The Project Case under consideration have the following major Headings:
1. Project Planning
2. Pre-move Activities
3. Moving Activities
4. Post-move Activities
these could be denoted as the Major Tasks.
The tasks that have been identified are:(As Given)
- Decide on new furniture
- office preparation
- kick-off meeting
- set up utilities
- build out of the new facility
- initial planning for overall project
- actual move of existing furniture and files
- installation of new communication equipment, servers, and computers
- pack-out of existing office files, supplies, and material
- Installation of new signs
- Project closeout activities.
These could be denoted as the Sub-Tasks.
Some of the other main activities or tasks that needs to be completed are: (Some Preconditions)
- Relocate the entire office of 200 people to a new office building across town.
- Purchase and installation of items for the new building is part of the project's responsibility.
- Removal of items not being moved and general cleanup of the old office space is outside the scope of this project.
- Moving of all large, heavy items will be outsourced to a professional moving company.
- IT plans to replace all computers and servers with updated technology.
- The move is scheduled for the last week in July.
These could be denoted either as the Master or the sub-sub tasks as per the headings(Hans, 2013).
Some Assumptions:
- The work staring from 1st Feb, 2017
- No Holidays considered
- In a week it is considered to be 5 working days with holidays on Saturdays & Sundays.
- The work duration for each task is considered as per standard timings
However, after clubbing the above Major Tasks, Sub-Tasks, Master or the Sub-sub tasks the Project Schedule along with the WBS numberings could be done.
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WBS Sl No
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Project Work
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Predecessors
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Duration (Days)
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Start Date
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Finish Date
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1
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Relocate the entire office of 200 people to a new office building across town
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1.1
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Project Planning
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1.1.1
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Initial planning for overall project
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Start
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1.1.2
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Kick-off meeting
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1.1.1
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5 Days
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1/2/2017
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7/2/2017
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1.2
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Pre-move Activities
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1.2.1
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Office preparation
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1.1.2
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10 Days
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8/2/2017
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21/2/2017
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1.2.2
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Decide on new furniture
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1.2.1
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10 Days
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22/2/2017
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7/3/2017
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1.3
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Moving Activities
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1.3.1
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Professional Moving Company Deployed
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1.3.1.1
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Actual move of existing furniture and files
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1.2.2
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15 Days
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8/3/2017
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28/3/2017
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1.3.1.2
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Pack-out of existing office files, supplies, and material
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1.3.1.1
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15 Days
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29/3/2017
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18/4/2017
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1.4
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Post-move Activities
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1.4.1
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Purchase and installation of items for the new building
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1.4.1.1
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Build out of the new facility
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1.3.1.2
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10 Days
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19/4/2017
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2/5/2017
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1.4.1.2
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Installation of new signs
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1.4.1.1
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5 Days
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3/5/2017
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9/5/2017
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1.4.1.3
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Set up utilities
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1.4.1.2
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10 Days
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10/5/2017
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23/5/2017
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1.4.2
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IT plans to replace all computers and servers with updated technology
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1.4.2.1
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Installation of new communication equipment, servers, and computers
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1.4.1.3
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15 Days
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24/5/2017
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13/6/2017
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1.4.3
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Project closeout activities
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1.4.2.1
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5 Days
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14/6/2017
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20/6/2017
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Table: Project Schedule & WBS of the Project for relocation, Source: (Hillson, 2003)
Now that you have created the work breakdown structure and received approval to begin scheduling the office move, your manager, Steve Spaniels, would like to review a network diagram and present it to the CEO.
You have worked with your project team to estimate the durations of each of the work packages in the WBS. The following is your current plan:
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Work Package
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Duration (days)
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Predecessors
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1) Initial planning
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20
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2) Kick-off meeting
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1
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3) Decide on furniture
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25
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4) Office preparation
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20
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5) Actual move
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5
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6) Build out of new facility
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45
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7) Install of furniture/servers/equipment
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10
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8) Set up utilities
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30
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9) Pack-out existing office
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10
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10) Install new company signs
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15
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11) Closeout activities
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5
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Assignment:
Please review the Network Diagraming section in Chapter 6 of the text (starting on page 201). Create a project network diagram by first identifying the task predecessors (above). Once you have completed the network diagram:
1) Calculate the forward pass and backward pass
2) Calculate activity slack and project float
3) Identify critical path
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