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3. (TCO B) The lowest level item of any one branch of the WBS is
called a(n) _____.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task B if its predecessor,
Task A, finishes on day 3 and the duration of Task B is 2 days.
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A 2 months ---
B 4 months ---
C 4 months ---
D 1 month A
E 5 months B
F 2 months B, C
G 1 month C
H 3 months E, F, G
I 2 months D, E
J 2 months G, H
Activity Duration Predecessors ES EF LS LF Slack
A 2 months --- 0 2 7 9 7
B 4 months --- 0 4 0 4 0
C 4 months --- 0 4 3 7 3
D 1 month A 2 3 9 12 9
E 5 months B 4 9 4 9 0
F 2 months B, C 4 6 7 9 3
G 1 month C 4 5 8 9 4
H 3 months E, F, G 9 12 9 12 0
I 2 months D, E 9 11 12 14 3
J 2 months G, H 12 14 12 14 0
• graduation announcements;
• party invitations;
• live entertainment;
• food;
• beverages; and
a) To ensure you have a clear scope for your team, create a 2-level
WBS. Don’t forget to include your WBS numbering.
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11. (TCO F) The _____ for the entire project or for each work
package provides a baseline against which actual cost and work
performance can be compared at any time during the project.
Day 5
Day 3
Day 1
A 3 months ---
B 2 months ---
C 3 months ---
D 4 months A, B
E 3 months A
F 2 months B, C
G 2 months F
H 1 month G
I 4 months D, E, F
J 5 months H
4. (TCO A)
• graduation announcements;
• party invitations;
• live entertainment;
• games (for adults and for children);
• food;
• beverages; and
a) To ensure you have a clear scope for your team, create a 2-level
WBS. Don’t forget to include your WBS numbering
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2. (TCO H) This first phase of the project life cycle involves the
_____.
3. (TCO B) The lowest level item of any one branch of the WBS is
called a(n) _____.
12. (TCO C) Calculate the earliest start for Task D if one of its
predecessors, Task A, finishes on day 3, its other predecessor, Task
C, finishes on day 4, and the duration of Task D is 2 days.
A 2 months ---
B 4 months ---
C 4 months ---
D 1 month A
E 5 months B
F 2 months B, C
G 1 month C
H 3 months E, F, G
I 2 months D, E
J 2 months G, H
A 3 months --- 0 3 7 9 7
B 2 months --- 0 2 0 4 0
C 4 months --- 0 4 3 7 3
D 1 month A 2 3 9 12 9
E 5 months B 4 9 4 9 0
F 2 months B, C 4 6 7 9 3
G 1 month C 4 5 8 9 4
H 3 months E, F, G 9 12 9 12 0
I 2 months D, E 9 11 12 14 3
J 2 months G, H 12 14 12 14 0
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PROJ 586 Week 1 Project Charter
I suggest you negotiate with your instructor this week until the
two of you agree on a reasonable project for this Course Project.
Do not begin work on a project charter until the instructor has
approved your project idea. Good luck and have fun!
Using the project that you chose, create a Project Charter using
the Project Charter Template listed in the Templates section.
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WBS
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Now that your project schedule has been created and your
resources have been allocated, please analyze your results and
answer the following essay questions. In your analysis, be sure to
identify the critical path and relate any time reduction
opportunities to specific activities in the WBS.
Essay Question #1: Now that you have created a WBS and
resource loaded schedule in MS Projects, what is your critical
path? Does this critical path make sense? Do your predecessors
make sense? How accurate are your durations? What could be
done to improve the accuracy of your durations?
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This week, you will have two deliverables to complete for the
project.
Open MS Project.
Click on the File button (top left), select Save as and enter the file
name as (your name) cp1. For example, SmithJanecp1.mpp.
Set basic Gantt chart format (use also for tracking Gantt chart
view).
Right click on the mouse in the gray area of the Gantt chart on
the right side of the screen where the dates in month and days are
for the menu and select Timescale.
Click on OK.
Set up the Resource Sheet. Once you have set the defaults, we are
ready to move on. If you have not done so already, you need to
create the project’s work packages and activities from the
Project’s WBS. Once this is done, insert your project name,
deliverables, work packages, and activities in the column Task
Name in MS Project.
Assign hourly resources and costs to the tasks that you have
already entered.
Click on the Double Headed icon on the upper tool bar (Assign
Resources), or click Alt-F10.
Remember with resources you need to assign how much time (by
a percentage) each resource will be allocated to each activity.
Simply lowering a given percentage may clear an over-allocation,
but in real life this is not possible. One must come up with a better
method do clear resource over-allocations.
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Now that your project schedule has been created, your resources
have been loaded, and your resource costs have been allocated,
please analyze your results and answer the following questions.
After you enter all of your resources, answer the following
questions.
What is your total budget for this project? Does this budget make
sense? (15 points)
What can be done to lower the budget and reduce the project's
duration? (15 points)
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Once you have worked through the problems, please post your
responses to the Dropbox. Please refer to the course Syllabus for
the due date.
PROBLEM 1
PROBLEM 2
PROBLEMS 3-6
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Most projects have fixed costs to account for. These are such
things as mortgages and other costs that do not change with
production. Fixed costs need to be accounted for in projects. If
your project has fixed costs, follow the following steps.
Enter the fixed costs above in the fixed cost column as listed
adjacent to the appropriate tasks.
Most projects have variable costs. These are costs that change
with the amount of work being done. These are commonly seen as
dollar per hour costs. Most of your resources will be dollar per
hour costs. Follow the steps below to enter this data.
Click on the View tab. Click on the Resource Sheet icon under the
Resource Views section. The resource sheet icon is the middle icon
on the right of this view with two heads. Check to make sure the
Type field is Work and enter the dollar amount above for the
hourly rate for each resource in the Std. Rate column.
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You and your project team are well underway with planning your
project, and you know that it is very important to perform risk
management.
To help guide you through this deliverable, please follow the six
step process of risk management found in the Lesson.
Using the Risk Matrix linked under Project Templates near the top
of this page, identify five positive and five negative risks that
could occur on this project, and complete the risk matrix. Write a
five page essay to describe, in your own words, your risk
management plan to include the risk matrix, risk responses, and
how you will monitor and control these risks.
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Step 2: Write a one to two page essay on what you will do as the
project manager to hold an effective progress meeting with your
team members. Include your approach to prepare for the meeting,
describe what you will do during the meeting, and the actions you
will take after the meeting. In addition, provide a one page sample
meeting agenda that you will use during this progress report
meeting.
Wow! Your project has been successfully planned, and you are
ready to move into the performing stage! Before you do, take a
closer look at how this project is fitting into the broader
organizational structure, and how you see this project being
structured within the organization.
· Discuss how you did on this project and any lessons learned
for you. Self reflection - What did you learn? - 20 points
Step 2: Now that you have worked through this Course Project,
what did you learn? Write a two page essay and describe what
you learned as you went through this project. What will you take
away from this course, and what will you apply to your projects
or personal life?
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