Project Team:

Madeleine Brannon, Srija,

Alexander Brill, Maithili Gaddam

Agenda
1. Background
2. Scope Plan
Stakeholders
Work Breakdown Structure
Top Level Requirements
3. Schedule Plan
Schedule Performance
Baseline
Milestone List
PERT Chart
4. Cost Plan
Cost Performance Baseline
5. Quality Plan
Audit Plan
Process Improvement Plan

6. Human Resources Plan

Resource Staffing Plan
Project Organization Chart

7. Communication Plan
Stakeholder Analysis Matrix

8. Risk Plan
Risk Matrix

9. Procurement Plan
Make or Buy Decisions
Supplier Management Plan

10. Configuration Management

Plan
11. Change Control Plan
12. Conclusion

Background
Create a Wind Farm in
Simoda, West Virginia
100 1.5 MW wind
turbines
Clean energy is
produced from wind
turbines and made into
electricity
Simoda, West Virginia
has the potential to
create a new
sustainable industry

http://exploringgreentechnology.com/wind-energy/how-doeswind-energy-work/

Scope Plan

Scope of the Project

Not concerned with
where specifically the
electricity goes
The construction details
are assumed to be
worked out by the
construction company

Stakeholders

Work Breakdown Structure

Assessment Requirements
Req. # Req. Identifier
1

WT-PE-R01

WF-AL-R01

10

WF-AL-R02

11

WF-AC-R01

Requirement Description
The Wind Turbines shall produce energy
harnessed for electricity.
Simoda, West Virginia shall be assessed for
the Wind Farm.
The Wind Farm shall be located in Simoda,
West Virginia.
The Wind Farm shall be funded by General
Electric (GE).

Requirement Identifier Key

Project Designator
Requirement or Verification Type
WF = Wind Farm
C = Component
WT = Wind Turbine E = Energy
L = Location
Objective Designator Requirement or Verification Designator
A = Assessment
R = Requirement
P = Performance

Construction Requirements
Req. # Req. Identifier
Requirement Description
3
WT-DC-R01 The Wind Turbine base shall be
constructed.
4
WT-DC-R02 The Wind Turbines shall connect to the
power grid.
5
WT-DC-R03 The Wind Turbines shall have a maximum
tip height of 120 meters.
Requirement Identifier Key
Project Designator
Requirement or Verification Type
WF = Wind Farm
C = Component
WT = Wind Turbine
Objective Designator Requirement or Verification Designator
D = Design
R = Requirement

Operation Requirements
Req. # Req. Identifier

Requirement Description

WT-PW-R01

The Wind Turbines shall transmit power to a

power station.

WT-PW-R02

WT-PE-R02

WF-MC-R01

The Wind Turbines shall produce a minimum

of 80-megawatt hour.
The Wind Turbines shall be operable
continuously.
The Wind Farm shall be monitored on a
regular basis.

Requirement Identifier Key

Project Designator
Requirement or Verification Type
WF = Wind Farm
C = Component
WT = Wind Turbine E = Energy
W = Power
Objective Designator Requirement or Verification Designator
M = Maintenance
R = Requirement
P = Performance

Schedule Plan

Task Name

Duration

Start

Finish

Assesment
Location Selection
Wind Resource
Measurements
Enviornmental
Consultants
Legal Documentation

321 days
15 days
262 days
14 days
30 days
337 days
60 days
30 days
30 days
217 days
380 days
52 days
54 days
43 days
36 days
29 days
14 days
29 days

Mon 4/14/14
Mon 4/14/14
Mon 5/5/14
Wed 5/6/15
Tue 5/26/15
Tue 7/7/15
Tue 7/7/15
Tue 9/29/15
Tue 11/10/15
Tue 12/22/15
Tue 7/7/15
Tue 7/7/15
Tue 7/7/15
Thu 10/20/16
Tue 7/7/15
Thu 10/20/16
Thu 10/20/16
Thu 10/20/16

Mon 7/6/15
Fri 5/2/14
Tue 5/5/15
Mon 5/25/15
Mon 7/6/15
Wed 10/19/16
Mon 9/28/15
Mon 11/9/15
Mon 12/21/15
Wed 10/19/16
Mon 12/19/16
Wed 9/16/15
Fri 9/18/15
Mon 12/19/16
Tue 8/25/15
Tue 11/29/16
Tue 11/8/16
Tue 11/29/16

Construction
Clearing the Area
Creating a Base
Wiring Turbines
Installing Turbines
Wind Farm Components
Access roads
Build Substation
Electrical Wiring
Transmission Lines
Operation
Hiring Maintenance
Test and Evaluation

January 11 July 21
February 1 August 11 February 21 September 1March 11 September 21
April
5/ 26 8/ 25 11/ 24 2/ 23 5/ 25 8/ 24 11/ 23 2/ 22 5/ 24 8/ 23 11/ 22 2/ 21 5/ 22 8/ 21 11/ 20 2/ 19 5/

oject: Gantt Chart

ate: Sun 11/ 17/ 13

Task

Manual Task

Deadline

Split

Duration-only

Baseline

Milestone

Manual Summary Rollup

Baseline Milestone

Summary

Manual Summary

Baseline Summary

Project Summary

Start-only

Progress

Milestone List
Acquire the land in Simoda, West Virginia
Analyze the data required for the one year assessment
phase and verify the projects location
Get contracts from the relevant supply and transport
companies
Installment of wind turbine
Wiring the turbines and building the substation
Integration testing i.e. checking if the energy being
transmitted from the wind turbine is being received by
the substation

PERT Chart

Cost Management Plan

Wind Farm Cost

1.5 MW turbine chosen
High Efficiency
Most widely used
$3 Million/Wind Turbine installed
100 turbines = 150 MW
$300 Million for wind farm

Project Team Budget

Hourly Labor
Category
Rate
Hours Personnel Totals
8 Technicians
$ 25.00
5200
$ 389,028.21
Project Manager
$ 150
700
$ 312,599.71
Environmental
Engineer
$ 38
400
$ 45,252.53
2 Analyst
$ 32
700
$ 66,687.94
2 Construction
Manager
$ 125
700
$ 260,499.76
7700
$ 25,000.00
Project Subtotals
$ 1,103,388.15

Revenue

Quality Management Plan

Audit Plan
The Wind Farm shall be assessed to check whether it is
operating in compliance with the specified requirements.
An audit report containing information of the audit tests
made on the wind farm shall be drafted.
The audit shall be performed by an independent party.
The audit report shall be made available to all the
stakeholders
The report shall be reviewed and necessary action to
improve the faults found during the tests shall be taken.

Process Improvement Plan

The wind farm shall be constructed and operated according
to the project plan by starting on time and on budget
All equipments shall be tested prior to their delivery and
installed according to the accepted engineering rules and
regulations
A team of experts lead by the Project Quality Manager shall
oversee the quality related to specific aspects of the project
Internal project reviews, testing and inspection shall be done
on a regular basis before, during and after the completion of
the project.

Quality Approach
ISO 9001:2008 principles:
1. Customer Focus
2. Leadership
3. Involvement of people
4. Process Approach
5. System Approach to Management
6. Continual improvement
7. Factual Approach to Decision Making
8. Mutually beneficial supplier relationships

Quality Testing
The wind farm shall be tested for quality according to the
Quality Management System ISO 9001:2008 standards.
Performance measurements for power shall be made in
order to maintain the efficiency and also to improve the
grid compatibility of the wind farm.
Unit and integration tests shall be performed.

Life Cycle
Testing
Tasks

Human Resources Plan

Resource Staffing Plan

Role

Authority

Project
Manager

Can make decisions at any level of

the project that does not involve
funding or the special interests of
the investor and program manager

Oversee the projects success

and manage all of the different
components which go into the
project.

Project management
experience
Possible technical
background

Systems
Engineer

Has control over any technical

decisions made; is in charge of
anything having to do with an
engineering component

Wide range of technical

knowledge

Systems
Analyst

Is in charge of the analysis

component of our Wind Farm;
Assesses the data collected and
works at improving any
inefficiencies

Coordinate all technical aspects

of the project and properly asses
what engineering needs to be
accomplished to meet the
overarching objectives
Decision maker when it comes
to specs of equipment and any
analysis that needs to be
completed

Relations Coordinates all contracts and

Coordinator outside vendors

Responsibility

Competency

Must be someone who

understands the system at a
whole and is able to
understand individual
technical components as
well; involves critical
thinking
In charge of signing off on
Needs to be organized and
contractor agreements and
have good communication
negotiating schedules; soliciting and people skills
pricing for outside vendors

Project Organization Chart

Communications Plan

Communications Plan
Frequency of meetings

Stakeholders
Project
Manager
Team
Members
General
Electric
Department of
Environment
Department of
Energy
Town Council
of Simoda, VA

Type of communication
Memos &
Status
In person
Information
Weekly Monthly Yearly Once
Emails
update
posted on
meetings
website
X

Communication Plan Continued

Frequency of meetings
Stakeholders

Environmentalists
Local supply
companies
Local transport
companies
Family members of
Project Manager
Birds and Bats
Department of
Agriculture
Trade Unions
Consumers &
Residents
Association
Department of
Aviation
EPA & WWF
Ecologists in Action
Competing
companies

Weekly

Monthly Yearly

Type of communication
Once

In person
meetings

Memos &
Information
Emails
posted on
website
X

X
X

Provide
status
update

Risk Management Plan

High Risk Items

Timeframe
Timeframe End I Po (%) Borda Rank R
Manage/Mitigate
Start
Insufficient
29 Nov 2016 29 Nov 2036 Mo 21%
2
M Hire outside experts to analyze
revenue
alternatives to possiblly increase
revenue
Wind Turbine 07 Jul 2015
29 Nov 2036 Mo 15%
3
M Fabricate additional parts/1.5
Part Failure
MW has most available spare
parts
Transmission 25 Aug 2015 29 Nov 2016 Mo 15%
3
M Assess wind speed for 12 months
of energy
prior/ alternate options for
from Turbine
transmitting energy to substation
to Substation
is less than
40%
Running
04 Apr 2014 29 Nov 2016 Mo 15%
3
M Schedule allows for re-planning/
behind
slight flexibility
schedule
Extreme Wind 17 Jul 2015
29 Nov 2016 S 10%
0
M Transferred, Insurance
Bird/Bat
29 Nov 2016
N/A
Mo 10%
9
L MERLIN avian radar detection
mortality
system
collisions with
turbine rotos
RISK

Lower Risk Items

Timeframe
Timeframe End I
Start
Personnel Losses 14 Apr 2014
29 Nov 2016
S
RISK

Motivation
14 Apr 2014
Decreases with
employees
Natural Disasters 17 Jul 2015
Wind speed less 05 May 2015
than desirable

29 Nov 2016

Mo

N/A
N/A

S
S

Noise Complaints 29 Nov 2016

31 Dec 2020

Mo

Aesthetic
complaints
Over budget

19 Oct 2016

31 Dec 2020

Mo

04 Apr 2014

29 Nov 2016

07 Jul 2015

29 Nov 2105

GE unable to
fully fund project

Po
Borda Rank R
Manage/Mitigate
(%)
10%
0
M Staffing plan in place,
alternate staff identified
8%
11
L Incentive opportunities/
staffing plan in place and
alternate staff identified
5%
3
M Transferred, Insurance
5%
3
M Wind Speed will be reassessed at alternate
location for additional 12
months
4%
12
L Budget surplus set aside to
re-locate individuals
3%
13
L Budget surplus set aside to
re-locate individuals
2%
10
M Contract with GE is set at
$300 million, budget will
not go over
1%
8
M Vestas will be set to take
over project

Procurement Plan

Make or Buy Decision List

Item

Make or Buy

Company

Wind Turbine
Wind Energy
Storage
Transmission
Lines
Data Collection
System
Bat and Bird Radar

Make
Make

GE
GE

Buy
Buy

WV Electricity
Company
Femway

Buy

DeTect, Inc.

Supplier Management Plan

Item

Contract and Negotiation Deadline

Delivery Date

Wind Turbine

April 14, 2014

July 7, 2015

Wind Energy
Storage
Transmission
Lines
Data Collection
System

July 7, 2015

October 19, 2016

April 14, 2014

July 7, 2015

July 7, 2015

December 22,
2015

Bat and Bird

Radar

As Needed

Configuration and
Change Control Plan

Change Control Plan

In order to incorporate any changes, the Project Manager must:
(i) ensure that changes to the project have a strong business
justification.
(ii) monitor and control the cost and other impacts of approved
changes.
(iii) obtain the appropriate level of approval for changes.
(iv) ensure that project changes are understood and that team
members do not begin work on new or unplanned tasks before
change requests are approved.
(v) maintain a clear and accurate record of changes made over the
life of the project

Conclusions
Simoda, West Virginia
would benefit from a
Wind Farm in their
community
Wind Energy is
environmentally friendly
and a step towards a
more sustainable future
General Electric would be
making a good
investment
http://chrismaddencartoons.wordpress.co
m/category/environment/energy-fuelpower/

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