What is Project Management? What are After Project Services?

Project Management

Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.

The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals within the given constraints.

 This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process.

The primary constraints are scope, time, quality and budget. The secondary – and more ambitious – challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives. The object of project management is to produce a complete project which complies with the client's objectives.

In many cases, the object of project management is also to shape or reform the client's brief in order to feasibly be able to address the client's objectives. Once the client's objectives are clearly established they should influence all decisions made by other people involved in the project – for example, project managers, designers, contractors, and sub-contractors.

Ill-defined or too tightly prescribed project management objectives are detrimental to decision making.

A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or staffing) undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value.

 The temporary nature of projects stands in contrast with business as usual (or operations), which are repetitive, permanent, or semi-permanent functional activities to produce products or services.

In practice, the management of such distinct production approaches requires the development of distinct technical skills unexplained this in a very great way,management strategies.

Steps in Project Management

Initiation

Planning and Design

Construction

Monitoring and Controlling

Completion of the Project

The above steps can be categorized as:

Initiation

Planning

Execution

Monitoring

Closing

After Project Services

Once the initial project is delivered, there is a probability of 'addition and alteration' of it. One of the leading Construction Company in Asia - Merx, has very a comprehensive solution for the planning and delivery of after project services.

What is Consulting Services in Construction Management?

Who Exactly Project Construction Consultants Are?

Let's break the term Project Construction Consultants into 2. 

As stated by Career Trend,  Construction consultants help clients make sound preparations for their upcoming projects and ensure that contractors complete the project on cost. They provide cost estimates, draw budgets, select contractors, administer construction contracts, and resolve differences between contractors and project owners.

Project management consultants bring specialized skills and knowledge to assist companies in making the best possible business decisions. They typically provide oversight and leadership in executing projects from planning to completion.

Construction Consulting Process 

1.   Initiation

2.   Communication

3.   Programme

4.   Cost

5.   Design

6.   Procurement

7.   Construction

8.   Handover

Let me explain each step

Initiation: 

As the name suggests this is the very first step. Consultants and Project Managers draw a well-detailed goal-path and get it approved by the client.

Communication:

Project Construction Consultants reports on a gular basis to the client. This not only helps in maintaining transparency but also gives a fair idea to the nt about the work in process.

Program:

In this step, software parts come for various assessment analysis. 

Cost:

Budgeting the whole project and breaking it down for each step.

Design:

Every project has its own requirement. For example, a Hotel industry project has a different set of requirements than an Aviation industry. In the Design step, the requirement of the project is identified by the experts of that domain.

Procurement:

Detailed procurement tracking, documentation of pre-qualified vendors, as well as tender information, are all stored and tracked with Octagon providing clients with secure access throughout the project.

Construction:

Now once the paperwork is completed, the construction part begins. 

Handover:

The final step of the process is delivering the project to the client. Of course, in time. 

You may be wondering who provides the best consulting services in Project Construction Management?

Well, just look at the diagram below:

It is made and implemented by Merx. They are behind the many great infrastructures, not only of Singapore but also across Asia. You can find more about Construction Consulting Services here.