Project Management Question/Problem:
Conveyor Belt Project; Schedule
| Activity |
Description |
Resource |
Duration (days) |
Preceding Activity |
| 1 |
Architectural decisions |
Design |
25 |
-- |
| 2 |
Hardware specifications |
Development, design |
50 |
1 |
| 3 |
Kernel specifications |
Design |
20 |
1 |
| 4 |
Utilities specifications |
Development, design |
15 |
1 |
| 5 |
Hardware design |
Design, development |
70 |
2 |
| 6 |
Disk drivers |
Assembly, development |
100 |
3 |
| 7 |
Memory management |
Development |
90 |
3 |
| 8 |
Operating system documentation |
Design, documentation |
25 |
3 |
| 9 |
Routine utilities |
Development |
60 |
4 |
| 10 |
Complex utilities |
Development |
80 |
4 |
| 11 |
Utilities documentation |
Documentation, design |
20 |
4 |
| 12 |
Hardware documentation |
Documentation, design |
30 |
5 |
| 13 |
Integration first phase |
Assembly, development |
50 |
6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
| 14 |
Prototypes |
Assembly, development |
80 |
13 |
| 15 |
Serial I/O drivers |
Development |
130 |
13 |
| 16 |
System hard/software test |
Assembly |
25 |
14, 15 |
| 17 |
Order circuit boards |
Purchasing |
5 |
16 |
| 18 |
Network interface |
Development |
90 |
16 |
| 19 |
Shell |
Development |
60 |
16 |
| 20 |
Project documentation |
Documentation, development |
50 |
16 |
| 21 |
Assemble preproduction models |
Assembly, development |
30 |
17F-S, lag 50 days |
| 22 |
Integrated acceptance testing |
Assembly, development |
60 |
18,19,20,21 |
Prompt: Create a Microsoft Project file for the above. Note the following:
1. Each work package will represent an acitivity.
2. The project beings January 4, 2010.
3. The following holidays are observed: January 1, Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.
4. If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be a day off; if it falls on a Sudany, then Moday will be a day off.
The project teams work eight-hour days, Monday through Friday.
Prompt B: Create a Word document addressing the following questions:
1. When is the project estimated to be completed?
2. How long will the project take?
3. What is the critical path(s) for the project?
4. Which activity has the greates amount of slack?
5. Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices.
6. Compare and escribe the advantages/disadvantages of displaying the schedule as a network versus a Gantt chart.