KONZA CYBER CITY PROJECT. Literature & Language Essay (Essay Sample)

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS
CCC502: ICT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
KONZA CYBER CITY PROJECT
DECEMBER, 5TH 2018
SESSION ONE
General Information
1 This Course Unit requires students to work in teams of six on a case study project.
2 Each team must take responsibility for organizing themselves to best manage the project, and will be required to plan, control and close out the project.
3 The stages of the project are outlined in the module schedule document, and are subject to any change that the Company, the Client, or other circumstances dictate.
The Team
The team must decide how they are going to manage and organize the work require to achieve the tasks that are set each week.
It should be clear which team members have been set which task so it can be judged during the peer assessment if all team members are doing their fare share of the work that is set each week.
Each team should be able to demonstrate good clear organizational skills.
Team members should keep:
1 clear dated documentation – including all material brought to meetings with the academic team,
2 meeting minutes,
3 project records (e.g. suggested remedial action by the academic team).
1 Teams should archive such material – clearly indicating who has taken responsibility for the documentation at each phase.
2 Each team member should have access to a full set of documentation, including electronic files and data. It is suggest that some form of online file sharing is used for this.
Team Performance.
This case study project game will utilize peer assessment as the principle means of assessing if a team is delivering what is being expected. The peer assessment process will be overseen by the Course Unit academic staff. The progress or lack of progress being made by a team will made public to all teams each week.
Communication of the key issues is crucial here – you should ensure that for each “stage” of the project there is a clear summary of the salient points.  The objectives and difficulties of each stage need to be documented. Also, major project issues need to be highlighted and documented so that the academic team / management team can clearly understand project progress and status.
The project documentation must include a Contract of Work which should be held in the group Project Portfolio, and should clearly indicates how the each team is going to work, and who will take the Project Manager role for each Project phase.
The academic team (or company) expect significant contribution from all team members at each stage, and reserves the right to allocate the marks for team performance according to merit under exceptional circumstances (e.g. if a team member consistently avoids contribution to team workload).
Where there are problems with members of team not working together (e.g. someone not wanting to do there share of the work) the team or an individual can seek arbitration. Request for arbitration should be made in writing to the module instance leader. An initial arbitration session will be organised within seven days of receiving such a request. The decision of the academic team is final in any arbitration process.
KONZA CYBER CITY CASE STUDY SCENARIO
Your group has been appointed to project manage the Planning, Procurement and Construction of the Konza Cybercity project.
The attached notes give you some idea of the scope of the project, and have some outline estimates for the key activities relating to the design, purchasing and construction activities.   Your group’s initial brief in Week 1 is as follows:
1 To identify clearly how your group is going to be organized for the duration of the case study project.
2 To establish guidelines for your planning meetings, identify who will be project manager for each stage
3 To clarify how you will monitor and control your work – i.e. how you will collate the necessary evidence to demonstrate your skills as project managers
4 To produce realistic initial project plan using MS Project, based on the scope of work detailed below and the project notes that follow. In addition, the information given in the hints and tips section should be consulted.
5 To produce and initial cost model based on the data provided.
6 At the end of the first seven days your team should be able to clearly demonstrate to your peers that you have achieved all the above. This will be done by having appropriate documentary evidence for example being able to show your peers your teams MS Project Plan.
These initial notes should be sufficient for you to construct the work breakdown structure and the outline logic of the network plan for the project using MS Project. Over the following weeks you will be provided with further detail on time scales and costs from a range of suppliers.  Your project baseline plan will therefore develop and become more detailed. Initially however you will be expected to return next Week with your attempt at the initial project plan, – with clear suggestions on time scales and costs for the company. MS Project should be used as part of this process. The proposed start date for your project plan is the first Monday in June next year.
Cyber City Location Description
The cyber city is to be built near Konza, off Mombasa Road. It is to be built three Kilometres from the proposed Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and there is a proposal to build a high-speed light rail system to connect the cybercity to the  SGR. The site of the new city is surrounded by ranches on the Northern, Eastern and Southern sides. A number of these ranches are being bought by real estate prospectors.
On the Western side, we have virgin land that is home to rare birds, reptiles, and some wild game, especially the herbivores. There are very rare and beautiful rock formations and the terrain plus erosion has created a very rare and beautiful waterworks formation that is a sight and wonder to behold during the rainy season. This, together with the rare birds and beautiful rocks and small game attracts tourists half of the  year. The western side is also part of the wildlife migration corridor that connects Nairobi and Tzavo National parks. It is therefore a delicate ecosystem supporting both plants and animals. This area also has abundant good quality rock for building and making concrete aggregates (quarry chips) for building, especially on two rocky hills that is home to velvet monkeys and baboons. There is a proposal to build the city dumping site and an e-waste waste site, before a recycling plant is built next to it five years from now.
It is proposed that five quarries will be dug in the hills to provide the building materials needed in the new city. There also a proposal for this area to be location of the sewerage treatment ponds since its elevation is slightly lower than the proposed city. The elevation of this area is also a natural for beginning of the proposed rail connection to the SGR before it curves back towards the SGR route. Parts of the area also a flat and the Solar Panel farm is proposed to be  put up here.
Geological investigation has also revealed a medium-sized aquiver with enough water to supply the proposed city for fifteen years. The proposed borehole may also be drilled here. Conservationist have expressed fear that any interference with the migration corridor will introduce serious human-wildlife conflicts.  
Notes on the Cyber City Project.
SCOPE OF WORK
The Konza Cyber City project is a Vision 2030 Flagship project with the stated goal of creating the first technopolis in Africa with the aim of attracting foreign direct investment towards technology innovation that shall serve the region and attract BPO opportunities for Software design and development, Hardware assembly infrastructure, world-class learning, research and development and training institutions, funding and financial millieu and the accompanying physical infrastructure. The project will have different activities which will be carried out by different contractors . The woks shall include:
1 Civil Works
The civil works include the proposed concrete road network in the city, Utility Services Duct Network, Car Parks, Light Rail System , water and sewerage works, Landscaping and environmental works (Tree planting, Flowers, Flowing Water Channels and fountains), Rail connection to the proposed Mombasa-Nairobi SGR, and a helipad.
* Building Works
These include the Konza City Authority Offices, Business Services Centre (Financial Institutions, Malls,  Investment Centre, Insurance providers ), Health Centre, KRA centre, Hotel, Development Centre, Initial five Industrial Parks and Warehouses), Fire Station Building  University and training colleges, Electrical works (wind and solar generators, back-up diesel-powered generators, a KPLC Station and electrical grid laying and testing)
Hardware Assembly Plant Parks (specialized buildings, power systems, electronic, fiber and mechanical infrastructures to support assembly lines) [Specialized Designs Required]
Konza City BPO Park. This involves specialized office spaces like call-centres, software design, development and testing parks with the required fiber networks, and other outsources services.  
* Broadband Network Infrastructure  
Fiber Cable Civil works, Comprehensive broadband fiber-to-th...