In Week 3, you worked to define the scope and complete the WBS for your project. Now that you understand more about the work to be done and the associated activities related to the work, the next step is to create the project schedule. The project schedule helps you understand when the activities will happen and allows more insight into how long the project will take. In addition to having a schedule, you can begin to assign resources to the different tasks. Resource allocation is crucial, because it helps set expectations of the needs a project manager requires. This deliverable is worth 100 points.
For this deliverable you can use Microsoft Project or a similar software to create a schedule with resources.
- Create a project schedule using Microsoft Project. Review the Microsoft Project videos below and use the WBS you created in Week 3. As you create your schedule, make sure you consider possible new information you may have discovered since last week.
- Once you create your Microsoft Project schedule, create a column for resources and add the resources associated with the activities in your schedule. Make sure that you not only consider human resources but also other physical resources. This exercise will help you more accurately assign costs later in this course.
- To recap your deliverable for this week, you need to create a project schedule using MS Project or some other project scheduling application that includes the following.
- Have at least 50 lines of activities that are clearly identified.
- Start and finish dates for each activity.
- Predecessors are identified (i.e., there should be a predecessor column).
- Include resources (human and nonhuman resources).
- Upload your submission when it is complete.
- Select this Accessing Microsoft Project link for instructions to download the Microsoft Project application
