Question

What are the key elements and their associated risks of a work breakdown structure (WBS) in project development

of COVID-19 emergency response plan for a community of 5600 members and a project budget of $250,000?

Answer 1

Answer:

The key elements include:

1. Specialised hospital wards for the affected patients.

2. Protection measures for the people who are not infected.

3. Determining the number of people who have been contacted by the infected person and quarantining them

4. Resourcing the necessary equipments and things that are required for the treatment

5. Provisioning of the all necessary kits that are required for providing the treatment to the affected patients.

6. If the disease spreads among the 5600 people, then the budget allotted may be insufficient for the effective treatment.

Risk associated with the key elements:

1. Hospital wards should have separate sections for each of the patient so as to maintain appropriate gaps between them and each section should be insulated otherwise it would be difficult to control the treatment process.

2. Protection measures for the people who are not infected are very necessary so as to stop the spreading of the disease. Without appropriate protection measure, there is a risk of exponential spreading of the disease.

3. Numbers of people who have been contacted by the infected persons are hard to determine. However, it is very necessary that these people should be determined in exact numbers. This can be done by conducting interview of the infected person in the protect environment and analysing his mobile phone contacts to exactly determine whom the person has contacted.

4. Equipments and accessories that are required for the treatment are very necessary. It should be available in abundant numbers for the effective treatment of the patients. Their non availability is a greater threat to the community of 5600 people.

5. All the needed kits should be provided to the doctors. Non availability of the kits are a serious threat to the society and the doctors.