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1.1
Introduction.......................................................................................................................5
Brief Introduction of Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing Company, Libya......................6
1.3
Project Management.........................................................................................................6
1.4
Objective Clarification......................................................................................................7
1.5
Hierarchy Structure..................................................................................................................8
Appointing competent manager/supervisor.............................................................................9
Power Balance.........................................................................................................................9
1.6
Complexity Determination................................................................................................9
1.7
Time/Schedule Assessment.............................................................................................12
1.11
Plus Meeting..........................................................................................................................16
Program Reviews...................................................................................................................16
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2.0
Project Plan.........................................................................................................................17
2.1
2.2
Scope Statement..................................................................................................................18
Purpose......................................................................................................................................18
Objective....................................................................................................................................18
Project Product...........................................................................................................................18
Project Product (Monitoring System) Characteristics...............................................................18
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Milestones..................................................................................................................................19
Project Deliverables...................................................................................................................19
Budget........................................................................................................................................19
Project Success Criteria.............................................................................................................19
Cost........................................................................................................................................20
Quality...................................................................................................................................20
Schedule.................................................................................................................................20
Critical Assumptions and Related Constraints..........................................................................20
Maiden Project Requirements....................................................................................................21
Potential Risks...........................................................................................................................21
Milestones..................................................................................................................................21
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Project Plan.........................................................................................................................22
Gantt chart.................................................................................................................................23
PERT..........................................................................................................................................24
Work Breakdown Structure for Project.....................................................................................25
WBS Structure...........................................................................................................................25
2.4
Strategies....................................................................................................................................27
Risk Identification.................................................................................................................27
Risk Analysis.........................................................................................................................27
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Risk Modifications.................................................................................................................27
Risk Monitor and Control......................................................................................................27
2.5
Appendix........................................................................................................................................29
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................31
1.0
1.1
Introduction
In order to critically review an organization or any project the basic need is to understand the
processes and the major objectives involved in the organization processes. An organization
constitutes different departments and requires the value sustainability in each art of the company,
to ensure the best output in financial and non-financial terms. At present the organizations have
revived their position to project oriented organizations. Projects are said to be small organization
working with a company towards the benefit of the company. A proper planning, development,
execution of project processes with allotted time and budget, through quality sustainability has
been the major concern for the profit earning. Different methodologies and concepts have been
linked to withstand the appropriate organization of the Company projects. The proper research,
planning, designing of the processes, allotment of time indicating the process starting and finish
time, along with it the appropriate budget allocation, monitoring and controlling of risks are
some processes maintained by different techniques. These involve investment methods, cost
determination methods and concepts, motivational theory implementation for the employees,
organizational structure complexity dealing methods, technological changes, marketing strategies
maintenance, resources utilization methods, quality sustaining methodologies like Lean, TQM
etc. practical implication and many such methods and techniques.
Basic Concept Regarding Organization Critical Review
The basic concept that backs the critical review of any organization or project is to analyze the
different systems, departments, the procedures, the workforce related factors, and the structures
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based variables, the complexity management being done or not, along with the review regarding
the control measures and the training and development are involved. Reviewing a system of
organization or a project involves considering the optimistic and pessimist view to be utilized.
1.2
Brief Introduction of Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing Company, Libya
Organizations work in accordance to benefit the people and earn maximum profit. This in turn
results in economy boost up of a country. A company is an integration of different processes
integrated to fulfill the firm objectives. Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing Company is a Libya
corporation that is owned by National Oil Corporations (NOC). Libya holds oil reserves of 46.4
billion barrels of oil. Though in 2011, a layer of revolution in the formal authority was observed,
but the system of sovereignty of central system over the natural resources remained the same. Oil
reserves are in abundance in Libya, though petroleum is the major income source for Libya
economy and social existence (Kailani & Saleh, 2012). Libya has a strong position in petroleum
economy of the world. The Raslanuf Oil and gas processing company (RASCO) was founded to
form the processes linked to the manufacturing of oil and petrochemical, and to facilitate
electricity and other needed elements such as nitrogen gas, instruments, service air, cooling
water, drinking & service water, steam, and chemicals. RASCO has been the establishment
established to ensure the best products availability of oil and other petrochemical products
(RASCOOfficialWebsite, n.d.).
1.3
Project Management
Project has been regarded as the one time activity that incorporates in an organization for a
specified time period to accomplish company particular objectives being set in accordance to
company goals and objectives. Project Management has been referred as the methodology or
procedure that facilitate the organization to manage different puzzled piece into their right place
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through incorporating technical, human and process related means through utilizing the
resources, budget, scope and schedule details (Bakouros & Kelessidis, 2000).
1.4
Objective Clarification
The primary concern in any organization or project is the clarity in stating the objectives. The
basic critic involves the determination of the objective clarification and goals and aims clear
mentioning. The management should clarify the primary goals and aims of the organization and
the key expectations of the organization from particular departments or the processes, to ensure
the risk minimization. The objective clarification could be ensured through communicating the
major concerns of the organization for which the project has been brought into practice, the
expectations of the organization from the workforce. It involves the concepts and scope
determination and clarity, in order to obtain employee job satisfaction and motivate them to work
through linking personal targets with organization target achievement. Scope of the project
would provide a road map regarding the departments, the resources involved (Turner, 1993).
Moreover, objective clarification method if implemented appropriately, it facilitates the overview
of expected results of the project. Thus, providing ease to the workforce, mangers, departments
of the organization involved in projects to ensure the achievement of estimated results. As, in the
company under study Ras Lanuf, the major objective of the operation section has been explained
to be the proper monitoring and maintenance of the different divisions involved in operation
section. This power project of Ras Lanuf basically deals with providing electricity to
petrochemical complex, along with basic elements to ensure the maintenance of the units
incorporated in this particular division. Thus, proper objectives of the utility department of
Company operation section have been explained to avoid any confusion and ensure the better
execution of the utility department divisions in best possible manner. This would lead to the
biggest goal of company operation section regarding maintenance and monitoring of the
company projects.
1.5
Organizing a whole structure of establishment or a project is the basic requirement that needs to
be identified and fulfilled. The organizational structure refers basically to the details regarding
who will report whom and in what manner. The organization could be critically evaluated
through viewing and analyzing the structure of the organization on which a particular
establishment works. This could be done through analyzing different processes being mentioned
and linked in the structure. A company undergoes a project or any department related process
through inducing different sort of workforce. In order to reduce complexity among the project
organization structure, the determination of the supervisor for particular sector or process
involved subordinates has been considered the basic necessity (Ireland, 1985). A well-defined
organization structure overview provides blockage regarding any kind of ambiguity to arise.
Different methods that could be utilized while reviewing the formation of an appropriate
structure of organization or project includes:
Hierarchy Structure
The methodology of establishing a hierarchy for the processes involved in any project of
organization to be lead in a civilized and defined manner could be used. This could facilitate the
project to be executed in a stepwise manner avoiding confusion among linkage of processes and
the workforce. Thus, the structure type being induced in any system represents the way an
organization is upholding its processes.
1.6
Complexity Determination
The complexities linked to different sectors of the organization or the complications existence or
non-existence among or between the organization related and technology based complexities.
Though, the basic two sectors of organizations involve the management and the technological
means assimilated in the organizations.
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The Ras Lanuf being an oil and gas processing company is based on different project existences
that are linked to different departments of the company working towards accomplishment of
different phases. The company utilities department has two major tasks to produce power and
steam and to support the utilities division including sea water system, cooling water system etc.
All the tasks are divided appropriately into subtasks, thus providing a minimum complexity in
horizontal differentiation of company system.
system along with the used technology has been presented and utilized appropriately. This
provides an optimistic view of Ras Lanuf resources and technological utilization, thus
representing the high quality standard maintenance (See Appendix for details).
1.7
Time/Schedule Assessment
The most important aspect under consideration in any project linked to the project has been time.
The best method to critically evaluate any organization or its project is to assess the time utilized
in particular project or task under consideration. Different techniques could be utilized for this
purpose.
Analyzing the defined activities
For any particular task, process or project to be held by any company involves some activities
definition. To critically review the project schedule the defined activities should be assessed by
analyzing that whether the activities are in accordance with the project objectives or not.
Review of Schedule Development
For every organizational project a schedule is prepared and implemented to ensure that the
processes could be accomplished on the allotted time. Different techniques could be used to
review the schedule whether it has been established in appropriate manner or not. Such
techniques include:
PERT
It is referred as a control and planning tool that is used in determining the activities and the
milestones involved along with the time allotted to complete a particular task or process. It
makes a network diagram facilitating to analyze the estimated position of the project that could
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be compared with actual position of project processes to distinguish the lacking part of the
project.
Gantt chart
1.8
The critical review of the cost processes and the techniques used to manage the costs in
particular process facilitates with a clear vision of the monetary position of Company. this
involves to ensure that the costs have been managed within the allotted budget for particular
process completion. The planned resources, allocation of costs for accomplishment of particular
activity involved in organization project process are analyzed with perspective of to lie within
the budget. Moreover, different cost techniques could be considered while reviewing the cost
allocated that either an appropriate cost estimation technique has been utilized or not.
Critic of Costs of Technology
The costs used in technology could be used for getting an appropriate critic regarding the
management decisions towards the allocation of budget being made in correct manner or not.
Technology is enhancing in its value due its excess utilization, thus, proper usage and appropriate
budget allocation is the need of hour under consideration. This facilitates to obtain valid result
while critically reviewing an organization or an organizational project financial assets utilization
or wastage being made (Trepper, 2000).
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1.9
There are different quality concepts that have been practiced and applied in different
organizations and in different organizations projects to sustain the quality in the system, these
include Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, Lean Production etc. and other such quality
measures.
Analysis of Explanation provided regarding Performance Criteria
Every quality system consists of some criteria related to the performances expected from the
workforce. Thus, the quality processes could be critically reviewed through assessing the extent
to which the performance criteria has been defined and explained by the top and middle level
management. This assessment would lead to a correct critical review regarding the quality
sustainability being maintained in the organization or not.
Project / Process Objectives in accordance of Quality Standard
Quality standards such as ISO Standard 2000 or Six Sigma and many others, depending upon the
country laws in which the company is established are made to be implemented in accordance to
the primary aims and objectives of the processes involved. Scrutiny of such quality standards
being implemented or not provides a clear vision of the quality sustainability of the company
processes (Mast, 2004).
However, the Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing Company has been maintaining its quality
standards, as the company issues statement no.(19) revised for every year regarding the company
board concerns. Moreover, the company has been founded in accordance to the Statement 137\
1982 and statement 523\1986 and is obliged to sustain its quality according to National Oil
Company rules. This has been the major facts that besides fluctuating political and economic
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position of Libya, the oil and gas sector of Libya oil companies are still among top reserve
holders of oil, gas and petroleum so far.
1.10
Training and education enhancement are the most important aspects under consideration by the
organizations, as the rapid knowledge advancement and development has created high level of
competition. Moreover, the workforce is considered more profit maximization asset than the
physical assets. Thus, companies are spending a lot on the training and education of its
employees. The companies have been facilitating the employees with technical centers of data
through utilizing online facilities. So, the organizations incorporating such training and education
systems are said to be listed among good and value offering organizations. Therefore, critical
evaluation of training and education related facilities through utilizing the insight into such
facility availability or non-availability add to a fundamental critical review remarks for an
organization or its related project.
Ras Lanuf Company of Libya has been found to be good facilitator of these facilities to
employees. As, the company possesses a technical library started in 1984 to facilitate its
employees with possible education related material to enhance skills.
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An organization critical review cannot be completed without analyzing its control and monitor
system. Only initiation, development, execution and implementation of project or processes
through utilization of the allotted resources and budget, are not the essentials for an organization
system even from critic point of view. The organizations systems and projects are useless without
proper monitoring and control. Thus, a detailed review of the control and monitor processes
provides an in depth critical review of an organization.
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Plus Meeting
Plus meeting methods are used to review the daily basis meetings being held either in face-toface or virtually based is evaluated on the basis of the progress of the company. That is, either the
organization projects are in smooth position or not could be known through it. The extreme plus
meeting mode refers to some disruptions going on in the organization.
Program Reviews
These refer to the review of long term based projects to view the bigger snap of the processes
rather than daily based short-term reports. Thus, it leads to the vision of the benefit or loss
occurrence of the project outcomes (ProjectManagemnetGuru, n.d.).
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The last but not the least method that leads to a wise and valid critical review regarding an
organization is to analyze the communication procedures being incorporated in an organization.
The process either being top-down or bottom-up communication would provide the view to
internal system of organization (Vokurka et al., 2000).
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2.0
2.1
Project Plan
Ras Lanuf Oil and Gas Processing Company works in accordance to the production of steam,
power and other products like petroleum products, petrochemical products and many others. The
Company has incorporated a project of monitoring and maintenance of power plant in Utility
division to provide electricity needed by company other plants and facilitate the company other
plants with products like nitrogen gas, drinking and steam water etc. The project could be made
much better if properly planned and stated. Monitoring and maintaining a power plant and it
products is a tough job which could be properly sustained through a proper project plan.
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2.2
Scope Statement
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Purpose
concerned with the monitoring and looking after all productions units
that are incorporated in the utility division power plant and following
up all maintenance planning period.
The main objectives of the project are:
Objective
1.
Project Product
Project
Product
elements providence.
1. The system would help the operation system to keep records of the
(Monitoring System) electric energy being produced by power plant and being transferred to
Characteristics
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Milestones
Project Deliverables
Initiation Phase
June 2015
Planning Phase
July 2015
Development Phase
August 2015
Implementation Phase
November 2015
Budget
Project
Criteria
Success
Categories
Budget
Staff
$ 2000
Contractual Services
$10000
Documentation
$ 5000
Other
$3000
Total
$20,000
The project would be made to rely on the balance of cost, quality and
time factors.
Cost
Cost requires being within the allotted budget for the project. The
excess costs results in losses, thus resulting in reduction in allotted
resources that would lead to issues in project completion.
Quality
High quality in system would be maintained as the monitoring system
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is for the oil and gas company particular to monitor the production
units details incorporating dangerous elements. So, quality would be
assured to avoid any kind of destruction.
Schedule
The allotted time of seven months from June - December would be
assured that the project processes remain in this time span.
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Potential Risks
Risk of Human capital capable of ensuring the proper dealing with the installed system
The Risk associated with chances of lacking budget
The high costs risk might be an issue in long-term processes of the project
Most importantly the risks associated with the resistance towards adaptability of the
system among the employees of Las Ranuf Company
Milestones
Processes
Completion Duration
Initiation Phase
June
Planning Phase
July
Design Phase
August
Development/Programming Phase
October
Acceptance Phase
November
Deployment Phase
December
2.3
Project Plan
The project plan consists of the starting and the finishing time details along with the processes
involved in the project. The Gantt chart and PERT diagram are mostly used tools for representing
the project plan. The project plan for the present project is shown below:
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Gantt chart
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PERT
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Element Name
Monitoring and Evaluation System for Risk Management in
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system
Design Phase of the system
System Development Phase
Acceptance of the Monitoring System Phase
Implementation/ Execution of monitoring system
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6
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WBS Code
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Initiate
Monitoring
System
Requirement
along with
Analysis of
environment
for the system
1.3.
Design
Phase of
the
system
1.4.
System
Development
Phase
1.5.
Acceptance
of the
Monitoring
System
1.6.
Implementati
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monitoring
system
2.4
Risk Management Plan is the process that refers to identify the risks associated with the projects,
along with it incorporates the probability of the risks that might occur and certain responses that
should be made for risks. Risk Management Plan is as much important for a Company as the
balancing of schedule, budget and quality. The Operation section of Ras Lanuf Company has
established an approach for risk management addressing the following questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Strategies
Different Strategies would be implemented for tackling the risks associated with this project.
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Risk Identification
This strategy would involve the identification of the risks and its reasons along with proper
documentation of the factors associated with the risks.
Risk Analysis
In order to evaluate the risk of project, different qualitative and quantitative methods and
techniques would be made use in this strategy. This strategy would determine the effects and the
consequences of the identified risks.
Risk Modifications
According to this strategy every risk varies from the other and has different impacts. So, different
processes according to the risks nature would be modified and used.
Risk Monitor and Control
This strategy refers to the processing related to tracking, evaluation and responses to particular
risk. Monitoring and control is a continuous ongoing process which incorporates the analysis,
identification and mitigation plans of the project associated risks.
2.5
The project organization structure refers to the pictorial representation of the phases being
involved in the project structure. The organization structure for this project is shown below:
Initiation Phase
Planning Department
Developing
Implementation
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Manager
Manager
Department
Phase Manager
Manager
Supervisor
Supervisor
Supervisor
Supervisor
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Employees
Employees
Employee
Employees
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Appendix
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