Unit 5 Assignment 1
UNIT 5 ASSIGNMENT 1:
SIMULATION/ CASE STUDY THE DULHASTI POWER PLANT
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The main problem in the construction of the Dulhasti Power Plant Project is the project cost estimation and delivery. The project was based on a straight concept: Dilhasti was designed as a 390MW hydroelectric power plant to be built on Chenab River in the Doda region, The project was supposed to build a hydroelectric generating station, and string hundreds of miles of transmission lines starting near the headwaters of a system of rivers flowing onto the plain south of the mountain region.
II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
The site selected for the project came with some serious drawbacks. Its first problem was that it was a disputed border region between Pakistan and India. Constructing such an obvious target as a power plant in the disputed area was sure to provoke reaction by nationalist groups so there needed to be additional costs of security to the site. A second problem was the geographical challenge of creating a large plant in this region with no rail roads or roads, supplies had to be brought in with air transportation.
III. CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM
Poor Planning
Bad estimation
Time delay
Political issues
IV. DECISION CRITERIA AND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
Estimate for the problems
Pick a different location
V. RECOMMENDED SOLUTION, IMPEMENTATION, AND JUSTIFICATION
Due to the location, the Dulhasti Power Plant Project costed more than the estimate. The project manager should have accounted for the problems.
VI. EXTERNAL SOURCING
Works Cited
Jennifer Dozier, Y. C. (n.d.). Offshore Outsourcing: The Negative Effect on American Jobs. Retrieved from Yahoo: http://voices.yahoo.com/offshore-outsourcing-negative-effect-american-10623051.html
Leblanc, S. F. (n.d.). Strategies for creative problem solving. Peason Custom Publishing.
Pinto, J. K. (2010). Project Management . New Jersey: Pearson.
SIMULATION/ CASE STUDY THE DULHASTI POWER PLANT
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The main problem in the construction of the Dulhasti Power Plant Project is the project cost estimation and delivery. The project was based on a straight concept: Dilhasti was designed as a 390MW hydroelectric power plant to be built on Chenab River in the Doda region, The project was supposed to build a hydroelectric generating station, and string hundreds of miles of transmission lines starting near the headwaters of a system of rivers flowing onto the plain south of the mountain region.
II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
The site selected for the project came with some serious drawbacks. Its first problem was that it was a disputed border region between Pakistan and India. Constructing such an obvious target as a power plant in the disputed area was sure to provoke reaction by nationalist groups so there needed to be additional costs of security to the site. A second problem was the geographical challenge of creating a large plant in this region with no rail roads or roads, supplies had to be brought in with air transportation.
III. CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM
Poor Planning
Bad estimation
Time delay
Political issues
IV. DECISION CRITERIA AND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
Estimate for the problems
Pick a different location
V. RECOMMENDED SOLUTION, IMPEMENTATION, AND JUSTIFICATION
Due to the location, the Dulhasti Power Plant Project costed more than the estimate. The project manager should have accounted for the problems.
VI. EXTERNAL SOURCING
Works Cited
Jennifer Dozier, Y. C. (n.d.). Offshore Outsourcing: The Negative Effect on American Jobs. Retrieved from Yahoo: http://voices.yahoo.com/offshore-outsourcing-negative-effect-american-10623051.html
Leblanc, S. F. (n.d.). Strategies for creative problem solving. Peason Custom Publishing.
Pinto, J. K. (2010). Project Management . New Jersey: Pearson.
Cited: Jennifer Dozier, Y. C. (n.d.). Offshore Outsourcing: The Negative Effect on American Jobs. Retrieved from Yahoo: http://voices.yahoo.com/offshore-outsourcing-negative-effect-american-10623051.html Leblanc, S. F. (n.d.). Strategies for creative problem solving. Peason Custom Publishing. Pinto, J. K. (2010). Project Management . New Jersey: Pearson.