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Detailed Resource Loaded Baseline WBS and Schedule |
1. This is the part to extend the preliminary tasks (approximately 10 lines) you had in Part 1. Using your scope statement, input your work packages into MS Project. The WBS should be created in MS Project, following standard indent and hanging indent practices used in WBS creation. The WBS and schedule must have proper grouping, indenting, and coding for approximately 25 to 40 line items. Review the Project Sample in the Project Resources and Naming Conventions section for an example of a well-developed work breakdown structure a. Create the WBS column. Hover on the Task Name column and right-click for the drop-down menu so you can select Insert Column, and then type in WBS manually and select the WBS to have your outline numbers. b. Review your duration. (Hint: Please remember, do not touch the bold task. Manage the content of the bold, also known as summary tasks, because those tasks are aggregated automatically.) c. Review your predecessors. This is to mimic the conditional tasks we have in real-life. As seen in the following screenshot, if you put the number 4 as a predecessor for line 5, line 5 cannot start before line 4 finishes first. d. Create the critical path by selecting Gantt Chart Format>Critical Tasks. This is to know which tasks of yours (usually color coded in red bars on the Gantt Chart) are more critical (that means zero free or slack time) so you can be more cautious (with contingency plans) about them. 2. Baseline Resource Plan a. Define your resources by selecting Resource>Team Planner>Resource Sheet. You do not fill each cell. Some are being used as-is. You may want to work on the blue zone. Also, 100% means one person, 200% means two people, so forth. Once you are done, you may want to go back by selecting on Team Planner>Gantt Chart. b. Assign your resources task by task. Hover on the task (not summary task, which are the bold ones) and right-click to select Assign Resources. Then review the units. You will see the cost will be populated automatically. Then select Assign or just close the window. 1. Submit the WBS and Schedule in either a MS Project file or as a screenshot. |
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Network Diagram |
1. Complete your Network Diagram by selecting Task>Gantt Chart>Network Diagram to determine if your project is logically sequenced and to ensure that you have captured your dependencies by linking the appropriate tasks. 1. Submit the Network Diagram in either a MS Project file or as a screenshot. |
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Preliminary Scope and Budget Balancing |
2. Complete a Cost Overview report by selecting Report>Dashboards>Cost Overview. 3. Complete a Resource Overview report by selecting Report>Resources>Resource Review. 4. Discuss how you balance the scope and budget, because the requirements you initially gathered will no doubt exceed your budget and new priorities will have to be set (maximum of two paragraphs). 2. Submit the Preliminary Scope and Budget Balancing in a one-page Word document. |
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Resource Leveling |
1. Using the Overallocated Resources and Resource Overview Reports as a starting point, level your resources so that you can submit an Overallocated Resource Report that shows no overallocated resources. Go to Resources>Level All. 2. Complete the Overallocated Resources reports by selecting Report>Resources>Overallocated Resources. 5. Submit the Overallocated Resource Report in either a MS Project file or as a screenshot. |
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Balancing Scope and Budget Discussion |
1. Discuss how you balance scope and budget. As the requirements you initially gathered will no doubt exceed your budget, new priorities will have to be set. If your resources do not exceed your budget, then discuss what you did when developing your project plan to ensure this result. You may want to conceptually discuss what can be done to improve your project in respect to advanced scheduling techniques, for example, fast tracking, overtime work, or crashing. 3. Submit the Balancing Scope and Budget Discussion in a one-page Word document. |
You will be completing the following components of your deliverables. Network Diagram
1. Preliminary Scope and Budget Balancing
2. Resource Leveling
3. Balancing Scope and Budget Discussion
