A certain municipality experiences drastic water shortages due to draught and water purification plant decay. You are the Maintenance Manager of the water purification plant. One of your tasks as a Manager is to oversee a maintenance project to increase equipment availability. The plant has been having problems with the supply of fresh water, water purification products and repeated breakdown of the pumps and other mechanical and electrical equipment needed to run the facility.

You are given 30 days and a budget of R5 million for the maintenance project. In your project you will service and overhaul old equipment; and introduce new upgraded equipment. You also decide to implement Reliability Centered Maintenance.

Your task for this portfolio-type assignment is to write a technical report that demonstrates how you would co-ordinate and execute the entire project. Your report should highlight the following topics covered in the module:

Project Management: Use the WBS to plan for your project, indicating all equipment involved, maintenance activities, human resource and all costs;

Networks for Projects: Prepare a network diagram for all activities in your project;