ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENT DETAILS Student name: Muhammad Salman Akram Student ID number: 201700303 Student name: Mian Muhammad Ali Student ID number: 201700301 Student name: Mohammad Arafat Student ID number: 201700135 Student name: Jean Maria Thomas Student ID number: 201700824 UNIT DETAILS Unit name: Project management Fundamental 3 Unit number: SBM1201 Course name: MBPM Class day and time: Thursday 1350-1750 Lecturer and/or Tutor name: Dr. BizhanJamshidnezhad / Suhair Zaid Alkilani ASSIGNMENT DETAILS Title: Recycling of Papers Word count: Due date: 04/05/2017 Date submitted: 05/05/2017 Campus (where you are enrolled): Sydney DECLARATION I/we hold a copy of this assignment if the original is lost or damaged. I/we hereby certify that no part of this assignment has been copied from any other student’s work or from any other source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment. I/we hereby certify that no part of this assignment has been submitted by me in any other (previous or current) assessment, except where appropriately referenced, and with prior permission from the Lecturer/Tutor for this unit. No part of the assignment has been written/produced for me/us by any other person except where collaboration has been authorised by the Lecturer/Tutor concerned. I/we am/are aware that this work will be reproduced and submitted to plagiarism detection software programs for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism (which may retain a copy on its database for future plagiarism checking). Student’s full name: Muhammad Salman Akram Student’s full name: Mian Muhammad Ali Student’s full name: Mohammad Arafat Student’s full name: Jean Maria Thomas GROUP ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET   Table of Contents 4. Case Project Scope and Time Plans 2 Introduction 2 4.1 Project Charter 2 Background 2 Goals 2 Scope 3 Key Stakeholders 3 Project Milestones 3 Project Budget 4 Constraints, Assumptions, Risks and Dependencies 4 4.2 Project Scope Statement 5 4.3 Work Breakdown Structure 5 4.4 Process and strategies for STC Monitoring and Control 5 4.5 Activity List and Milestones 6 4.6 Resource Requirement 7 4.7 Case Project Schedule Plan 8 Conclusion 9 References 10 4. Case Project Scope and Time Plans Introduction This paper is developed to provide with the case project scope and time plans. The project case is recycling of paper and the issue identified within the project case is about the extensive use of chemicals. The paper is prepared as a scope plan for the project case of paper recycling. Therefore, the scope plan will be divided in different sections in order to elaborate on the each part and the manner in which it can enable effective execution of the project(Ghinea et al., 2014). The structure of the scope plan will include the project charter, project scope statement, work breakdown structure. This will be followed by the strategies for the monitoring and control of STC that is scope, time and cost of the project. The list of activities and milestones will be presented along with the requirement of resource. The scope plan will be concluded with the schedule plan for the project. 4.1 Project Charter Background This project is being undertaken in order to investigate the prevailing issue of chemical load within the recycling of the paper. This problem is critical for exploration and mitigation as it not only circulates the recycled paper with toxic content but also contains contaminants that emerges due to the recycling of the paper(Heagney, 2016). Therefore, it is critical that the manner in which the chemical’s use can be eliminated from the recycling of paper is determined. Therefore, there lies an opportunity to address this problem through undertaking this project. Goals Identifying the levels of chemicals used in the recycling of paper Determining the way in which chemicals can be removed(Kerzner, 2013) Developing the framework to remove the chemicals and its global implementation Scope The project is focused on presenting techniques through which the use of chemicals in recycling of paper can be eliminated. There will be several phases of the work that will be undertaken to accomplishing the objective(Leach, 2014). The activities will involve identifying the relevant literature which can reduce the time required for primary research and provide with insight within concepts that are already developed to address this problem. After the research phase, questionnaire based interview will be conducted with the 20 individuals that can enable the insight of the manner in which this problem can be mitigated. Sample population will be developed and questionnaires will be sent in this phase(Pivnenko et al., 2015). The third phase will be research on techniques that can resolve the problem and it will be recommended for the global implementation. The findings will be elaborated on a research paper in the final phase to ensure that the contribution in the domain can be accessed by the researchers, organizations and governments. Key Stakeholders The primary stakeholders will be the department of environmental conservation(Snyder, 2014) (Turner, 2014). I will be the project manager and will conduct the research and writing related to the project solely. Project Milestones The primary milestones of the project are listed below: • Research will start from 10 May 2017 to 20 May 2017 • Interview will start from 21 May to 1 June • Development of techniques will initiate from 2 June to 12 June • Research Paper will be developed from 13 June to 25 June Project Budget The primary expense of the budget will be to access the relevant journal articles and information relevant to the recycling of paper to eliminate the need of developing the foundation that has already been established(Turner, 2016). Therefore, the literature review will be used to leverage the information for development of new/existing techniques from the interview that can resolve the problem of chemical load in paper recycling(Ghinea et al., 2014). The cost of interview will be minimized through conducted in digitally and reaching out to the participants from the email survey as the data collection instrument. Constraints, Assumptions, Risks and Dependencies Constraints Inability to recruit the participants for research Assumption The participants can be recruited from surveymonkey.com for the questionnaire survey. The literature review as part of the substantive input can be access from the journal databases. Risks and Dependencies The primary risks are the insufficient information on the techniques for mitigating the problem(Heagney, 2016). Hence, the project is dependent on the research to be conducted for the articulation of the final project report. 4.2 Project Scope Statement The scope of this project entails conducting the specialised research on the recycle of paper and the techniques that can mitigate the problem and this will be followed by the interview for the development of the final project report that mitigates the issue(Kerzner, 2013). The scope of the project implies presenting a technique/strategy that removes the issue of chemical load within the paper recycling through its implementation across the nations across the globe. Hence, a strategic framework will be developed that enables removal of chemical use from the recycling of paper. 4.3 Work Breakdown Structure 4.4 Process and strategies for STC Monitoring and Control The strategies for the monitoring and control will be considering the scope, time and cost as an integrated cycle. While, the scope can change during the course of the project, the strategy will be to minimize the change in scope to keep minimal impact on time(Leach, 2014). Furthermore, the emphasis will be placed on the completion of the tasks during the defined time frames regardless of the cost to remain within the scope. In order to determine the strategy, both PERT and CPM techniques will be reviewed with their benefits and drawbacks. Pert is a tool that can be deployed for planning, scheduling and control of the project that comprise of deveral activities that remains independent of each other with the uncertainty about the times associated with completion. It is found that this technique is useful in the projects of research(Pivnenko et al., 2015). Advantages offered by Pert involves planning of the project critically and conducting network analysis to ensure detailed planning. It offers schedule change impact forecasting and based on the 3 way estimate for the elimination of uncertainties and forecasting with accuracy(Snyder, 2014). However, the drawbacks are uncertainty about the resource and time estimates that are critical for this project. Moreover, it is not suitable for the projects with limited and defined number of tasks. CPM on the other hand offers visibility of dependences and enables organizing complex projects. It also helps in reducing the time of the project. However, the dependencies of the large projects are not manageable without technical expertise and the difficulty can occur in printing the diagram(Turner, 2014). However, CPM will be the most useful for this research as it will allow reduction of the project cost along with making the dependencies evident. 4.5 Activity List and Milestones Following are the list of activities along with the milestones Activities List Timeline Identifying relevant journal articles 10th May to 12th May Reviewing relevant journal articles 13th May to 19th May Identifying the techniques of recycling 2nd June to 10th June Determining the effective techniques for recycling paper 10th June to 12th June Recruitment of participants and sending questionnaires 21st May to 29th May Data Analysis 29th May to 1st June Writing project report 13th June to 25th June Milestones Timelines Research on Recycling of paper 10th May 2017 to 20th May 2017 Research on the techniques 2nd June 2017 to 12th June 2017 Interview 21st May 2017 to 1st June 2017 Project research report 13th June 2017 to 25th June 4.6 Resource Requirement It has been established from the research that the requirement of resources for this case project is obtaining the access of the efficient journal database that can provide access to the substantial number of journal articles published on the project topic(Turner, 2016). The requirement of resources will consist of accessing a personal computer with the active internet connection for designing and sending the interview questionnaire to the participants. The participants will be recruited from the website namely surveymonkey.com as this website provides fastest responses on the surveys(Ghinea et al., 2014). Furthermore, the access to data analysis tools will be critical for the development of the final project report. 4.7 Case Project Schedule Plan Conclusion It has been established from the above discussion and establishment of the scope plan that the defining the scope and strategies for the STC management are critical. The project charter developed in this project indicates that the outcomes and the scope of the project will be most helpful for the national governments in changing their practices towards the recycling of paper. As the emergence of techniques will be able to mitigate the problems of chemical load that is presently prevalent(Heagney, 2016). Furthermore, it has been found that the use of CPM will be effective for this project since this technique will be able to provide with the time efficiency and the reduced amount of time implies the reduced cost associated with the project(Leach, 2014). The milestones and activities of the project are both mentioned and illustrated in order to provide with the better understanding about the manner in which the case project will be conducted(Kerzner, 2013). It can be concluded that the development of the work breakdown structure, activities list and schedule plan has enabled the most organized manner of undertaking the project to ensure it is completed effectively. References Ghinea, C., Petraru, M., Simion, I. M., Sobariu, D., Bressers, H. T. A., &Gavrilescu, M. (2014). Life cycle assessment of waste management and recycled paper systems. 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