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KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

SPAGHETTI BRIDGE REPORT

CADD SQUAD

November 17,2015

This Document contains a Report on the Project Management of the CADD SQUAD Spaghetti Bridge

CADD TECHNOLOGIES CADD 2160 – Professional Practice

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INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................................3 INITIATING .................................................................................................................................................3

Integration .........................................................................................................................................................3 4.1 Develop Project Charter .....................................................................................................................3

Communications ................................................................................................................................................4 10.1 Identify Stakeholders ......................................................................................................................4

PLANNING .................................................................................................................................................5 Integration .........................................................................................................................................................5

4.2 Develop PM Plan ................................................................................................................................5 Scope ..................................................................................................................................................................7

5.1 Collect Requirements .........................................................................................................................7 5.2 Define Scope .......................................................................................................................................7 5.3 Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) .........................................................................................8

Time ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 6.1 Define Activities ............................................................................................................................... 11 6.2 Sequence Activities .......................................................................................................................... 12 6.3 Estimate Activity Resources ............................................................................................................ 13 6.4 Estimate Activity Durations ............................................................................................................. 13 6.5 Develop Schedule ............................................................................................................................ 14

Cost ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 7.1 Estimate Costs ................................................................................................................................. 16 7.2 Determine Budget ........................................................................................................................... 17

Quality ............................................................................................................................................................. 18 8.1 Plan Quality...................................................................................................................................... 18

HR .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 9.1 Develop Human Resource Plan ....................................................................................................... 19

Communications ............................................................................................................................................. 19 10.2 Plan Communications .................................................................................................................. 19

Risk .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 11.1 Plan Risk Management ................................................................................................................ 19 11.2 Identify Risks ................................................................................................................................ 19 11.3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis ................................................................................................. 19 11.4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis ............................................................................................... 20 11.5 Plan Risk Responses ..................................................................................................................... 20

Procurement ................................................................................................................................................... 20 12.1 Plan Procurement ........................................................................................................................ 20

EXECUTING .............................................................................................................................................. 20 Integration ...................................................................................................................................................... 20

4.3 Direct & Manage Project Execution ................................................................................................ 20 Quality ............................................................................................................................................................. 21

8.2 Perform Quality Assurance .............................................................................................................. 21 HR .................................................................................................................................................................... 21

9.2 Acquire Project Team ...................................................................................................................... 21 9.3 Develop Project Team ..................................................................................................................... 21 9.4 Manage Project Team...................................................................................................................... 21


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Communications ............................................................................................................................................. 21 10.3 Distribute Information ................................................................................................................. 21 10.4 Manage Stakeholder Expectations .............................................................................................. 22 12.2 Conduct Procurements ................................................................................................................ 22

MONITORING & CONTROLLING ................................................................................................................ 22 Integration ...................................................................................................................................................... 22

4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work ..................................................................................................... 22 4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control ................................................................................................ 22

Scope ............................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.4 Verify Scope ..................................................................................................................................... 22 5.5 Control Scope .................................................................................................................................. 22

Time ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 6.6 Control Schedule ............................................................................................................................. 23

Cost ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 7.3 Control Costs ................................................................................................................................... 23

Quality ............................................................................................................................................................. 23 8.3 Perform Quality Control .................................................................................................................. 23

Communications ............................................................................................................................................. 24 10.5 Report Performance .................................................................................................................... 24

Risk .................................................................................................................................................................. 24 11.6 Monitor & Control Risks .............................................................................................................. 24

Procurement ................................................................................................................................................... 24 12.3 Administer Procurements............................................................................................................ 24

CLOSING .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Integration ...................................................................................................................................................... 24

4.6 Close Project .................................................................................................................................... 24 Procurement ................................................................................................................................................... 26

12.4 Close Procurements ..................................................................................................................... 26 References ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 MyKwantlen.ca ............................................................................................................................................... 26 Bridge Rules:https://courses.kpu.ca/pluginfile.php/244509/mod_resource/content/1/Spaghetti_Bridge_Heavyweight_Rules_2010.pdf ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Bridge Designs: http://mucc.mahidol.ac.th/~egpcp/Handout406/40609%20Types.pdf .............................. 26


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INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this report is to discuss about the creation of our bridge that was created with spaghetti. INITIATING

Integration

4.1 Develop Project Charter

PROJECT CHARTER SPAGHETTI BRIDGE

This Charter formally authorizes a project to create a bridge formed out of spaghetti. A project plan will be developed and submitted to the Project Sponsor for approval. Commencement of project activities will begin upon approval of the project plan and the resources to execute it by the Project Sponsor. Included in the project plan are to be a scope statement; schedule; cost estimate; budget; and provisions for scope, resource, schedule, communications, quality, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management as well as project control. The purpose of the Spaghetti Building project is to create a spaghetti bridge that is 1 meter in length and has a height of 500 mm. The bridge will be hung by a bucket of weights to test the strength of the bridge. This project meets CADD SQUAD for the purpose to create a bridge that is strong and efficient and has a low cost. The project deliverables shall include a completed bridge and a project management report. The Project Manager, Kabir Gill, is hereby authorized to interface with management as required, negotiate for resources, delegate responsibilities within the framework of the project, and to communicate with all contractors and management, as required, to ensure successful and timely completion of the project. The Project Manager is responsible for developing the project plan, monitoring the schedule, cost, and scope of the project during implementation, and maintaining control over the project by measuring performance and taking corrective action. A completed project plan will be developed and submitted to the Project Sponsor for approval by November 10, 2015. Upon approval of the project plan resources will be assigned to the project and work will commence within two days. Once the project commences, work on the project will be performed according to the schedule provided in the approved project plan. The Project Manager will obtain approval from the Project Sponsor for any schedule changes which impact the project completion milestone. The hard date we have for this project is November 10, 2015. The budget for the Spaghetti bridging project is $4690. It is to be funded through Gill Productions.


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The Team Members for the Spaghetti Bridging project are

Member Name Roles Duties of each Role

Kabir Gill Project Manager

Justin Maan Technician Solve Problem along the construction of the bridge

Jagjot Singh Designer/Fabricator Design and fabricate the bridge

Dennis Designer/Fabricator Design and fabricate the bridge

Josh Designer/FabricWeator Design and fabricate the bridge

We submitted our project charter to Joanne Massey on October 27, 2015 who was also the project sponsor. Joanne gave us consent on weather our project charter was approved or not. Our Project Charter was approved.

Communications

10.1 Identify Stakeholders

The Team Members for the Spaghetti Bridging project are

Member Name Roles Duties of each Role

Kabir Gill Project Manager

Justin Maan Technician Solve Problem along the construction of the bridge

Jagjot Singh Designer/Fabricator Design and fabricate the bridge

Dennis Designer/Fabricator Design and fabricate the bridge

Josh Designer/Fabricator Design and fabricate the bridge

Joanne Massey

Project Sponsor Sponsors the Spaghetti bridge costs as well as construction


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PLANNING

Integration

4.2 Develop PM Plan

In our Project Management plan we went over several designs of bridges. Below is a sketch of our original design of the bridge. However as the Project went along the bridge design changed as we went over several new designs. We informed the sponsor Joanne Massey to ensure that she was kept aware of the changes we made on the design of the spaghetti bridge. Given below are some sketches of our previous design


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Scope

5.1 Collect Requirements

Our project Manager Kabir Gill collected all the specified requirement such as the spaghetti, glue sticks, glue guns, labor, engineer of the bridge, and designer. Our group also managed to find a place to store our equipment as well as the bridge, ensuring that the equipment and resources were stored properly on a daily basis. Kabir Gill also used the method of division of labor to divide the tasks ensuring that each person was capable enough to complete their tasks. Jot collected information on the restrictions and limitations of the bridge such as the materials as well size limitations of the bridge. For example Jot examined the document that was made available to us from our sponsor that our bridge height should not exceed 500mm in height and maximum span of the bridge cannot exceed 1m. Also the distance between the top support of the bridge and the bottom of the bridge should be no bigger than 100 mm.

5.2 Define Scope

When we were defining the scope we were faced with a lot of bridge designs. We used the internet to look up different designs keeping in mind the amount of material that we had to complete the design to the desired outcome. We searched designs that were fairly simple, modern but strong in the methods that they supported weights. We also looked at the Bridge Design pdf document which Joanne the project sponsor provided us with. We explored all sorts of bridges such as Beam Bridge, Truss Bridge, Arch Bridge, Cantilevered Bridge, Suspension


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Bridge, and Cable Stayed Bridge. We used the combination of Arch Bridge as well as the Suspension Bridge to create our bridge. Below are some concepts of bridges that we used to come up with design of our bridge. We used some of the techniques and bridging styles that would accommodate for the stresses and loads of our spaghetti bridge.

5.3 Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

A work breakdown structure (WBS), in project management is a deliverable-oriented breakdown og a project into smaller components. A work breakdown structure is a project deliverable that systamizes the teams project into controlable sections. In the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) we broke down the time spent on each task by each member of the team.


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Time

6.1 Define Activities

The project manager Kabir Gill and Justin Maan defined the activities in the project which included, defining the workers Dennis and Josh.

They were assigned to create the combination of ten pieces of spaghettis to create columns and beams. They were instructed to create larger columns and beams made out of 35 pieces of spaghetti.

Justin and Jot were assigned to create different designs and sketches of bridges. The final sketch was discussed with the project manager and approved by the sponsor Joanne Massey.

The project manager was told how much materials we would be using. Kabir then took the data regarding the information of materials, loads and stresses and finalized which materials and structures would best sit the project.


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Jot and Justin gave step by step instructions on how to build the bridge.

6.2 Sequence Activities

First, the project manager Kabir examined the different possible designs that were given by Justin and Jot

Kabir then selected the best and efficient spaghetti bridge providing our workers and designers with the requirements (resources, material) needed to design the bridge.

Jot and Justin discussed about the design and finalized a location to start the project with their workers.

Our sponsor then provided us with a location as we were given specific instructions to keep the room clean

Our workers Josh and Dennis were instructed to create specific column and beam widths

Justin and Jot started to create the base support of the bridge which was 1m

Kabir did regular checks, examining how much time was spent on each activity to find out how long the project would take.


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We confirmed with our sponsor keeping in mind the instructions that were provided to our group through our sponsor

We then started the major construction of our bridge.

6.3 Estimate Activity Resources

The designs created by Justin and Jot were given to the project manager. The project manager analyzed the different bridges and selected the most suitable one. Then Jot and Justin explained the particular activities, techniques and skills that were required to build the bridge. Then the project manager allocated the resources such as materials and labor that were required to build the bridge.

6.4 Estimate Activity Durations

The project manager provided us with the equipment and material to start the bridge. During the construction, Kabir estimated the time that was allocated to each activity and estimated when our project would be completed by.


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6.5 Develop Schedule


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Cost

7.1 Estimate Costs


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7.2 Determine Budget


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Quality

8.1 Plan Quality

The project manager ensured that the columns and beams were made with the best quality. He ensured that the thickness of all beams and columns were consistent and accurate. He ensures that the sponsor gave us a good amount of material to support the design of our bridge.


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HR

9.1 Develop Human Resource Plan

N/A

Communications

10.2 Plan Communications

Justin Maan took everyone’s contacts from the project manager, workers and designers and created a joint account on WhatsApp and Gmail were the group shared pictures, views on the project as well as information on the progress of our project. Our project manager had to resolve the problems we faced while creating the bridge through online chat. With the help of these online resources were able to better communicate with our group members on a regular basis to ensure that everything was going according to plan.

Risk

11.1 Plan Risk Management

N/A

11.2 Identify Risks

The risks that the group was faced included:

The tip of the Glue Gun

Blade used to cut the spaghetti (sharp)

Melted dripping glue

Keeping the room clean to ensure that no one gets hurt or trips over something

Ensuring that the project materials and the supplies are kept in a safe secure environment

Ensuring that the right amount of glue and spaghetti is used to support the bridge

Ensuring that the information and designs regarding our bridge is kept secure and confidential to our group

11.3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

N/A


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11.4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

N/A

11.5 Plan Risk Responses

Train workers on how to handle the glue gun properly

Our project manager was able to assist the workers if they got hurt

Following the orders of the project sponsor and ensuring that the room is clean for the group and the next class to come and use the room

Storing the project and project materials in a safe place

Procurement

12.1 Plan Procurement

N/A EXECUTING

Integration

4.3 Direct & Manage Project Execution

Kabir and Justin ensured that the project was being executed on time and that everyone was on the same page. In addition, Kabir did regular checkups to ensure that the project was going smoothly on a regular basis.


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Quality

8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

N/A

HR

9.2 Acquire Project Team

N/A

9.3 Develop Project Team

N/A

9.4 Manage Project Team

N/A

Communications

10.3 Distribute Information

Justin Maan took everyone’s contacts from the project manager, workers and designers and created a joint account on WhatsApp and Gmail were the group shared pictures, views on the project as well as information on the progress of our project. Our project manager had to resolve the problems we faced while creating the


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bridge through online chat. With the help of these online resources were able to better communicate with our group members on a regular basis to ensure that everything was going according to plan.

10.4 Manage Stakeholder Expectations

N/A

12.2 Conduct Procurements

N/A MONITORING & CONTROLLING

Integration

4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work

Through online chat such as WhatsApp and regular project checkups, the project manager Kabir Gill had to manage and solve problems on a regular basis ensuring that everyone was getting their share done and was capable enough to carry out their responsibilities.

4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control

N/A

Scope

5.4 Verify Scope

N/A

5.5 Control Scope

N/A


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Time

6.6 Control Schedule

The schedule was used to assist our group in ensuring that everyone spent the correct amount of time on each activity and was not goofing around. The schedule helped our group in maximizing the time allotted for the project.

Cost

7.3 Control Costs

N/A

Quality

8.3 Perform Quality Control

N/A


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Communications

10.5 Report Performance

N/A

Risk

11.6 Monitor & Control Risks

N/A

Procurement

12.3 Administer Procurements

N/A CLOSING

Integration

4.6 Close Project

Our project was tested and the bridge ended up breaking. The bridge had a total weight of 2307 g. Our bridge was one of the heaviest bridges. The bridge held 1800 grams suspended from the center of the bridge. The difference was 0.78. Our bridge was the bridge that held the least amount of weight compared to other bridges. If our group was able to design the bridge again, we would read through the instructions more carefully and think about designing the bridge through lighter methods.


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Procurement

12.4 Close Procurements

N/A

References

MyKwantlen.ca

Bridge Rules:https://courses.kpu.ca/pluginfile.php/244509/mod_resource/content/1/Spaghetti_Bridge_Heavyweight_Rules_2010.pdf

Bridge Designs: http://mucc.mahidol.ac.th/~egpcp/Handout406/40609%20Types.pdf

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