PROJECT CHARTER DEVELOPMENT OF KASHMIR HIGHWAY

GROUP 2 - DEVELOPMENT OF
KASHMIR HIGHWAY

PROJECT CHARTER

MSPM SEMESTER 1
(GROUP A)

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TABLE OF CONTENT
PROJECT TITLE AND DEFINITION.................................................................................................... 4
PROJECT TEAM:...................................................................................................................................... 5
ASSIGNED TASKS: .................................................................................................................................. 5
SUMMARY OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 6
BUSINESS CASE ....................................................................................................................................... 7
PROJECT GOALS ..................................................................................................................................... 7
PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS...................................................................................................................... 8
PROJECT CONSTRAINTS ...................................................................................................................... 8
PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................... 8
CRITICAL PATH IN PLANNING & EXECUTION .............................................................................. 9
WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (WBS) ..................................................................................... 9
MATERIAL REQUIRED.......................................................................................................................... 9
QUALITY CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES .............................................................. 9
CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................10
TIME ESTIMATION ..............................................................................................................................10
RISK IDENTIFICATION .......................................................................................................................10
QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: .............................................................................10
PROCESS IMPLEMENTATION...........................................................................................................11
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PROCUREMENT CLOSURE.................................................................................................................11
FINANCIAL CLOSURE ..........................................................................................................................11
HAND OFF PROJECT............................................................................................................................11
CUSTOMERS FEEDBACK ...................................................................................................................12
FINAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING...............................................................................................12
TECHNIQUES FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE PROJECT FAILURE ......................................13
INDEX AND ARCHIVES........................................................................................................................13

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Project Title and Definition

Project Title:

Development of Kashmir Highway

Project Status:

Active / In Process

Project Location:

Kashmir Highway from Golra More to GT road

Focus:

Business development and resources, connect Islamabad to

GT road through Golra mor, enable safe delivery,
environmentally-friendly, long-lasting, disaster-resilient,
and cost-effective highway infrastructure, and provide a
high level of service.

Project Purposed Date:

21st September, 2014

Project launches:

26th September, 2014

Project Delivery:

28th September, 2014

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Project Actions:

Edit Permissions - Edit Project - Duplicate Project - Delete Project

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PROJECT TEAM:
Members
Madiha
Hira
Asad
Mushtaq
Jahangeer
Noman
Mudassar

email
marooj@gmail.com
hira_rizwannii@hotmail.com
m.asad.mwr@gmail.com
mush1974pk@gmail.com
mjs_131@yahoo.com
noumanzahoor86@gmail.com
mudsdir.ali@live.com

Qualification
MBA
MBA
E.Engg.
MSc
MSc
MBA
S.Engg.

ASSIGNED TASKS:
Member
Hira

Noman

Mushtaq

Madiha

Mudassar

Jahangeer

Asad

Action
Activity list, Collect process, Cost, Business case, uncover initial
requirements assumptions and risk, stake holder management
strategy, Develop schedule, procurement and purchasing.
Project scope statement, Work break down, Detailed Requirements,
Choice of technology, Resource requirements, Quality and safety
Standards process, Network Diagram.
3) Estimate time, Risk Identification it qualitative and quantitative
analysis, process improvement plan, Execute process/management
plan, determine critical paths in planning and execution, manage
meetings.
4) Look after that everything is according to instructions, Perform
quality assurance and quality audit, influence the factors that cause
changes, update daily operations to higher management , Create
Forecast, manage reserves
5) Hold meetings, team building activities, Quality control, report on
project performance,
Send and receive information, release resources after completed,
manage reserves,
product scope.
6) Procurement closure, Financial closure, Hand off project,
customers feedback, Final acceptance of the product, Final
performance reporting, index and archives, make sure all the work
must be perfect.
Initiate, Planning, Executing, Monitoring ,Controlling & Final Delivery

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Summary Overview
The communities of the Capital are not properly linked to the Grant trunk road,
So first proposed the concept for the Road to Resources for the development of the
business. The Consultants, through Public Works, did significant work on
development of highway surveys, geotechnical investigations, environmental studies,
and culvert designs, some detailed design and even tender package preparation. This
wills results construction of X km of the Kashmir Highway. At the time our consultant
company took over the highway system, it did not have the financial basis to
undertake construction of major infrastructure projects such as the Kashmir
Highway extension. Funding from the federal government was, and still is, required
for extension purpose.
The goal of this project is to enable delivery of safe, environmentally-friendly, longlasting, disaster-resilient, and cost-effective highway infrastructure, and provide a
high level of service. The ultimate outcomes of this proposed program of strategic
initiatives and research will be new materials that provide more durability and
reliability.

Infrastructure

planning,

design,

contracting,

construction,

and

maintenance practices that address highway infrastructure as an integrated system.

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Business Case
As the Nation moves into the heart of the 21st century, the highway system is
largely a victim of its own success. The economic growth made possible by the
highway system has fueled tremendous increases in the demands placed on it.
At the same time, the Nations investment in highway infrastructure has not kept
pace with these growing demands. These circumstances present highway
agencies with many critical challenges, including:
1: The need to extend the service life of existing highway infrastructure.
2: The need to build, rehabilitate, and rebuild infrastructure in ways that:
a: Minimizes the impact of construction activities on already congested
highways.
b: Optimizes the overall cost/benefit for the improved infrastructure.
c: Facilitates future adaptation to accommodate changing demands.
3: The need to effectively address the mobility challenges posed by natural or
man-made extreme events and hazardsincluding earthquakes, hurricanes,
floods, collisions, and acts of terrorismby designing and constructing less
vulnerable infrastructure to minimize loss, and employing rapid restoration
techniques to restore functionality after a disaster occurs.

Project Goals
1-- Enable the delivery of safe, environmentally-friendly
2- Cost-effective highway infrastructure, and provide a high level of service
3- R&D will deliver research products, which are ready for adoption and
implementation by highway agencies responsible for infrastructure design,
construction, and management.
4- New systems that can be constructed faster yet are more reliable and significantly
more durable.
5- Pursuit of less damaging (more green) and renewable materials and construction
technologies

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Project Assumptions
1 Contract would be conventional / bid/design
Construction of new Kashmir highway to control the traffic and to make
2
mobilization easy
3 Total allocation of budget is $ 342000
4 Kashmir highway will be 30km long
5 The width of tow lain side is 30feet ( total width of road is 60 feet)

Project Constraints
1
2
3
4

Financial and fiscal constraints

Political crises in the country
Local residence interruption
Legal issues

5 Environmental issues (finishing the green belts and cutting of trees)

PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT

The project will be located in a residential area which is well connected to the centrally
to the city. The design of the project, selection of contractors and architects, approval of
local municipal laws etc. are decided and made available. The role of each stakeholder
is decided and the cost requirement (Budget) for completion of the project is
determined. The risks are identified and the steps are taken to subdue the risks in order
to avoid scope creep.

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Critical path in planning & execution

In this case, CRASH TECH will be resorted to counter the critical paths during
any stage of the project.

Performance and resources

Use ability, reliability, security, innovation, cost reduction.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

A work breakdown structure (WBS), in project management and systems engineering, is a
deliverable oriented decomposition of a project into smaller components. A work
breakdown structure element may be a product, data, service, or any combination thereof.
A WBS also provides the necessary framework for detailed cost estimating and control
along with providing guidance for schedule development and control.

Material Required

Embankment
Sub grade
Pavement structure base course
Surface course
Special materials for drainage
Maintenance

Quality Control and Performance Measures

The Project Team will employ a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods
to monitor the project. Quality control measures ensure that the project is able to meet
the specifications intended for the facility. The following quality control measures will
be implemented to ensure that the project meets all customer needs and
specifications. They will be performed by the project management team, the
contractors, or independent outside agencies as appropriate.
More its necessary to follow properly SQC(specification quality control)

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Choice of Technology
Use of waste materials to replace aggregates (DLC)
Used for stabilization of sand
Modified bitumens, multi grade bitumens and improved emulsions
Use of waste materials like fly ash, Blast furnace slag, Air cooled slags.

Municipal wastes. etc

Time estimation
Schedule be developed incorporating creation of a Company calendar which
shall be showing working & non working days. Creation of WBS to include
identification of activities, selection of team members, arrangement of resources
(equipment, material &work force), commencement of the project, completion.

Risk identification
Maintenance of risk register, risks include flood forecast, strikes in different
forms and price hike etc.
Explicit Risk Specification.

Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis:

Certain unavoidable risks if arise during the course of project may force CUT
QUALITY. More so, the required resources by activity will be quantified.

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Process Implementation

Process of Monitoring &Control being part of the project cycle to be

enforced.

Procurement Closure
Performing procurement closure means completing each process
and giving it a proper closure. Project closure is not complete
without procurement closure. Therefore, all procurements made for
the development of Kashmir Highway will be given proper closure.

Financial closure
Financial closure is a stage when all the conditions of a financing
agreement are fulfilled prior to the initial availability of funds.
Financial closure is attained when all the tie ups with banks/financial
institutions for funds are made and all the conditions precedent to
initial drawing of debit is satisfied. All such formalities will be met
during the development of Kashmir Highway.

Hand off project

Hand off of a project is transferring of project / facility to the
customer / user. In this case, it will be ensured that developed
Kashmir Highway is handed over the stake holders i.e., NHA
immediately after completion.

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Customers feedback
Information coming directly from customers about the satisfaction or
dissatisfaction they feel with a product or a service.
Such feedback will be asked from the stakeholders to gauge quality
standards of the Highway.

Final performance reporting

The purpose of the final performance report is to provide a record of
project accomplishments. In this case, final performance report will be
asked from stakeholders.

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Techniques for the prevention of the project failure

A:

CRITICAL MEASURES -

The critical few product objectives (performance,

requirements) of the project need to be stated
measurably.

B:

PAY FOR RESULTS -

The project team must be rewarded to the degree they

achieve the critical product objectives.
There must be a top-level architecture process that
focuses on finding and specifying appropriate design
strategies for enabling the critical product objectives
(that is, the performance requirements levels) to be met
on time.
Project specifications should not be polluted, there needs
to be specification quality control (SQC) with an exit
condition set that there should be less than one
remaining major defect.

C:

ARCHITECTURE FOR
QUALITY -

D:

CLEAR SPECIFICATIONS -

E:

DESIGN MUST MEET THE

BUSINESS NEEDS

Design review must be based on a clean specification,

and should be focused on whether the designs meet the
business needs.

F:

VALIDATE STRATEGIES
EARLY

The high-risk strategies need to be validated early.

G:

RESOURCES FOR DESIGNS -

Adequate resources need to be allocated to deliver the

design strategies.

H: EARLY VALUE DELIVERY -

The stakeholder value should be delivered early and

continuously. Then, if you run out of resource
unexpectedly, proven value should already have been
delivered.

Index and Archives

Index and archives All documentary records maintained for development of
Kashmir Highway will be indexed and kept in archive for future reference.

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