Project Management: Lago Caliente Experiencece
After finishing my Project Management Course, I will use this blog entry to share my personal opinion in the execution of the project I used to work for. It is called Proyecto Lago Caliente .
Lago Caliente Project is sponsored by a international agency , and it is managed by a Non Governmental Organization.. The projects worked for the aim of improving the quality of life and reduce economic, environmental and social vulnerability of the inhabitants of the Rio Frio’s basin, through a zoning project oriented towards a sustainable supply of goods and services.
Because of its objectives, there were many stakeholders involved. All of them had different ideas, background, academic degrees, interests and diverse way of working and accomplishing activities. This was a big challenge and also I think it become a weakness. The Project had clear the stakeholders, however the roles and obligations of each public were not that clear, and this cause a big problem.
During the feasibility phase, Costa Rica’s and Spain’s Government discover the importance for Costa Rica’s north part to launge this project, and allocated a fun in order to develop the project, which is supposed to be done by December 2012.
The planning phase took one year, the technical team was hired, but a strong schedule with critical path and WBS (work breakdown structure) was not really created and most important of all used by the technical team.
Because of the lack of good planning and time management during the execution phase there were problems with the procurement department and most activities were delay. Although, the control and follow up was not clear, because there were many people involved in the control of the execution, but none of them was severe enough for insuring the good performance and respecting dead lines for finishing activities. Now, the closure phase is near, and the team is gone. All of the team members but the project’s assistant and finance officer are gone.
Definitely, the project’s main objective was accomplished. But some activities were not done at all, and a greater impact and more activities could have being done with a better project management. Especially in the planning phase and with a better control and organization.
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18 Jan 2012
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Natalia Diaz Zamora
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