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Week 1 Topic: Commercial Planning and Commercial Projects.

Wikipedia article Channel Tunnel;

Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”;

21 Apr 2016 Channel Tunnel's unique status confirmed;

29 June 2016 Brexit negotiations: Four ways to get a good deal;

YouTube:

The Chunnel - World's Longest Underwater Tunnel - History Channel.

1. Describe the operation of diverse and complex government and non-government project contractual arrangements relevant to a range of managed services, ICT, and build agreements.

The objective of this week’s topic is to make sure you have a broad understanding of commercial planning and commercial projects.

Try to ask yourself the questions that were posed in the 1st week’s lecture :-

1. What is a Commercial Planning?

2. What is a Commercial Project?

3. What role does Commercial Planning and Commercial Project Management have in the project, program, and a portfolio hierarchy?

4. Are there any essential keys for success between the participants of large scale projects?

In the Wikipedia article and the other readings for the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel); Project try to explain:-

5. How much negotiation would have occurred during the project?

6. Who would the negotiation have been between?

7. Would successful negotiation have mitigated any of the subsequent outcomes?

8. What would have been required to undertake successful negotiation between the parties?

Then in the Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. paper about the Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects, try to explain:

9. Do cultural dimensions of the participants impact on the Collaborative Negotiation Methodology?

10. Does the type of Contract impact on the subsequent Negotiation?

11. What is your overall conclusion of the paper?

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3. Differentiate methods of project negotiation, conflict management, and stakeholder engagement across projects consisting of differing technology standards and asset lifecycles.

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4. Explain and apply methods of identifying and reconciling inconsistent and conflicting objectives and drivers that develop, maintain, mange relationships and communication with key stakeholders.

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5. Explain the consequences of project delays, disruptions, and changes to planned activities and the methods for claims variations, liquidated damages, contract entitlements, and arbitration.

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6. Evaluate project management tools that help avoid or provide conflict resolution via negotiated solutions.

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References

Kerzner H. 2013. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”. Journal of Management in Engineering. Vol:April 2001 pp.105-121

PMI. 2013a. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. USA: Project Management Institute.

Wikipedia 2017 Channel Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel visited __/__/____.

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