Project management : a guide from start to finish for BHPBilliton Iron Ore Engineering Services Dept. Port Hedland

Young, Paul Edward (2004) Project management : a guide from start to finish for BHPBilliton Iron Ore Engineering Services Dept. Port Hedland. [USQ Project]

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Abstract

The Engineering Projects Department for BHPBilliton's Iron Ore processing facility located in Port
Hedland WA is responsible for delivering capital projects up to $3 million in value and
administering the site capital program to the value of up $60 million. The department's primary
function is to implement growth and sustaining capital projects to site based stakeholders.
The department has traditionally been a poor performer in delivering successful projects when
scored against the following criteria: - Project schedule and planning. - Project budgetary constraints. - Project Acceptance by stakeholders. - Project Reporting and stakeholders liaison. - Poor Resource planning. - Failure to complete projects.
It is considered that a contributor to the root cause of these project failures is due to the lack of a
defined process for progressing projects.
This dissertation seeks to define, map and test a process to successfully deliver projects by: - Researching Information on specialist project management processes. - Critically evaluate project management tools and processes with respect to inclusion into a project management manual. - Design a project manual process that provides the user with tools and processes to complete
a project that will ensure the user complies with BHPBilliton's Iron Ore financial and
commercial governance requirements and delivers successful projects. - Design a suite of tools to apply to the project management process including templates, checklists and process flow diagrams. - Provide a user-friendly guide to the project management process.
It will be reported at the conclusion of this dissertation on whether the process developed as a result
of this paper has succeeded in improving the delivery of successful projects for the engineering
services department.

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Item Type:	USQ Project
Refereed:	No
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Up to 30 June 2013)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Up to 30 June 2013)
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2007 00:14
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 22:30
Uncontrolled Keywords:	project management process, BHPBilliton Iron Ore Engineering Services Dept. Port Hedland
Fields of Research :	09 Engineering > 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy > 091404 Mineral Processing/Beneficiation 09 Engineering > 0910 Manufacturing Engineering > 091006 Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (excl. Textiles) 09 Engineering > 0910 Manufacturing Engineering > 091005 Manufacturing Management
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/92

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