This task requires you to design and develop a project plan.

Scenario: You have been engaged to manage the relocation of a large accounting firm from the Sydney CBD to a new office tower in Parramatta, New South Wales. The purpose of the relocation is to better situate the firm in the most rapidly growing population centre of Sydney. At present the firm occupies an entire floor of the Sydney CBD tower. The floor space of the new premises will be about 10% smaller. The lease for the new premises has been signed, and it is ready for the firm to move in. You have had a meeting with the managing director, and you know that you have many important things to consider. Among these are:

• Achievement of buy-in of the staff to the move, overcoming resistance, and so on
• Physical transportation and re-instalment of the server
• Physical transportation and re-storage of hard copy files
• Fit-out of new premises with furniture, internet, phones, and so on
• New physical arrangements for staff e.g. will the managers have offices, or will it be open-plan?
• The tight timeline of the project the deadline for completion is four weeks after commencement of the project, in order to keep disruption to operations to a minimum
• The tight budget of $250,000, which cannot be exceeded.

You will have a small team taken largely from existing employees of the firm, but supplemented with external specialists as necessary.

You must report to the steering committee (managing director, finance director, operations director) every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Task 1

Instructions: Before beginning the plan, provide this information relating to initiation of the project:

1. Write a Statement of Work (no more than one sentence, describing the goals and objectives of the project, why it is necessary, and the benefits it will deliver).
2. Who are the main stakeholders of the project? Name four.
3. What are the top three risks of the project, that you can foresee?
4. What are the major constraints, and at least one important assumption, of the project?