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Unit 5: Project Approach

Self Assessment Notes

Fill in the blanks:
1. A best approach should be chosen according to ………………….. and the type of project
being undertaken.

2. The project approach should also list exact tools or techniques that are not part of the
project management ………………………
3. Complete project planning in enough detail to commence ………………….. architecture
and design.
4. The initial …………………. should be pre-loaded and the Data Warehouse should be
tuned for performance, if necessary.
5. The objective of the architecture and design phase is to describe the technical
………………….
5.2 Technical Plans

The project technical plan can have two meanings, depending on the management:
1. Non-schematic representation of the WBS: Yes, the project technical plan is more or less
the WBS, it is a non-graphical non-schematic representation of the WBS. All the information
that is incorporated in the WBS can still be known by reading the project technical plan,
including the dependencies. The project technical plan and also have sub-technical plans,
which are further breakdowns to activities in the main project technical plan (sub-project
technical plans exist only in very large projects).
2. A part of the project plan listing the technical issues/challenges pertaining to the project
and how to address them: For instance, the project technical plan of a web project will state
that the web application will receive a lot of visitors, which will drain the server’s resources,
so the best way to address this problem is by adding more web and database servers to the
infrastructure to handle the potential load and to ensure that the written code is efficient.
The project technical plan illustrates a detailed breakdown of the relationships between the
major activities required by the project. Succeeding sub-project technical plans are based on it
and any later amendments should be highlighted. Prepared at the same time as the project
resource plan; these two plans together show a high level view of the projects products, activities
and resources. Once approved by the project owner the project technical plan becomes the top
level production schedule for the major products required throughout the project.
The technical plan will differ greatly dependent on the particular industry or business sector.
A technical plan should be created as part of the business plan, this allow more accurate budgeting
for things such as capital equipment, land, energy costs, etc. The would contain items such as initial
building plan, ground requirement, machinery or equipment, Energy usage, waste treatment, in
fact anything that clarifies the technical part of the project together with a Gantt (timing) chart and
possibly some sketches of the product, building and possibly a flow chart of the process.

An environmental Impact report should also be completed for any manufacturing processes
you may be involved in. This is usually a specialized document showing how “Green” your
company is. In today’s business climate it is very important.

Task With your tutor analyze why WBS is important in project technical plans?

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