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Fundamentals of Project Management

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Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) formed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) under
the Companies Act to construct the Delhi Metro.
The Delhi Metro project gave Delhi a world-class mass rapid transit system. More
importantly, it stood out from most other public sector projects in India in that it was
completed on schedule and within the budgeted cost.
The case describes the organization and planning of the project and highlights the steps
taken by the DMRC to ensure the successful completion of the project. It also explains how
the DMRC managed the various stakeholders like the Central and State Governments, the
contractors, and the citizens of Delhi, to ensure that the project was implemented smoothly.
The case ends with a brief discussion on the future plans of the DMRC.
Issues

1. Understand the preliminary activities to be taken up before a large infrastructure
project can be started.
2. Appreciate the significance of the role of a project manager in project execution.

3. Understand the importance of the right work culture in successful project
management.
4. Recognize the importance of managing the various stakeholders in a project.

5. Appreciate the difficulties involved in the execution of large infrastructure projects
in developing countries, and how these can be overcome.
Conceived as a social sector project, a significant portion of the project cost was funded
through a soft loan provided by the Japanese government through Japan Bank International
Corporation (JBIC). The rest was contributed by GoI and GNCTD through equity.
E. Sreedharan (Sreedharan) was appointed managing director (MD) of the DMRC and
project manager for Phase I of the project in November 1997. Work on Line 1 of Phase I
started in October 1998. DMRC formed consortiums to advise it on the project and to
provide it with the latest technology. It also saw to it that the foreign companies worked
with the Indian companies to ensure that the latter assimilated their expertise and
technological know-how.

The DMRC faced any number of technical and systemic challenges during the construction
of the metro.
Question

Analyse the case and discuss the case facts.
Source: http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Project%20Management/PROM001.htm

3.7 Summary

In this unit we have discussed about the project planning process.

The success of a project depends on the successful implementation of the project.
The project plan should include all functional requirements throughout the project cycle,
such as performance, features price, finance, distribution etc., project elimination, if all
required at a later stage, should also be foreseen.
All the project mix elements should be carefully considered before the project actually
goes into commercial time of project.

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