BUILDING PROJECT CYCLE

INITIATION
There six life cycle stages of buildings are
1. raw material extraction;
2. manufacturing;
3. construction;
PLANNING
4. operation and maintenance;
5. demolition;
6. and disposal, reuse or recycling

EXECUTION

PERFORMANCE
&
MONITORING

CLOSURE
 INITIATION PHASE
The goal of this phase is to examine the
feasibility of the project.

Why this project?

Is it feasible?
Who are possible partners in this project?
What should the results be?
What are the boundaries of this project
(what is outside the scope of the project)?

PLANNING PHASE- DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE

The team identifies all of the work to be done.
The project’s tasks and resource requirements are identified, along with the
strategy for producing them.
The budget of the project already estimated is used to monitor and control
cost expenditures during project implementation.
 EXECUTION PHASE
The project plan is put into motion.
The work of the project is performed
practically on site.
It’s essential to maintain control and
communicate as needed during each
implementation stages.

PERFORMANCE AND MONITORING PHASE

This stage is all related to the measurement of progress and performance to make sure
that items are tracking with the project management scheduling.
This phase regularly happens at the same time as the execution phase.
 CLOSURE PHASE
During the final closure, the
importance is on providing the
final deliverables to the
customer, that is:

Handing over project documentation

to the business
Termination of supplier contracts
Releasing project resources
Communicate the closure of the
project to all stakeholders.
conduct lessons-learned studies to
examine what went well and what
didn’t
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PROJECT BOARD
USER PANELS
INDEPENDENT CLIENT
PROJECT SPONSOR
ADVISERS
CHAMPIONS
PROJECT MANAGER

LEAD CONSULTANT LEAD CONTRACTOR

OTHER CONSULTANTS LEAD DESIGNER SUB CONTRACTOR SUPPLIER

COST CONSULTANT
DESIGN TEAM
SPEACIALIST CONSULTANT

ARCHITECTS
SERVICES ENGINEER
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
SPEACILIST DESIGNERS PROJECT BUILDING CYCLE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

These are the 10 Project Management knowledge areas:

Project Integration Management
Project Scope Management
Project Schedule Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality Management
Project Resource Management
Project Communications Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Stakeholder Management
 PROJECT MANAGER
This is the person with authority to manage a project.
This includes leading the planning and the development of all project deliverables.
The project manager is responsible for managing the budget and schedule and all project
management procedures (scope management, issues management, risk management, etc).

PROJECT TEAM
The project team consists of the full-time and part-time resources assigned to work on the
deliverables of the project (analysts, designers, programmers)

• Understanding the work to be completed

• Planning the assigned activities in more detail if needed
• Completing assigned work within the budget, timeline and quality expectations
• Informing the project manager of issues, scope changes, risk and quality concerns
• Proactively communicating status and managing expectations
PROJECT SPONSOR
This is the person who has ultimate authority over
the project
Provides project funding, resolves issues and scope
changes, approves major deliverables and provides
high-level direction

PROJECT BOARD

 To maximize the chances of success the interests of

both the project users and the project suppliers
 The board should always be chaired by the Senior
Responsible Owner (SRO)- who takes executive
responsibility for decisions relating to the project.
 LEAD CONSULTANT
 Lead consultants have hands-on roles which involve the day-to-day running of continuing client projects.
 They are team leaders, analyzing and reviewing proposals from the team,
 providing appropriate solutions to problems, and
 making decisions on the way forward by acting as liaisons between the client and the consultancy team.
 Their work involves directly dealing with the client to clearly understand its needs, and to provide possible
solutions for the client’s consideration.
The team receives and works on the client’s information from the lead consultant.

LEAD DESIGNER

The lead designer (sometimes referred to as the design coordinator), directs and co-ordinates other designers in
the consultant team as well as any specialist designers that are appointed.
CONTRACTORS
 Responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site,
 Management of vendors and trades, and
 The communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.
 Is responsible for providing all of the material, labor, and services
 Hires specialized subcontractors to perform all or portions of the construction work

 Responsibilities may include applying for

• building permits,
• advising the person they are hired by,
• securing the property,
• providing temporary utilities on site,
• managing personnel on site (site surveying, engineering)
• disposing or recycling of construction waste,
• monitoring schedules and cash flows,
• and maintaining accurate records.
SUPPLIERS
Suppliers and vendors are third party companies or specific people that work for
third parties.
They may be subcontractors who are working under your direction, or they may be
supplying material, equipment, hardware, software or supplies to your project.

CHAMPIONS
The person within an organization implementing a project who takes on the burden
of ensuring everyone involved is on board.
Behind the ultimate success of the project.
They are responsible for: Identifying a project's strategic objectives.