Kitchen Cabinet Paint Project

 Kitchen Cabinet Paint Project Plan

The choice of project for this course is painting the kitchen cabinets. The choice is a personal project or can be learned as a skill that can earn some money. Besides the money, the skill in painting is also worth having in the current society when everything is moving in the digital world. The paint job on the kitchen cabinets has remained the same for a while. It is time for change where a is required. All cabinets will be emptied and cleaned before the painting is done. Doing this will bolster speed and efficiency. Once cleaned, the cabinets will be let to dry on the second day. This project will take seven days from initiation to handing over. There will be three coats of paint in the project; a primer, a base coat, and a final clear coat.

Project Scope

Scope Statement

This project's scope includes all the activities directly associated with the implementation and delivery of the same. This is from the project’s start date to the last day when the handing over of the project to stakeholders is done. Several small and manageable tasks are done in an orderly manner in the form of a schedule to help accomplish a greater goal. The tasks are structured to aid in the overall scheduling of components as planned by the project manager. There are no additional tasks other than those in the approved project outline and task schedule. This will be an ideal way to dictate the project implementation and control the elements required for an excellent final product.

Statement of Work

Project implementation will follow an order that starts by initiating and then planning for the same. The project will be implemented by executing the tasks in the order of the plan made by the manager. Control measures for quality, time, scope, costs, and schedule will be necessary to help quantify the project implementation. Additional methodologies to help manage risks and quality will be used alongside communication strategies to aid in the successful project execution. Audits will be conducted to help verify and validate that the project meets the stipulated requirements before it is documented and prepared for the handover to the project owners.

Project Assumptions and Constraints

This project's main assumptions and constraints are associated with the project's main components in the form of time, resources, and schedule. Costs and resources are the critical issues in this project, with specific human resources management issues. The project will be done for two hours only in the evening during after-work hours for the project days. Additional costs will be covered by a contingency fund pool that can be activated when necessary. However, approval from the project owner is required (Gabriel, 1997). It is assumed that the appropriate safety, housing, and planning codes/policies are factored into the project. Schedule variations will be covered by how the project is structured because it is broken down into pieces as modules connected at the end to make the expected outcome.

Milestones and Deliverables

Many elements and targets must be reached in the project to attain success; the milestones and deliverables of the project. Deliverables are components of the projects as defined under the project's requirements. They are set to be planned in the project plan as tasks that need to be completed. Milestones are critical targets and results at specific project stages during their implementation. They are used to define and track the project, especially when checking the schedule and project timeline in relation to its resources, which signifies project progress (Lientz & Rea, 2007).

The main deliverables and milestones in the project are as follows:

● Reports for project requirements and the project charter

● Designs of management plans for communications, quality, and risks

● Approval of management plans and project budget

● Delivery of procured goods, equipment, and services

● Validation of designs and verification reports for quality of procured components

● Well painted kitchen cabinets; the complete product

● Reports, design reviews, and progress evaluation reports

Project Execution

Project Budget

Professional work of the same skillset may take a shorter period and more detail. The project is expected to cost about $600 to cover all aspects, including supplies and hiring personnel and equipment. Twenty-five percent of this amount will be spent on paying the workers, 5% on administrative and miscellaneous components, and 40% on procurement. Risk, communications, and quality management will require additional coverage, and 10% will be set aside for the same purpose. Ten percent will be spent on hiring equipment used once for the project. The remaining 10% will be set aside to cover any changes in the project in the execution phase to ensure it stays on track, the project's contingency fund.

Human Resources Plan

With the tools and resources in place, the kitchen cabinet will take five days to paint, let the coats set and add a final coat. One person will paint the cabinets using technical skills, and another will provide manual labor to deliver the project. Each of the experts in the project will require additional help to expedite the work and thus the need for manual laborers. The standard rate for the whole project is $60 for manual work and $70 for technical work. An additional $20 will be set aside for the main project management contributor.

Stakeholder List

The stakeholders of this project are the personnel, the family whose kitchen cabinets will be painted, suppliers, and the project team. The project should have a service provider to assist in handling more challenging tasks in the project implementation for a better visual appeal. The ideal one to oversee this will be a kitchen appliances specialist. The project owner is the father in the family getting a deck and will cover all the project expenses. The project manager (PM), who is the team's project lead, is a member of that family as well.

Quality Baseline

This section covers the control and monitoring phase of the project. Communications, performance metrics, risks, and procurement elements are covered to address the quality baseline in the deck's construction. There are implied and official regulations and standards necessary for this project. The project team and supplier selection process will follow the same approach to ensure consistency in quality in the project’s entirety. The performance of the cabinet painting will be measured using project management techniques. There will be a set of metrics designed for the same.

Communication Management

It is crucial to create and facilitate a productive way of communication throughout the project. The project team should be informed of their roles accurately and concisely to ensure an overlap does not interfere with the implementation. The project manager should keep track of the deliverables in the project and the milestones. They should also evaluate the paint job in other components like the schedule, costs, and tasks. All the components monitored are critical and can be helpful in the project through leveraging project management methods to evaluate the project and progress reporting.

Risk Management

All the risks in the project are associated with the three core project components, which also impact constraints and assumptions. Time, costs, and scope are the main parts that will be directly affected by the risks in the project. The crucial issues that should be addressed are procurement, skills, equipment, and quality reports for site investigation and related reports. It is also essential to check building codes and policies with the local authority because legal and compliance issues may arise. Funds have been set aside to secure additional resources should that become a necessity to complete the project.

Procurement Plan

The materials used to paint the kitchen cabinets will be crucial in dictating the output quality of the project. Therefore, the project manager needs to validate and ensure all the supplies align with the quality standards required. This also ensures that the final product surpasses the minimum and common standards to ensure it is of higher quality and standard. Additional tips like paint composition and potential hazards will be integrated into the procurement plan to ensure cost optimization and efficiency.

References

Gabriel, E. (1997). The lean approach to project management. International Journal of Project Management, 15(4), 205-209.

Lientz, B., & Rea, K. (2007). Project management for the 21st century. Routledge.