Data Center Projects: Project Management
Schneider Electric · Neil Rasmussen, Suzanne Niles
A Schneider Electric white paper (WP 141, 2011) that sets out a framework of project-management roles and relationships for data center design/build projects of any size.
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Overview
The paper presents a framework of project-management roles and relationships usable for data center design and build projects of any size. Its focus is not technical calculation but how responsibilities are distributed. The authors stress consistent terminology, explicit assignment of every management role, tracking of dependencies among multiple suppliers, and clear responsibility handoffs that prevent gaps and duplicated effort.
The framework rests on four project phases: Prepare, Design, Acquire and Implement, with commissioning inside Implement. The paper is positioned as a complement to the standardized project-process papers that place commissioning in that phase; it is therefore a role-and-relationship layer on top of those, not a stand-alone process definition.
The concluding sidebar gives three keys to effective project management: consistent terminology, every role assigned and tracked, and managed coordination of supplier dependencies. The paper dates from 2011 and the record shows no schedule, cost or calculation method; its value is in helping a project team settle role and handoff questions at the start.
Key points
- Keys to effective project management: consistent terminology, every role assigned and tracked, managed coordination of supplier dependencies.
- Phases referenced: Prepare, Design, Acquire, Implement.
- Commissioning sits inside the Implement phase.
- The framework applies to data center projects of any size.
- Clear responsibility handoffs prevent gaps and duplicated effort.
Using it in design
- In the project-workflow feature, provide a RACI template with roles per phase (Prepare/Design/Acquire/Implement/Operate).
- Track supplier interface dependencies.
- Keep it low priority relative to calculation features.
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Who should read it
Project managers setting up role and supplier coordination on data center projects.
Related standards
- EN 50600-1
Publication details
- Authors
- Neil Rasmussen; Suzanne Niles
- Publisher
- Schneider Electric
- Year
- 2011
- Document number
- WP 141
- Document language
- English
- Source type
- Manufacturer
- Access
- Free to read
- Licence
- Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document
Citation
Neil Rasmussen; Suzanne Niles (2011). Data Center Projects: Project Management. Schneider Electric. WP 141. https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_SNIS-6VHRU8_EN
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