China Telecomm
China Telecom Corporation, Ltd.
CASE STUDY
China Telecom Corporation, Ltd.
PMI standards used to develop communications network for city
China Telecom Corporation Limited (China Telecom) is the world’s largest landline telecommunications and broadband services provider. Covering cities and towns as well as the rural areas of China, China Telecom has more than 220 million landline subscribers and more than 35 million broadband subscribers, and penetrates every corner of the world. Shenzhen Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Telecom in Shenzhen city has successfully leveraged PMI guidelines to manage one of the company’s largest and most successful projects, which would later be deemed the “No. 1 Project” for Shenzhen Telecom in 2006. have to make changes and modifications mid-project which, in turn, impacted the overall schedule. The Nanshan District Optical Fiber Network consisted of six optical fiber networks: government, education, health, network, community network, and politics and law network, all of which were connected to the three levels of Nanshan District government, sub-district offices and communities. Having this many networks posed a challenge as the Shenzhen project team needed to ensure that activities associated with each unit were appropriately coordinated with the greater team. The complexity and scope of the project itself presented a challenge for the team as well. Due to the vast size of the project, Shenzhen Telecom had to involve 10 different departments within the company and required the participation of numerous related units of design, construction and supervision, which necessitated immense organization and management. These units would have to oversee the laying of more than 426 new routes of optical fibers to create the network for the Nanshan District, and the project execution required difficult coordination and mandatory approvals that threatened the project’s predetermined timeline and schedule. Additionally, with
CASE STUDY
China Telecom Corporation, Ltd.
PMI standards used to develop communications network for city
China Telecom Corporation Limited (China Telecom) is the world’s largest landline telecommunications and broadband services provider. Covering cities and towns as well as the rural areas of China, China Telecom has more than 220 million landline subscribers and more than 35 million broadband subscribers, and penetrates every corner of the world. Shenzhen Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Telecom in Shenzhen city has successfully leveraged PMI guidelines to manage one of the company’s largest and most successful projects, which would later be deemed the “No. 1 Project” for Shenzhen Telecom in 2006. have to make changes and modifications mid-project which, in turn, impacted the overall schedule. The Nanshan District Optical Fiber Network consisted of six optical fiber networks: government, education, health, network, community network, and politics and law network, all of which were connected to the three levels of Nanshan District government, sub-district offices and communities. Having this many networks posed a challenge as the Shenzhen project team needed to ensure that activities associated with each unit were appropriately coordinated with the greater team. The complexity and scope of the project itself presented a challenge for the team as well. Due to the vast size of the project, Shenzhen Telecom had to involve 10 different departments within the company and required the participation of numerous related units of design, construction and supervision, which necessitated immense organization and management. These units would have to oversee the laying of more than 426 new routes of optical fibers to create the network for the Nanshan District, and the project execution required difficult coordination and mandatory approvals that threatened the project’s predetermined timeline and schedule. Additionally, with