of different gases like CO2 and ammonium which are the dangerous for the
human heath. To make the detailed plan of requirements our core project members
viewed the project charter to know the key stakeholders in this project. The list planned
of requirements is given below.
• Arial route for the gas pipelines
• Acquisition of land
• Long term financing
• Raw materials
• Skilled workers
• Different tool requirements
• Heavy duty machinery
• Medium duty machinery
• Stakeholders register
• Gas pipelines
KEY PROJECT DELIVERABLE
The key project deliverable in my project is the services of the gas pipelines. The main
efforts and contribution in the construction of these pipelines includes all the formation of
status reports including the major parts in the construction methodology.
6. OVERVIEW:
Project Human Resource Management includes the processes that organize, manage, and
lead the project team. The project team is comprised of the people with assigned roles
and responsibilities for completing the project. The type and number of project team
members can change frequently as the project progresses. Project team members may
also be referred to as the project’s staff. While the specific roles and responsibilities for
the project team members are assigned, the involvement of all team members in project
planning and decision making can be beneficial. Early involvement and participation of
team members adds their expertise during the planning process and strengthens their
commitment to the project.
Develop Human Resource Plan—The process of identifying and documenting project
roles, responsibilities, and required skills, reporting relationships, and creating a staffing
management plan.
Acquire Project Team—The process of confirming human resource availability and
obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments.
Develop Project Team—The process of improving the competencies, team interaction,
and the overall team environment to enhance project performance.
Manage Project Team—The process of tracking team member performance, providing
feedback, resolving issues, and managing changes to optimize project performance. The
project management team is a subset of the project team and is responsible for the project
management and leadership activities such as initiating, planning, executing, monitoring,
controlling, and closing the various project phases.
This group can also be referred to as the core, executive, or leadership team. For smaller
projects, the project management responsibilities can be shared by the entire team or
administered solely by the project manager. The project sponsor works with the project
management team, typically assisting with matters such as project funding, clarifying
scope, monitoring progress, and influencing others in order to benefit the project
7. JOB DISCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS
INVOLVED PERSONNELS ROLE IN THE PROJECT
Government of Pakistan Responsible for providing all the financing
of the project
Catalyst construction limited Responsible for the overall management of
the project and provide SOPs for the
project
Mr. Kamran Zafar Responsible for the handling of all the
project phases
Mr. Ali Ahsan Provides the guidelines for the project, may
be less involvement but has direct impact
on the policies.
Mr. Fazal Muqeem Responsible for providing the detailed
human resource plan for the project and
also for all the recruitment of skilled labor
and JDs of each one.
Mr. Ali Moazam Provides the guidelines in project and part
in cost plan
Mr. Mubashir Sadiq Responsible for manufacturing of cost plan
and also procurements plan
Mr. Riaz Hussain Provides the continuous contact with the
market trends
Mr. Noor Ahmed Responsible as a supporting regarding
different phases of the project
Mr. Abdul Khaliq Responsible as a supporting regarding
different phases of the project
Mr. Adeel Shabir Responsible as a supporting regarding
different phases of the project
Mr. Bakar-ul-Hassan Responsible as a supporting regarding
different phases of the project
JOB DISCRIPTION OF HSSE CONSULTANCY FIRMS
HSSE CONSULTANTS HSSE consultants are responsible for the
overall guidance in the project which will
be discussed on different meetings
throughout the project. on the other hand,
guidance to different functional manager
for smart moves in the project must be a
part of consultants job.
8. HIRING OF SKILLED WORKERS
As the nature of the project says that the hiring of the skilled workers are the major part
of the project so these skilled workers will be hired after the planning and before the
execution phase. Mr. Fazal Muqeem is responsible for providing the detailed report for
the all the recruitment in the process. Following are the required skills needed for our
project:
• Most important Required skills needed for construction
o Excellent communicator for different negotiation with the owners
o Problem solving attitude
o Have the ability to take the ownership of different complexities
o Sharp thinking process
o Must have the excellent listening power
• Criteria for all skilled workers must be at least 5 years experience with other
construction companies.
• Minimum age limit for my workers within 25-35
• Formation of salaries plan for all these skilled workers must be on the following
competencies:.
o Accountability
o Achievement orientation
o Communication and coordination
o Initiative
o Professional integrity
o Team work
o Change orientation
o Impact and influence
o Planning and organizing
o Team leadership
o Information seeking and research
o Problem solving
o Judgment and decision making
NOTE: People Excellence Department is responsible for giving all the ratings to
each worker based on the actual level and required level in the project.
TRAINING NEEDS OF LABOR
The nature of the project told us that there are certain needs for training before the
execution of the project. It includes:
• Drivers training
9. • Different trainings on team work
• Trainings for the construction phases
DEVELOPMENT OF PROCUREMENTS PLAN
10. 1. PLANNING AND CONDUCT PROCUREMENTS
After the detailed meetings from all the key stakeholders, and different experts in cost
management, we are able to make a detailed report on the criticality of each item used in
our project. In this whole process, our project team and other experts review the limits or
boundaries of the project. The company (CATALYST CONSTRUCTION LTD) noticed
that arrangement of 30% equipment must be outsourced from different manufacturing
companies and the rest 70% must be internal arrangement of critical item. The most
important part in the procurements is the arrangement of different machineries, so the
company decided for the complete vendor bid analysis in this matter. Moreover, our cost
accountants judged that the cost of fuel on these machines during these two years exceeds
our limited budget. In this whole planning, for more accurate procurements CATALYST
CONSTRUCTION LTD also hires HSSE (health, safety, security and environmental)
consulting firm. Following table describes in detail of each item manufactured internally
by CATALYST CONSTRUCTION LTD and the cost associated with it.
CONSUMABLE
REQUIREMENTS
QUANTITY
EACH
PRICE
EACH
TOTAL
Air horn 5000 50 $2500
Alcohol wipes for
respirators
300 34 $10200
Anti seize can 589 67 $39463
Battery, AA 4000 98 $392000
Battery, AAA 5000 93 $465000
Blade port blade metal 9800 340 $3332000
Battery D 300 293 $87900
Port band metal 290 77 $22330
Blade sawzall 6’’ 898 432 $387936
Broom, push 321 434 $139314
Bucket plastic 5 gal 234 342 $80028
Choker, nylon 2x 16 321 343 $110,103
Choker nylon 2x4 213 444 $94572
Choker nylon 2x18 321 332 $106572
Cups drinking cone case 888 323 $286824
Drill index 798 334 $266532
Drop light 887 455 $403585
Extension cord 100’ 898 664 $596272
Extension cord 50’ 987 989 $976143
Face shields clear 898 988 $887224
Faceshield adoptor 987 654 $645498
File half round bastard 547 868 $474796
Fire blanket role 787 765 $602055
Flashlight G cell 876 674 $590424
11. GFCI three way 868 342 $296856
Grinding wheel
4/12x7/8x1/4
987 342 $337554
Grinding wheel
4/12x7/8x1/8
897 433 $388401
Hand wipes bucket 876 434 $380184
Hard hat earbuffs 876 432 $378432
Hole saw kit 567 324 $183708
Hose, Air, 50' $0.00 668 342 $228456
Knee Pads 759 354 $268686
Lens Cleaning Station 47 455 $21385
Lens, Clear 4 1/2" x 5
1/4"
658 654 $430332
Lens, Cutting #5 475 654 $309994
Lens, Shaded 2" x 4 1/4" 689 456 $314184
Light Bulb, 100W 585 78 $45630
Light Stringer, 50' 475 89 $42275
Light, Quartz 585 68 $39780
Mid-Life Tablets or
Equivalent, Box
477 89 $42453
Padlock Keyed Alike 548 46 $25208
Paint Stick Black 686 688 $471968
Paint Stick Yellow 586 245 $143570
Paint Stick White 696 675 $469800
Pipe Dope 595 876 $521220
Rags, Box 759 467 $354453
Rain Coat, XL 484 476 $230384
Rain Coat, XXL 384 363 $139392
Rice Paper 374 877 $327998
Rope Grab 478 474 $2262
Rope, ½ Manila, Roll-
List qty. of ft.
458 686 $314188
Rope, ¼ Nylon, Roll-
List qty. of ft.
568 878 $498704
Sharpie Marker, Black,
Box
475 638 $303050
Soapstone 475 322 $152950
Squencher or Gatorade,
Case
474 234 $110916
Sweat Bands
Tape, Caution Yellow
362 342 $123804
Tape, Danger Red 474 243 $115182
Tape, Duct Roll 685 432 $295920
Tape, Electrical Roll 253 343 $86779
Tape, Scotch #33 437 213 $93081
12. Tape, Teflon 1/2" 363 312 $113256
Tie Off Adapter 464 322 $149408
Tie Wire, Roll 436 343 $149548
Wafer Wheel, 4" 5/8" -
11 Spin On
475 234 $111150
Wafer Wheel, 6" 5/8" -
11 Spin On
596 324 $193104
Water Cooler, Igloo
Type 5 gal
636 324 $20606
Wedge, Tube 253 324 $81972
Zip Ties, Bag 8” 754 539 $406406
WELDING EQUIPMENTS
Cups, Gas Lens
#4
475 98 $46550
Cups, Gas Lens
#6
465 788 $36640
Gas, Acetylene
Cylinder
323 765 $24095
Gas, Argon
Cylinder
323 675 $28025
Gas, Oxygen
Cylinder
322 765 $24330
Striker, Single
Flint
232 768 $18176
Torch Tip 0 455 878 $39490
Torch Tip 00 654 788 $55352
Torch Tip 1 456 778 $3547
Torch Tip 2
Torch Tip 3
454 658 $29732
Weld Hood,
Jackson, Flip
Lens 2x4
459 687 $35333
Welding Jacket,
Green XL
9879 678 $667962
Welding Jacket,
Green XXL
8787 656 $576272
Welding Jacket,
Green XXXL
8798 432 $300736
Welding Lead,
50'
8769 879 $777951
Welding Lens
Cheater, 1.25X
8698 567 $431766
Welding Lens 8799 567 $499033
14. Welding Sleeves 9897 457 $4522929
SMALL TOOL REQUIREMENTS
Air Arc 443 766 $339338
Air Mover 342 765 $261630
Arc Gouge 432 654 $282528
Beam Clamp, 4
Ton
324 656 $212544
Beam Clamp, 6
Ton
879 654 $574866
Cart, 2 Wheel 876 765 $670140
Cart, 4 Wheel 657 654 $429678
Caulk Gun 653 654 $427062
Chainfall, 1 Ton 676 987 $667212
Chainfall, 2 Ton 453 645 $292185
Chipping
Hammer, Air
15lb
987 759 $749133
Clamp, C 10" 876 768 $62768
Clamp, C 6" 676 457 $30932
Clamp, C 8" 654 438 $28652
Comalong, 1/4
Ton
Comalong, 3/4
Ton
657 654 $42968
Comalong, 1 1/2
Ton
557 675 $375975
Comalong, 3 Ton 768 547 $420096
Drill, Cordless
18V
765 657 $502605
Drill, Electric 1/2" 765 546 $417690
Drill, Hammer
Electric 1/2"
899 657 $590643
Fan, Box 764 776 $5864
Fire
Extinguisher,
10lb
453 654 $2262
Fire
Extinguisher,
20lb
657 457 $300249
Fit Up Bar, 18" 567 648 $367416
Flash Arrestor,
Acetylene
654 657 $429678
Flash Arrestor,
Oxygen
654 567 $0818
Gauge, 898 878 $788444
15. Acetylene
Gauge, Oxygen 757 788 $596516
Grinder, Air Burr
1/4"
765 789 $603585
Grinder, Electric
4 1/2"
875 765 $669375
Grinder, Electric
6" Angle
Grinder, Electric
7"
876 765 $670140
Hammer, 4lb 798 657 $524286
Hammer, Claw 987 765 $7555
Hammer, Slag 876 764 $69264
Impact, Air 1/2" 876 456 $3956
Impact, Air 3/4" 987 787 $76769
Impact, Electric
1/2"
765 647 $49955
Impact, Electric
3/4"
485 765 $371025
Jitterbug 587 764 $48468
Knife, Utility 879 654 $574866
Ladder,
Extension 18'
765 764 $58460
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST ON ALL THR PROCUREMENTS = $33,027,387
Excluding all machinery………..
ACQUISITION OF MACHINERY
Acquisition of machinery is actually the tough task related to the complexity of the
project. On the other hand, moving within budget constraints requires a deep
understanding of the seller. To assure that the process must be within the scope,
government of Pakistan deeply focused into this issue and moves side by side as the
procurements goes on.
Moreover, for about more than four to five months our whole project team along with
government of Pakistan shows keen interest in the selection of vendors. As the project
continues in the next few years, so the most critical part is the availability of sufficient
technology otherwise it will ultimately affect the project cost and time. HSSE
consultancy firm also assures that available technology will be sufficient for the rest of
the years. The main machinery requirements identified after expert judgment and
negotiations are:
Heavy Duty
• Bucket Truck/Boom Truck
16. • Crane Truck
• Dump Bodies
• Dump/Transfer
• Dump Truck
• Flatbed-Dump Truck
• Fuel/Lube Truck
• Grapple Truck
• Mixer/Asphalt/Concrete Truck
• Service/Utility/Mechanic Truck
• Vacuum Truck
• Water Truck
Medium Duty
• Bucket Truck/Boom Truck
• Crane Truck
• Dump Bodies
• Dump Truck
• Flatbed-Dump Truck
• Fuel/Lube Truck
• Mixer/Asphalt/Concrete Truck
• Service/Utility/Mechanic Truck
• Sweeper Truck
• Vacuum Truck
• Water Truck
VENDOR BID ANALYSIS
To purchase such a heavy our core project selected the following truck manufacturers;
Truck Manufacturers:
1. Freightliner Trucks
2. International Trucks
3. Ford Trucks
4. Peterbilt Trucks
5. Kenworth Trucks
6. Mack Trucks
7. Volvo Trucks
8. GMC Trucks
9. Isuzu Trucks
10. Chevrolet Trucks
17. 11. Sterling Trucks
12. Western Star Trucks
A Complete vendor bid analysis is shown in the following. It is based on the
following factors.
TRUCK
MANUFACTURERS
CREDIT
TERMS
PRICES
OF
TRUCKS
RANGE
WARRANTY
PERIOD
Freightliner trucks 5/one
month; net
2months
$9000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
International trucks 5/one
month; net
2 months
$10000-
$30000
6months /
50,000
Ford trucks 4/one
month; net
2months
$8000-
$23000
6months /
50,000
Peterbut trucks 5.5/one
month; net
2months
$11000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
Kenworth trucks 6/one
month; net
2months
$13000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
Mack trucks 3/one
month; net
2months
$8000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
Volvo trucks 4/one
month; net
2months
$11000-
$20000
6months /
80,000
GMC trucks 6/one
month; net
2months
$4000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
Isuzu trucks 1/one
month; net
2months
$15000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
Chevrolet trucks 6/one
month; net
2months
$7900-
$20000
6months /
70,000
Sterling trucks 4/one
month; net
2months
$9000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
Western star trucks 3/one
month; net
2months
$9000-
$20000
6months /
50,000
18. On the basis of the preceding analysis, our core team members selected the two main
main manufacturers on the basis of quality and best discount and warranty period.
• CHEVROLET TRUCKS
• VOLVO TRUCKS
After the final meeting and negotiations the company selected Chevrolet trucks on
the their best discount rates and the final rates on the procurements are given below:
Heavy Duty Purchases cost estimated in
current market conditions
Bucket Truck/Boom Truck $9000
Crane Truck $16000
Dump Bodies $23000
Dump/Transfer $13000
Dump Truck $14900
Flatbed-Dump Truck $12934
Fuel/Lube Truck $13564
Grapple Truck $15600
Mixer/Asphalt/Concrete Truck $14090
Service/Utility/Mechanic Truck $13657
Vacuum Truck $17432
Water Truck $17435
Medium Duty
Bucket Truck/Boom Truck $15432
Crane Truck $14653
Dump Bodies $11010
Dump Truck $14987
Flatbed-Dump Truck $16723
Fuel/Lube Truck $16532
Mixer/Asphalt/Concrete Truck $9000
Service/Utility/Mechanic Truck $11050
Sweeper Truck $8000
Vacuum Truck $13054
Water Truck $15999
TOTAL MACHINERY PURCHASING COST= $327,052
+
OTHERS PROCUREMENT COST =$33,027,387
19. =
$33,354,439
MANUFACTURING OF GAS PIPELINES
Manufacturing of gas pipelines is the tough part for all of our project team as far as the
quality and estimated cost is concerned. So various consultants are hired to maintain the
best quality and the internal cost estimated in the manufacturing is given as follows:
NME OF THE
GAS
PIPELINE
DIAMETER Per km
pipeline
cost
LENGTH ESTIMATED
COST
BM integrated
gas pipelines
42’ 400000 25.66 km 10444444
TOTAL MANUFACTURING COST = 10 million
So by combining overall cost from all the procurements and manufacturing the net cost
estimated is as follows
TOTAL COST ESTIMATED IS 43,798,883
21. 1. IDENTIFICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS
The stakeholders described below, come from project charter. Procurement documents
are also required to ensure the two main contract parties which are the key stakeholders
in this BM integrated gas pipeline. Moreover by looking on the industry standards or
the past experiences of the government of Pakistan, we can realize those different issues
with these stakeholders and how to cater these in this development. We realized that the
previous contract almost two years before.i.e. PAKISTAN-IRAN gas pipeline provides
us a handsome approach for smart moves.
• Classification of different stakeholders in BM integrated gas pipiline contract
Classification of different stakeholders in this project is usually a critical issue to be
defined. Key stakeholders are easily to be defined from the contract. So for others
stakeholder’s analysis our core project team members pass each stakeholder into different
steps to identify their interest expectations and influence on the project. These processes
include:
o Interviewing different stakeholders to identify their impact on the whole
project and interest from this project. (done by PROJECT CORE TEAM)
CORE MEMBERS
• Mr. Kamran Zafar
• Mr. Ali Ahsan
• Mr. Ali Moazam
• Mr. Mubashir Sadiq
• Mr. Fazal Muqeem
• Mr. Abdul Khaliq
• Mr. Riaz Hussain
• Mr. Noor Ahmed
• Mr. Adeel Shabir
• Ms. Bakar-ul-Hassan
o By influence/impact grid
22. I
N
F
L
U
C
E I M P A C T
A B
C
D
KEEP
SATISFIED
MANA-
GE
CLOSE
LY
KEEP
INFO
RME
D
LOW END
HIGH END
MONITOR
A CLASS STAKEHOLDERs
Description: These types of stakeholders include those that have low impact
and high influence on this project. This stakeholder analysis shows that A class
stakeholders includes…..
• RESOURCE STAFF
• SUPPORT TEAM
B CLASS STAKEHOLDERs
Description: These types of stakeholders include those that have both direct
impact and direct influence on this project. It includes:
• GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
• PROJECT MANAGER (KAMRAN ZAFAR)
• CORE TEAM MEMBERS
HIGH END
KEEP
SATISFIED
23. C CLASS STAKEHOLDERs
Description: these types of stakeholders include those that are not might be
actively involved in the project but have the ability to create changes in it. It includes:
• Support team member
D CLASS STAKEHOLDERs
Description: these types of stakeholders are those that have high impact on
the project but not actively involved in the project these includes:
• Political Leaders
Instead of all these quantification, our core project team also moves towards qualitative
judgment through experts, which also shows more or less the same results as shown
above……now the following table shows the particular list of stakeholders that are used
in this project. Moreover stakeholders management strategy also shows their level of
interest
S.NO NAME ORGANIZ-
ATION
POSITION
STAKEHOLDE-
RS INTEREST
IN THE
PROJECT
CLASSIFIC
ATION
ROLE IN
THIS
PROJECT
1 Government
of Pakistan
Project
sponsor
To minimize
costs by smart
moves
To increase the
profits by
providing long
term services
External Responsible
for providing
all the
financing of
the project
2 Catalyst
construction
limited
Project
handlers
To ensure that the
project must be
completed on
time
To minimize
costs and
maximize profits
Internal Responsible
for the overall
management
of the project
and provide
SOPs for the
project
24. 3 Mr. Kamran
Zafar
Project
manager
To ensure that the
project must be
completed on
time
To ensure that all
the status reports
must be delivered
to the
stakeholders on
time
Internal Responsible
for the
handling of all
the project
phases
4 Mr. Ali
Ahsan
CEO To ensure that the
selected projected
must be profitable
by estimating
cash flows
internal Provides the
guidelines for
the project,
may be less
involvement
but has direct
impact on the
policies.
5 Mr. Fazal
Muqeem
Director
(people
excellence)
To ensure that the
HR plan must be
completed on
time
To minimize
costs
To maximize
profits
internal Responsible
for providing
the detailed
human
resource plan
for the project
6 Mr. Ali
Moazam
Chief
technical
officer
(CTO)
To ensure that all
the requirements
in the technical
phase of the
project
Internal Provides the
guidelines in
project and
part in cost
plan
7 Mr.
Mubashir
Sadiq
Chief
financial
officer
(CFO)
To ensure that the
cost plans must
be delivered on
time to different
stakeholders
according to the
future needs
Internal Responsible
for
manufacturing
of cost plan
and also
procurements
plan
9 Mr. Riaz
Hussain
Chief
marketing
officer
(CMO)
To provide clear
guidelines market
trends of different
materials .i.e
prices
Internal Provides the
continuous
contact with
the market
trends
10 Mr. Noor
Ahmed
Support
team
member
Part of the
administration of
the organization
Supporter Responsible
as a
supporting
25. and to ensure that
all the
requirements
related to the
administration of
the plan must be
on time
To minimize
costs and
maximize profits
regarding
different
phases of the
project
11 Mr. Abdul
Khaliq
Support
team
member
Part of the
administration of
the organization
and to ensure that
all the
requirements
related to the
administration of
the plan must be
on time
To minimize
costs and
maximize profits
Supporter Responsible
as a
supporting
regarding
different
phases of the
project
12 Mr. Adeel
Shabir
Support
team
member
Part of the
administration of
the organization
and to ensure that
all the
requirements
related to the
administration of
the plan must be
on time
To minimize
costs and
maximize profits
Supporter Responsible
as a
supporting
regarding
different
phases of the
project
13 Mr. Bakar-
ul-Hassan
Support
team
member
Part of the
administration of
the organization
and to ensure that
all the
requirements
related to the
administration of
the plan must be
on time
Supporter Responsible
as a
supporting
regarding
different
phases of the
project
26. To minimize
costs and
maximize profits
2. PLAN COMMUNICATIONS
Description: plan communication of our project includes the different
parts which include:
• Overseeing the project charter which shows the list of deliverables
• Identifying the target audience of the project.
• Description of the proper delivery method and delivery frequency
• Who is responsible for?
The following table shows the above points in more detail with proper division. For the
whole planning of communication needs, our project core project team uses a continuous
communication loop model which includes a continuous repetition of four processes.
Communication Plan Table
27. Deliverables Type Target
audience
Delivery
method
Delivery
frequency
Who
responsible?
Status
reports
Mandatory Project
sponsor and
other
managers
Through e-
mail
After every
six months
Project
manager
(KAMRAN
ZAFAR)
Registration
documents
of
stakeholders
Mandatory Project
sponsor
Through
mail
Monthly Project
manager
(KAMRAN
ZAFAR)
Stakeholders
management
strategy
All project
core team
members
and Mr. ali
ahsan (CEO)
Proper
documents
through
courier
services
After two
months
Core team
department
Updated
documents
according to
emerging
needs
Mandatory All project
core team
members
Proper
documents
through
courier
services
After every
six months
Support
department
Meeting
schedules
reports
Mandatory All key
stakeholders
in the
project
Through e-
mails
Monthly Project
manager
(KAMRAN
ZAFAR)
3. MANAGE STAKEHOLDERS EXPECTATIONS
Before moving on this project, TOP 8 PLAN meeting schedule helps our company to
manage the expectations of our key stakeholders in which our core team conducted
individual meetings with stakeholders for addressing their issues. Different consultancy
firms also hired to resolve the key issues of our stakeholders.e.g.HSSE consultancy firms
Majority of the questions were directly link with the negative risks in these operations.
(Detailed is given in the risk management plan)
Moreover Mr. Kamran Zafar and all of his core team members are responsible for the
reports performances on these operations which include:
• All the past performance of these operations till the report day.
• How much work completed till that time and who is responsible for whom.
28. TOP 8 PLAN
To manage the expectations of different stakeholders the top 8 plan provides the overall
meeting schedule dates t different point in time in the project.
Meetings before the execution phase 2 meetings (must be informed through
mails
Meetings in the mid of the construction
process (after the mining phase is over)
5 meetings (must be informed through
mails
Meetings at the end of the project (when
the execution phase reaches at its final
stages
1 meetings (must be informed through
mails
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30. OVERVIEW:
Project Quality Management includes the processes and activities of the performing
organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the
project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken. It implements the quality
management system through policy and procedures with continuous process
improvement activities conducted throughout, as appropriate.
Overview of the Project Quality Management processes which include the following:
Plan Quality—The process of identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the
project and product, and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance.
Perform Quality Assurance—The process of auditing the quality requirements and the
results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and
operational definitions are used.
Perform Quality Control—The process of monitoring and recording results of
executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes.
CATALYST CONSTRUCTION Company also requires complete quality plan to meet
the stakeholder requirements. The benchmark of our company includes six sigma which
says that quality of your project must be at its best, at your best effort. To assure this
our company also incurs certain types of costs such as training costs, a complete vendor
analysis, testing, and inspections. To assure that all the things must be on time
CATALYST Company hires the consultancy firm (HSSE COSULTANTS) for all the
audit checks of our business. Specific dates of these checks are given below.
PERFORMS QUALITY CONTROL PLAN
STATUS REPORTS AUDITED BY
SCOPE MANAGEMENT
PLAN
HSSE CONSULTANTS
TIME MANAGEMENT
PLAN
HSSE CONSULTANTS
COST MANAGEMENT
PLAN
HSSE CONSULTANTS
QUALITY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
HSSE CONSULTANTS
HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT PLAN
HSSE CONSULTANTS
COMMUNICATIONS HSSE CONSULTANTS
33. OVERVIEW
The most critical part of our project is the risk management of risk because the as far as
Pakistan is concerned various types of negative risks associated with this gas pipeline.
The objectives of the risk management plan are to increase the probability and impact of
positive events and decrease the probability of negative risks in the project. the most
important parts in the planning phase of the risk are:
• Planning and identification of risks
• Quantitative risk analysis
• Qualitative risk analysis by expert judgment
• Plans and strategies for handling of negative risks
Risk is an uncertain event in the project, if it occurs affects at least one project objective.
Objectives can include scope, schedule, cost and quality. On the other hand, there are also
important issues inside the organization (CATALYST CONSTRUCTION LTD) that are
also to be reviewed, for example, lack of integrated management systems and
dependency on other companies who cannot be controlled.
Our monthly meetings with different consultants ensure the type of attitude when the risk
occurs which includes: perception, tolerances and other biases.
1. PLANNING AND IDENTIFICATION OF RISK
All the project core team hold different planning meetings to develop the risk
management plan. Attendees in these meetings include:
• Mr. KAMRAN ZAFAR (Project Manager)
• Mr. Ali Ahsan (CEO of the CATALYST CONSTRUCTION LTD)
• Mr. Fazal Muqeem (director in the people excellence department)
• Mr. Mubashir Sadiq ( chief financial analyst of the catalyst constion ltd)
• Mr. Ali Moazam (chief technical officer)
• Mr. Riaz Hussain (chief marketing officer)
• HSSE consultants
As we discussed previously, Pakistan is planning to improve the infrastructure of natural
gas through pipelines in their countrry. For fully utilizing the imported gas, providing it
to end customers, the infrastructure of gas pipeline is being developed. Therefore a huge
investment is being carried out in this sector. During the last 10 years the network of
main and distribution gas pipeline has been expanded by 85%. But the geological and
geographical conditions of Pakistan are tough for the construction. On one side there are
glaciers and high mountains, on the other side there is desert and plan of river Indus with
extensive network of wide rivers and canals. There is always risk of earthquake,
34. landslides and floods. Instable Government policies, high rate of inflation, rapid change
in material prices are also important risk factors. Looking the current geopolitics situation
there is a persistent threat of war and terrorism in the country. All these factors make the
situation very complex in quantifying the risk factors especially when the project is gas
pipeline in which the impact factor of risk exponentially rise in case of risk occurrence.
Moreover, due to the absence of modern project or risk management techniques and
methodologies the projects are usually not completed in their planned time or budget.
Effort has been made to quantify the associated risks of gas pipeline project on the basis
of historical data. The research will be helpful to separate the most important risks from
the trivial many for the construction of any sort of pipeline project in the northern areas
of Pakistan.
Table 1(a) Showing Natural resources reserves in Pakistan and their usage (%):
SOURCE OF ENERGY SHARE (%)
Natural gas 50,4
The discussion shows that, huge investment is expected in the field of gas pipeline
construction domestic and cross boarders. Pakistan, not rich in experience of pipeline
construction is looking for a technical and strategic partner for the pipeline construction,
just after the final settlement of Pakistan-IRAN pipeline project is done expectedly in
June, 2008.
Geological and geographical conditions of Pakistan are very complex for the construction
of oil or gas pipeline projects. Almost 50 % of the total area of Pakistan is mountainous.
The northern areas are having different chains of mountains coming from China and
India (Himalaya, Karakorum) which meet with the mountain chains coming from Iran
and Afghanistan (Koh Salman, Hindu Kush) in the northern areas of Pakistan. There is
also an extensive net work of wide rivers and canals in Pakistan. As the intensity of
crossing and obstacles in the linear part of pipeline, the over all cost of the pipelines and
associated risks to complete project in planed framework also increases. The risk can also
be associated with the type of topography of region. In summer temperature ranges
between 45-50*C due to that glaciers melt and melted water goes to the Indus water
system. The monsoon rains which occurs during June to August raise the river flows to
high extend and ultimately floods occurs. The statistics shows that big floods in the
history occurred in summer. Considering geopolitics of the regions there is a persistent
threat of terrorism and war. The economic instability has added the problem due to that
there is frequent change in economic parameters. All these are in fact potential risks for
any construction project especially oil and gas pipelines in which risk are multiplied
many fold and there is exponential rise in damage in case of occurrence of one or more
risks resulting huge human and environmental losses.
Risk management process starts with the planning of risk management. For that meetings
are conducted and it is mainly internal organizational effort for planning a course of
35. action for forth coming risk management plan. In that context, it is necessary to identify,
categorize, analyze, and manage risks in projects.
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUTS
Organizational
environmental factor
Planning meetings and
analysis
Risk management plan
Organizational process
assets
Project scope management
Project management plan
the risks characteristics are different in different part of same country, in which the
project is being executed. After identification for the safe of simplicity we can make Risk
Breakdown structure
(RBS) ,which help to visualize the whole scenario of risk management process.
Considering project life cycle of gas pipeline project in Pakistan we can mainly
categorize risk in two ways:
• Risks during Construction
• Risk during Exploitation of oil and gas pipelines risks in gas pipeline construction
sector.
RBS make things simpler in visualizing the process of risk assessment or analysis. Once
risks have been identified, they must then be assessed as to their potential severity of loss
and to the probability of occurrence. Risk assessment/analysis is primarily a systematic
and comprehensive methodology to evaluate risks associated with a complex engineered
technological entity. Risk assessment is defined as a feasible detrimental outcome of an
activity or action. Risk assessment process required two items:
• The magnitude (Impact) of the possible adverse consequence (risk), and
• The likelihood (probability) of occurrence of each consequence.
36. Risk
Breakdown
Structure
Socio
political risk
Socio
economical
risk
Organizatio
nal risk
Investmen
t risk
Technologic
al risk
Security
risk
Natural
disasters
Ecological
risk
Public
safety and
security
Political
influence
Strikes,
lockouts
Economic
instability
Change in
material
prices
High
inflation
rates
Change in
scope
Unavailabili
ty of labor
resources
Project not
completed
on time
Credit
availability
Fluctuation
in the
currency
Disinvestme
nt in the
market
Design not
in time
Complicated
site
conditions
Lack of
communicat
ion
War
Terrorism
Accident on
site
Loss or
damage to
machine
Loss of
human
resource
Earthquake
Floods
Landslides
Unexpected
weather
conditions
Wind
storms
Damage to
water
resources
Loss of
animal and
plant
species
37. EXPLANATION OF RISK BREAK DOWN FIGURE
• Socio-political risk: it includes all the political instability in the country. As
during the past few years we have noticed that Pakistan is in deep trouble in
building the trust of their people. Due to this instability, there might be high
probability of strikes and lockouts which will ultimately negatively effect our
project due to delay or change in the government policies.
• Socio-economical risk: during the past 10 years, detailed marketing surveys
shows that inflation rate in Pakistan almost thrice than today due to its instability
in the political section. So we can say that, if at certain point in time, our material
prices are high then it will ultimately impacts our project objectives that is ti me
and budget.
• Organizational risk: this type of risk is due to the internal factors of the
organization. Unavailability of the labor resources inside the company due to its
poor planning incurs a lot of impact on the overall cost and time of the pipeline.
• Investment risk: due to the fluctuations in the dollar value, this huge investment
project will ultimately impact its boundaries. We can say that reduction of only
one dollar in the currency will damage the 30% effort of the project and since this
problem cannot be controlled so we must look towards the cash reserves to cater
this situation.
• Technological risk: the construction of these pipelines that is 1674 km long
includes a very complex designing of pipelines. Due to this our company hired a
very experienced consultancy firm.
• Security risks: history shows that in the past Pakistan-Iran gas pipelines
construction process, terrorist attracts on these pipelines reaches up to 141. On the
other, PAKISTAN is in deep trouble in facing these terrorists attack during past
few years, so we can say that probability of terrorism and war in Pakistan must be
high. To cater this problem, Government of Pakistan actively involved providing
security in the operations of these gas pipelines.
• Natural disasters: again, we cannot control nor have the power to cater this
problem but yes we can minimize the impact of earthquakes, floods through
different experts of HSSE firm and also from the China.
• Ecological risk: during the construction, our project team noticed that the cutting
of rocks will ultimately affect its the animal species that is wolf, blue sheep.e.t.c
38. PROBABILITIES OF RISK
Earthquake 40%
Floods 15%
Landslides 44%
Unexpected weather conditions 66%
Change in scope of project 62%
Insufficient technology 77%
Construction not finished on time 62%
Design not on time 40%
Unexpected obstacles in rocks 70%
Political instability 80%
Change in the material price 84%
Timely unavailability of labor 20%
War 20%
Terrorism 88%
Loss of asset of human life 44%
Damage to wild life 38%
STRATEGIES FOR NEGATIVE RISKS
AVOID TRANSFER MITIGATE
Earthquake M
Floods M
Landslides M
Unexpected weather conditions M
Change in the scope of the
project
M
Insufficient technology T
Construction not finished on
time
T
Design not on time T
Unexpected obstacles in rocks M
Political instability
Change in the material price T
Timely unavailability of labor
War A
Terrorism T
Loss of asset of human life T
Damage to wild life T
39. RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATION
1. Three most critical tasks calculated by Risky Project are Excavation, Transportation of
Material and Stringing of pipelines. The most critical risks come out to be change in
economic parameters, delay in approval from regulatory body, internal and external
communication, earthquake and terrorism during construction and operation of gas
pipelines.
2. The secondary risks like change in material prices, construction not finished
in time or budget and design not in time can be reduced or transferred to the other party
or organization by contract. However HSSE is designing, constructing and operating gas
pipelines so risk can be eliminated by strengthening the internal organizational capacity
for design, construction and operation.
3. Organizational or technological risk like insufficient resource planning or project
management, change in scope etc can be eliminated by improving the process or
application of new technologies available in this field. New state of the art technologies
are helpful in managing change at any stage of the project.
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