Project Planning Assignment

Purpose

To deliver project planning consultancy to assist the Client's Project Manager with the production of planning products such as:

  • Project Definition Documents, e.g. PIDs
  • Project Plans
  • Stage Plans and Gantt Charts
  • Quality Plans
  • Product Descriptions

Benefits

  • Extends the capacity of your project management function without an increase in permanent overhead
  • Complements existing skills and enables flexible resourcing
  • Support from a professional project management organisation. While WPM's project managers work on your site for the duration of the assignment, they have back-up and support from WPM; should they encounter unusual project issues or requirements, they are assisted in determining appropriate solutions
  • WPM's project managers aim to blend into your organisation so that there is no distinction between WPM personnel and yours; they treat your business with the importance that they treat our own

Method

All consultancy assignments result in one or more deliverables being produced by the Consultant on behalf of the Client. The Consultant produces a Product Description for each deliverable they are responsible for and a Work Package describing how the products will be developed and how the assignment will be managed. By treating the assignment as a Work Package within a Client's project, WPM are able to keep the management overhead to a minimum. The generation of the Work Package and Product Descriptions enable the scope of the assignment to be clearly defined, thus ensuring that the Client acquires the business benefits they expect from the assignment.

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Deliverables

  • Consultant equipped with laptop and mobile phone
  • Assignment Brief
  • Other assignment-specific deliverables agreed at the start of the assignment

Reporting & Reviewing

The Consultant issues weekly Highlight Reports to the project management team and Hiring Manager. The Consultant also issues standard weekly reports to the WPM Operations Manager. The WPM Operations Manager holds a performance review with the Hiring Manager at the end of the first week of the assignment and a review with the Hiring Manager at the end of the assignment.

Assumptions

  • A Terms of Reference or Job Description is agreed
  • Access to Client systems, as necessary, to fulfil the terms of the assignment
  • The Consultant's deliverables are recommendations only and should be approved by the Client's management team before implementation
  • The Consultant is allocated to the Client full time for the period specified - any change to the duration or utilisation requires one month's notice
  • Should the placement be cancelled, WPM's standard cancellation terms will apply

Acceptance Criteria

  • The deliverables are completed within the timescale agreed
  • Assignment-specific deliverables meet the requirements agreed
  • Highlight Reports are issued within the timescale specified

Price

To be agreed at initial meeting and documented in the Terms of Reference. Planning services can be provided on a day-rate basis or fixed price per planning product - Project Plan, Product Description etc.

Product Code

CON-022

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