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Project Management Plan (PMP)
for High Speed Rail Feasibility Study
SUBMITTED BY
Transportation Economics & Management Systems, Inc.
in association with
Quandel Consultants, LLC
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Project Management Plan (PMP)
For
Rocky Mountain Rail Authority
High Speed Rail Feasibility Study
Prepared by:
Transportation Economics & Management Systems, Inc. / Quandel Consultants, LLC
June 11, 2008
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Project Management Plan for
Rocky Mountain Rail Authority High Speed Rail Feasibility Study
TABLE OF CONTENT
1.0 Overview: Study Purpose………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
2.0 Work Plan……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5
2.1 Work Tasks …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
2.2 Major Milestones ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
2.3 Work Schedule (see attachment)……………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
3.0 Project Organization: Roles and Responsiblities………………………………………………………………………. 9
4.0 Communication Plan …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12
4.1 Study Team Project Manager and RMRA Project Management Consultant Communications…. 12
4.2 Study Team Project Manager (SPM), Project Management Consultant (PMC) and Chairman of
RMRA Study Management Consultant (SMC) ……………………………………………………………………………. 12
4.3 Study Team and RMRA Study Steering Committee……………………………………………………………. 12
4.4 Study Team …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
4.5 Communication Plan ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13
4.6 Official Communications …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
5.0 Quality Control Procedures………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15
5.1 Project Management Planning and Responsiveness ………………………………
Project Management Requirement and Grading Rubric
Course: _____________________
Team and Project Name:
List of Team Members:
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The project is a team work. Each student on the team will normally receive the same base grade for the project. However, there may be grade adjusted when observing unequal contributions. A group project proposal and list of WBS (with predecessors and completion time) is due for approval in Week 4.
Final Report Requirement
The final report should have the structure and format similar to the following:
· Introduction — a description of the project scope and main objectives that you will analyze in this project
· Project Planning — include detail description on areas such as:
· Project organization and resource
· WBS design and OBS design
· Project cost analysis and budgeting
· Project scheduling and resource allocation
· Project Executing — Effectively manage the project changes and implement solutions for the issues.
· Description of the changes: The changes may be caused by such as unexpected events or client/project owner needs
· Approaches for handling the changes
· Resources and cost impact due to the changes
· Expected results
· Conclusion (e.g., final recommendations, remarks, statements)
· Bibliography and appendices (a list of references you cited in the report and supporting materials if any)
The final report should have the following format: MS Word file, 1.5 line spacing, font 12 Times New Roman, and page margins is 1″ for all sides. The report file (one per group) should be sent to the instructor by due date.
Evaluation Rubric for Teamwork and Report
Category
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
APPROACHES EXPECTATIONS
MEETS EXPECTATIONS
EXCELLENT
Score
Define and deliver the following throughout the project planning stage:
· Project Scope
· Project Organization and Resource
· WBS design
· OBS design
· Cost analysis and budgeting
· Scheduling
· Resource allocation
Project management insufficient or ill-matched to project
Team misses key deadlines; slippage and scope creep are not well managed and are recurring problems
Key project assets are more than occasionally lost, unavailable, not shared, overwritten, not backed up or not tracked effectively.
Team members are not accountable for keeping, changing or tracking assets.
Team makes some use of ‘right sized’ project planning and project management methods and resources
Team meets some key project deadlines and milestones; slippage and scope creep are problems that require more than infrequent rescaling of the project
Occasionally, some key project assets may be lost, unavailable, not properly backed up.
Some team members use asset management tools and follow team protocols.
Team makes good use of ‘right sized’ project planning and p
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