306-Strategic management Assignment.

MBA 303

Project Management

Elderly support Home Care Center

Hany Boukzam

Student # 090213

08-01-13

Product management is a process utilized for the organization of tasks. A structured framework is utilized by it for helping the groups in producing more and more output. Certain tools are used by us to successfully track the progress against any given plan and also to help further in the sequencing of tasks, scheduling and the allocation of resources.

A specific old age care centre development in the heart of the city is one of the main aim of this project. Since in city, most of the men and women are working and hence have very limited day time to spend with their old aged parents or grandparents. The Old Age Care Home fills this gap by providing them a day care provision.

The students of project management the theoretical knowledge is being put into practice by means of drying the outline for the details of the initial two phases in the management of the project namely the defining phase and the planning phase. Owing to the scarcity of time the next two phases namely the execution and the delivery is not possible for practice. But in the upcoming months the phases would be run once again as there is progress on the project.

Within the initial two phases there are a number of primary topics that needs to be covered namely defining of planning, scheduling of goals, and budget specifications, task resources, risks of responsibilities, stuffing etc.

One of the primary goals that form the objective is to be able to open a old age home center within the given time satisfying all the necessities of the people who are looking for the center and also execute the project phases effectively.

The motive behind the center for day care is for the purpose of ensuring the tremendous expansion of the services in the coming years which not just can motivate many working people to give the provision of caring for old aged people in their last time. The main aim of setting this up in the heart of the city is because mostly people staying in the heart of the city are workaholic or busy with their casual stuffs. Hence are unable to spend time with their old ones and also in capable of giving sufficient care for them. The old age center will ensure that the old men and women are treated with love and care in the new care home setup.

a. Project

The project that is at hand involves the opening of a center for care for old aged men and women. This is not a nonprofit organization. The people ranging from the age of 50 or above fifty will have a section in city section. Within that will remain tool major subdivisions involving the old men and women. So the men/women that is of age above seventy will be under a different. The hours during which the working is performed is between 9:00 AM in the morning and 7:30 PM in the evening that the center for care is alive and kicking to come into existence come end of the month of may in the year 2012. Another hint is that the cost must not cross the USD 750,000.

b. Mission and vision

Mission

The working people must be allowed to fulfill their ambitions and goals and give their own parents with the opportunity related to the discovering of love and care and also the world that surrounds them by virtue of guiding the talent that they have by means of knowing and feeling.

Vision

The main target is to become the center of care with the most popularity at London

It is important to clarify to everyone to various aspects like the scope and schedule of the project to everyone just like it’s important to explain to them as well. A channel of communication of clarity must exist between the members of a team and the customers. The plans of the budget must always be followed.

A study of the area of the project will definitely aid in the identification of the broad parameters of the project of the inclusions of the checklist of the scope of the project must be well defined. Initially it will be concerning the old men and women who are currently living in the city and are in need of care and love. The total number of people especially in the busiest regions of London will be collected and the number of old men/women who are in need of care and love will be obtained by gathering the information via working people. One of the objectives of the project is that the designated cost of USD 750000 must not be exceeded.

Phase one specifies the specifications that are required for the people of mercer and. Floor mats, and floor toys, cots, fridges, provision for change in clothes at the time of accidents, DVDs, TVs, and the areas of soft toy that can be utilized by the smaller babies to be able to play as they are crawling. Different kinds of beds of multiple ages, books, TVs etc. must all be included in the villa. But it must be ensured that they are always totally appropriate for men/women and deliver to the people the care required as well as provide them with an item that can keep them busy could be used to keep a close eye on them at the times that we are unable to provide the company.

Cleaning supplies, microwave, fridge, computers could be of use.

It is to concentrates on the preparation of the salaries and the shifts and determination of the hours for working. The phase three is concerned on the approval of the management system that we have.

Those milestones that are applied within the project a report of the Microsoft Project Management Schedule. The starting time is included as are the various deliverables along with the various steps that are contained in the preparation of the project.

It must be ensured that the old age care center is served for a long time but the cameras, televisions, DVDs, projectors on the wall etc. The microwave, refrigerators, lighting of low as well as high volume, printers, and computers as well as the records software for old age care must also be present.

The cost was measure to be around USD750, 000. In course of the continuation of the project regular meetings will be conducted in order for discussion of the costs that are involved as well as the different problems that needs to be faced. It might be found out that the budget acts as a kind of a constraint. Therefore if there is a necessity in the change in the amount of the budget, the plan of contingency should be in place while the quality and time of the project and some of its features shall continue to remain flexible.

The resources required are easy chairs, beds, gardening facilities having gardening equipments, a well organized garden, medical services provision, basic medicines availability, immediate medical assistance facility, healthy food facility, pantry etc.

Some of the things that are required in the day care office are computers, recorder software for the day care, ink, pen, paper, pencils file cabinets, colors, file folders, paper clips and printers.

The staffing required is given as follows. The manager must possess an experience of a minimum of five years in the direction at the center for day care. The teacher must possess an experience with the psychology of the old men and women and also most of this fluency in English. Helpers with sufficient experience are required to be able to deal with the old aged men or women to those who are physically challenged. Helpers four in number are a bare minimum requirement along with nurses. A cleaner, registration staff and the department of accounts and finance is also required.

The Old Age care project is heading in the right direction disliked everyone has got an idea of the objectives and is moving in a very planned and organized manner. Budget planning, cost planning, locations, certifications, staffing, decorations and also buying the supplies are very vital. All the tasks preplanned for start and finish just as given in the planned for the budgeting of the project so that no shortcomings or shortages and failures are met within the project. A low cost implementation of the project budget is tried to be implemented. In the interior design, the students and its manpower is implemented in the design and decoration of the interiors. Very low cost workers have also been utilized for the purpose of painting and also the implementation of the decorations that have been designed by the students of university. The day care center will also provide the facilities of the clinics for the purposes of emergence. The electricity and the water remain as a responsibility of center since they belong to the contract. All the things together play a vital role in helping in the running of the product and the successful finishing of it within a cost there is much lower comparatively.

Serious changes may not be possible in the product center for the day care, for implementation. There is a huge amount of stability required due to the fact that it is present within the old age care home that is being opened for a long term running basis. It must also be considered that the center for day care is being run that has a requirement in every aspect of the students of Old age care home as well as the instructors for the old men/women. Changes might be taking place due to the newly formed laws of the government and an increase in the costs of supply. The changes such as these might take place in case of all the business and also of the projects having a direct solution from a site of the government. If the cost of supplying increased, costs are raised tuition will also increase subsequently to make up for the costs and maintain happiness within the customers and also to ensure that profit is being generated to continuously. This is a part of the contingency plan.

As part of quality, only specified nannies have been chosen along with the trainers for taking care of the old men or women in ensuring that they are safe. Fire alarms and security cameras ensure that the old men and women remain safe even if there is an emergency condition. The new software will ensure that the services that are put into show are of high quality indeed. With this there would be an increase in the focus of the customers and also the level of satisfaction among the old people as well as their care takers.

The center for old age care will gain popularity within the neighboring areas of London as much as within it.

Risk Management