Mudassar KhanProgram (Project )Manager| Woodward Canada IncPeterborough, ON, Canada
How do you Plan on Micro Level for a Shutdown and Re powering a FMCG Manufacturing Facility,?? There is already an overall Detailed Project Plan, Would a simple WBS with Activities suffice for that Date?? Saving Changes...
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Yousaf KhanPM Consultant| City of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hi Mudassar, sounds similar to a production launch. A detailed step by step document with estimated time needed for each task is important.
Also, you should have a detailed contingency plan with all tasks listed if things do not go as planned. Include any communications needed as part of the activities as well. Saving Changes...
From an administrative perspective, a WBS with dates and resources can cover any planning imaginable. It is is just a way to logically organize work so it can be effectively planned. The critical part is identifying the required work that must be performed. That includes a significant amount of risk management planning.
Shutting something down and restarting it is a situation where a project phased WBS would make more sense than a product level WBS. You might start at a product level decomposition, but the work will involve shut down, maintain, restart, verify functionality, resolve problems, and operate.
Often, machines don't wake up happy. You need to plan the shut-down so that it leaves the system in a state where it can be restarted when needed. Then you have a dormant state in which you may need some ongoing care or mice build nests in sensitive hardware. Then you have to restart the system which requires a systematic approach to ensure it still works. During that, you can have additional issues not just with the desired functionality, but there are also often new safety concerns with energizing a system, like the mouse nest catches fire.
It's a bit different than starting up a system for the first time, because it's not in a pristine state anymore. Risk and contingency planning become more important due to the inherent uncertainty. Saving Changes...
