A project plan for interior design

Introduction:

Interior design is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. The interior design process follows a systematic and coordinated methodology, including research, analysis and integration of knowledge into the creative process, whereby the needs and resources of the client are satisfied to produce an interior space that fulfills the project goals. Designing is not expensive any more and every class of people can decorate their homes no matter how big the home is. Now we have developed a complete new theme for Interior Designing scheme.

Interior design earnings vary based on employer, number of years with experience, and the reputation of the individual. For residential projects, self-employed interior designers usually earn a per-hour fee plus a percentage of the total cost of furniture, lighting, artwork, and other design elements. For commercial projects, they may charge per-hour fees, or a flat fee for the whole project.

Project Background:

We are working for our customers according to what they want. They provide us budget and we offer them different designs. Hence every type of job is challenging for us. In the following scenario we have to complete a house right from the infrastructure to the finishing. The detail is given later. The house would be built in the new locality in the lake view society and it’s a good view for a new home. The customer is a close relative of our senior staff member and he wants it to be completely unique. So we are trying to create some plan that would minimize our cost and maximize our profits For that purpose we would have some objectives and will have to define project scope before going to start the project plan.

Project objective:

The objectives are always high for our firm, As we know that the purpose of doing a work at customers will is not that easy. So by doing this project we would get following benefits in turn to achieve these would be our objective,

We would get an idea about the new locality and availability of workers in that area.

We will be able to attract new customers if we make that house eye catching

We may get a whole new contract from the construction companies in that area and that would be an additional bonus for us.

Hence by ding this task we would get a lot of positives. Many people hesitate to ask from us that what rates we are offering but if we construct that house in that locality then obviously they would be attracted and after noticing the cost they would surely come to us for that project.

Project Scope:

As we know that each project scope is limited to some specifications. Like this project we have a scope that is divided under the following headings.

Deliverables :

1. A 2500 square foot, 2 bathroom, 5 bedroom , 1 living room, finished home

2. Kitchen complete with all the tools set : microwave, dishwasher, table

3. Fish pound in the back yard with wooden fence

4. Automatic watering plant installed in the garden

Milestone:

1. Application of building approved: 20 august 2010

2. Foundation: 1 September 2010

3. Clearing & exvacation ,footing , framing n drying in ,installation window n door , roofing 24 December 2010

4. Installation Electricity and Plumbing: 28 December 2010

5. Final inspection : 1 January 2011

Technical requirement:

1. Home must meet local building codes

2. All windows and doors must pass NFRIC class 40 energy ratings

3. Exterior wall insulation must meet an “R” factor of 21

4. Ceiling insulation wall insulation must meet an “R” factor of 21

5. Seizure must pass seismic stability codes

Limits and Exclusions:

1. Owner responsible for landscaping

2. Refrigerator isn’t included in kitchen set

3. Contractor responsible for subcontracted work

4. Any work delayed for nature risk is not contractor responsibility

5. Worker only work from monday – friday at 8 am- 5 pm

A style, or theme, is a consistent idea used throughout a room to create a feeling of completeness. Styles are not to be confused with design concepts, or the higher-level party, which involve a deeper understanding of the architectural context, the socio-cultural and the programmatic requirements of the client.

We want to expand our business and create a monopoly in this business. This business is still out of the reach of middle class but if our business started as we have perception in our mind then our business would remove the perception from the minds of the people that having a well decorated home is an expensive task. These days having a middle class home in good locality cost round about $25000 to $100000. But they still can’t get the home of their choice. After our way of thinking they would be able to build their own home in less then 35lakh. Our main target would be the newly established housing schemes, Our Marketing plan covers all these aspects and we have a well thought plan to capture these markets. Initially we are going to open an office in main market area because we want to have a good image in the minds of the people.

Budget/Costing:

Organization Breakdown Structure:

Project Manager

Operations Manager

Marketing Manager

Director R&D

Workers

Architect

Finance Manager

Assistant Finance Manager

Office Boy

Security Guard

HR Manager

Assistant HR ManagerOrganization is break down according to our project. Each member of the team will do some worof its kind in this project. So both work break down structure and organization breakdown structure are designed to make sure smooth completion of the project. The cost is divided in these tasks and from time to time. The cost structure is given by the customers and is divided in the following way.

Explanation:

We have divided our work in two different situations. First one is the Organization development and how to manage our organization and the tasks performed in it. The second one is the short way in which just the operations manager will be involved to complete the project without any intervention of the team. Still it will be team task. Hence the organization member such as accountant and managers will be involved in setting the Deal. The project by the Customer is a subset of the whole project. The income statement and cost and expenditure is given on left column. Following is the projected income statement for the year 2010. .

The five members will perform their tasks and then the second stage of implementation will be as shown in the diagram.

Total task time is as follows.

We have got 50 days to complete the project. Hence what we have in hand is these 11 tasks to be completed. Now by using our pert chart we will find out which one is the shortest path to be completed

PERT CHART FOR THE INTERIOR DEISGNING

In the above diagram, the A to N are 14 different tasks for our project of Interior designing. We can say them like vendering, procurement, and hiring etc. These tasks are to be performed and we have tried to make sure that the work is done quite smoothly. The critical path is the one which is mentioned with arrow head. The critical path shows the least amount of time that is required to complete the project on hand,. The tasks on same level can be eliminated and hence we can short our time frame to complete a particular task. To complete this task the total task time was 5months. Hence we have achieved our task to be very precise with this technique.

The above mentioned is the gantt Chart for the project. Where A to N are projects and their task time mentioned in the table above. So to accomplish the task we will do these task simultaneously as some of these will be from different departments. Moreover, the Tasks performed in these departments are different from each other and their level is also different. Hence we can easily make sure that the project has some space to cut short in time and money.

RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN;

Risk Management is very necessary in Interior Designing Business like we have to be very much precise with our task and what we provide to our customers. Many customers complain that the standard was not good or the product is not delivered on time. Hence to tackle all these and more such issues we have to be pr planed about such problems. So following is the scope of our risk Management plan.

As we know that in Interior Designing business we often have to deal with such type of problems like procurement. Labour force, user backlash and material delay. Hence these issues must have a first hand solution. Also its is a part of business policy and strategy. Now we have developed following points for each of such problem.

Procurement problem

As we know that to solve some procurement problems we must have dealers more than our basic needs so we make sure that we keep a well contacted such dealers.

User Backlash

It often become very difficult to deal with the users hence we have a plan to develop a form and a dually signed agreement. In which every such issue must be covered. Hence after sale service is the other solution for this problem.

Labour Force:

We have labour force twice the labour force that is required because we don’t have to pay them a permanent amount we just hire them on daily wages.

Material Delay:

We keep enough inventory so that if supplies may get delayed then we keep up with the task and the work wouldn’t get delayed.