Koniag Energy & Water Master Schedule Development Project

Abstract

In September of 2022, the companies Dowland-Bach Corp. and TecPro, which are both subsidiaries of Koniag Energy & Water, were relocated to a new fabrication facility in Wasilla, Alaska. They are now being asked by their parent company to work together to manage and complete projects. Being required to share human resources has created a need to be able to efficiently track multiple projects across the two companies from a single platform. This includes accurate tracking of project cost and schedule variance from estimate. The tool identified to address these tasks is the software program Microsoft Project. The planned outcome of this project was the development of a master schedule template, a new job template, material cost tracking, labor cost tracking, a schedule performance index, resource tracking, a resource pool, and a user tutorial on how to operate these tools to derive the required business objectives. Structured in this Project Report are the results of the research and analysis performed during the execution of this project. Review on researched literature, as well as methodology and approach are captured. Results from the project as well as key aspects and takeaways are provided as well. Upon its successful completion the results of this project have now been made available to both Koniag employees as well as UAA’s Project Management Program. This contribution to the Project Management Body of Knowledge helps Koniag project managers better execute their work and provides a tool kit for students at UAA’s MSPM program to bring with them to the workforce.