Impact of Change on Scope Schedule and Budget
Changes are a significant aspect of project. Any alterations in the project usually cause changes in the budget scope and schedule of the project being undertaken (Prosci, n.d.). For instance, in our project to build the house, the client decided to change the type of roofing, and instead of roofing with clay and concrete tiles, the client chooses to switch to Tesla solar roof. This roof will be beneficial to the household since it will facilitate the collection of solar power, which can be used in solar water heaters instead of using electricity to heat bathing water. This change will have a significant impact on the budget, the scope, and the schedule.
Impact of the change on the budget
Firstly the cost of Tesla solar roof is approximately ten times higher than the initially intended roofing using clay and concrete roof tiles. While the total cost of roofing the whole house using clay and concrete roof tiles was budgeted to cost $400 approximately, Tesla solar roofing would cost $4400 (Tarbi, 2020). Additionally, en expert who will be responsible for conducting this kind of roofing will be paid approximately $ 1000 since this kind of roofing requires an expert for it t to be done correctly (Tarbi, 2020). This means the total cost for roofing will rise to $5400. The total budget for the house construction will now amount to $33,205 from $27,805.
Impact of change on the schedule
To begin with, roofing with clay and concrete roof tiles would only take a week (Types of roofing materials, n.d.). However, Tesla solar roofing takes approximately a month since it requires specialized expertise and skill (Types of roofing materials, n.d.). Additionally, the time needed to procure and transport these types of roofing materials is more than that of clay and concrete roof tiles. It will take approximately one three more days to purchase and transport the roofing materials and tools needed (Tarbi, 2020). Therefore, the total time that will be taken to procure transport and do the roofing will be around one month and three days. This will then prolong the time required to complete the house such that the key to the house will be given to the client on 26/10/2020 instead of 23/9/2020.
Impact on project scope
To begin with, the project scope will be altered since an extra expert, and a contractor will be added to this project. Moreover, the power requirements will change since the bathrooms will be fitted with water heaters power from the mains electricity but the roof. The plumbers and electricians will also have extra work in ensuring that all rooms have hot water. Therefore a different circuit will be installed for the hot water system.
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