Change Management Plan
Students will create a change management plan that follows project management best practices to allow controlled changes to the project specifically for Schedule, Scope, Budget and Resources. The process should analyze the impact of changes to the project objectives and how changes to the overall project get approved or denied. Students may propose an alternative project of their own design that shows attainment of the corresponding course outcome. The mentor must approve the alternative project.
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Defined Plan for Change
There are two forms of changes that will be expected and upheld in the construction of the apartment and the perimeter wall. The customer will fund some changes while other changes will be based on the project team/ contractors. The design engineers can propose a change in the design especially on the interior design of segments of the building. This change will influence the disbursement of resources and causes changes in the budget. Changing the fittings to more durable type for safety and sustainability issues would mean adding more resources to the project. In this case, a change in the quality will be approved by the control team only if the proposed change influences the overall objective of the project. Customer proposed change will be based on the marketability value, and the influence of the customer has in the project. Some of the customers designed changes such as portioning of the individual stalls will be made at their costs after signing the tenancy contract. However, the team will consider if that change affects the durability of the apartment and if there would be a need to approve the change. The project team can be requested to independently fulfill the required change in the best interests of all stakeholders.
Schedule
This project is expected to run for 11 months to achieve all its objectives. Both structural and operational changes will affect the schedule to extend time assigned for some tasks at the expense of others. There is a need to maintain the project…
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