Bayside Financial

At Bayside Financial, where you work as a project manager, you have been asked to conduct user training sessions for a new information system. You must develop a specific schedule for the tasks (the estimated task duration for each is shown in parentheses):

• First, confirm arrangements for the training facility you plan to use (3 days).

• After you have confirmed the training facility, two tasks can begin at the same time: you need to send an e-mail message to all department managers announcing the training sessions (1 day) and you can develop the training material (5 days).

• As soon as the training material is complete, you can work on two tasks at once: arrange to have copies of handout material printed (2 days) and develop a set of Power Point slides (5 days).

• When the Power Point slides are ready, you conduct a practice training session with the instructor who will assist you (2 days).

• Finally, when the practice session is over and the handout material is ready, you can conduct the user training sessions ( 4 days).

Tasks

1. Prepare a list showing all tasks and their durations.

2. Analyze the fact situation carefully to determine which tasks are concurrent and which ones are dependent on other tasks.

3. Create a PERT chart that shows the project. Use a format similar to Figure 3-27 on page 110.lf project management software is available, use it to develop the chart.

4. What is the critical path for this project? How do you know?