Casestudy

The goal of the Lawrence garage project is to build a garage on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence. They have been parking their RV and their son's boat in their backyard in a fenced, gated area. However, their city has passed a new ordinance that prohibits residents with RV's boats, off road vehicle or utility trailers from storing or parking such vehicle on their property or on the street for more than 72 hours. These vehicles must be parked in a building 'suitable for that purpose'. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and decided to build a garage. They have hired an architectural firm to develop the plans and specifications for the garage. These have been completed along with the bill of material and drawings. The architect has agreed to be Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence's project manager. He will help them select a contractor and work closely with the project manager of the contractor. Acme Construction and Engineering (ACE) has won the bid to build the garage. You have been appointed as project manager for ACE. You were not involved in the bidding process. The garage is designed to be big enough to hold a motor home or travel trailer and a boat. It is 50 feet long and 30 feet wide with two 14 feet high by 12 feet wide roll up doors for the RV and boat and a standard 3 foot side door. There are two windows on the side of the garage that has the standard door, three windows on the side with no door, and two windows on the back wall. Inside there are to be lights and electrical outlets to be used when working on RV or boat. The plans also show RV hookups inside (water, electric and sewer) and there should be a drain in the floor. There should be small bathroom (commode and sink only) in the back corner of the garage and a utility sink adjacent to the bathroom. The exterior walls are to be stucco, and the roof is to be asphalt shingles to match the existing house. Walls should be of 2X6 construction to allow for greater insultation. Since there is an existing home, utilities are already present. The architect has submitted the plans to the city, but these plans have not yet been approved and a permit has yet to be issued.

Now that the project charter is approved, you will be developing a scope statement for the Lawrence garage project. It should be detailed enough so all stakeholders know what is being done, but since there are architectural drawings already existing, you will not need to describe every board.

Detail scope statement

Scope statement should include following -

-Project's scope description, which elaborates on the characteristics of the product, services, or result

- Deliverables

- Schedule and Budget (you can make this up)

- Project exclusions (you can make this up)

- Assumptions - Constraints (cost and schedule)

- Acceptance criteria - List of reference documents