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br />1. Introduction
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River will probably be finished by 2009 and will
be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.
Being the present manager and being appointed by the government at the feasibility stage I
am asked to write a report in order to outline the activities required to successfully manage
this major project and to ensure that it is completed on time and within budget.
This report will be divided into six parts beginning with an introduction and ending with a
conclusion.
At first should the terminology be defined. A project is a unique set of coordinated
activities, with a definite start and finishing point, undertaken by an individual or
organisation to meet specific objectives within defined, scheduled costs and performance
parameters (BS 6079-1,200:2, Material of Sunderland 2005, page 5). The individual who
undertakes the organisa-tion is usually the project manager. This person plays a special
role and is supported by his team.
The project manager leads the project and provides vision, direction and encouragement.
The project manager takes lead in project planning to determine the schedule and budgets
neces-sary to meet the project objectives and is responsible for delivering the project once
the pro-ject has been approved by senior management. The project manager is also
responsible for the project support team.
The skills a project manager should have are defined by Richman as people skills, project
management skills and technical skills. In the case of such a large project such as the
building of the TGD the project manager also needs to have integration skills and great
knowledge of the organisation.
All skills mentioned above will be further described within the following sections of my
re-port.
Generally there are two basic models to describe a project life cycle, the generic project
life cycle from Burke and the basic project life cycle from Field and Keller. My report is
based on the project life cycle from Field and Keller.
2. Define
In the define phase proposals are formulated, estimated and tested for feasibility. The
results will be presented to the senior management in order to receive a go for the project
which often is in the form of a contract.
The main objectives of the TGD are:
Protection against floods
Making the Yangtze River navigable
Leading the water into dry regions
Generation of energy
Supporting the economic and regional development of the provinces
2.1. Requirements analysis
Geological conditions
The relevance is given as we need an adequate material to build the dam as well as enough
